chocochipbiscuit | Welcome!

Hi, hello, welcome!

This post doesn’t really contain a lot of new information for anyone who was previously following me on Tumblr, but I figure an orientation is in order. This is a brand shiny new (to me) space, so I’m trying to organize things a bit better, since my Tumblr tagging system was a bit of a mess.

I’m mostly in video game fandoms, with a few others sprinkled in. I enjoy a lot more fandoms than I actually write, since it takes me a while to feel comfortable enough with a new canon to put my own spin on it. (For frame of reference, it usually takes me at least two playthroughs of a new game before I start writing fic for it.)

So in alphabetical order, I enjoy:

Borderlands (though I’ve only played BL2 and the Presequel)
Dishonored
Dragon Age
Fallout (3, 4, and New Vegas)
Harry Potter (mostly the books over the movies)
Horizon: Zero Dawn
Mass Effect
Pillars of Eternity (I’ve only played the first game and White March DLC, not Deadfire)
Prey
Shadowrun (Dragonfall and Hong Kong; I have no experience with the tabletop game)
Sunless Sea

I also enjoy Stardew Valley, Tolkien (LotR and the Hobbit), and Undertale, but don’t actively seek out content for them. Basically, I’ll like the cute art or share Feels, but don’t expect a lot of content creation!

I turned 30 this year and came later to fandom than most, when I was in my mid-20s. I fully admit I am not a ‘fandom old’ but more of an interested kibbitzer.

I’m mostly in fandom for the fic, and I write a lot! Mostly smut, mostly femslash and/or stuff featuring Real Big Dudes and femdom. I’m bi and write most characters as bi, unless they are specifically gay or lesbian in canon. I refer to my F/M ships as ‘F/M’ rather than ‘het,’ for the same reason I don’t call my F/F ships ‘lesbian’ when one or more people might be bi.

I believe very strongly in curating my own fandom experience, and until I figure out how to screen things better on Dreamwidth, please do not be offended if I do not immediately subscribe back or if I unfollow someone.

In general, my fandom philosophy is that I would rather take joy in sharing what I love than take pride in ripping something down. I can be very critical of the media I consume (especially in regard to queer content and how POC are treated by the narrative) but believe that I can still enjoy something while being aware of its flaws.

I am still figuring out how to tag and sort my posts, but as this account is still relatively empty I think it’s a good time to set up housekeeping! My current plans are to sort things by fandom (ex: “Fandom: Mass Effect”), relationship genre (ex: “Relationship: F/F”), ship with the character names in alphabetical order (ex: “Ship: Aveline/Isabela”), exchanges (ex: “Exchange: Femslash Exchange”) and the letters I use for exchanges. I will probably sort personal posts as “Personal” and meta by fandom and with a meta-specific tag, but that will take time to set up.

And if you survived this extremely lengthy post, congratulations! Thank you for your time. :)