pairings_tcg | Prejoin Day 11

Only 4 more games to go to finish the prejoin game-posting! Remember that the prejoin event lasts until March 31st so feel free to promote the community to other people you think would want to join during this period! Other than that, please help us reach our deck count goal! We've had a few donations already but not as many as we would like, help us out!
Now onto today's game! for today I bring another good old discussion round! ~~hardest game, I tell ya~~

Today is fandom talk! I would like to know your opinion about fanfics and other fandom-related activities (fanart, cosplay, doujinshi, fanmixes, blogs, roleplay, etc)! Do you like them/dislike them? Do you contribute to fandom with any of these acitivities? Feel free to list the various ways you have contributed to fandom in the past and even link stuff if you feel like it! If by chance you don't participate in fandom-related activities besides TCGs, you can list your reasons, too! For this round I will give away 3 random cards but you have to write at least 3 lines in your comment! I know all of you can do that~
Prizes will be handed out in this post so no need to link to your prize thread! If you have any questions, let me know!

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I'm hardly active in fandom and I contribute to it even less. I'm just that kind of hermit fan who hide from the world and only fangirl with friends. |D I look for fanart on Pixiv and the Booru sites from time to time, otherwise all my fanfics, roleplaying and the very, very occassional fanmix are shared among friends only. I find that what I like seems to run counter to what fandom people like most of the time so it's hard to find fanfics/fanart of characters and pairings I love, and difficult to share my own fanfics of characters/pairings very few people are interested in. I used to RP pretty openly, but I have no time or passion for that hobby now. Same goes for cosplaying - it was fun, and then it just got really expensive, time-consuming and tiring. Nowadays my fandom activities are strictly limited to TCG things only, which is all good for me because at the moment I'm enjoying myself working for and playing in TCGs.

I like doujinshi, but again it's tough finding doujins of characters/pairings I really like. Last year, I got an anthology of my favourite character that I really wanted and that made me so happy since it was already sold out when I first found out about it. I feel like just getting that anthology made my doujin life complete. I had a Wordpress blog dedicated to anime merchandise if that counts as part of fandom activities, but that's really inactive now too. All I'm involved in is collecting graphics and expensive plastic things. My life.

I agree with everyone that fandom is a great way to make friends though! In fact, I met most of my closest friends through fandom because we managed to click together and things just started getting better from there.

Personally, I find that if you engage in fanfic-writing or other activities alike, even if just if small part of the world/fandom sees it, you are contributing! It's too bad that your pairings clash with the bigger part of the fandom, but it's good that at least your close friends get to see what you have done for these pairings you like.

Also, even though collecting merchandise is a lonely hobby I think it's fandom-related. Though it's more like a contribution to economy than fandom, haha.

Prejoin Day 11 - Discussion Time!

Prejoin Day 11 - Discussion Time!

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