Introductions

[thewiggins]

Hi all, welcome to my journal. 


I go by thewiggins or Wiggins here in fandom and my preferred pronouns are they/them.

I am an on-again, off-again writer of fanfic, mostly for Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I am currently working on a fantasy novel, so I don't have as much time for fanfic as I'd like, but I still plug away at it as I can. Currently, most of my posted fics are pretty short, but I have a couple of longer WIPs that I hope to finish and get on AO3 at some point before the heat death of the universe. (My combo of pantser and perfectionist makes it pretty much impossible for me to post chapter-by-chapter, I have to have a first draft of the whole thing before I start posting.)

I've also recently been exploring the very different world of sci-fi/fantasy/horror readers and writers. It's technically still fandom, but it's a very different flavor of fandom. That said, I'm hardly the only person who straddles both worlds.

Anyway, here's a little summary of who I am in this strand of the fannish multiverse.

Primary fandom: 
BtVS

Forms of fan interaction: 
read, write, participate in events, occasionally do fan art

Favorite BtVS characters:
Willow, Buffy, Spike, Giles, Drusilla (in that order)

Favorite AtS characters:
Lorne, Fred, Illyria, Lilah, Cordy

Favorite pairing:
A tie between Spuffy and All the Femslash. I know "All the Femslash" isn't technically a pairing. But there are just so many good femslash pairings in the Buffyverse and I just couldn't begin to chose.

Some fandom events/groups I've participated in:
Buffyverse Top 5, Seasonal Spuffy, Summer of Giles, Headline Awards, Femslash Minis (which is now sadly defunct)

Other fandoms whose fic/art/vids I love:
the MCU (especially the Norse inspired characters), Lucifer, Harry Potter (though JKR's transphobia has lessened my enjoyment of that franchise)

Fandoms I generally like and wish I had more time for:
Star Trek, particularly Voyager (I've got a huge fondness for both Janeway and Seven); The Umbrella Academy; Lord of the Rings; Doctor Who (I'm way behind on the show anyway); Gentleman Jack; Jonathan Strange and Mister Norell; mythology fandoms; Steven Universe; Red Dwarf; Stranger Things; Watchmen (TV), Good Omens, Diskworld...

Comments

[thenewbuzwuzz]

Oooh, that's nice and structured. I love all your favorite characters, but not in that order.

[thewiggins]

To be fair, I'm absolutely certain that if I wrote that list on a different day in a different mood it would come out a little differently. :)

It also seemed terribly unfair to exclude Anya, but I thought that if I kept going I'd just wind up listing most of the cast.

[thewiggins]

Oh, and I updated my post to include my favorite AtS characters. Leaving them out was a terrible oversight on my part. :)

[thenewbuzwuzz]

And yay for them too! I like your choices. *snuggles Lorne*

[thewiggins]

Yes, Lorne should get all the snuggles. He might even be my favorite character in the whole Buffyverse? Depending, again, on my mood.

[thenewbuzwuzz]

"if I kept going I'd just wind up listing most of the cast"
I feel you. I think I could either name one favorite or twenty, there's no in between. *g*

[paulamcg]

What a great intro! I find it so fascinating that you write about your writing process, too. I admire you for drafting the whole of a chaptered fic before posting, as I was motivated by interaction with readers when I posted my one and only novel-length fic as a WiP, without knowing what would happen after each chapter. I'm still addicted to writing short stories in the same universe.

And that's why I'm still only in the HP fandom. There are a lot of us determined to continue and write our subversive and cheerfully queer stories without letting JKR spoil our fun and all that fandom has meant to us, and I hope you, too, can still find enjoyment in HP fanworks. <3

[thewiggins]

Thank you for the kind comment! <3

As I think my post suggested, I don't necessarily think my perfectionism is a good thing and it's certainly the main reason I don't have a novel-length fic posted. But at a certain point, you've got to try to work with the process you have, not wish you had someone else's.

And I absolutely support and adore all the people who are writing LGBT+ friendly HP content! I mean, if I allowed a problematic creator to prevent me from enjoying a fandom, I'd have to bail on Buffy as well and that would just break my heart. I guess it's just our duty as fans to be better than the creators and make the kinds of stories we wish they'd written.

[paulamcg]

Yes to all that! It's good to hear about other people's processes also because it helps us understand our own with its weaknesses and strengths. And learning more about the writer of HP canon has made me understand better what it means that the point of fandom can be subversion.

[teigh_corvus]

You are so right - buffyverse has excellent femslash pairings. I think it helps that there are so many excellent female characters. :)

I'm giving you a solid rustle of the pom poms for your writerly adventures. I can also relate - I have MANY WiPs that are waiting for that first draft so they can step onto the archive.

What horror are you reading? *chinhands*

[thewiggins]

Yes, so many good female characters!

And yep, that's exactly it. Too many WIPs. Though I'm trying to focus on one and actually get it done.

As far as horror reading, you know, I felt like I must have read some horror this year but I really haven't. The closest I've gotten is fantasy or sci-fi with horror elements. But I've been meaning to get more into the genre. Any suggestions?

[spikedluv]

As you might be able to tell from my user name, BtVS was my 'gateway' fandom, so hello fellow fan. *g* Also, Voyager, yes!

[thewiggins]

Haha, yeah, I did guess that was probably the case given your username. And BtVS has been, and will continue to be, a gateway for a lot of people into fandom. It makes a good one, very active community huge backlog of fics to read.