Fandom Snowflake Challenge Day 1

[respoftw]

Day 1

In your own space, talk about your Happy Place—the things that give you joy, calms you or keeps you sane

My happy place is a person. That might not be the best plan but you know what they say about plans... I am lucky enough to have fallen in love with my best friend and have him fall in love with me. We’ll celebrate our 16th year together in 2019 and I’m looking forward to at least another 16 more.

My partner isn’t in fandom. I mean, he’s a fan, he loves Star Trek and Star Wars and reads comics and contributes coin to our joint comic art collection, but he doesn’t class himself as part of fandom - no matter how often I tell him the custom action figures and custom pops he makes are actual fanworks. Despite that, he will happily listen to me prattle on about my fanfics, about the various writing challenges I sign up to, and listens to me squeal about the things I love. Sometimes he even tries to love them too (sadly, he can’t stand Stargate but that’s a cross I have to bear ;) )

Fandom makes me happy, it brings me joy and it’s one of the few places I can be myself but the same things are true of him. My happy place is a person and there is nothing more joy inducing that lying next to him in bed, talking through a problem with a fic and having him suggest a fix for it. In fact, during the recent Hurt Comfort Bingo Challenge, he was the one who suggested that instead of just having Rodney fail to save John, I could have Rodney think he’d saved John and then realise he hadn’t. ;;evil laugh;;

Yeah, he’s my happy place.

Comments

[marzipan77]

What a wonderful partnership! My own cross-to-bear, non-fandom-loving partner also does not appreciate the wonder that is Stargate! Finding someone for that heart-filling give and take is a gift!

[respoftw]

What’s with these otherwise great people not liking Stargate? ;)

[marzipan77]

Some sort of interruption in the space-time continuum? Goa'uld interference? Nirrti's gene manipulation device?