Snowflake challenge #1

[issenllo]

Well, better late than never, I suppose *meditative*

It's nearly my bedtime (1am) so here goes:

Challenge #1

In your own space, introduce yourself!

I started out in fandom with a couple of names which I still (sort of) go interchangeably by: mostly I'm Issen now but I've appeared here and there as Luce.

So, hi!

I've been in fandom since just before university, and oh dear sweet gods I still remember the utter addictiveness of every one of CLAMP's creations in the 1990s. Except for that Alice in Wonderland thing, which I never got into. So I entered university basically with my head in clouds with a crush on Subaru/Seishirou and an (abashed) attitude of "so it's gay AND slash, so what?" which has served me well through the ages in confrontations with bigots.

That's probably why I switched from pre-journalism to English in uni, somewhat to my detriment career-wise (since I can't hack academia and must seek a salaryman's position) but otherwise quite satisfying.

By that admission you would think that I would name books and libraries as my loves, but I only like books and I sort of hate public libraries because the air-con is always too strong in them and I can never read properly in them. I also adore cats but I don't have one as I live on the 8th floor of my building and my windows are always open (I live in the tropics; it's a must) and until I've solved the problem of kitties climbing out of windows I can't. They tell me cat mesh but it's ugly and also, the open-window part is affected.

I also love run-on sentences, though I try not to. And putting stuff in parenthesis.

Earlier last decade I went to law school which frankly destroyed all desire to read books and I ended up only reading fanfic now and then. Job-wise there has been an improvement so I can now buy the yarn I wish to knit and the books I wish to read (more of the former and less of the latter) whenever I want. Still lots of fanfic though.

Other things about me: I'm of Chinese origin, though almost everyone who meets me doubts that, purely on appearance (and probably an affront to my parents, heh). I have long hair which I cut myself (some penny-pinching habits never leave you). I speak some Mandarin and read a little Chinese, and by 'little' I mean at the level of the stuff that they teach to primary kids in China but I persist? My marital/romantic status is of no one's concern except mine. I try to be cynical and creative, but I'm actually quite conventional and shy - shyness not being the same thing as being timid (or is it the other way around?).

That's it. I've said a lot. Hm.

Issen
(or Luce)

Comments

[spikedluv]

Hi! No worries about posting late; we love when people find Snowflake. *g*

Good luck with your languages!

[issenllo]

Thanks!

[libitina]

College was terrible! Partly because I could never remember the contents of the books even right after I'd finished reading them. With fanfic, a) there's an ongoing consistent works it's building off of, b) there's no test, and c) no one really expects you to remember the details! No shame in not reading books!

I don't think I've ever heard of CLAMP and google is failing me. Who/what is it?

[issenllo]

CLAMP: It is manga-creating group that started out with RG Veda, and then went on Tokyo Babylon, which is where the pairing Subaru/Seishirou comes from, and their story continues in X/1999. Reams upon reams of angst (and no doubt terribly coy sex scenes) were written for this pairing.

CLAMP produced a lot of other works. At one point CLAMP's works were super popular, especially the really cute series like Cardcaptor Sakura, but now either they aren't as prolific or I've not paid them as much attention.

University was an excuse to read lots of books, hehe. I was the kid who figured out how to coast on a small capability for reading quickly, writing complete sentences and an ability to do some spot analysis of literature. -_-;;

[meteordust]

The 1990s felt like a golden age for being into CLAMP! I definitely imprinted on them deeply. The gorgeous illustrations, dramatic stories, and intense relationships. (My favourite is still RG Veda.)

[issenllo]

I loved RG Veda! Though side-eyed the (probably not deliberate) take on exotic Indian culture - and the genocidal slaughter of entire clans that kept happening.

[pink_ink]

asdfj ;; CLAMP. i also remember CLAMP. and subaru/seishirou. i think that was the first pairing i shipped. also the ship i cried the hardest over lmao
the alice in wonderland thing was weird. i don't think anyone ever really got into it...?

fss grad school really kills the joy of reading. i'm trying to get back into reading outside of work/research but it's a very slow process...

[issenllo]

Subaru/Seishirou was sooo angsty, but such a good hurt. I actually didn't like Hokuto that much; I always felt like she steamrolled over Subaru quite often with the excuse she was only looking out for him, yet ignored the warning signs about Seishirou. >_>

Miyumi (or something) in Wonderland. Didn't get into it at all. I remember comms where it was loved, and sorry, if we're going for cute, I'd rather have Cardcaptor Sakura.

fss grad school really kills the joy of reading.

I feel your frustration. I rec The Thief and Queen of Atolia, because I inhaled those books.