Fandom Snowflake 2020 - Challenge #15

[scrubjayspeaks]

Challenge #15: In your own space, create your own challenge. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I may double back to some of the ones I skipped, but in the meantime, I did have an idea for this one. I tend to muck about in a bunch of different mediums, most of which I'm not particularly skilled at but enjoy for their own sake. So my challenge is:

Create something fannish in a medium/format other than your usual. As they say at Snowflake Challenge headquarters, leave a comment on this post saying you did it, with a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Writers can try a fandom-themed nail polish design. Artists can cook a dish that appears in their favorite canon. Knitters can write poetry. Do what doesn't come naturally, do what you've always wanted to try, do that thing you half remember enjoying from years ago. Let your fandom love infuse your efforts with familiarity and affection.

Maybe you will discover a new passion, or maybe you will feel like a huge doofus, or possibly both will happen more or less simultaneously. But you know, it's fun to just mess about with something you don't expect yourself to be good at, to stretch some creative muscles that usually go ignored. And what is fandom about if not having a bit of undignified fun? Injecting fannish glee into unusual areas of life makes everything better.

Comments

[deemoyza]

Ooh, I really like this one! I'm going to have to try it! :)

[spikedluv]

This is a great (and scary) challenge! It's one I immediately want to nope out of, lol! Which means I should probably consider it more.

I did it!!!

[deemoyza]

Surprisingly, I completed this challenge! :D It was a little bit scary, but a whole lot more fun! Thanks for the challenge! :D

[muccamukk]

I always thought a character themed cocktail book would be fun, hmmm.

[paulamcg]

What a great challenge! I’m a writer, but ten years ago when I participated a bit in a non-fanwork community on Livejournal, I made a drawing and a watercolour, and it shouldn’t be impossible to make a piece of fanart. I want to try. But not tonight!

[scrubjayspeaks]

Yeah, it's definitely something meant to stretch the comfort zone a bit. On the plus side, you totally don't have to share whatever you make with anyone. It can just be a fun thing you do for yourself--sometimes the pressure of other people seeing our awkward first attempts at something is the only reason we don't do it, and that's a pity.

Re: I did it!!!

[scrubjayspeaks]

Yay! Good job! I'm so glad you decided to give it a whirl.

[scrubjayspeaks]

Oh, that's a neat idea! Right now, I've got the Elder Scrolls cookbook out from the library. I love that meeting of food and fandom.

[scrubjayspeaks]

Thank you! There's definitely no rush on something like this--things we don't normally do usually require a bit more prep work to get started on, compared to things we do on a regular basis.