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tangled-cl0wn-core · 3 years

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Where, besides Tumblr, can people find you doing fannish things? (Obviously only mention sites and usernames you actually want to be found at. Don’t expose your secret identities on my account.)

What other names have you gone by on these platforms, including Tumblr, if any?

When did you join the IT fandom? And what got you into fandom, to begin with?

What are your favorite ships, or characters, if any, and why? What do they mean to you?

In what ways do you participate in fandom? (ex. Posting memes, reblogging/commenting on content, writing fanfic, making fanart, creating fanmixes, etc.)

Do you have any in-fandom inspirations? Other members of the community that drive you? (And if you have the time/energy, in what ways do they inspire you?)

Name and link some of your favorite works, please!

Do you have any works of your own that you feel particularly proud of, or wish more people would’ve consumed? Please provide links if possible.

Have you ever participated in a fannish event (ie. IT Week, a fic Big Bang) or applied to be a part of a fanzine? If so, which ones, and can you please link them?

Without any form of bashing or lashing out, what is something you feel this fandom is missing?

HI!! since you asked before sending it, I knew this was coming but my First Cool Guy Tumblr Ask is so neat,, anyway!!

This is my only IT-specific account, but I post almost everything I draw on my instagram, https://www.instagram.com/fabricsofteners/ (I don't know how people make links cool on tumblr aaa) I also have an AO3, https://archiveofourown.org/users/tangledheadphonecord , where I might post this one really long fic I’m working on (maybe not, as it’s super lame but God am I putting in work)? But mostly it’s just really old stuff atm, and no IT content right now - just some random drabbles from past hyperfixations tbh.

I used to be ‘fabricsofteners’ everywhere besides here - tangledheadphonecord is a username I used for my tumblr because I want a change from the fabricsofteners brand, as I've had it for quite a few years and have just grown kind of bored - just waiting a bit to change my instagram user. I also used to be ‘unbrandedmarkers’ like, three years ago on instagram? but, that era ended fast. I think I might have an old Tumblr under some variation of ‘fabric softener’ but honestly even if anything is up on it I’d probably be embarassed to look at it now.

I watched IT for the first time in 2019, I believe, but wasn’t really in the fandom until actually like, April of this year. I entered the fandom and developed a hyperfixation (sobs) by complete mistake - I read all the fics for michael mell/rich goranski on ao3, and was on a camping trip and wanted to read some Homosexual Fanfiction and literally remembered IT on a whim (rich-to-richie association) and read a bunch of Reddie fics, and it was all down (up?) hill from there.

Unshockingly, I’m sure, Reddie is my number one favourite IT ship. I’m also an enjoyer of Benverly, as well as Stanley/Patty - IT is like, the only fandom where I actually like the canon ships. I do also think Streddie/Stozier is really cute and Bill/Mike (unsure of the shipname?) is nice when I see it!! I think Reddis is cute because I am a total sucker for best-friends-to-lovers, as well asthe ‘I tease everyone but mostly you’ and the ‘I’m so tired of you bullying me but if you ever stop I’ll cry’ and... just, the entire dynamic that they have. Stanley/Patty - there is no reasoning, I just want Stanley to be happy. Benverly - the way they were each other’s first Meaningful Interactions in so like?? agony, they’re so cute. They both deserve to be happy, and I’m so happy they find that happiness in each other.

As for characters - Richie is absolutely my favourite. I (unfortunately /hj) kin and relate to him on so many levels it hurts. Having a character that feels that fear of their sexuality because of a horrible environment is painfully real. covering up struggles with humour and all that?? yeah, mood (also, crushing on your best friend-). What he means to me, in a sense, isn’t really canon - I read strictly fix-it fics, because I want to feel that hope that like fanon Richie, I don’t have to hide forever. I can be myself and be happy. Obviously I can’t much look to the movies or anything for that but hey - what’re Andy or Stephen gonna do, tell me to stop reading fics?

I also really like Stanley!! I don’t,, have a reason. I just think he’s adorable and I love his dynamic with the other Losers a lot. Stanley breathed like, once, and instantly became a comfort character and not even I know why at this point, he just is. Eddie & Bev are up there, too - honestly, Bill is the only Loser I don’t have a strong attachment too. And honestly, he’s growing on me rapidly.

I mostly draw whatever my goblin hyperfixated brain can think of, as well as rebloging just about every post that I see and like (art, jokes, edits, fics, etc.) - I start and stop a lot of fics, maybe one day I’ll finish one but as of yet I have not... Sigh.

I honestly don’t think I do have anyone to tag for inspiration? I follow IT blogs but none I would go to for inspiration (no offense to any mutuals-) inspiration for me is mostly just seeing a pose and going ‘okay’ and suddenly I have a drawing - I have no clue what happens in between.

So, my current all-time favourite IT fic atm is https://archiveofourown.org/works/18213215/chapters/43087232, though I will say it’s a really heavy fic and to read with caution. Going away from Angst, any ‘famous Reddie’ AUs are amazing, but I constantly reread the entire https://archiveofourown.org/series/1560019 series. It’s cute and funny and I THRIVE for domestic Reddie content.

Actually not Reddie, I throughly enjoyed https://archiveofourown.org/works/23201011 for giving me the Mike content the movies have robbed me of for too long, as well as https://archiveofourown.org/works/25262698 which is pure stanlon greatness and made my heart flutter for the boys more than once.

I don’t really have any IT fics up of my own creation, and honestly my reception in way of Tumblr notes is far better than I expected so honestly, I have none to link lol. As long as I get minimun interaction I will thrive.

I wish I could say I’ve been in anything like a zine or anything, but I have not! I’m relatively new to the fandom (and having a social media dedicated to one thing) so I wouldn’t even know where to begin to join or be qualified for one, y’know? I’ve done art weeks in the past and found them incredibly fun but haven’t seen any for IT - but if anyone does happen to know of any... Feel free to send them my way-

As for the last question - other than like, hyping up Chosen and Jeremy just as much as we do the other IT kids (which, honestly I’m not even sure if is still a problem - I’ve just seen posts about it and it’s made me wary), I’m not sure? I’ve honestly not encountered anything in the fandom I find awful and honestly, for a fandom about a movie that is... Well, IT, I’ve really just kind of enjoyed my time in the fandom thus far?

(I will say we need 200% more attention being drawn to 1990s adult Eddie Kaspbrak, who is one of the most beautiful men I have ever seen - but I also feel that way about James Ransone, so I’m not mad.)

(Also, we should be calling out the 1990s IT more, I watched it recently and it’s so bad /lh)

Anyway!! I feel like this answer was incredibly long and I am so sorry!! But like, thank you so much for asking me anything at all fihabsfhbafb I thrive at any chance to talk about the dumb clown movie. (Also, i’m sorry I say ‘honestly’ so much-)

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datingdonovan · 4 years

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most stoziers are good but then there’s the ones that make Eddie seem like this really bad person just to have a reason to put reddie to the side. Eddie doesn’t have to be a bad person to not be in a relationship with Richie. Stan doesn’t have to be this mean guy constantly and then be nice to the only one he likes. Stan would die for his friends. He DID die for his friends. Eddie did, too. They aren’t these evil or mean guys. This took a turn but those are just my thoughts

thank u for this its so true. yeah i feel like for some ppl if they don’t ship one of the ~popular~ or ~obvious~ ships theres an impulse to try to make excuses for themselves and/or other ppl as to why they ship what they do. like idk for me as much as i like any ship i can pretty much always be found reading many MANY fics that are contradictory/rival ships/etc and i think to some extent i did at one point feel weird about reading all these contradictory things and i would sometimes make excuses about other ships to try to validate whatever i was interested in at the time but nowadays im like, at the end of the day i can like what i want and im just doin me. i know some other ppl are very much not like that and they can be very territorial ab certain ships and character traits and whatnot so maybe thats why people use these kinds of arguments to validate to others what they ship. but at the end of the day i sorta feel like everybody has a right to do them WITHOUT the need to make these kind of excuses. imo they are all great characters. obviously doesn’t mean we can’t have criticisms of them but yeah, i think ur right, there’s no need to like paint them as bad just to justify another ship. i hope ppl can feel free to just ship what they want bc in the end they’re all fictional characters and ur interested in their dynamics and we’re all writing stuff that a lot of the time is really only loosely based on a book ol stephen wrote while he was on drugs a long time ago (almost 40 yrs??? thats WILD). but on the flip side like, some ppl write fic where certain losers are really genuinely mean and like it’s for the aesthetic or plot or w/e of the fic, and then you get into the issue of like can/should u write certain AU fics and keep the characters’ personalities mostly intact or is it ok to get a lil (or wildly) ooc based on ur fic, and is that even rly that bad considering that, again, theyre all fictional characters and everybody’s sorta using them for their own purposes lol. i know lots of ppl in this fandom also just block what they dont wanna see and thats fair play too like this is all for our enjoyment and however u wanna enjoy it provided its harmless i guess its valid.

ps if this ask is lowkey @ the last ask i answered i do have some other thoughts on this ask in conversation with that anon’s take but this is already way too long lol so maybe ill post them elsewhere

anyways this is a really interesting discussion to have bc as someone who studies english lit and creative writing for many hours a day like, if someone came at me with a mischaracterization of something i read or wrote for class, i’d probably kinda freak. but when it’s in this context where in so many ways we all just completely disregard the canon and are just doing it for fun, are the rules different? and does that imply some kind of value judgement on IT vs. something like, idk Jane Austen? or is it just a different mode of working with the material like if I were to work with IT in an academic setting (i REALLY DO WISH) i’d obviously treat it just as seriously as anything else. i guess these are things ppl have to decide and make judgements on for themselves and what’s rly impt to them. these are also things i should tell one of my contemporary lit profs ab bc i think she’d love that im having these thoughts right now lol.

#ask #anon #stozier anons #thank u wonderful being for giving me all these thoughts u didn't ask for lol im sorry #stanley uris #richie tozier #eddie kaspbrak #richie #stan uris #eddie #stan #it #now im thinking about the militancy of some ppl in this fandom and their aggressive stances on their views whether or not theyre canon #and im wondering is it ok to be militant ab a view if its canon or not #are there different standards of militancy allowed based on whether ur defending the canon or defending ur personal hcs #or should we not be so militant and just let ppl enjoy #i think i like the blocking strategy... maybe create an echo chamber for urself bc its just for fun #but is anything ever just for fun and does creating an echo chamber create problems too #lol can u tell im an #english major

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