Snowflake Challenge #5

[elidelio]

Challenge #5

In your own space, tell us about 3 creative/fannish resources, spaces, or communities you use or enjoy. (One or two is fine, especially if you're in a smaller fandom or like many people at the moment, fannishly adrift right now) Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I'm going to be perfectly honest and admit that I go to Reddit for most of my fandom spaces xd. It's just such a good place to find anything about, well, anything! Obviously Reddit isn't perfect, all places have their issues (some many more than others), but I quite enjoy my time there.

My current favourite subbredits are for Genshin Impact related stuff, and aside from the main r/Genshin_Impact and it's meme-dedicated offshoot, r/Genshin_Memepact, the places I find myself frequenting most are:

• r/GenshinHomeworld a place for those of us who like to look at pretty pictures of people's Serenitea Pot builds! It's also got tons of resources in case you want to attempt some building of your own and an equally helpful Discord server.
• r/AlbedosCreations I don't know how I found this, honestly, I think it found me much in the same way a monstrous abomination pounces on its unsuspecting victims. Anyway, this is a subreddit for people who like to make interesting photoshopped images of the Genshin characters, the range in quality and variety of which is impressive. Some turn into unholy abominations akin to biblically accurate angels, and some turn into amazing original characters that fit right in with the rest of the cast, and even more still are just recolours or memey retouches. It's a roll of the dice with this one.
• r/Genshin_Lore a pretty self descriptive place for any and all lore discussions!
• And the last super secret subbreddit

  r/Genshin_Imact_Leaks a place filled with sage prophets who speculate on the future of the game.

The other place I frequent most for fandom stuff is Novel Updates and its Forum companion. Novel Updates is a super comprehensive directory of translated asian novels where I find and keep track of the majority of what I read, and the forum that comes with it is a good place for discussion or just goofing off, I even joined a book club there!

Here in DW I'm super fond of the vocab_drabbles community, they're what got me into doing fanfic challenges here.

Comments

[turps]

I go on Reddit but have to admit it was only recently I realised I could use it for fandom purposes.

So, thank you for the reminder and sharing such great links.

[elidelio]

I've found that the way to get the most enjoyment out of Reddit is to unsubscribe from all the default subs and just fill your homepage with nice fandom interests (⁠◡⁠ ⁠ω⁠ ⁠◡⁠)

[devon]

I feel like reddit has come a long way. Parts are still To Be Avoided, but there are some very nice subs that I've found! It's nice that you have so many for your fandom. <3

[elidelio]

oh it has come a loong way for sure! i first joined like 7 years ago when r/nosleep was pretty big and i have seen plenty of the things that give it its, ahem, colourful reputation (and plenty more things that i haven't seen but of course have heard of). But honestly the smaller fandom spaces are very nice most of the time, and there really is a sub for almost every fandom and hobby niche you can think of.