Friending Meme!

[bbb_mod]

tl;dr friending memes are a good way to make new friends, but also help develop creative relationships with people who will keep you focused on your Bandom Big Bang fanwork.

Important things to remember:

•You don't have to have a DW to participate - just comment anonymously.
•You don't have to be signed up as a fanwork creator to participate.
•The official BBB Tumblr (bandombb) and Twitter (bandombigbang) are only for announcements, but there is an inspirational Tumblr that you can contribute to at any time by joining the bbb-network.
•If you are signed up as a fanwork creator, you can opt to be poked and prodded by mod email.



The mods' collective excitement about this year's Bandom Big Bang is mega-intense! We're definitely thrilled to see people returning to participate and equally as happy for all of the first timers as well.

One of the best ways to make sure you get to the finish line is to have a lot of support. Cheerleaders, productivity partners, and betas all help keep you focused on the finish line. And it might feel like it's a little early in the game to be recruiting minions friends, it really isn't.

So look at the people in your life, figure out who has the time to help you out. Who's gonna text you every few days to see how your fanwork's going? Who's gonna help you brainstorm your fanwork or do productivity sprints with you? Who's going to beta your fanwork?

Friending memes are a great way to meet new friends that share a fandom, but it's also a great place to offer your services as a minion, or to ask for people to volunteer to be a minion. So, here is one to get you started. (Full disclosure: we've adapted the friending meme from the the_neverenders comm.)

Copy and paste the text below in your comment reply:

<b>My name is:</b> <b>•DW/LJ:</b> <b>•Twitter:</b> <b>•Tumblr:</b> <b>•AO3:</b> <b>•other:</b> <br><b>My pronouns are:</b> <br><b>My contributions to fandom include (reading, writing, art, podfic, etc):</b> <b>Link to my masterlist:</b> <br><b>I am a fan of these bands:</b> <b>My favorite people in these bands are:</b> <b>Relationships I ship within these bands are:</b> <br><b>I am willing to be a minion! (specify type):</b> <b>I am in need of a minion! (specify type):</b> <br><b>A random fact about myself:</b> <b>My hope for BBB is:</b>

Comments

[doctorkilljoy]

Your Tumblr made me laugh, that is a good sign.

[cold_clarity]

well thank you!

[(Anonymous)]

I'm always up for productivity sprints and chatting/brainstorming.

[akamine_chan]

Uh, that would have been me, forgetting that I was logged out. /o\

[cold_clarity]

ahaha i was wondering who left the other comment. i was like ME TOO BUT WHO ARE YOU.

anyway, hi!

[cold_clarity]

also because i'm slightly overtired, i'm sitting here trying to suss out your availability. if i understand your post correctly, 6 AM to 10 AM CST are when you're free (except thursdays/fridays--which sound like free-all-day days)?

[akamine_chan]

Wow, missed this reply, oops, sorry! /o\

And that's what I get for trying to do my tine zones in UTC/GMT.

I am generally available from midnight to about 4am Saturday through Wednesday Central Standard Time; I am indeed available all day on Thursday and Friday, but I still tend to keep second shift hours.

[jiksa_x]

I feel like a willingness to drive someome into crackfic!AU!land is the finest quality imaginable in a person ;)

[cold_clarity]

it's my favorite? like, why limit ourselves. there's a cracked-out universe for everyone, in my very humble opinion.

[darkrosaleen]

Awesome list of faves :) I'd be up for chatting, I'm also a talking-things-out writer.

[cold_clarity]

man, i'm sorry for the delay in responding! but yes--private message me? i'm always happy to talk (or you can hit me up on tumblr chat).