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

[darkrosaleen]

My name is:
•DW: this one
•AO3: darkrosaleen
•other: darkrosaleen33 at gmail dot com

My pronouns are: she/her

My contributions to fandom include (reading, writing, art, podfic, etc): reading, writing
Link to my masterlist: AO3 (no bandom up yet)

I am a fan of these bands: I'll read anything that looks interesting, but my mains are FOB, Cobra Starship, Gym Class Heroes, and MCR
My favorite people in these bands are: Patrick, Joe, Travie, Gabe, Pete, Ray, Mikey
Relationships I ship within these bands are: I multiship like crazy, but some favorites are Pete/Patrick, Patrick/Joe, Waycest, Mikey/Frank, Pete/Patrick/Mikey, Travie/Gabe/Pete (and any combo thereof), Gabe/Vicky T, Brendon/Spencer, Ray/anyone, Gerard/Lindsey/other people, any and all GSF

I am willing to be a minion! (specify type): I'm a pretty good listener, and I'd be willing to poke/cheerlead/be a sounding board, with the caveat that I'm not familiar with the killjoys-verse. I probably won't have time to be a real beta, but I can help with SPAG and Ameripicking.
I am in need of a minion! (specify type): someone to bounce ideas off of/chat with/gnash teeth with. I would also be up for productivity sprints and nudges and things. I'm new to the fandom, so I may need help with details and fact checking. I'll also need a beta at some point.

A random fact about myself: I did this backwards and came to bandom from hockey fandom.
My hope for BBB is: to write something long enough to count as slow burn, with as many self-indulgent tropes as possible

[akamine_chan]

I won't have a lot of time for actual betaing, but I'm more than willing to do sprints/nudges and bandom canon fact/detail checking.

[darkrosaleen]

Cool! I'm not sure our sprinting schedules overlap (I keep pretty early hours on the east coast), but nudging and fact checking is good :)

[cold_clarity]

ahahaha "i did this backwards and came to bandom from the hockey fandom" is an excellent way to get into bandom.

i responded to your reply to my post (finally), but i'm always happy to gnash teeth and do productivity sprints. i'm not technically signed up for bbb but i'm...trying to write along as if i am? choices.

[darkrosaleen]

Extra backwards because I was way more into hockey as a teenager than My Chemical Romance :)

I'm not on tumblr, but I'm happy to chat on DW or email! Sprint-wise, usually write between 7-9 pm est on weeknights, any time on weekends.