Snowflake Challenge #5

[faitsu]

Snowflake Challenge #5

Talk about what has improved in your life thanks to fandom.

I became better at writing in general via fanfiction. There are so many ways that fanfiction helps your writing but overall, I am able to write faster. If I have trouble writing, I put a skeleton down in e-mails/paragraphs and back fill what I am missing. I'm still slow at editing and I still have perfectionist tendencies, but it anything that's because reading and writing fanfic has refined my tastes. I know what I like and I like what I like but I wouldn't know if I wasn't in so many fandoms.

I have to add that because I am doing Fitness Boxing Fists of the North Star, my arms have toned a lot. Because I do cosplay and cosplay and attending cons does take a lot of walking, I do focus on my fitness to stay uninjured and stay at the convention longer.

Making comics and zines has helped me meet so many people and make so many friends. I do feel like my friends through art and comics have lasted longer than the people I have met through cosplay but I have a great core of friends I have meet through Homestuck cosplay to the point I was invited to one of their weddings. I enjoy attending events like TCAF to meet my fandom friends as well! It's very fun!

Through cosplaying, my sewing experience has increased but I have other smaller hobbies through cosplay that I enjoy such as embroidery, millinery (hat making) and most of all, wig styling. I feel like I have become an expert level wig stylist and it's something I enjoy doing outside of cosplay. There are new techniques as of the last five years so I'd like to keep making elaborate wigs even now. Also, cosplay has led me to sew all of my current clothes I wear that least half my wardrobe is homemade or fitted.

I also think I just got faster at everything because you just want to get more things done so you can get online and hang out with your fandom friends, especially when I was in my 20s. Meal prep? More time to write. Cleaning? Done quick so I have more time for cosplay? Better at work and job tasks? Just to have more energy at home to make fanart. 🤣🤣🤣

Comments

[linky]

I need to get Fitness Boxing Fist of the North Star myself! That's been on my wishlist for a while.

It's really nice to hear all the different ways fandom has improved your life over the years! :D

[faitsu]

I'm Fitness Boxing Fist of the North Star pilling everyone, but getting the regular Fitness Boxing and turning off stepping in the setting (both versions, because that movement doesn't register) is the move. I was sore when I started doing it but I feel better overall. I just think it's good because it gives quantitative progress you can see and you can keep track of your fitness.

Yeah, fandom has been so fun in the past, I'm looking forward to calling the gang together and doing little cosplay photoshoots or meeting up at events and doing zine and fandom goods swaps.

[tjs_whatnot]

You are so right! Using fandom as a reward for doing tedious and necessary things is such a great motivator. ❤️❤️

[faitsu]

It's really the medium that keeps giving! I remember I was working retail and I would work closing and STILL stay up late to play mahjong with my guys overseas (even though I was bad at it) because I had gotten into it via friends in the fandom I was in (Kaiji). It was what kept me going even though work was TOUGH!

[kanadka]

👋️ hello from snowflake! I love your post with all the different creative ways that fandom improved your life but I especially loved "Fitness Boxing Fists of the North Star" - this sounds SO AWESOME!! I had not heard of this game before, thank you for telling us about it :D

[faitsu]

A lot of people have become interest in Fitness Boxing Fists of the North Star, I think the Fitness Boxing series might have an issue detecting steps so if you're interested in anything from that series it's to turn off steps. It helped tone parts of my arm and area around the back of my arms and it's decent cardio.

It's good with people with mobility issues as you can do it all seated as my friend got into it after I did and they have leg issues from gout.