2024 Sign-Ups

[hekateras]

Welcome to the first round of Flashback Fest!

Please check out the sticky post for links to the AO3 collection, FAQ, and schedule.

In brief: Flashback Fest is a low-pressure, low-minimum challenge to revisit an early fandom and create something for it. You have until November 30th, 2024 to post your works to the collection. There will be a week of anon period, and after that, the creators will be revealed and the collection will close.

This is the sign-ups post.
Leave a comment here to indicate your interest in making something and (if you like) what fandom you're considering. Signing up is not required to post to the collection.

There will be a fandom promo post at a later point when you can talk about your fandom in as much detail as you like.

Happy flashbacks!

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over a decade of being fannish 🌟💞

[sewageworm]

I've been part of fandoms since I was young, from Quizilla to FFN, and I started out with an interest in cartoons/animated media which remains that way to this day! Some of my early fandoms are: Disney, PJATO, V:LD, Gravity Falls, Zootopia, MLP: FiM, BatJokes, Redwall, and Undertale. To Name A Few, hehe. Details under the cut if you want to read my gushing. <3

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• Disney, primarily The Lion King (Scar <3), Hercules (Hades <3), and literally any main villain.


• The Percy Jackson series, and by extension Greek Mythology as a whole. I'm a sucker for Hades.


• Voltron: Legendary Defender, with Hunk and Lance being my favorites. I can't remember if I stopped watching because of "ship wars" or if that happens to be most of what I remember from the end of it haha, never finished the show.


• Gravity Falls, which was the first time that I actually used a Tumblr account to engage with other members of the fandom— though, I didn't watch GF until 2018! It was my first time fixating on a less-than-popular ship as well: Stancest, which is a comfort and a favorite to this day. My first published works on AO3 are from this pairing!


• Zootopia, the start of teenage me openly embracing "furry" subculture, even though I'd always had an interest in animal characters, especially animated ones.


• MLP: FiM, Discord was my favorite, and I had a hoard of pony plushes. I still like to reblog fan art and enjoy the aesthetics to this day!


• Batman/DC... BatJokes. 'Nuff said. XD They influenced the way I ship things, and many of my favorite tropes/kinks/etc.


• Redwall, an earlier start to the "furry" stuff actually, but I really harbor an intense love for animals and animal-based characters to this day. I mean, hey, TLK was a fave forever! Brian Jacques's stories have a special place in my heart.


• Undertale, I have a lot of drawerfic and RP concepts from this era, and while I'm unsure if I'll ever write or roleplay this fandom again, I love the nostalgia it elicits!

It would be fun to find some people with similar early fandoms, I can't wait to see more sign-ups!

Re: over a decade of being fannish 🌟💞

[enchantedsleeper]

Ahhh Quizilla! I so rarely meet people in the wild who knew of or were active on Quizilla, so it always feels special ^-^ It was my introduction to fic! \o/ I was getting into anime and also really liked taking personality quizzes and it was a short hop from "taking a quiz themed around an anime I like" to "hey this is a story? about the anime I like???" And the rest is history xD

Anyway, just wanted to wave, because it's nice to see someone mention it!

Re: over a decade of being fannish 🌟💞

[sewageworm]

Waves back!! I miss Quizilla so much, I'd spend so much time making quizzes and reading those quizzes that become mini fics... kinda like CYOA fics, but interactive. Always with Percy Jackson or whatever anime boy I loved that week lololol. There really is nothing like it today. XD :D 💕

Re: over a decade of being fannish 🌟💞

[darlingsquid]

OMG i love scar and hades!! and i’ve been reading some batjokes lately, such a fun ship ^^ quality fandom list 👌

Re: over a decade of being fannish 🌟💞

[sewageworm]

Thank you!!! Obligatory mention of "Villains Land" that got announced, even though I will not feasibly be visiting. Childhood me is squeeing though. XD <3