Icytwaine

anyway the actual point of fandom is to inspire each other. reading each other's fics and admiring each other's art and saying wow i love this and i feel something and i want to invoke this in other people, i want to write a sentence that feels like a meteor shower, i want to paint a kiss with such tenderness it makes you ache, i want to create something that someone else somewhere will see it and think oh, i need to do that too, right now. i am embracing being a corny cunt on main to say inspiring each other is one of the things humanity is best at and one of the things fandom is built for and i think that's beautiful

#fandom is a party not a market via @kittenjammer

Fandom is a party, not a market.

Lately I’ve been really into being honest to people about my positive feelings towards them. I told my classmate that I’ve admired her creativity from the start and named a project of hers that I loved, and her face lit up! I took the train with a project partner the other day and told her that I always have so much fun with her, and it prompted an entire conversation about the difficulties of graduating from ‘classmates’ to ‘friends’ and both of our insecurities in this regard (and how we’re definitely getting coffee later). I express my gratitude honestly. I say what I feel if I’d be happy hearing it, myself. I remember details so that I can refer to them later. Once you realize how great you can make someone feel, all of those mundane moments become so special. It will maybe even create some lasting connections, something I think we could all use more of.

after making this post, the classmate, project partner and I somehow grew even closer to the point where the three of us text daily, set up entire projects to create hand-crafted gifts for each other’s birthdays and have restaurants we frequent every time we want to catch up—which is to say: human connection is built on these seemingly insignificant moments of pure, positive honesty. being kind to people, being specific and sincere in your appreciation of them, being consistent in your compassion and giving into those urges of telling people how you feel about them, changes lives.