I can’t say enough to thank the whole VC fandom here for all the good times we had, I can never fully repay what a great experience it’s been for me! I’m not deleting this blog, and the @vcsecretgifts exchange is still up and running, we’ll try to keep it on this crumbling hellsite as long as we can. We’re setting up a Dreamwidth comm vcsecretgifts where we’ll be crossposting the works. We’ll also try to move the archive of older gifts there.
(^Anyone is welcome to use this gif, btw.)
Was I a pillar of the fandom? All I wanted for this blog was to be a collection of fanwork when it was so hard to find, and then encourage the creation of more of it. Now, when the the fandom is exploding with new fanart, writing, RP, meta, and other fanworks, that’s when the ship has started sinking. It’s upsetting, but fandom will go on, we’ll migrate somewhere.
Find me on:
>AO3: burnadette_dpdl
>Dreamwidth: vcsecretgifts, burnadette-dpdl, iwantmy-iwtv, and iwantmyiwtv.
I’m not planning on archiving this tumblr blog anywhere that anyone will be able to view it. I might try to get it on wordpress, but at nearly 15,000 posts from July 2013 to now, it’s a lot of material to try to move. So take what you can from it.
>Twitter: i_want_my_iwtv and iwantmyiwtv. (I’m not really a twitter person, but it’ll serve as a way to stay in touch with me.)
>Instagram: iwantmyiwtv
Seeing as we may all be purged soon, I’m going to try to clear out my queue soonish (so there may be blasts of a lot of posts), and try to get responses back to some older messages and asks. I’ll probably save most of them for response somewhere else, though. I’m sorry that it took me so long, I thought we had more time… Some of these asks are years old! *facepalm*
You have my permission to save/download anything from my blog, it would be nice if you kept my username, with or without dashes, if you repost.
One final request – as we migrate away to new platforms, we’ll be looking for our old friends, by their old names, and it would be cruel to take these names and impersonate others. I had parked several variations of this blog name here, but I can’t park them all on all platforms. If anyone parks my name, please send it to me w/ the login credentials.
If anyone claims to be me, come find me at Twitter, and I’ll clarify whether it’s me or not.
You made these last 5+ years so much fun, and I hope we find each other on new platform(s)!
Anyone, VC fandom or otherwise, is welcome to comment/reblog this and add their other platforms.
Shout-out to my fellow Fandom Olds who lived through Strikethrough/Boldthrough on LJ and knew this day would eventually come here on Tumblr.com also
Especial shout-out to the heroes at AO3 who designed their whole operation knowing that every other platform fandom used would pull this bullshit sooner or later
Somehow, it seems to come for every place that isn’t maintained by fandom-savvy people and built specifically around a core of protection for freedom of expression. Which is why I’m not super stoked to see so many people bailing to Twitter, of all places. Jack can’t even handle nazis, and its reporting system is notoriously flawed and prone to abuse.
Oh, is it Purge O’Clock again?
I’ll be posting links to my presence on other platforms soon.
Hello all, we got a great turnout this year! Your mods are now working on assignments and should send them out early next week, definitely by Nov. 24. Thanks to everyone for joining 😀
In the meantime, you can dig around in the archives for inspiration, if you like!
Absolutely, that’s fine! Some people have only seen one of the movies, or the Musical, or only read the more recent books, etc… the gift exchange has no prerequisite!
In fact, we got a submission in from someone who said they hadn’t read past one of the books, themselves, so they don’t know characters outside it, so we won’t be matching them with someone who wants to give/get those characters.
Tell us what you have read/watched, that will help us match you ^_____^
Deadline for joining is November 10, 2018 by 11:59PM CST (well, we’re not THAT hardcore about it, latecomers are always added, c’est la vie)
Official form under the cut. Go to Submit and then copy and paste this form and respond to the criteria in the box. If you would like to participate anonymously, please include that in your submission. If you submit this form, please make sure your own Submit box or Ask is turned on so that we can send you your assignment 😉
We’ve got 25 victims people signed up so far, big shout out to those who have signed up! We have a voracious appetite, more are welcome ^_____^
As a reminder, you can also offer to make a gift “to the fandom at large,” submit it to us, and we’ll post it along with the rest. After all, all the gifts are technically for everyone ♥
Deadline for joining is November 10, 2018 by 11:59PM CST (well, we’re not THAT hardcore about it, latecomers are always added, c’est la vie)
Official form under the cut. Go to Submit and then copy and paste this form and respond to the criteria in the box. If you would like to participate anonymously, please include that in your submission. If you submit this form, please make sure your own Submit box or Ask is turned on so that we can send you your assignment 😉
We’ve got 25 victims people signed up so far, big shout out to those who have signed up! We have a voracious appetite, more are welcome ^_____^
As a reminder, you can also offer to make a gift “to the fandom at large,” submit it to us, and we’ll post it along with the rest. After all, all the gifts are technically for everyone ♥
@twinklerwolf submitted: While shopping for witchcraft supplies I came across this huge ring that for whatever reason reminds me of Lestat. I felt compelled to purchase it as his birthday gift. I will be leaving in a safe place in NOLA when I come down. Until then it shall be stashed way with my witch supplies. Happy birthday Lestat.
There’s a lion on it, it’s a huge gem, and the metal part has some Baroque-ness to it, of course he loves it! On his behalf: Thank you for this thoughtful birthday gift ♥ I’m sure he’ll find wherever you choose to hide it ^_____^
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