Fannish Wish List

[forestofglory]

I'm seeing a lot of wish lists on my reading page as part of the snowflake challenge and they seem like fun. So here's mine:

*Icons! I've been working on building my collection but I want more, here's a few things I'm looking for.
-An icon that says "Why can't I make you a cup of tea over the internet?"
-An Untamed icon that says "swoosh" or "swooshy"
- Something with trees
- A Star Trek icon -- know there are a bunch of these floating around but I need to get a better sense of what I want and go looking
- A writing icon of some kind. Maybe a fannish one with character writing? or maybe I just want something that says "words, words, words"?

*Meta about food, ecology or urban planning!

*Recs for good books and articles about Chinese history. My recent enjoyment of Chinese media has made me realize how little I know. I'd be especially into things that talked about what daily life was like in the past.

*Recs for cosy SFF of any length

Comments

[vintagewitch]

Oh, an icon/profile photo wishlist is something I should very much post ...

[forestofglory]

It was fun to think about!

[calissa]

Why can't one make a cup of tea over the internet?

(...that is indeed an excellent idea for an icon)

[forestofglory]

It's just so unfair!

Thanks!

[james]

This is Japanese, not Chinese, but The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagon is amazing and wonderful and full of daily life details.

[forestofglory]

Thank you!

[teigh_corvus]

I love that first icon request so much.

what kind of meta are you looking for exactly?

[forestofglory]

Thanks! I really wish I could make all my internet friend tea all the time!

For meta I guess anything that looks at how those things are used in story telling. Or deep dives into them in specif media. For example there was an article going around a while back about there not being alley's in lower Manhattan but we think there are because they show up in movies and TV a lot. Or I was talking with my spouse about how the food in Star Trek always seems kinda boring and american even a lot of the alien food and it would be fun to read a longer discussion of that.

[enemyofperfect]

I am only a very occasional icon maker, but I had to try my hand at your lovely tea icon idea.



There's absolutely no pressure to use it if it doesn't catch your fancy, of course, but if you do, it's under a CC-BY-SA license, and the teacup photo is by Wikimedia user Miya!

[forestofglory]

I love it! Thank you!

[enemyofperfect]

I'm so glad, and you're very welcome!

[cranky_x_crocus]

That's lovely! May I save that (with credit)? ♥

[enemyofperfect]

Thank you so much, I'm delighted you like it! ♥ You absolutely can -- just make sure to credit forestofglory and the photo creator, too!

[cranky_x_crocus]

Saved, thank you!! Excited to add to my mug collection ;D

[jo_lasalle]

An Untamed icon that says "swoosh" or "swooshy"

I'm not helpful with the making of icons but I wanted to say that that's a great idea!

[forestofglory]

Thanks! I often refer to The Untamed as the Swoshy show when I'm talking about it in person so I thought it would be fun to have an icon to reflect that sediment.

[tarlanx]

I hope you like this 'Fannish' writing icon - Lord of the Rings:


 

[forestofglory]

Thank you!

[tarlanx]

You are most welcome :)

[spindizzy]

You have so many good icon ideas! I'll keep an eye out for any recs of Chinese history, because I'm interested in learning more too.

[forestofglory]

Thank you!

[cranky_x_crocus]

Ooooh that meta bit interests me greatly. I shall have to check out this Snowflakes thing (am just trying to peek back here for the first time in Aeons now).

[forestofglory]

It's snowflake_challenge if you want more info an prompts. I enjoying seeing it on my reading page even if I mostly haven't done the prompts.

[cranky_x_crocus]

Thank you for sharing that! I think I must've seen it other years but I've never done it - then again given the date I'm seeing it right at the end again. xD I'd have to think real hard about a lot of those I've been so long/often out of fandom!

[forestofglory]

Well I've never done it properly either but they do say there's no time limit -- so it you wanted to do it I think you should.