snowflake challenge 3

[aliensamba]

Challenge #3: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

In your own space, tell us who, from one of your fandoms, would you most want to have dinner with (or tea, or a random afternoon visit), And why? This could be a creator, an actor, a costumer, a set designer, a director, a character, a composer, anybody! What would you talk about? What are you dying to know?




In theory, this would be great but I know that when faced with new people I am reticent and prefer to listen than to converse. I am not quick to interact with people who I admire [and even with people I have just met].

I can talk about my favorite in a fandom but I don't know if I can talk to them face to face. I think it's difficult to interact with someone I admire because I already have this idea of them in my head and I think the interaction would by clouded by these pre-conceived notions.

I sometimes worry that I might offend someone when I leave a comment [in a fanwork, in an FB post, etc] because my conversation skills are rusty. I find myself reading and reviewing whatever I comment to see if it will not be misinterpreted.

And in the end, I sometimes end up saying "Kudos!" on a fanwork and feel as though it's not enough.

 

Comments

[sjh2009]

For years I was like you, worried about interacting with people because I wasn't sure what to say or afraid I would say the wrong thing. But I read something that someone wrote once about how lovely it was to receive comments on their stories, even if it was just a quick 'I really enjoyed that' sort of thing, so I started braving it and leaving comments myself. To start with I looked over the comments that had already been left to get some inspiration, which is a good way to start :)

[aliensamba]

I will start reading comments to learn how to comment better. I've seen that sentiment too (about how lovely it was to receive comments on their stories...) at tumblr and that it makes them (the authors) feel appreciated and continue to write more.

[sjh2009]

That's great, I know authors will appreciate your comments.