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And the fun begins.

I started visiting Ring Con (today Magic Con) in Bonn/Germany, in 2002; since then, I have seen/met so many interesting actors. Lots of them come from the Lord of the Rings movies, but some others do not. For the first years it was unthinkable for me, to miss a con, but then the general interest in LotR started to vanish and other fandoms took over the con. I lost interest, and only goes now and then today, when some interesting gueststars are announced. Like Richard Armitage, who was there in 2024. (Thorin / The Hobbit)

Some days ago, I talked with a friend about it, and yes, it was difficult to remember all the guests easily. So I decided:

Why not making a list of all the great people I've met? So, here we go.

( Lord of The Rings )

( Other fandoms )

(fannish 50 - post 1)

I always wanted to have a post with all my favorite sig tags from the last years for

lands_of_magic because this makes using them so much easier.

There are 41 sig tags in total at the moment, and I will probably add more during the next round(s).

Here we go:
Fandom Sig Tags
( created by myself )

( created by others )

Other Sig tags
( created by myself )

( created by others )

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Challenge #12 - Tell Us about a Personal Win.
My personal win in 2023: I finally retired.

My fandom wins in 2023: I created two new fandom challenge communities, open for everyone, which are still active.
While you can join at

sweetandshort at any time because it is a low-pressure community,

fandom_empire is closed for new participants at the moment because the first challenge of 2024 is already running. But you are welcome to check out the community and return for the new challenge in April.

Challenge #13 - Make a rec list (of fanworks)!
Because I did read lots of small fandom works over the year, and it's just too hard to decide, I will not rec something here.

But I will leave you three TV series which are worth checking out.

- Jeremiah (TV)
It was a series from J. Michael Straczynski (2002-2004); sadly, it only ran for two seasons and ended with a cliffhanger. If you don't mind this, you might want to check it out if you are interested in a dystopian setting.

All adults died because of a virus about 15 years ago, and the young survivors are still looking for a way to save their future.

I know this sounds not new (but remember, back then, viruses, vampires, and zombies were not so overused themes). The cast is great: Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Luke Perry, and Sean Astin; the story is intriguing.

- Coroner (TV)
It's a series of four seasons I only discovered some time ago. The series tells about a middle-aged doctor who has given up her job in the emergency room to work as a coroner after she lost her husband in a tragic incident. He died in front of her (and her son's) eyes in a swimming pool, leaving both of them with a heavy trauma.

The series mixes up private life with the job, and yes, I will admit, sometimes the private stuff seems to be a bit too much drama, but the cases at her job are interesting enough to continue watching.

It's nothing entirely new, but I recommend looking if you want to spend some relaxing time with a new TV series.

- The Good Doctor (TV)
The series tells the story of a young, brilliant, autistic surgeon. Though it is 'only' one more Doctor series, it is very interesting because of the autistic aspect. I admit, I don't know how accurately the series treats the autistic clinical picture, but the acting is brilliant; very touching, sometimes a bit funny.

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In your own space, create a fanwork.

I did create some icons for

100fandomicons today:

Sanditon (TV) / Avatar (Movie) / Flight of the Conchords (Band) / Wolf Pack (TV)

:::

I wrote some three-sentence-ficlets for

threesentenceficathon today:

one - fandom: Jeremiah (TV)
two - fandom: The Faculty (Movie)
three - 3x3 sentences - fandom: The Faculty (Movie)

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Five Things! The five things are totally up to you.

My five favorite roles of Sean Astin:
- Samwise Gamgee (Lord of the Rings)
- Mr. Smith (Jeremiah TV)
- Rudy (Touchdown)
- Lynn McGill (24)
- Harrison Bergeron (IQ Runner)

My five most loved actors I met at Ring Con/Magic Con (it's the same convention, just a different name)
- Sean Astin (Lord of the Rings)
- Billy Boyd (Lord of the Rings)
- Tom Ellis (Lucifer)
- Rachel Harris (Lucifer)
- Kyle Schmid (Blood ties)

My five always and forever movies I have already rewatched umpteen times:
- Gone with the Wind
- The Godfather Part 1
- Lord of the Rings
- Miss Marple: Murder she said (only the old one with Margaret Rutherford)
- Some like it hot

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Talk about a current fannish project

It's not easy to answer this challenge because I don't have bigger projects I'm working on, but lots of challenge communities I participate in more or less regularly.

1. The Table Prompt Challenge at

fandom_empire (sorry, sign-up is closed already), which comes with a 36-prompt table to fill within 13 weeks.

2. The

100fandomicons challenge (you can still sign up and join us), which means creating 100 icons for 100 prompts, using 100 different fandoms.

3.

lands_of_magic, a landcom which offers various challenges throughout a round; some of them pretty easy, other more challenging.

4. The

dailyicons community, which offers a prompt every day to create an icon for it. (I have neglected this one badly during the last month, but would like to go back as soon as I find the time for it)

5. I am also a member of the two challenge communities I mod (

fffc and

sweetandshort; both are open for written works and graphics. I try to participate in the challenges at least now and then.

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Make a list of fannish and/or creative resources

Well, of course, I often use the usual sites like Wikipedia or Google when I am looking for help. Besides this, there are some other resources that make my fandom life easier.

Writing
general sites:
Grammarly - a digital writing assistant that helps you to improve the spelling, grammar, tone, and style of your writing. There is a free and a full version which needs to be paid.
Check out here.

Leo - a dictionary for various languages
Check out here.

Various sites that offer writing prompts:
Random Word Generator
Writing Exercises
1800+ Writing Prompts

Diverse:
Bingo Generator

Icons and more
Images for free:
Pexels
Pixabay

Photoediting
Gimp (for free)
Pixlr(free version + a payed extended version)
Canvas (for free + two pro versions to pay)
Image Color Picker (for free)

Diverse:
Icon Table Generator

In your own space, share a favorite piece of original canon (a show, a specific TV episode, a storyline, a book or series, a scene from a movie, etc) and explain why you love it so much.

I have thought about this challenge for a while and finally decided to go with Sean Astin. Since I watched 'The Lord of the Rings' he has been one of my most famous actors.

Yes, I will admit he has done some cheesy movies, but there are other movies / TV series that are just great, and I can watch them repeatedly, even after all the years. Like Jeremiah, where he played Mr. Smith in the second season (after this, the series sadly was canceled, which still makes me sad because the story of Mr. Smith is for sure not told to the end. Luckily, we fans always have fanfiction to fix whatever needs to be fixed. ;)

I will add a video I made aaaages ago; don't expect too much, there are only some screenshots I put together, accompanied by a score from 'Touchdown'. Sean's most famous roles for me back then; most of them still are.

Watch on YouTube

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Search in your current space, whether brick-and-mortar or digital. Post a picture or description of something that is or represents:

- Something that makes you ~~laugh~~ smile
My pinboard at the wall over my desk. It's stuffed with little memories, like a convention wristband, a golden star an online friend sent me for Christmas, a card I got from my best friend when I didn't feel well with the text 'Everything could be so easy..." and a card, showing a beach chair at sunset.

- A fandom place you would like to visit
That's an easy question. Middle-earth - The Shire. Having breakfast with Merry and Pippin. Sitting in the garden together with Sam.

- Something from a favorite TV series or movie from your childhood.
This is sooo long ago, and I was more a teenage girl than a child when I watched 'Gone with the Wind' for the first time. It's still one of my favorite movies. I own a special edition with lots of extras, cards, and a small infobook on Blu-Ray. And the Scarlett Barbie, wearing the green dress, Mammy made for her when she went to visit Rhett in prison to ask him for some money. My precious (grins... wrong movie, I know)

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IceBreaker Challenge! Tell us about yourself. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I am Prisca.

Prisca was the name of my grandmother, who died over 40 years ago, but she still is so close to my heart. When I started to be active on the internet (about 20 years ago), it was so easy to choose my username.

I am not very talkative when it comes to RL stuff, but I am more or less active in fandom. I write short fanfiction (sometimes some original stuff or even a poem), and some years ago, I started to create icons. Both just for fun; I don't expect that many other people will be interested in my stuff because my favorite fandoms are not the most popular ones: 'The Faculty' and 'Jeremiah (TV)' forever.
:::

And because it is fun, here are three random generator questions:
1. If you could have any person become a member of your family, who would you choose?
Elijah Wood, because he is such a funny, interesting guy.

2. Is there any place that you have no desire to visit?
All countries that are making war against others and against their own population (or parts of it only because they don't fit into an archaic view of world).

3. What's something that you know you should start, but haven't?
Eating more healthily. Starting some sporting activity. Easier said than done. But giving up is not an option.

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Create a wish list of fandom things (podfic, graphics, playlists, canon recs translations, research help, vids, sky's the limit!) that you'd like to receive.

This challenge is always tricky because I don't like to ask others to create something for me. So, why not choose a different way?

1. My first wish is not for myself but for a community, I mod for a while already.

fffc. The community started on 21 February 2011 at Livejournal as a small Lord of the Rings/Frodo Community. Over the years, there were some changes, and we opened a sister-community at Dreamwidth.

Today we are open to all kinds of fandoms/fanworks. We also appreciate real-person work and original work. But sadly, the LJ Community is on a hiatus because of the lack of activity.

Also activity at Dreamwidth is gradually decreasing during the last one/two years. While I can understand that people start to move on after a while, it still feels sad. I don't want to give up a community which already exists for 13 years.

So I ask you: If you are looking for a low-pressure community that offers 4 (sometimes 5) challenges throughout a month, come and check us out here. If you decide to stay (for a while), even better :)

:::

2. I am always looking for interesting TV series/movies and audiobooks. Everything but hardcore horror; and without animals getting tormented.

So, tell me about your favorite TV series, movies, and audiobooks. What did you enjoy most during the last months/year?

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In your own space, set yourself some goals for the coming year. They can be fannish or not, public or private. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Let's start with some fannish goals. Not set in stone, more like a reminder.

1. I want to go back to writing more regularly (and I have to admit, I haven't written at least one fannish word so far in January. But I will, soon, maybe today?!)

2. After the low year 2023 writing-wise, I've set back my

getyourwordsout goal, and I will try the 120-day habit pledge this year.

3. I want to do more icons again (and finally finish my

100fandomiconstable from last year to start with the 2024 one)

4. I want to keep running my three challenge communities (one of it an oldie, the other two I created last year). So much fun.

5. This might be the hardest goal for me: I will try to be more active when it comes to commenting. So often I stumble upon some great icons or a cute fic, but I only leave a comment rarely. Can't even say, why. I never was a very talkative 'girl'. But it can't be so difficult, to leave at least a 'great job, I like your ficlet', right?

And now some more private goals. I know, I should try to live more healthily. Easier said than done. But I am willing to start with some baby steps again.

1. Eat healthier - more fruits and vegetables, less pizza.
2. Drink more (water).
3. A little walk every day.

At the end we will have to wait and see, where the road will take us. I have learned over the years that it is never a good idea to put myself under too much pressure.

It's that time of year again! The time when ghouls and goblins gallivant through the streets, and wicked witches ride through the skies! It's spooky season!

I created some icons, some sig tags, and some handy wallpaper.

( My works )

Some notes at the beginning:
Tons of pictures!
All pictures are minimalized - to see all the details and the original size, please click.
Autographs are faked and created by using my photo program.
All pictures (except the actors) are AI-created by myself with the help of my photo program.

( Let the fun begin )

May this birthday, and every one after, be as wonderful as you.

I hope, despite all that's going on in your life at the moment, this day will bring you lots of joy. Hugs.

For this challenge, all of our prompts will be themed around ICE CREAM!
This challenge is for icons only, and you must finish the entire table to earn points. There will be no partial points given.
You must choose one topic to focus your icons on, whether that's a character, a fandom, a celebrity, etc.

All icons for 'Outlander', various characters.

10 THEMES

Vanilla	Salted Caramel Crunch	Sundae With Everything On It	Cherry On Top	Sprinkles

Orange Cream	Pistachio	Chocolate	Strawberry Sundae	Banana Split

5 CATEGORY- RAINBOW SORBET

1	2	3	4	5

5 ARTIST'S CHOICE

1	2	3	4	5

Rainbow Sorbet based on this color palette:

Song lyrics have a long history of inspiring creative works!

For this challenge, your work must not only be inspired by song lyrics, it must include at least 3 consecutive words from a song. So, if you are making icons, each icon must feature at least 3 consecutive words from a song.

First song I did choose: Into the West by Annie Lennox and Howard Shore

Supernatural / 2x Outlander / 2x Stock

The second song I did choose: Barbie Girl by Aqua

Legally Blonde / Barbie (Movie 2023) / Jerry McGuire / Outlander / Elvis (Movie)

The first official day of summer is June 22! Let's celebrate by making some sig tags featuring summer images!

Moana (Movie)

The Graduate (Movie)

Mamma Mia (Movie)

50 First Dates (Movie)

In Memorium

Writers are cruel. They live by the mantra that they must kill their darlings. We, as watchers and readers are left with the emotional aftermath, and that is not fair. For this challenge, we will be celebrating all of those we have lost.