Introductions!

[narceus]

So you've found your way over to openingyourselfuptojoy , I see.  That's great!  We're thrilled to have you.  Welcome to our communal madness!

Of course, that's the thing about communities: they only work because of their members.  So go ahead, guys, and introduce yourselves here.  Meet some of the people you'll be tossing squee and ideas around with.  Let us know who you are.

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[four_tens]

Oh wow, I totally missed this and feel awful now. Bad me!

Hello! My name is four_tens on livejournal and here, but you might know me better as PenroseParticle on tumblr? My real first name is Colton (It's in the intro for my tumblr, so much for keeping up a mysterious persona).

Nice to meet you all!

How did I meet Glee. Isn't that a question. I started watching it during Preggers, actually. A friend of mine said the show wasn't half bad and that I should check it out. Instantly I was hooked, and watched the first three episodes on Hulu so that I hadn't missed anything.

I wasn't big on internet fandoms at the time (I was mostly what one would call a forum lurker, and still mostly am really), and wouldn't actually start doing anything fannish until season 2 rolled around, when I started lurking TWoP forums.

In a way that informed my mentality for Glee- I thought it was fun and intermittently clever, but mostly a hot mess.

Oh how wrong I was.

I got into tumblr about... EMC time? Maybe? Originally it was for Avengers, and that's also what my early LJ was about, but then something amazing happened- on my quest to read more fanfic, I was on lookninjas' livejournal (Check her stuff out, it's awesome), and read a chance comment by one crown_of_weeds.

Intrigued, I took a visit to THAT livejournal. Then to her tumblr. Then I started reading any journal/tumblr tangentially related to weeds.

AND THEN I rewatched the first two season in one single marathon.

I started writing my own meta, did a review of the pilot for my own benefit, decided I liked it, kept writing. Tumblr was both a blessing and a curse- I loved the thoughts people had, gifsets, and all that, but now hated the LOLGLEE mentality (And that I myself held that mentality for a while).

And so of course this comm was right up my alley.

I love talking to people- seriously, don't be shy! Now that I'm not lurking, but actively contributing, I find myself having a lot more fun with fandom, and I don't bite I swear.

Looking forward to sharing this comm with you all!