Snowflake Challenge, Post One, Day Eight: Good Things about Me

[kadytheredpanda]

I never finish this challenge, but I always like starting it. I can't help it- the prompts are so fun to complete! I just suck at answering them all before I kinda lose track of it because things. Anyway, here is my first fill for 2017!

Day 8

In your own space, make a list of at least 3 things that you like about yourself. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I'm starting with this one for a reason. Goddamn, do I need it. I barely wrote anything in 2016. I need to double check on my fanfiction tag on Tumblr, but if I cracked 10 fics I'll be amazed. I just didn't feel inspired at all. Which is tragic in that I've been writing fanfic since I was 13. That's thirteen years in May. Half my life in August. I simply feel like I'm a horrible writer despite what others have told me. Do I believe that this will have me cranking out fanwork like a manic word processor again? No. But saying positive things about myself might help, even if I struggle. 

1) I'm really good at writing cute things. Every time I write things intended to be cute, I get positive reception about how adorable they are.

2) To a lesser extent, I'm apparently really good at writing sadfics. Most of my most popular fics on FF.Net are deathfics for some reason. I still get favorites and reviews from one I wrote about ten years ago on a semi regular basis.

3) People like my child OCs, especially Colleen and Souris, complete with fanart (and fanfic for Souris). It's always exciting to see someone inspired enough by your work to actually create their own fanwork of it.

4) This is perhaps correlated with my profilic output, but I'm really good at breeding plotbunnies. 

5) I was the one that helped Monster Allergy get a section on FF.Net in 2007, as well as help begin the comic index that the Dom Oasis forum hosts. Considering how major that the latter thing is for the fandom, I feel like my contributions have been particularly strong in the MA fandom (even if I only have three comics to my name)

I'm aware that this is a "say good things about yourself in general" post, but I especially felt like I needed to say good things about me as a writer. But here are a couple other bonuses about the good points of me, myself, and I:

6) I don't like finishing anything at bare minimum. Unless I'm super stressed or it's just impossible, I'll intend to both meet goal and above it.

7) I suffer from moderate to severe depression and anxiety, and like a demolished city I'm always rebuilt after a major breakdown. Call it cheesy, but "Tubthumping" by Chumbawamba put it best: "I get knocked down, but I get up again/You are never gonna keep me down"