Snowflake Challenge 2: Secret Origins

[fleetsparrow]

I have been in online fandoms, in some shape or form, since at least 1999, possibly even longer.  I was casting back my memory to try and figure out exactly how long I've been here and, uh:

• MuggleNet was created in 1999
• Neopets was created in 1999
• Putt-Putt Travels Through Time was released in 1997
• I have an "Attack of the Killer Y2K Bug" t-shirt...from 1999
• I remember hating when Disneyland added Jack Sparrow into the Pirates of the Caribbean ride
• My first fanfic was posted in 2005, but I know I was roleplaying before that
• My first Batman fanfic was posted in 2011
• I first claimed Fleet Sparrow as my username in the very early 2000s
• A guy on Gaia Online tried to claim he was dating me, which prompted a friend of his to straight up come to my defense with a "I'm so sorry about him, I'm gonna tell him to chill" and it... worked???
• My first written fandom sex scene was written during a live chat RP in... 2012, I'm guessing

It all begins to blur, tbh.

Really feeling the Elrond life experience, rn.  I was there, Gandalf.  I was there 3,000 years ago.

Comments

[gingicat]

Thank you for sharing!

Roleplaying is a great way to get involved in fandom.

[kiki_eng]

I have an "Attack of the Killer Y2K Bug" t-shirt...from 1999
I have never seen one of those t-shirts, but it sounds awesome.

I'm with you on the blurring. Figuring out personal fandom history is starting to feel a bit archaeological at this point.