get_together | Aug. 24th, 2015

Aug. 24th, 2015

( Sorry, this got long )

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This year's rego only has one part; I'll be using last year's part two to put together the Epic History of Get/Together. If you have anything you'd like to add to that, though, please do. (I may be contacting some old hands by email to confirm some ~~urban legends~~ slightly fuzzy memories.) If you've got any photos or other artifacts from years past (especially if you did a presentation in years one to three) please send them my way.

Registration Form 2015

Who are you and where can we find you (preferred name/user names across your preferred platforms/where you’re most active):

Are you a reader, a writer, an artist, a vidder, a lurker, all of the above, or something else entirely:

Wax lyrical about your current fandoms and OTPs:

Reminisce with one perfect crystal emo tear for the ship that sank or the fandom that finally faded away:

Any squicks or kinks (be clear which is which, *g*):

Fannish highlight of your year:

Favourite new show/movie/comic/source text since last year:

Favourite AO3/tumblr/twitter tag:

Where do you do the bulk of your fannish interaction? Is there a hotbed of awesome out there that someone might be missing out on? Any specific comms or tumblrs or rec sites or tags we should be following?

Are you taking part in Yuletide or Festivids this year? Are there any other fantastic exchanges we should all know about?

Any thoughts/comments/memories you’d like to add to last year’s anniversary reminiscences?

Tea, Coffee, Homogenised Milk, Calci Trim?

Coke, Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Lemonade, Juice? [pick one]

Crudites, Potato Chips, Corn Chips, Lollies, Biscuits, Chocolate? [pick a couple, or rank]

arysteia.livejournal.com

Registration Form 2015

Who are you and where can we find you (preferred name/user names across your preferred platforms/where you’re most active): Victoria, arysteia everywhere, definitely twitter

Are you a reader, a writer, an artist, a vidder, a lurker, all of the above, or something else entirely: reader, writer, fannish organiser/hostess

Wax lyrical about your current fandoms and OTPs: I am still absolutely 100% into The Fast and the Furious and it is well and truly the forever fandom of my heart. The really fascinating thing for me, though, is that in Year 2 it has morphed from a pure Dom/Brian OTP to a complicated but “more the merrier” situation where I ship 1) Dom/Brian (the rift! the angst! the absolute loyalty! the hotness!); 2) Dom/Letty/Brian/Mia (the sedoretu is the happy ever after relationship of my absolute heart); 3) Dom/Brian/Mia (the soulbondy lambda configuration where the siblings love each other enough to share); 4) Dom/Brian/Letty (the hot people eye each other up and go aw, yeah configuration); but also, shocker, 5) Dom/Letty and Brian/Mia (the we still share a house configuration). I love everyone in this ~~bar~~ ~~canonical coffee shop~~ garage.

I’m also crazy into the entire magnificent oeuvre of Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, but you may have gotten that from twitter. #dieselfest #walkerthon

I still adore The Winter Soldier, and it has finally, officially, supplanted the original Iron Man in my heart as the very best of the MCU. I’ve found a way to reconcile my warring OTPs now, though, and regained equilibrium; namely it’s Steve/Bucky all the way in the MCU, but Steve/Tony in the 616. I’ve seen some pleasing spoilers recently and I’m really looking forward to Civil War. (Thing that you never thought you’d hear me say, for a thousand.)

Reminisce with one perfect crystal emo tear for the ship that sank or the fandom that finally faded away: Everything to do with DC forever and ever. I’ve been three years clean with reading the comics and getting het up about the wanks. I have nothing more to say about this. (Well I could, because I saw the Superman v Batman: Dawn of Justice trailer yesterday, but I’d be here forever.)

Any squicks or kinks (be clear which is which, *g*): hate infidelity, hate unacknowledged non-con (own your goddamn kinks!), hate the Hydra trash party with the fire of a hundred thousand supernovas, hate bashing the wife to laud your precious flowers and their lurve (always did, but especially now that I love Letty and Mia so goddamn much, GET AWAY FROM ME, DOM ADORES MIA, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU???); love mpreg, love A/B/O, love foe!yay, love rifts and reconciliations, still love bro!yay can’t lie, have a newfound love for the perfect sedoretu and am trying my hand at writing it

Fannish highlight of your year: Fat August. Betrue coming to visit (technically that’s next year, January). Cocktails with the harpies. Sinpoz. Sydney with my best gals (and my nemesis). And g/t of course (but that goes without saying).

Favourite new show/movie/comic/source text since last year: If not The Fast and the Furious then The Chronicles of Riddick. (Don’t even ask.)

Favourite AO3/tumblr/twitter tag: #fataugust #dieselfest #walkerthon #lawschoolruinslives #dcstilldeadtome #tinyglassofmilk #themanonthebridgeiknewhim #nemesis #brackishwater

Where do you do the bulk of your fannish interaction? Is there a hotbed of awesome out there that someone might be missing out on? Any specific comms or tumblrs or rec sites or tags we should be following? twitter by God, so much twitter, and AO3, praise all that is holy for it

Are you taking part in Yuletide or Festivids this year? Are there any other fantastic exchanges we should all know about? Yuletide for sure. Ship Swap and Not Prime Time were both pretty great and let me try new things I wouldn’t have otherwise. I’ve really enjoyed the shift from Big Bangs to Gift Exchanges.

Any thoughts/comments/memories you’d like to add to last year’s anniversary reminiscences? It’s so hilarious to me that so many people are having an Inevitable Smallville Renaissance this year. The g/t ur fandom!

Tea, Coffee, Homogenised Milk, Calci Trim? Tea, Calci Trim

Coke, Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Lemonade, Juice? Zero

Crudites, Potato Chips, Corn Chips, Lollies, Biscuits, Chocolate? No preference

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Most venues remain unchanged, so if you've made it in the past, you probably know where to go. Lunch at the weekend seemed to go smoothly last year so I'm largely reproducing that.

The main venue:

Saint Christopher's Hall, Seatoun
Corner of Ventnor and Forres Streets

There's a beautiful old church to the right, ~~sadly yellow stickered~~ recently rescued by Peter Jackson, and a hall to the left. You want the hall! There's a fair amount of parking in the street outside for drivers.

( Assuming the absence of epic fail, this is how to get to the venue. )

Brunches and Dinners:

Friday:
Brunch at Elements, 144 Onepu Road, Lyall Bay
Cocktails at Matterhorn, 106 Cuba Street, because second chances
Dinner at Oaks Noodle House, 71-81 Cuba Street, because tradition ;-p

Saturday:
Dinner at Tandoori Heritage, 23 Coutts Street, Kilbirnie, because they can cope with our shenanigans :D

Sunday:
Dinner at Siam Thai, 64 Kilbirnie Crescent

Monday:
Brunch at The Carlton, 43 Coutts Street, Kilbirnie, because there are no buses to the beach, outrage!
Dinner at Pan de Muerto, 82 Tory Street, because two for one tapas and margarita of the day!

Lunches Saturday/Sunday:

The Four Square is definitely a superette rather than a supermarket, so good for snacks/sundries but not great for food shopping. There is a fish and chip shop (very nice), and a cafe (okay but slightly pricey) in the immediate vicinity.

If you're up for a ten minute walk (an easy and pleasant one -- assuming it's not raining which I have now jinxed -- and one which I take the kids from work on all the time so easily doable) then I actually recommend walking back to Strathmore (just through the tunnel) where there is a bakery/cafe, another fish and chip shop (more run of the mill), a Chinese takeaway, a Hell, and an Indian (though you might not want that given we'll probably have dinner at the Indian in Kilbirnie on Saturday night). Lunch breaks will be scheduled at an hour so there'll be plenty of time.

We may be able to prevail upon the drivers in the group to convoy a few extra people down to Strathmore (or to the New World in Miramar) but that's not going to be possible for me as I'll be busy at the hall prepping/fretting.

People staying at the Brentwood may choose to swing past the Pak n Save (or Countdown if that's the way you roll) or Subway in Kilbirnie before jumping on the bus in the morning. There is a goodish kitchen where you could stash your food if that seems preferable.

Lastly, some bon vivant mentioned the possibility of phoning in a group (or subset of group) pizza order to Hell in Strathmore (or indeed to Domino's in Miramar if you want cheap and cheerful instead) which is certainly possible. The only pitfall I see there is divvying up the bill, so if you think this is what you'd be in the mood for can I ask you to BRING CASH/CHANGE with you, or at the very least co-ordinate with your accommodation buddies so you can sort it out among yourselves later. I will NOT be putting this on my credit card which already has everything else on it. ;-p

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Registration Form 2015

Who are you and where can we find you (preferred name/user names across your preferred platforms/where you’re most active): meelie on lj/dw where the tumbleweeds blow, meeliesaysno on tumblr, meelie_is on twitter

Are you a reader, a writer, an artist, a vidder, a lurker, all of the above, or something else entirely: I am a reader and vid watcher

Wax lyrical about your current fandoms and OTPs: Steve/Bucky, Will/Hannibal, man I am bad at waxing lyrical pretty much if you build it I will come(and read it)

Reminisce with one perfect crystal emo tear for the ship that sank or the fandom that finally faded away: I stay in touch with most of my ex's,

Any squicks or kinks (be clear which is which, *g*): Squicks: non-con, prostitution, partner betrayal, the hydra trash party is terrible and makes me sad. kinks: do AU's count as kinks? A/B/O, always a girl is usually good for me as well.

Fannish highlight of your year: Sinpoz was great as always and I always have a great time at the Sydney slashers monthly catch-up

Favourite new show/movie/comic/source text since last year: I don't think I have anything new? Its been a dry year fannish wise.

Favourite AO3/tumblr/twitter tag: I tend to stalk my pairings on inboard waiting for other people to read and approve rather than AO3 tags.
#wintersoldiertears #nemesis

Where do you do the bulk of your fannish interaction? Is there a hotbed of awesome out there that someone might be missing out on? Any specific comms or tumblrs or rec sites or tags we should be following? My main interaction is on twitter (daily) and the Sydney Slasher gatherings (monthly).

Are you taking part in Yuletide or Festivids this year? Are there any other fantastic exchanges we should all know about? Alas no

Any thoughts/comments/memories you’d like to add to last year’s anniversary reminiscences? Trying to convince people that Hannibal is a show about friendship via pimp reel. The dinner where I yelled BROS BEFORE HUMANS so loudly I was heard by someone in the washroom.

Tea, Coffee, Homogenised Milk, Calci Trim? Coffee, calci trim

Coke, Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Lemonade, Juice? [pick one] n/a

Crudites, Potato Chips, Corn Chips, Lollies, Biscuits, Chocolate? I love salty sweet popcorn :) and dark chocolate.