Textual Poaching - Tumblr Posts

This is lovely.

I’m reblogging though because it’s #relevant to my yesterday. I said “thank you for trusting us with this moment” to someone (Shitty was right, it’s a heartfelt way to acknowledge vulnerability!) - and then had a wild moment of fear that THEY might be a Check, Please! fan. That they’d know my heartfelt response to their vulnerability was just...me poaching. Textually.

Thankfully the moment passed. But it was good to hear about a random in-person fannish encounter. I’ve never had a spontaneous one of those.

I’m doing nanowrimo again this year (against my better judgement), and I’m also trying to be social while doing it, so I went to a local write-in yesterday.  I got to talking with one of my table-mates and we discussed the fact that we were both published. They asked for my pen name, I told them, and then they said I sounded kind of familiar.

So on a whim, I ask, “Are you by chance in the Check, Please! fandom?”

They nod. We meet eyes, start to grin There has been an exchange. We are already bonded, just a little.

Then, “do you know justwritins/sinspiration?”

Yes.

It me!!

And it turns out they’d just finished reading self reflection! 

So *waves to @dsudis* it was nice to meet you! I hope we run into each other again (or arrange it? I’d love to talk to you more)!