Sep. 6th, 2020 11:56 pm
Introduction
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mysterytoastHello.
I am Mysterytoast, also known as Toast or Rein. I tend to respond to any other variation of my username as well. Pronouns are they/them. I'm located on the east coast of the United States.
As it turns out I've actually had this Dreamwidth account since 2018, but never posted with it. I use this platform already for AO3 gift exchange letters, but that one is organized under my AO3 persona, which is as separated from this persona as I could manage. Plus, I want this one to be more personal.
In short, I'm becoming active with this account because I am in desperate need of a platform that supports writing on a personal level. I’ve been desperate for one since Tumblr’s 1) change in content policy and 2) development and acceptance of a type of fandom culture I strongly oppose. I've been waiting for a replacement social media site since then. The supplemental sites for Twitter don’t appeal to my desires, because I like Tumblr's organizational tags and ability to easily see older posts.
I will still, of course, be active on Twitter and whatever other social media platform ultimately replaces Tumblr. Dreamwidth is merely the newest addition to the endless array of social media that constitutes my online presence.
This journal will not be overwhelmingly fandom-based. What I need is a space to publish longform, relatively informal writings in a non-professional setting, because I do have thoughts outside of what I do for a living that also isn't fiction and don't want to let them pile up in private eternally.
When I'm not focused on work or academia, I still like to write fiction, which is even more evident if you can find my AO3, and I also draw on occasion. I play Dungeons & Dragons (5e) on a pretty casual basis. I like to read about mythology (esp. Greek/Roman), folklore, and transitional periods of history. I like JRPGs, colony sims, hack-and-slash, point-and-click, and puzzle games, and I'm an avid appreciator and wanderer of MMORPGs, though my main one nowadays is FFXIV with a lot of others on the side (GW2, Maplestory, Mabinogi, FFXI, Eden Eternal, POE II, just to name a few). My taste in tv shows, anime, and manga swing from extremely dark fantasy to iyashikei, but I always appreciate depictions of food - examples include Delicious in Dungeon, Dorohedoro, Made in Abyss, and Hannibal. Learning about the small background details of a world and how it was constructed, both in and out of universe, is something I am always fascinated by and I always like lore and artbooks.
Opinions warning:
I follow the Three+1 Laws of Fandom, and the extended guidelines for fiction (Depiction does not equal endorsement, Fantasy is not reality), and am an advocate for comprehensive tagging and other curation systems, as well as the discretion to respect such boundaries. See the Fanlore wiki page for more detail on the Three Laws (+Tag Your Shit). The more you disagree with these opinions, the less worth you'll find from this journal.
You have been warned. But if you want to continue reading, welcome.
I am Mysterytoast, also known as Toast or Rein. I tend to respond to any other variation of my username as well. Pronouns are they/them. I'm located on the east coast of the United States.
As it turns out I've actually had this Dreamwidth account since 2018, but never posted with it. I use this platform already for AO3 gift exchange letters, but that one is organized under my AO3 persona, which is as separated from this persona as I could manage. Plus, I want this one to be more personal.
In short, I'm becoming active with this account because I am in desperate need of a platform that supports writing on a personal level. I’ve been desperate for one since Tumblr’s 1) change in content policy and 2) development and acceptance of a type of fandom culture I strongly oppose. I've been waiting for a replacement social media site since then. The supplemental sites for Twitter don’t appeal to my desires, because I like Tumblr's organizational tags and ability to easily see older posts.
I will still, of course, be active on Twitter and whatever other social media platform ultimately replaces Tumblr. Dreamwidth is merely the newest addition to the endless array of social media that constitutes my online presence.
This journal will not be overwhelmingly fandom-based. What I need is a space to publish longform, relatively informal writings in a non-professional setting, because I do have thoughts outside of what I do for a living that also isn't fiction and don't want to let them pile up in private eternally.
When I'm not focused on work or academia, I still like to write fiction, which is even more evident if you can find my AO3, and I also draw on occasion. I play Dungeons & Dragons (5e) on a pretty casual basis. I like to read about mythology (esp. Greek/Roman), folklore, and transitional periods of history. I like JRPGs, colony sims, hack-and-slash, point-and-click, and puzzle games, and I'm an avid appreciator and wanderer of MMORPGs, though my main one nowadays is FFXIV with a lot of others on the side (GW2, Maplestory, Mabinogi, FFXI, Eden Eternal, POE II, just to name a few). My taste in tv shows, anime, and manga swing from extremely dark fantasy to iyashikei, but I always appreciate depictions of food - examples include Delicious in Dungeon, Dorohedoro, Made in Abyss, and Hannibal. Learning about the small background details of a world and how it was constructed, both in and out of universe, is something I am always fascinated by and I always like lore and artbooks.
Opinions warning:
I follow the Three+1 Laws of Fandom, and the extended guidelines for fiction (Depiction does not equal endorsement, Fantasy is not reality), and am an advocate for comprehensive tagging and other curation systems, as well as the discretion to respect such boundaries. See the Fanlore wiki page for more detail on the Three Laws (+Tag Your Shit). The more you disagree with these opinions, the less worth you'll find from this journal.
You have been warned. But if you want to continue reading, welcome.