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[rionaleonhart]

On 3 August 2003, at the age of fifteen, I created a Livejournal under the name rionaleonhart.

I moved to Dreamwidth along the way, but I imported all my entries, so this Dreamwidth is functionally the same journal, and I still keep the lights on at Livejournal in case any old friends come by. So I've been keeping the same blog for two decades, from my teenage years well into adulthood.

It's hard to know what to say for this anniversary, really! This journal's been an important part of my life for so long, and I'm so glad that there's still a place for long-form blogging in a forgotten corner of the changing Internet. I've had a blast rambling about anything and everything over the years, and it's been great to share it with you guys.

I'm glad to know the people who've been here from the beginning; I'm glad to know my new friends; I'm glad to know everyone I've met along the way. I don't know if I have any lurkers, but, if I do, I'm glad you're here as well.

Thank you all for being here. I hope I'll still be here and writing in another twenty years.

(My AO3 account also had its tenth anniversary in January. Something about years ending in 3 makes me want to establish long-lasting fandom presences, apparently.)

If there's anything you've ever wanted to know about my presence on Livejournal or Dreamwidth, or about my fandom life in general, or about my ficwriting, feel free to ask in the comments!

Comments

[tinkaton]

damn, that's impressive you remember so much! and that you still have all those old fics around haha, both yours and on that Pokemon fansite. I was into Pokemon as a kid but never got into the fandom.

technically from what I remember the FIRST fanfic I ever attempted was like two pages of a Sailor Moon fic I wrote in I thiiink second grade? but my first real fandom was Harry Potter in that I wrote actual fic for it and was on forums and stuff for it. I think my first HP fic was a self-insert where I wrote me and 2 of my friends into my own version of book 5 which hadn't been published yet lol. it was a classic "and then me and my friends transferred schools to Hogwarts" setup.

[rionaleonhart]

I think my first HP fic was a self-insert where I wrote me and 2 of my friends into my own version of book 5 which hadn't been published yet lol. it was a classic "and then me and my friends transferred schools to Hogwarts" setup.

Aww, I love this! It always makes me smile to hear about people's early ventures into the world of fanfiction.