It's a love meme!

[kaberett]

Because November is hard for lots of us, and in particular is something I find hard (my not-quite-month of mourning begins tomorrow, officially); because it's spring in the southern hemisphere and the days just keep getting shorter in the northern; because I talked to my counsellor yesterday about all of the shapes and forms that value takes.

This post will close to new nominations at the end of the month (because November), though I'll keep unscreening comments after that point if any new ones do come in.

Love meme

♥ Nominate yourself or someone else, anonymously or logged-in, by putting your/their username in the subject line of a comment to this entry. If you do not know for certain the person's preferred pronouns and they do not list them on their DW profile, please use gender neutral pronouns as a default. Other people can then reply to that comment with goopy declarations of love, reasons that person is awesome, sparkly expressions of admiration, etc! All comments are screened, and I'll unscreen them as they arrive. (So, if your comment doesn't appear right away, please be patient; I'll leave my online status at the bottom of this post to keep people updated on whether I'm unscreening or not.)

♥ If you don't want to be nominated, or don't want comments referring to certain things [body/appearance, wrong pronouns, etc] to appear on your thread, please let me know; I won't unscreen any such comment or nomination. If I make a mistake in unscreening something, if you want a comment to your thread unscreened or deleted, if you have any concerns you need to raise -- please just tell me, and I'll attend to it as soon as I can. If there are any inappropriate comments made to a thread, I will check with the person being referred to before unscreening.

♥ Share the love: please do send people over here (and to your own thread!) Words-and-deeds it up if you like, but that's not obligatory!

♥ These guidelines are modeled on dingsi's love meme guidelines, with modifications by jjhunter and wording lifted from surpassingly.

♥ That's it -- happy posting!

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Index
aella_irene
alee_grrl
alexseanchai
angelofthenorth/MsMiriamM
azurelunatic

balsamandash
beckyc
boxofdelights

calissa
cesy

danohu/oedipamaas49
dingsi
dreamsofwinter

elisem
el_staplador
emef/iteration
ewt
ewx
exor674

florallel
forthwritten
fyreharper

glass_icarus
goodbyebird

haggis
hairyears
holli

inkstone
inoru_no_hoshi
itsamellama

jenett
jjhunter

kaberett
k_a_webb
kerrypolka
khronos_keeper
kiezh

laceblade
likeadeuce
littlebutfierce
liv
lizcommotion

marina/sabrina_il
mirabehn (Elly, kindjourneys)
mirrorshard
mme_hardy
moetushi
Muccamukk

nenya_kanadka

oursin

palfrey
palmer1984
phi/Saira
pipisafoat
plures
pretty_panther

quartzpebble

raanve
randomling
raven
raze
recessional
redbird
rhivolution
riseswiththefall
rydra_wong
rysmiel

sabinetzin/sabinelagrande
sasha_feather
Seascribe
sebastienne
serpentine
ses/hazyjayne
shanaqui
shehasathree
silveradept
silverhare
snowafterfire
staranise
strangecharm
stultiloquentia
such_heights
surpassingly

thatyourefuse
thebonesofferalletters
thefairymelusine
toft

vass

were_duck
wildeabandon
wisdomeagle
woggy

ysobel

zarhooie

Comments

silveradept

[silveradept]

If I do it this way, I get to see the comments, which is much better. Even if it fits mean having to deal with weasels that suggest fast self-nomination is only because there's nobody else who would do it for me. It's complex, at times, my relationship with praise.

My preferred pronouns are they/them, please.

Re: silveradept

[syntaxofthings]

I also have this form of Impostor Syndrome, and I admire your bravery in overcoming it. You always have such wise and kind words to say, especially when I'm floundering, and I'm always cheered when I see you've commented on something because of that. Thank you. ♥

Re: silveradept

[rootsofthestories]

I have that too, it's okay. You aren't alone.

And you never make me feel I'm alone. You are a safe space and a blessing. You make my head seem less scary and I treasure the friendship I have with you. Thank you, thank you, thank you so much for being in my life and following me and being a genuinely amazing creature.

Re: silveradept

[ex_we935]

Many of us, including me, enjoy your librarian's skill being applied to finding interesting news from all over the world and interpreting it with your own thoughtful commentary.

You're also very supportive of people and offer good advice.

~K.

[balsamandash]

You are kind and gracious and supportive to the people around you to an extent I've known very few people to match. Any time something's wrong, you seem to turn out, and I can't say how touching that is and how grateful I am for it.

You're also just plain interesting, and I like seeing what you have to add to discussions.

Re: silveradept

[cosmolinguist]

You give me lots to think about, and it's great to have someone agree with me that buying a house is not an unalloyed good thing!

Re: silveradept

[azurelunatic]

I always enjoy hearing your take on things.

Re: silveradept

[itsamellama]

I admire your ability to curate news posts and comment on them. I wish I had the same energy or capacity, sometimes.

And I appreciate your words of kindness, always ♥

Re: silveradept

[alexseanchai]

Your work with the Pern deconstructions is marvelous and you always have a helpful word for me.

(My opinion is actually that self-nomination for love memes is the best way because it's saying "I am worthy of love". FWIW.)

Re: silveradept

[kaberett]

I am firmly in camp "self-nomination is a brave and fantastic thing to do and is something I will roundly congratulate you for because well done having that much faith in yourself". So - props for that.

Props also for your excellent demonstration of establishing expectations around commenting culture, which I attempt to emulate; and for your fantastically-curated linkspams, as ever, which I always appreciate; and your willingness to do hardcore introspection out in public. ♥

Re: silveradept

[chordatesrock]

Seconding what alexseanchai said about the Pern deconstructions. They're really incredible. And it's not just that they're well-crafted. Every little issue I had that just gave me the feeling that something was a bit off about the characters or the world, you've analysed just about to death. And that might seem insignificant, but consider that most of that is stripping the charming veneer from abusers and rapists and suddenly it becomes a public service. With cocowhats. Because all the best kinds of public service involve horrified coconuts.