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[toki-macross]

Into the Deep end.

So, thinking about the past, and the last blog, so going to ramble about how I got into Scooby. I'll place it under the cut, so it doesn't take lots of scrolling to get past and read only if interested. I've always been a fan of Scooby Doo. But well, I didn't know how MUCH of a fan, till one fateful day...

Ok, So... I'm old enough to have worked at a Blockbuster when they still existed. XD I was working there close to Halloween when a mother and daughter came into the store. Now, I am a weird lady, and often us employees had specialties that you would talk to one of us, when you wanted to know more about certain movies. Me, I was the Action, Horror, and Kids section person. XD And one of the guys, was the Romcom man. But, I saw a very confused mom in the kids section and wandered over. Apparently, she wanted to make her daughter a Daphne Blake costume, and wanted to have a VHS... yes. That old. A VHS to watch and pause for helping for the costume. Because the internet also wasn't as prevalent and it was easier to get a VHS then it was to have a website to search from. Yes. Dreadfully barbaric. But in her hands, was totally the wrong movie to look at. Being I think Zombie island. Because I recall her being in a suit, and can't think if there really is any other main movie that would have been around in the early 2000's with her in a blazer. But yeah, not Classic Daphne look, like the lady wanted. I proceeded to go through the collection that was rental at the time, and gave them the one that had the most screen time for Daphne in the outfit and would provide the most angles to use for costuming. The mom thanked me, and said once they were done, she would come in to show it off. (They came to show off, and it did look totally amazing! I wish I had a picture.) But as she left, I was left with a decision. Obviously, I know more then I thought I did. Sure, I had watched any of the new movies, sometimes even in theaters. But I didn't realize how much my brain knew. And, I had to decide what I was going to do with this information. So, I could either ignore it, and go back to work. Or what I decided to do, is the only responsible thing. To dive head long and learn as much as I can get my grubby little hands on. I searched the web, and ended up joining a Velma appreciation yahoo group. Sadly now non-existant, gone the way of the angelfire shrines from back in the day. But since Velma was my favorite, and at the time one of the lesser loved of the gang. At least compared to Shaggy and Scooby, then Daphne. Velma and Fred were kinda on the bottom of the totem pole for most fans. It was nice to find a group, of admittedly older people to learn all that I could about Scooby. I actually befriended many of them, and hope that John Likeglass is doing well, who is the creator of the website www.velmadinkley.com (He also was a projectionist and was one of the people who fed the original series into the machine that let the masses see the show.) So, alot of adults were fans back from 1969 when it first came out. I was the baby of the group for a long time, at the age of 21-23ish. I think. No, 19-21 since I was out of my engineering college and before my special effect college. Since I started my first written fanfic at my second college and posted it jan 20ish 2005. So, I was in the group several years before I dipped my toes into the fandom for writing. At the time, a bunch of them were the forerunners of written Scooby fanfics on ffnet. Ignoring what might have been deleted in the purge, the oldest Scooby is somewhere in the 2001's range. My writing Hero's main story was from Aug 2002, with another of the ladies having their works in 2002. So, ffnet wise, these are early. My first story is like the 150th... actually like 140's range of all that exists in Scooby depending on the rating. Give or take. So, even me coming along in 2005, STILL was in the beginning of the almost 3k Scooby stories that exist on ffnet. So, a lot of these early people from the fandom, were the people who prodded me to get into writing. (My hero was actually known at the time for establishing Fanon for one of the guys name from the Live Action first movie, since he was listed in the credits as 'Velma's friend' Ouch! But she named him Ethan Dace. So, any Scooby fans that come across a story with that metalhead named Ethan, I know the lady who was

behind him.) Sadly, within the first few months of being on ffnet, there was what was called at the time, "The Great Flame War". Trolls who had nothing better to do but to cause trouble, came along and wrecked havoc. At least that is what I recall being told for the reason why there was a mass exodus of a bunch of the people who got me into this in the first place. And well, they were all adults. So, why be in a place where people are being nasty? So, they had better things to do, and got up and left. Leaving me with the torch. As I was baby, and no one messed with me at the time. So, I was spared. But, I had been 'raised' by such big writers of the fandom, that I felt it was my duty to hold this torch and provide good content for those who were looking for it. And now, I'm the old boulder on top of my mountain, looking over the expanse of my kingdom of content that I have put out in the span of 16 years, going to be 17 Jan 2022. 77 Scooby Stories on my main account, and almost 70k on my crossover story, with side stories as well. I don't regret it. I've had a blast and don't think I will stop any time soon writing unless my health takes it away from me. Though I do feel bad when I don't post things as often as I like. But I have been working on things, even though not everyone is finished and posted write away. To feel less down on myself as a writer, I have been tracking how much content I have been working on for the last two years. Last years ending numbers was 104k words. I'm already at 107k and I even lost 2k in a chapter I was dumb and saved over. Needing to re-write it again once I can get my brain around it. So, any of my fans out there. I'm putting out content. I just well... Might be side tracked with my self indulging romance that is totally kicking Reunions butt word count wise. But with almost 400-800 views a month, and like 100-300 users reading a month. I am wanting to get it right, and it has more weight to get done properly then my romance which I am making for me, and sharing in case anyone else appreciates it. So, less stress for that, and more happy involved. Not that I like my Main account less. But as I said above, I have a torch to hold. So, I put standards on myself to make sure that everything I put out holds to certain things, because I love my fans that much. And yeah, I still hold my crossover to a standard, to still be good content. I am baby again and letting myself stumble and learn all over again and make mistakes. So, I am harsher and harder on myself with my main account. But that is how I got dragged into the fandom of Scooby. And it's possible that I have been a visible influence with at least two separate occasions where my story came first, and there really isn't that many people writing in the style of Slice of Life (That isn't romance) out there. And those that are, most likely are influenced by me because I am the oldest writer in that genre that is still around, or at least one of the very small handful of oldies still kicking around. If you made it this far. Thank you very much for listening to me ramble. It's been a passion for a long time. And I love to write in this beloved fandom of mine. Main account: https://www.fanfiction.net/u/739744/Karianasan# Main account Ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/Karianasahn/pseuds/Karianasahn (Though I have only 30ish stories posted, I need to work on transfering more over. Sorry) Scooby/Batman Crossover Romance: https://www.fanfiction.net/~fallingforthebat Ao3 For Falling: https://archiveofourown.org/users/DiaryofaDinkley (This kept me sane in 2020, and I blame canon Scooby Doo Brave and the Bold movie for making me cave. So, it's all canon's fault XD Both accounts are up to date with each other.) In case anyone reading this is curious for the rabbit hole that I have been down and making content for, for 16 years. I would be honored if you might be interested in reading it. Thank you for listening, and have a lovely rest of your day!