#Interest Survey

[gatheringfiki]

GatheringFiKi Interest Survey 2023!

Hello, hello,

We have created a short survey (it should take you about 3-5 minutes) to learn more about your event preferences and ideas.

We’d really appreciate it if you could take it.

This is so we can understand which events appeal to you the most and how we’re doing. In a way, it gives you a bit of a summary of the things we’re able to organise for you, but also offers you a chance to have your own say and make suggestions.

We will use your responses to plan for the year ahead and beyond - 2024 will see fewer events, but hopefully the ones that will run will have better participation.

Click here to take the survey.

This survey remains open until the end of 2023 (midnight on the 31st of Dec) so speak now or forever hold your peace. Summary post will go up on the 1st of January - keep an eye out.

Also, whilst we feel grateful for everyone who takes part in our events, we also feel that we could use some fresh blood in the fandom - so if you can think of someone new we could corrupt introduce to our beloved pairings, feel free to use this post as a bit of an advertising campaign and reblog.

There is a strong sense of community here, friendly people who will make you feel welcome, and some fantastic, quality creators.

So please feel free to follow this blog if Fili/Kili (Anders/Mitchell, DarkHawk, IoLuke, etc.) is your thing and you’d like to get involved.

Thank you and welcome :)

~gatheringfiki

P.S. You can still join the Content Creator distribution list, for direct notifications about any upcoming events. Just message @linane-art.

[wackus-bonkus-maximus]

[inventinglove]

IT'S TIME FOR SOME GRAPHS BABY! we ran a little interest survey and damn, you guys are for sure interested in an edizzy zine, uh?

➡️ 144 answers

➡️ 115 potential buyers

➡️ 100 potential contributors

when the topic is participation, people are mostly pretty sure that they will contribute to the zine 🥰 we are so ready to see all the lovely stuff you create!

we wanted to know: on a scale of 1 to 5, what type of content are you creating?

considering that...

1 - fluff! ❤️

3 - angst w happy ending, hurt/comfort 🥺

5 - no happy ending, hurt/no comfort 💔

is anyone surprised that ~50% of answers failed on the hurt/comfort bracket?

In terms of media... we have a lot of fanfic writers ready to play in the space, followed closely by art. Other medias also have a space on the zine, though!

👀👀👀

Another non-shocker: 94% of our database would buy a NSFW zine. Good think that almost all of our contributors are comfortable with creating NSFW pieces! 🥵

after all, edizzy invented kinky sex. That's how the saying goes right?

but don't worry, we will have room for SFW too!❤️

Of course edizzy shippers love some dead dove... 🕊 but most creators wouldn't probably go for it 🤔

Even so, considering the votes, we are leaning to allowing DD content on the zine - all properly tagged and separated so everyone can be comfortable and avoid squicks!

ps specifically for the dead dove content for creators we fumbled the question and forgot to add the 'comfortable with dead dove' option and only noticed after some answers tickled in. that could have skewed the answers a bit!

[disabledbillyandsteveweek]

Hello again!

If you are one of the folks interested in participating in this Disabled Billy and Steve Week, we would like to ask a follow up question.

This server will be created with the intention to become a small community of creators and fans alike sharing their joy for the characters of Billy and Steve, as well as others! It will feature casual conversations, venting safe spaces, disability education, and lots of multi-shipping fun!

However, we ask that any interested members be respectful of ALL other creators, in the server or not. Antis, haters, and bigoted individuals can of course be brought up and trashed on a bit, but please, if you’re interested in joining the space, do so knowing it is intended not to become toxic. Rather, our goal is to create a space where disabled creators can feel safe interacting with other artists who are just as passionate and respectful, and possibly even disabled themselves!

Who we would encourage to join:

1. people who plan on participating, either this year or possibly sometime in the future.

2. individuals who for any reason (no need to disclose) cannot participate, but who are still interested in the event and the community

3. followers of this account

4. smaller blogs who support fan creators and would like to find a safe space in the fandom

We as the moderators reserve the right to remove users as we see fit if their behavior becomes an issue, however, we will give multiple warnings and reminders before doing so, as we want everyone to have a fair chance. Our intention is to make sure everyone who joins or wants to join will feel safe knowing they can come to us with any issues that arise and they will be dealt with accordingly.

Limitations to server content will be the same as the event rules: you can see those here and here.

Anyone with questions can reach the mods at their blogs (@intothedysphoria and @hargrove-mayfields) or take them to our inbox! We’re happy to clear anything up!

The server will only be created if we get enough votes, so if you’re interested, vote yes!

[zinepunk]

I’m strongly considering making yet another sideblog but of “the mbti types as memes I found” cuz I have an actual fuckton of them. But last time I made a sideblog for a specific category of meme it flopped horrendously. Anyway consider this an interest survey-

[limnsaber]

SW Ship Alignment Chart Slideshow

You've seen this one! Now get ready for...

The accompanying slideshow, in all it's glory! Please enjoy this in-depth look at various SW ships as I seek to understand each of them. Enjoy. (Spoilers for various star wars media)

Thank you to the wonderful people I had conversations with on my journey seeking to understand the deep thread of Star Wars shipping, and to everyone who commented, tagged, or blogged about their favorite ship! First featured in unhinged presentation night. If you'd like to pitch in to the funny haha, gay people in sw survey here https://forms.gle/pt9ADkS4mRLohman7 thanks!

[smallpwbbles]

I’m so glad I’m brain rotting on LMK rn cuz the nonsense thats going on with the wait for the Sonic 3 movie trailer would have me going mad

People really be believing fake leaks and taking the littlest news as gospel and thinking the movie will be a dumpster fire

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

utter bullshit that we stop growing at a certain age.

humans should grow (both taller and wider) at a continuous rate throughout our lifespans. i want to be 80 years old with the proportions of an average human being except i am the height of a multistory building. that would be so fun. that would require so much societal rearrangement. this isn't a want it's a need

[onfjre]

TUMBLR PHANNIES

hey everyone!! ive created a survey to compare/contrast phandom experiences by platform....and i really want to hear from you!

its abt a 5-15 min time commitment depending on your answers, but your feedback is invaluable and it's completely anonymous!! (i hope it doesn't need saying but this survey is run without platform bias and the last thing i want to do is pit people against each other! i just need a bigger sample size!)

thank you <3

[noseysilverfox]

[un-pearable]

wait wait wait i actually have a genuine research question i’ve been curious about for a while

we’re talking whichever wacky critter ORIGINALLY got you super stoked for the speedy hedgehog - whether it was five-year-old you or just recently, whoever lived in your head first i wanna know…. i’ve got a theory :]

[gatheringfiki]

GatheringFiKi Interest Survey 2023 - Results

Hi folks,

First of all, huge thank you to those who took the time to fill in our recent survey. We have now reviewed the results and have a couple of points we’d like to share.

1) The Headcount:

The first, biggest and most welcome surprise from the Survey is that there are so MANY of you! And most of you are new faces, which I think is just wonderful! Welcome, welcome, one and all!

The total of 23 people took part in the Survey (admittedly some of whom I have never seen take part in any events, but I have high hopes).

When I was leaving for my travels in September 2022, a similar Interest Survey presented a bleak picture, very different to today, with a number of people having clearly moved on (though not all!). Personally, I think it was the right call to accept and acknowledge that, re-subscribe those truly interested today, and re-focus my efforts and events targetting where it's actually wanted.

Please remember that if you ARE interested in taking part in our events, you can always ask to have personal notifications delivered to you whenever one is running - just message @linane-art

Of course, I am fully aware and very grateful that, apart from the folks taking part, there are also quite a few of you who consume the new content, read, watch, like, comment, reblog or just silently marvel and enjoy their (guilty?) pleasure. I love and appreciate you all.

2) Your Favourite Existing Events:

12 Days of Christmas - 18 votes

FiKi Week - 14 votes

Trick or Treat - 12 votes

Drabble Challenges - 11 votes

Durin's Day Gift Exchange - 11 votes

Kink Bingo - 9 votes

H/C Bingo - 8 votes

AUpocalypse - 7 votes

Fandom Raffle Exchange - 5 votes

Show Some Love - 5 votes

Fic of a Fic - 4 votes

Fanfic Rec Bingo - 2 votes

Secret Admirers - 1 vote

Round Robins - 0 votes

No surprises near the top: 12 Days has just ran and is beloved by everyone and FiKi Week is like THE Gatheringfiki event.

Trick or Treat also ran recently, but I think you also have a particular penchant for everything spooky/autumny.

Drabble Challenges are quick and easy, and I think a natural choice for a 'top up' event next to the big ones. I wonder if those of you who haven't experienced the speed and the 'write off all your other weekend plans'-ness of this event will think of it. :D

DDGE surprises a little, because it's a big commitment of an event, but I guess maybe because we're not running the Raffle regularly any more, and it's a similar enough thing? Or like a Big Bang? And there's nothing else that promotes actual collaborations. Intriguing.

The Bingos - always heat up the temperature in the room. I think those of you who want them, want them like burning. I also think (looking at hit counts), that there are also many more of you who, ah, enjoy the fruits of our labours, but like... anonymously and silently :D So long as those are not ran too often, I think they're a blast, and it's been 2 years.

AUpocalypse juuuust about makes it, but I think it has a special place, as it's the one event where artists can participate easily and have a fully free reign of what they create.

Please remember that if you are an artist and you're not sure how you can take part, we have this here handy guide for you.

Raffle is probably too big for the headcount we have, rec-type-events have not been popular for a few years now, Secret Admirers still out of favour (why???) and nobody liked Round Robins - fair enough.

3) Other Comments we got / possible New Events:

'A Dead Dove Event' - what is it, I've never comes accross it? Please message me on priv ;)

'Bring-A-Friend Event' - The incest thing will make some people uncomfortable, and those that check us out 'as a courtesy' are unlikely to actually get hooked. I think, by all means, spread the word if you know folks who might enjoy our fandom, but mostly it needs to be discovered on your own. Awareness of GF is the key.

'FiKi Bingo' - We already run 2 bingo-type events and a FiKi Week. I think that ticks both the desired format and desired content boxes.

'Valentine's Day Event' - there is nothing like that per se, but it is no coincidence that the Kink and H/C Bingos usually run around the time when everyone is feeling loved-up ;)

'I don't feel comfortable sharing my own content' - that is perfectly okay and your own choice. Nobody is going to try and push you. But I will say that if you have a supportive fandom, feedback can do wonders for your self-esteem and practice makes perfect. Otherwise, thank you just as much for your silent support.

'Discord Server' - I thought about it, but I think it'll be more of a problem than help. I don't know how to set it up, don't have the capacity to moderate it, only some people would be interested and many people will resist change. We've always said that Tumblr is our native platform and on Tumblr we will remain - don't want to dilute the fandom accorss multiple platforms, sorry.

'October Advent Calendar' - I'm sorry, I don't quite see how it would be different/better than Trick or Treat, except longer? Plus, 12 Days, which runs right after, has that element of 'something new to discover' every day ;)

'FiKi Mad Libs and Frankenstory' - see: Round Robins Event. And it scored 0 points, the poor thing :(

'Visual / phrase / poem / porny inspiration' - visual is addressed by 12 Days. Phrase/poem will be addressed by FiKi Week ;) Porny will be blocked by Tumblr :(

'Reblog-focussed Events' - Yes, agreed, but in the competition for calendar availability, all our rec-type events consistently lose out to out content-creating events. So we resort to caveating all our summary posts with pleas for reblogging and commenting. :/

I also wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone for the wonderful and humbling words of encouragement I’ve received. I do what I do because of the people in this fandom and I will continue doing so for as long as there is interest in it. It’s what being in a fandom means to me, and hopefully it inspires some of you too :)

A Calendar of Events for 2024 will follow in a separate post.

Wishing you all a cracking New Year, filled with inspiration, joy, passion and feels, hopefully all whipped up by those problematic 2 little a$$holes...

~gatheringfiki

[waywardstation]

When I put up my merch polls, someone filling it out asked for something with Ingo and Emmet’s teams, including Ingo’s gurdurr and Emmet’s boldore, because they’re often excluded.

It got me thinking about those two pokemon, and I like to think that at a time when Ingo would get back from Hisui, he’d see that gurdurr and boldore evolved when he was gone. And when Conkeldurr finally sees his trainer again, he’s very excited to see that they match!! Same goatee!!!!!

[oneshotdepresso]

her name is stephojan? bojanie?

[bmpmp3]

sorry to be a bit of a hater but i do wish youtubers weren't so scared of making their videos just like, "reviews", whys everything gotta be a "video essay" all the time. every day my recommendations are filled with 40 minute videos titled "_____: An Underrated Masterpiece" where the first like five minutes are reading the wikipedia definition of "masterpiece" in a somber voice with dramatic themed text on screen. please just tell me how good or bad you think something is and use the rest of the runtime to explain why. you dont need to put on all these airs

[silverpen-and-paper]

question — would any loki fans (of mcu loki specifically, any movies/era) be interested in taking an extensive survey for loki fans?

i have a lot of questions i’ve been wanting to ask the broader loki fandom, and i figure a survey would be better than making a million tumblr polls. i already have a pretty long list of questions, but i want to make sure it’s something people are actually interested in.

the survey would cover as many topics as i can think of. in my current rough draft, there are six sections: 

fan demographics. age, gender, race, etc. all questions here would have a “prefer not to say” option for those who don’t wish to give out that information.

basics. about which mcu movies/episodes you’ve watched (that contain loki), and if you enjoyed them.

contentious topics. which is pretty much… everything. some examples of what i’d ask about include: the attack on new york, loki’s familial relationships, what you think of popular pre-canon loki headcanons/theories, opinions on loki variants, etc etc. i will likely split this section up.

shipping and lgbtq+ stuff. also contentious topics, but they get their own section.

fandom interactions. if/how you’ve participated in online or offline fandom, & how fandom has treated you. 

non-mcu loki questions. asking about other loki media you’ve seen, if any.

i’m planning for the survey to be hosted by the google docs surveys feature, but i’ve never used that before, so i may or may not be able to figure it out. i won’t collect emails, so answers would be anonymous. i might decide to post the data from some of the questions if the survey gets enough responses, and i’ll add a way to opt out of that. 

if anyone has any ideas for specific questions i should ask, please definitely suggest them! i would appreciate it a lot.