Challenge #13: In your own space, share a favourite memory about fandom: the first time you got into fandom, the last time a fanwork touched your heart, wild times with fellow fans (whether on-line or off-line), a lovely comment you’ve received or have left for someone.
In the past I had headfics, and yes there were those years when I enjoyed self-insert lucid dreams while reading the Harry Potter books, but what really got me into fandoms and fandom communities was 'From Dusk Til Dawn'. I didn't want it to end where it did, I wanted more, but my brain was too caught up in other stories already.
That is when I searched out fanfiction and found AO3.
and on AO3 I found a particular fic.
Even now I can close my eyes and see the scene. It was everything I wanted, and it was not alone. There were hundreds of fics, thousands, millions of fics freely waiting to be devoured.
I may have read fannish things before, but it was that moment as Kate Fuller sweated on a hot Summer night outside a motel, feeling angry and depressed and alone, that I treasure as my gateway into fanfic.
Shout out #2 goes to *person who I know wishes to remain anonymous* for commenting on my fic and inspiring me to write again! My 100,000+ words last year were literally because of your push!
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flo_nelja for making this challenge up, I’ve had some internal questions recently and I’m hoping these reflective moments will help me sort them out. Also, Sorry 
