slow burns are my kink

We begin in the year of 2005, Darvyn is just starting middle school in a new town after having just moved. A fresh faced new baby as well as working extra to be able to pay the sky high property tax, their parents were unable to continue the annual tradition of driving Darvyn to school everyday.

A popular solution to such a predicament is to start taking the school bus, which is where we find young Darvyn. Being in a new environment, as well as having to adjust to a completely different morning routine, they were buzzing with nervous excitement.

Their neighborhood was full of school children, so there was a plethora of middle and high school students waiting at the designated bus stop. There was one particular person that they instantly took to. A life-long friend that introduced them to the world of exploring interests online. Darvyn was still a bit wary and not very good at interacting with people online, but they really enjoyed looking at Kingdom Hearts fanart on DeviantArt and reading Kingdom Hearts fanfics on Fanfiction.net.

This was but the tip of the fandom iceberg, and in coming years Darvyn slowly descended into the depths of consuming fandom content.

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I started off with Kingdom Hearts, which was my first introduction into ~fan~ created content. Prior to that, I didn't even know that it was possible.

It quickly spiraled after that, I created a KH fan OC, realized that there was fandom for books (also previously unfathomable to me), started reading a ton of Harry Potter fanfics. Had a slight Twilight phase (but then again, who didn't?). Realized there was Manga and Anime, and fandoms for those too? Fruits Basket fanfics galore. DeathNote. Ranma 1/2... spiral spiral spiral...

Attempted writing very terrible Harry Potter and Kingdom Hearts fanfics in high school. (I was more focused on making my own fiction at the time, which is why it took so long to finally trying my hand at fanfiction)

In high school I was very into many animes. Video games as well. A few movies affected me enough to seek out fanfics (Inception, Pirates of the Caribbean, X-Men). I got into Homestuck and made my first tumblr in 2012. Finally read the Percy Jackson series. Got into drawing Homestuck fanart. Fanart is still rather elusive to me, but it comes out occasionally.

Briefly into SuperWhoLock (again, who wasn't?). Various TV shows here and there (Merlin, Suits, Parks and Rec, Avatar the Last Airbender, miscellaneous cartoons, etc.)

Ahh there's so much. After high school and once I started college as well as working, I was rather consistently into Homestuck and indie video games that popped up during hiatuses. I got more into video games in general as well. Bioshock, Dishonored, Call of Duty, Borderlands, Don't Starve, subsequent Kingdom Hearts games, Pokemon X/Y (and others), Animal Crossing, Ace Attorney (there's bound to be more, but that's all I've got off the top of my head)... There's so many, apologies.

I consumed a lot of animes and mangas too. HunterXHunter, Naruto, Bleach, Mob Psycho 100, One Punch Man, Boku No Hero Academia, Yowamushi Pedal, Durarara!!, Baccano, Kuroshitsuji, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Ouran High School Host Club, No. 6, Nobari No Ou, Mirai Nikki, Katekyo Hitman Reborn, Aijin... Et cetera et cetera... Oof, so many... I have a My Anime List, I might post it here someday.

My hyperfixations continued to come and go. And now we're basically in the present.

At this time you can reference my sticky post, in which I list what I'm currently enamored with.

As you may see, I've mostly lurked during my entire fandom career. But only in recent years am I trying to branch out. And so concludes my fan history! Thank you for reading lol. All of the things I've mentioned here still hold a special place in my heart, so please feel free to hmu about any of them.

Best!