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[libbi]

I'm super excited that I may actually be able to participate and finish the snowflake_challenge this year!

My name is Elizabeth, but you can call me libbi. I'm in my late 20s, live in Delaware, married to my favorite man, and have three cats, one of whom was a pandemic foster! We also share a home with our older-nephew and his dog. I currently work as a tax preparer.

I've been involved in fandom since my early teens, back in the LJ days. I've had multiple different accounts on different sites, but these days you can find me here, libbi, or libbi. I go where the fandom tides take me, and I don't have a "main" fandom per se. The following is a list of fandoms I have written in and/or read fanfiction of, and still consider myself a fan of, with some common pairings I like if applicable:

Avatar: The Last Airbender Katara/Zuko, Criminal Minds, Dune, Enola Holmes (2020), Forever (2014), Harry Potter Draco/Hermione, Kingsman, Life with Derek Casey/Derek, MCU Darcy/Steve, The Mentalist Patrick/Theresa, Person of Interest, Narnia, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Tangled (2010), The Vampire Diaries/The Originals* Damon/Elena, The Witcher (Video game & TV).

*I have yet to finish both of these series and I'm not sure if I will.

I enjoy video games and have made a goal this year to reach 75% game completion or higher in my Steam library. I play Flight Rising from time to time as well. My profile is here. Feel free to reach out in either space!

This year, I've challenged myself to read 50 books on Goodreads. I'm looking forward to Jane Harper's new release, The Survivors in February. This year, I'd like to read the Lord of the Rings for the first time. Wish me luck!

That's about all I can think to say about me. Looking forward to meeting you and participating in the rest of the month. ♥

Comments

[coyoteclaw11]

Oh hoooo hello from Light Flight o/ I used to be like so, so obsessed with FR and would go halfway rabid during dominance fights, but I've found it really hard to come back after such a long break haha I mostly just check in occasionally, feed my starving dragons, grab any available Galore's Gifts and disappear again lmao Oh god I just checked and it's been so long my age on my profile is almost 3 years off

Good luck with your goals! They all sound super cool O: I actually haven't gotten full achievements on... well... any game! That actually reminds me that I have to remove a patch from the last game I played so I can actually get the achievements haha I know a lot of games have hidden achievements. Do you look them up or just try to unlock them naturally?

[libbi]

I tried being really into dominance fights, and I found it just wasn't for me. But I do love my dragons! I just hate converting food, which is why they're starving, oops. I'd like to spend some time this year writing down the lore I have in my head for some of them.

If I'm playing the game for the first time, I give myself a bit of time to explore. I do sometimes read the achievement guides in case there is an achievement I can only get in the beginning somehow. I love visual novels, but they're the worst for achievements! I usually play one game through without a guide, and then use a guide so I know where to save and start up again to go down another path and get a different ending or achievement therein.

[coyoteclaw11]

I do the same with VNs! At least I used to... lately I've been playing games with ~recommended play orders~ so I've been following guides pretty closely from the start so I know where to save and how to build up the plot details in the best way.

What VNs have you played? :3c I generally go for otome and BL, though I loved Steins;Gate and Ace Attorney. Last couple I played were Sweet Pool (which was... interesting lol) and Collar x Malice, which was really, really good.

[libbi]

I've played Ace Attorney! What a silly game, it was great.

I seem to generally go for otomes as well. Here's a list of what I've played:

Cateau, Cinderella Phenomenon, Cinders, The Confines of the Crown, Demonheart, Gibbous, A Little Lily Princess, Long Live the Queen, Magical Diary: Horse Hall, Monster Loves You, Monster Prom, Regency Solitaire (kind of fits?), Seduce Me and Seduce Me 2.

[coyoteclaw11]

Ooh I've had Long Live the Queen sitting in my steam library for a minute. I don't think I'm very good at variable stat building, though haha

I'm guessing Seduce Me is good since you played both? I got it with the Racial Justice game bundle on itchi.io last summer, but haven't gotten around to it yet.

[libbi]

I honestly played LLtQ for fun the first few times, then followed a guide to stat build and get the rest of the achievements.

I don't know if I'd say Seduce Me is good, because it was the first otome game I ever played, so I was more excited such a genre existed. I think there are better games out there, both in writing and technical aspects, but it certainly isn't bad. It kind of has a Wattpad-esque vibe to it (Mary Sue protag and all the men fall in love with her!), but then again, what otome game doesn't?

[coyoteclaw11]

Ahh that makes sense. I've definitely read through things that were mediocre at best just because I was so excited something like that existed in the first place >.>;; Nevertheless, I do have the first game, so I might as well play it soon!

That's a good idea for LLtQ... I might do a few more playthroughs then surrender to a guide haha which is funny because I'm usually quick to use guides for VNs!