Introductory Post

Since I’m #NewToBlorbo and have lurked here for a week now, I may as well compose an #introduction post!

My name is Elly. I’m a 33-year-old geek, raging autist and genderqueer dyke (they/them) I’m a perpetually burnout tech worker, hobbyist, and longtime fandom weirdo.

I’m also biromantic and aegosexual, which basically means “asexual who’s only interest in sex if it’s spicy scenarios between fictional characters.” Naturally, I thoroughly enjoy shipping characters in queer ways, lol. Only recently have I decided to embrace “fujin” and “himejin” as self-identifiers, but BL, GL, HL…I’m an equal opportunity shipper!

I’ve been part of online fandoms since I was an awkward closeted tween, mainly those for anime and manga. While my interests, gender identity, beliefs and platforms of choice would shift over the years, thar aspect of my Internet habits never really did. I love media analysis and infodumping (this habit lends itself to tag-rambling if you’re a Tumblr user). I still draw fanart and write fanfiction, albeit sporadically, but would really love to do so more often!

My current fandom of focus is #Eyeshield21 (00s era shonen manga that’s basically The Bad News Bears, but with American football). But I’ve also been active in the #Dorohedoro, #DetectiveConan, #OnePiece and #OnePunchMan fandoms on-and-off as well.

I mainly enjoy older anime/manga from the 80s, 90s and 00s, preferably shonen and seinen. But I do keep up with recent titles as well, such as #ChainsawMan, #DanDaDan, and #DungeonMeshi.

Aside from these, my interests include Japanese language + culture, comics/sequential art studies, horror movies, amateur web design, drawing, writing, and dopamine dressing + decor.

I think that’s it for now! I’m most likely going to re-write this post, and will later try to do one on various blorbos, crushes, and ships I love. It’s a pleasure to meet all of you!