Shadsie
Sage of Tales
Lately, I've been finding I have a weird amount of fame for a no-life netizen.
Not long ago, for instance, someone with whom I was PMing called me a "celebrity," in a way... not a real one, but we were talking about the nature of fanfiction.net and the accounts of people who have died. (Morbid topic, I know), and I said something about wondering if anyone would even notice me gone if I vanished - stopped writing fic, stopped leaving reviews and left a dead-account, or, if something happened to me and my dear ArkNorth announced it. The person I was PMing with said that she expected that a lot of people would feel really weird about that because I'm a "celebrity" on the site in some of the Nintendo fandoms. (Zelda, Smash Bros. and Kid Icarus).
And just today, I made a comment on an article over on Cracked.com - "Public Apologies We Do Not Have to Accept" ... something like that. The article writer used Eji Aonuma's apology for the Water Temple in Ocarina of Time as one of those apologies he does not accept and a thing he does not forgive, because the Water Temple ruined his childhood or something. (It's all exaggerated Cracked stuff). I made some comment along the lines of "But completing the Water Temple makes you feel like a true hero!" - and someone responded with me "Do you happen to be the Shadsie who writes Zelda fanfic, because if so, you are awesome."
I was floored. - It's like, okay, Cracked.com.... I did not expect anyone who goes there to know me, especially given how the site has traditionally treated the subject of fan fiction.
I also, out of curiosity, once did a Google search of my penname and "fanfic recommendations" because I was curious as to where some of the influx of reviews and favorites I was getting on a number of my stories was coming from and found, that even though I do not have an account on Tumblr, Legend of Zelda fans recommend my stories there.
It's all just kind of weird, getting a degree of "fame" for no-life nerd activities.
So, how about all y'all? Have you found yourself more Internets-famous than you've realized recently?
Not long ago, for instance, someone with whom I was PMing called me a "celebrity," in a way... not a real one, but we were talking about the nature of fanfiction.net and the accounts of people who have died. (Morbid topic, I know), and I said something about wondering if anyone would even notice me gone if I vanished - stopped writing fic, stopped leaving reviews and left a dead-account, or, if something happened to me and my dear ArkNorth announced it. The person I was PMing with said that she expected that a lot of people would feel really weird about that because I'm a "celebrity" on the site in some of the Nintendo fandoms. (Zelda, Smash Bros. and Kid Icarus).
And just today, I made a comment on an article over on Cracked.com - "Public Apologies We Do Not Have to Accept" ... something like that. The article writer used Eji Aonuma's apology for the Water Temple in Ocarina of Time as one of those apologies he does not accept and a thing he does not forgive, because the Water Temple ruined his childhood or something. (It's all exaggerated Cracked stuff). I made some comment along the lines of "But completing the Water Temple makes you feel like a true hero!" - and someone responded with me "Do you happen to be the Shadsie who writes Zelda fanfic, because if so, you are awesome."
I was floored. - It's like, okay, Cracked.com.... I did not expect anyone who goes there to know me, especially given how the site has traditionally treated the subject of fan fiction.
I also, out of curiosity, once did a Google search of my penname and "fanfic recommendations" because I was curious as to where some of the influx of reviews and favorites I was getting on a number of my stories was coming from and found, that even though I do not have an account on Tumblr, Legend of Zelda fans recommend my stories there.
It's all just kind of weird, getting a degree of "fame" for no-life nerd activities.
So, how about all y'all? Have you found yourself more Internets-famous than you've realized recently?