It's a little weird in my case actually, because I've been reading fanfic since I was 14 or so (since the internet was a dial-up thing, because I am an old lady) and writing it since then too. (Like, since the days when the X-Files and Buffy originally aired).

And I have been obsessed with the MCU for a while, and it is actually what got me heavily back into fic.

But this is my first time ever participating in the fanfic community in a meaningful way outside of just reading and posting fic. Never really considered any of the challenges, Big Bangs or other things that go on. Never lurked livejournal or knew kink memes were even a thing. Never wrote fics for other people. Etc.

So weirdly, Daredevil has been surprisingly intense for me in terms of my level of fandom involvement. And this meme is just absolutely THE BEST. I have people on here who I actually know the fandom names of (despite it being anon), and who I now talk to on AO3 or Tumblr. And I have written with more frequency and intensity than ever before, and actually managed to *gasp* finish some WIPs for freaking once. I feel like a real writer here.

*goes in for group hug*

*is awkwardly rejected*

*leaves kink meme forever*

"Oh, I just can't quit you!"

*comes back*