Marillyn
New member
- Pronoun
- she/her
Hey, so I stumbled upon your forums and thought they looked interesting. I'm about 35 years old, and have a tendency to spend a lot of time on forums even to this day, mostly because they were very popular when I was younger and I never adjusted to most normal forms of social media.
The polite way you encouraged joining, as well as the feeling of worldbuilding combined with a lot of original content on the main page that I can tell seems like a personal project built over many years with a lot of bespoke pieces, ultimately convinced me to join. I really appreciate unique expressions of being a fan of something like Pokémon.
The pronouns question was admittedly a bit tough for me... you see, my usual strategy on forums dating back to 2007 or 2006 was to use a somewhat androgynous username and then go along with whatever gender most people thought I was in that community. If they read me as a boy, I wouldn't complain, but if they thought I was a girl, I found that I didn't want to correct them and liked how I was seen better. But ultimately, I figured... well, if they're going to ask point-blank, and no one on here knows who I am in real life, why not ask to be called she/her on here?
Anyway, I'm kind of a nerd. I tried to get a degree in Computer Science once, but ultimately didn't enjoy Calculus. I've been obsessed with Pokémon since the Generation 1 games, and always enjoyed reading fanfiction, seeing fan art, and generally watching talk about Pokémon and be inspired by it.
The polite way you encouraged joining, as well as the feeling of worldbuilding combined with a lot of original content on the main page that I can tell seems like a personal project built over many years with a lot of bespoke pieces, ultimately convinced me to join. I really appreciate unique expressions of being a fan of something like Pokémon.
The pronouns question was admittedly a bit tough for me... you see, my usual strategy on forums dating back to 2007 or 2006 was to use a somewhat androgynous username and then go along with whatever gender most people thought I was in that community. If they read me as a boy, I wouldn't complain, but if they thought I was a girl, I found that I didn't want to correct them and liked how I was seen better. But ultimately, I figured... well, if they're going to ask point-blank, and no one on here knows who I am in real life, why not ask to be called she/her on here?
Anyway, I'm kind of a nerd. I tried to get a degree in Computer Science once, but ultimately didn't enjoy Calculus. I've been obsessed with Pokémon since the Generation 1 games, and always enjoyed reading fanfiction, seeing fan art, and generally watching talk about Pokémon and be inspired by it.
