I Have Five Stars

[danalwyn]

I have five stars on GAFF. Why do I have five stars?

(looks around suspiciously)

I've spent some time thinking about what to say if I ever can find my benefactor. I'm not sure how I feel, I do feel grateful that I have enough recognition that somebody would be willing to do that for me (or at least decided to drop some cash on my name)-but I feel a bit of a heel too, because I was getting set up to pay after I finished moving in July. Maybe I should cut this unknown person a check.

Actually, it's not going to change much. I don't feel any urge to go into the CC (I noticed the stars on Thursday morning but I haven't been in the CC yet)-nor can I really think of anything to do. But it was still a very nice gesture, and I'm grateful to whomever did it.

On a GAFF sort of note I'm looking for a relatively long story to hit for my thousandth post. Since nobody on my FL really shares my fandoms (or the fandoms I'm willing to admit to) I don't expect much help, but does anybody have any sources where they routinely find epic-length works from anime-based fandoms?

Comments

[la-dame-du-lac.livejournal.com]

Well, it started with Knorg doing it to a couple of people, and then other contributors who intended to contribute again realised that they could use the occasion to have a member they like (or deem worthy of being sponsored, or whatever) come into the Country Club.

I mean, you contribute once, become a Contributor and get into the CC, but contributions made after that don't add anything to your status or whatever, so you might as well make someone else happy in the process. Many of the members who were sponsored had publicly grumbld that they wanted to contribute, but couldn't for various reasons (no Paypal account, no credit card, no cash, whatever).

I also have slightly mixed feelings about this process, but I can't really put my finger on why...

[saraswathi-rani.livejournal.com]

I also have slightly mixed feelings about this process, but I can't really put my finger on why...

First off, I'd like to say that I'm supremely grateful to Anti for making me a Contrib, but there's some things I can think of right away:

1) Idiots are going to get into the Club. Look at HurriKaty, for chrissakes.
2) The Club's going to be crowded as hell if this keeps up. It might drive some of the older Contribs away. Whatever happened to Mimi, for instance?
3) It seems to be becoming some kind of bizarre contest among some people.
4) There's a chance that another level of GAFF hierarchy might form. Before, it was just the non-Contribs and the Contribs (And yes, the hierarchy does exist, despite what people say.). Now, it's going to be the non-Contribs, the Contribs, and the real Contribs.

However, the pros of contributing for others outweigh the cons for now.

[bonita-chaotica.livejournal.com]

2) The Club's going to be crowded as hell if this keeps up. It might drive some of the older Contribs away. Whatever happened to Mimi, for instance?
Mimi sponsored me into the Club, long before all the 'cool kids' caught on – her gesture came as a surprise to me but I never mentioned it before now because I was the only one. I hardly think she would be put off by so many other people, considering she’s the unsung starter of this craze. As far as I know, she's busy re-moving back to Australia.

[anti-nation.livejournal.com]

I donated for Hydrangea because a) I noticed she'd been grumbling about it for a while and b) She's not one of the 'idiots.'

I don't really plan on 'sponsoring' other people, or creating my own 'team' of sponsored contribs, though I will still send money roughly every month. The sudden rush of sponsored members: coincidence, I think. It'll die down once all the 'worthy' non-contrib members have been recruited.

Idiots get in, but get smacked down. Hurrikaty has shut up and sat back down. If that kind of order could be maintained, it would be nice. It's what makes me hesitant to post in there, but in a good way.

But the bizarr-o contest could definitely become a possibility, as well as the over-crowdedness. If only the rest of GAFF wasn't such a squeeing madhouse, people wouldn't feel the need to retreat to CC Haven.