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In your own space, talk about your Happy Place—the things that give you joy, calms you or keeps you sane.

It's hard to narrow down just one happy place, so here are a few.

Getting lost in research. Writing can be painful, but trying to track down just the right piece of information for a story can be a blast. Excruciating, but a blast.

After a several decades long hiatus, comics! Bucky Barnes has a lot to answer for.

Theatre, whether it's at home in Toronto, our own Stratford Festival, the West End or Broadway. Also, movies, big budget Hollywood ones to small foreign art films.

The National Gallery in London, especially the Sainsbury wing. I could sit in front of Paolo Uccello's Battle of San Romano for ages.

Concerts. Especially Take That concerts, with the most committed fans out there.

And last, conventions. Getting to meet up in person with fellow fans at BistoCon and MediaWest and all the fan and SF conventions I've gone to over the years is the best.

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corvidology

I'm surprised that we share so many happy places. Ahem...

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przed

Yeah, that's a real shocker. ;-)

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esteefee

I'm sad I haven't seen you at a con in a while thanks to BASCon dying (this is molo). Happy New Year!

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przed

I don’t do as many cons as I used to, but try to get to one a year. I miss BASCon!

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potofsoup

It's so interesting that so many of your happy places are events. <3

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przed

Huh, you’re absolutely right. I do tend to value experiences above all... <3

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sc_fossil

Great list. I concur with this. :)

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przed

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coyoteclaw11

Ahh I haven't been to a convention in so long :,o hopefully Bucky will appropriately answer to his crimes soon haha

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przed

I don't get to as many conventions as I used to, but I try to do one a year.

I'm sure Mr. Barnes will take responsibility for his actions soon. ;-)

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fjbryan

Meeting up in person is a blast. I hope there's more of that in the future!

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przed

Me, too! Online fandom is all very well, but meeting in person is a whole other level.

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catalenamara

I do love the research, particularly when it involves Steve Rogers.

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przed

You and me both! ;-)

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catalenamara

I spent a lot of time on the "Historically Accurate Steve Rogers" page. So much great info!

My mother and one of her first cousins were both born around the same time as Steve Rogers was supposed to have been born and I've put a few of the things I remember them talking about in my fic, such as the War of the Worlds radio broadcast. I wish I'd asked my cousin more questions about gay life in the WWII era.

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przed

My mom is ten years younger than MCU Steve, and I've slipped a lot of stories I've heard from the family into my Cap stories. I think this is a good chunk of why I've fallen for this fandom so hard. I grew up with stories of how my family lived through the Depression.

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catalenamara

My mother told me many horrific stories of how her family lived through the Depression. Her situation was very unlike his, though, in that she grew up in a farm family in a rural part of the Midwest. My father's family fared better; his father always seemed to land on his feet no matter what he did. But between them I got a good background in the culture of the era, and I keep all of this in mind when writing Steve.

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wishingwell44

As much as I am okay with being home alone, I do have to say concerts are some of the best places to be. Singing at the top of my lungs is such a release!