Five Things Madoc Said
| Interviews by Fans | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Five Things Madoc Said |
| Interviewer: | Claudia Rebaza |
| Interviewee: | Madoc |
| Date(s): | April 9, 2017 |
| Medium: | online |
| Fandom(s): | |
| External Links: | Five Things Madoc Said |
| Click here for related articles on Fanlore. | |
Five Things Madoc Said is a 2017 Q&A guest post, conducted by the Organization for Transformative Works' Communications Committee with OTW volunteer and "Organization for Transformative Works Translations Committee" staff member Madoc.
It was carried out as part of a series. See Five Things Said.
Excerpts
What fannish things do you like to do? I love to write fanfiction, but more than that I love to worldbuild! Making something robust out of scraps of canon is absolutely my favourite thing to do, be it creating an alien culture from scratch or adopting a minor character and fleshing them out. One of my favourite fanworks involved extending an alien conlang! (I never seem to get enough of languages, it seems!)
I also knit and make fannish toys and other crafts. Currently I’m the very proud owner of Kelas Parmak the Cardassian chameleon, two knitted Newt/Hermann dolls from Pacific Rim, Hedwig the snowy owl, and a yet-to-be finished patchwork blanket with several fannish patches already made for it.
What is a typical week like for you as a volunteer?
Normally I wake up, have breakfast and translate for a good few hours before lunch, normally whilst listening to Welsh or Swedish radio. Right now, Team Welsh is going through a review so that more material online can be made available in Welsh, so my mornings are often spent spell-checking and rejigging some previous Welsh translations. Outside the review, the time is normally split between translating and having my nose stuck in a dictionary.
After that, I eat, then focus on my university work, writing notes and going to lectures. My evenings are either filled with dance lessons, choir or doing fannish things like writing fanfiction or knitting a fannish craft. I also find some time to teach myself Swedish!