withoutdrowning

Journal Community
Name:	Without Drowning
Date(s):	August 31, 2009 – December 31, 2020 (last update)
Moderator:	so_i_go, lovepollution, charming, rp_ks_lova, and kate_stew
Founder:	so_i_go
Type:	fan comm
Fandom:	Brit Pack
URL:	withoutdrowning at LJ
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withoutdrowning is "the largest and most respected multiple-ship inclusive community for the Brit Pack & Friends on LiveJournal." The community has moderated posting, and was the first fannish community for Andrew Garfield, who went on to become part of fandom juggernaut ship Jewnicorn in 2010. Community membership is moderated and posts are viewable for members only. Its part of the @TNPnetwork[1].

The profile lists the following actors as within scope for the community:

• Robert Pattinson
• Kristen Stewart
• Tom Sturridge
• Andrew Garfield
• Shannon Woodward
• Sam Bradley
• Marcus Foster
• Bobby Long
• Johnny Flynn
• Laura Marling
• Eddie Redmayne
• Henry Lloyd-Hughes
• Lizzy Pattinson
• Jackson Rathbone
• Dakota Fanning
• Ashley Greene
• Ben Lloyd-Hughes
• Fred MacPherson
• (As well as Patty, Roost, and Jella)

As of 2022 the community has 2,506 posts; 87,647 comments; and 489 members. This is substantially diminished from its heyday as many of its members, including one moderator, have deleted their LJs and all associated comments/posts in communities.

Events & Post Types

• Daily news and photo roundups by lovepollution
• The Robfic Writers' Roundtable, a biweekly fanfiction challenge (writing to a prompt + leaving three comments on each entry, 2 positive comments and 1 constructive criticism)
• Holiday Gift Exchange
• Spring Break Exchange
• Liveblogs of events (MTV Movie Awards, movie premieres, Rob/Kristen being caught by paparazzi on a runway in Rome)

Network

withoutdrowning and its Robsten sister site, asoulenchanted, formed an affiliate network called the Two Nights of Productivity Network[2] in 2009. These included fuckyeahukboys, RKTwitCop, sturridgelife (about Tom Sturridge and Arthur Sturridge), pattinsonlife (Robert Pattinson), garfieldlife (Andrew Garfield), lloydhugheslife (Henry, Ben, and Theo Lloyd-Hughes), indpndentpeople (Brit Pack fanfiction), productivity100 (a Brit Pack drabble challenge), rkbritpackanon (a Brit Pack secrets community), tnpficcontest (a monthly Brit Pack fanfiction contest), shanndrew (Andrew Garfield/Shannon Woodward), shannonwoodward (Shannon Woodward), and others that have been lost to time.