Patchlamb

Patchlamb is a millennial and long-time member of fandom, starting circa 2007 or 2008. She has been in and out of several fandoms over the years, some longer and more enthusiastically than others. She has contributed to fandom by making fan art, original characters, and a handful of fanfiction. The fandoms she has been the most active in were 9 and Steven Universe. Patchlamb's activity is congregated mainly through DeviantART and Tumblr, though she also spent many early years roleplaying on Furcadia. She made a handful of AMVs, mainly for 9 and Littlest Pet Shop on her old Youtube channel "LoveMySugarRush," and as of 2020, makes Lets Plays on her Patchlamb channel.
==History==
Patchlamb had been through several pseuds. Starting in 2008, at about 11 years old, she presented under the name Blue-Wolf1 on DeviantART and focused on El Tigre.Blue-Wolf1, DeviantART. Jul 2, 2016. (Accessed 6/16/2020) After being banned on DA when other users discovered her age (as users must be 13 years or older) she mostly stayed Furcadia under the username "Aka Waffle." Waffle was her first fursona and her Meerkat Manor OC upon joining the furry fandom, and was a brown meerkat with red bat wings who could spit acid. As Waffle, she spent a lot of time making friends on Furcadia, particularly in the Meerkat Manor fandom that resided there. 
In 2009, when the movie 9 came out, Patchlamb stayed under the username "Arrow" on The 9 Forum (changed to Patchlamb years later), and roleplayed on The Source under the name "Eccentric." She re-joined DeviantART after turning 13 under the username "Stitchpunk," a reference to 9. She quickly switched to the account named "Scrittchscratch" as she broadened past the 9 fandom.
In 2010 (still under Scrittchscratch) she moved towards her second fursona called Wool, a pink sheep. She also began using the name Wool on Furcadia. She became a fan of Vivzmind (now a popular animator named Vivziepop) and made quite a bit of 9 fanart. 9 was her main fandom during this period, though she dabbled in other fandoms such as Invader Zim and Making Fiends. 
Finally, in 2011 (age 14 or 15), she took on her pseud Patchlamb on DeviantART, her longest running username. She used both Scrittchscratch and Patchlamb at the same time, using Patchlamb as an account to house her original characters, but she soon moved there permanently. Under Patchlamb she made hundreds of artworks, many of them fandom related, and posted a journal entry at least once every month or so. At some point in 2011 she created her own meerkat dream on Furcadia to roleplay Meerkat Manor, though this didn't last long as by that time Furcadia's user base began to shrink. She'd begin moving away from Meerkat Manor after this. 9 remained her main fandom but she was branching out much more by this time, as it had been two years since the film released.
She joined Tumblr in 2012 as Patchlamb. She was in the Once-ler fandom and ran an ask blog for the Barbaloot for a short amount of time.askbar-ba-loot-blog, Circa 2012. (Accessed 7/22/2021) She also ran an ask blog for an Enderman OC named Corantine.corentineenderlady-blog, Circa 2012. (Accessed 7/22/2021) This was a period in which she was a big fan of Homestuck, and she made a secondary art blog on Tumblr called woolenhoofbeast (a Homestuck reference and reference to Wool, her sheep fursona) which has since been renamed multiple times (as of 2020 this blog has been renamed prairieprayer). At some point between 2011 and 2012 she also dabbled a bit in an A Monster in Paris roleplay forum using a moth OC named Aurora. 
The second longest fandom she was in was Steven Universe, though this was not until much later in her teen years. She stayed in this fandom heavily through 2014 to at least 2018, her contributions to it being mainly meta and blogging rather than a plethora of fanart, though she did create some fanart, such as fanfiction and visual art. Patchlamb ran the "No-SU-Crit-Here" Tumblr blog in response to the SU crit movement. This blog was her most popular blog, having gained over 2,500 followers. The blog dipped in activity during the show's many hiatuses. No-SU-Crit-Here became mostly inactive after the show ended, marking Patchlamb's waning interest.
Outside of her main fandoms Patchlamb has been in and out of other fandoms. Most of her fandoms have been cartoon or animation based, with the exception of some video game fandoms like Portal. Beyond fandom Patchlamb also created original art works, most surrounding animals and landscapes. She once ran a Patreon for her original work but shut it down about a year into it when she became busy under other unnamed pseudonyms. Modernly, in 2020, Patchlamb's DeviantART is inactive except for the occasional status update, and she put the majority of her art work into storage in 2019. However, she still uses the Tumblr of the same name as her re-blog only blog, where she re-blogs fandom content.
==Controversies and Criticisms==
In 2008 when Patchlamb was 11 and under her first pseud Blue-Wolf1 she was accused of stealing a more popular El Tigre fanartist's fan character.Don't Call Me Cowerd, DeviantART. Mar 15, 2008 (Accessed 6/17/2020)
In 2009 on the 9 roleplay forum "The Source," Patchlamb (under the name Eccentric) was accused of copying the design themes of the admin's character. Both characters had a lamb theme. Though by then Patchlamb had a sheep fursona and this was an obvious influence, the other roleplayers and admin did not believe that it was a coincidence. Eccentric deleted the character and left the forum, shunned by that particular branch of the 9 fandom. A few years later after The Source moved to a second site Patchlamb re-joined the group under her Patchlamb pseud, making it clear that she had been "Eccentric." The admin subsequently private messaged her to apologize for driving her away from the old forum.
During her teen years, though she had a good handful of online friends in both the 9 fandom and furry fandom, Patchlamb had also been involved with the troll community, particularly on DeviantART before such things were banned. DeviantART used to allow groups on its website which were created to harass or shame other users. Patchlamb took part in this for a few years, until she got older and stopped. Patchlamb briefly discusses this time in her life in a journal on DeviantART about how she blamed it on a toxic relationship with her childhood religion, as well as her difficulty with her own sexuality.Once I Thought My Religion was Better than Yours, DeviantART. Mar 29, 2014 (Accessed 6/17/2020)
In her college years (2014-2018) she participated in the infighting between Steven Universe critical bloggers and Steven Universe stans. This lead to the creation of the No-SU-Crit-Here blog. While the blog was beloved and many saw it as positive outlet for enjoying a show and fandom they loved, those of the SU crit movement might say otherwise. Proponents of SU crit tended to see this sort of pure enjoyment of the show as "ignoring the issues" of the show. However, No-SU-Crit-Here's mission was not to ignore the issues, but to give other fans a place to see positive content during a time when negative content constantly flooded the Tumblr tags.
==Comments==
Below are some excerpts from Patchlamb's journal entries. To see a longer list of meta, go to the meta section.
==Fanworks==
===Visual===
File:Bluewolf1 art.png| Blue Wolf, El Tigre OC
File:Waffle by scrittchscratch.jpg| Waffle, Meerkat Manor OC
File:Where_it_matters_by_scrittchscratch_d2iwp9q-fullview.jpg| Bartholomew, 9 OC
File:Portal OC Gabriel.png| Gabriel, Portal OC
File:6 fanart re draw meme SMALL.png| 9 fanart re-draw meme
===Fanfiction===
*From Cracks in the Wall-- A semi-modern 9 fanfic
*It Was Never Really the End-- 9 Fanfic
*Stained (And Other Old Archived Fanfictions)-- 4 old 9 fanfics and a poem
*Mint Flavored Slumber Party-- Wreck it Ralph fanfic
*Have Mercy-- Monsters Inc fanfic
*The Heaven and the Earth-- Steven Universe fanfic
===Videos===
*9 Poop/Dub: GOD, SHUT UP!-- A 9 Youtube Poop
*9 AMV: March On
*6 Anamatic: Rainbow Viens-- 6/OC animatic for 9
*Coraline: The Greatest Show Unearthed
*Littlest Pet Shop: Caramell Dansen
*MannyxFrida:Work This Out-- Her 1st AMV
*Please Proceed-- Short Portal Poop with fanart
*Random Poop Youtube Poop Video.-- Club Penguin and Invader Zim poop
*Let's Play Niche Playlist
==Meta & Further Reading==
*My DeviantART Story
*Blue-Wolf1
*How do I Liiive Without You?
*Eternal Flame Baby!
*You Know What I Love About Borderlands?
*Anniversary
*I Just Personally Don't See the Appeal of Catra...
*Been Outta the Mystery Skulls...
*I'm Really Interest in What Comes Next...
*So Adventure Time Ends Today
*Theory: White Diamond IS Homeworld
===Pseud Links===
*prairieprayer- Tumblr pseud
*blue-wolf1- DeviantART pseud (banned)
*stitchpunk- DeviantART pseud (inactive)
*scrittchscratch DeviantART pseud (inactive)
*Patchlamb- DeviantART pseud (inactive)
*corentineenderlady-blog- Enderman "Enderlady" Tumblr ask blog (inactive)
*askbar-ba-loot-blog- Barbaloot Tumblr ask blog from The Lorax (inactive)
*LoveMySugarRush- YouTube pseud (inactive)
*Patchlamb- YouTube pseud
*Eccentric- As she deleted her profile it no longer exists, but is mentioned as a deleted member by the admin in this post on The Source roleplay forum (deleted)
*Patchlamb- The Source: Hereafter pseud (inactive)
*Patchlamb/Arrow- 9 Forum pseud
==References==
Category:Fanwriters
Category:Fanartists