I love the low engagement fanfiction requires. You already know the canon, the story, the characters. You can just dive into it with less focus and need to take in all the information. Just pick a theme/characters you want to read and off you go, all fun cx
Haha I have some stories in my head but I actually prefer to commission other writers to write them out for me c':
Literally reading a commissioned fic right now in fact :P
All online yes, and I recommend taking a look at
Lacemarket (a platfrom for people to sell their stuff, I have a 'shop' there too) and there are also some reseller sites like
this one and
this one where you can find items that are from chinese shops. The latter are priced slightly higher than the source shops, but that's because for international byers the chinese shops require a shopping service, so my-lolita-dress and glitzywonderland have prices that reflect that extra fee.
For a beginner I definitely recomment Lacemarket the most, these days you can score a nice dress and blouse etc for fair secondhand prices. Maybe you can even find sellers from your country so the shipping won't be so high!