a short fannish year in review

[silverflight8]

I don't really have much to say for fannish year writing wrap up, except that in 2021 I finally wrote a fic that was not for an exchange. For the first time since 2009! I would link it but I actually put it under a sock and the anon comm >_> But I am really happy with it. It has a whole bunch of private bookmarks! It was really freeing to write without having to think about someone reading it, and I think my decade of not posting anything except a yearly yuletide fic (and in recent years, not even that) made me forget that it was possible to write something and post it and just enjoy what engagement I get. It's probably all the neurotic worrying about and thinking about reception that made writing dry up (okay, also real life and my disposition towards reading books, to be fair). I wrote two fics this year! I wrote 1 in 2020, 0 in 2019, 0 in 2018, 1 in 2017, 0 in 2016...

I did watch a lot of the D+ shows (thanks anticyclone for being my watch buddy and keeping me on track!) We watched Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Loki, What If?, and Hawkeye. I enjoyed them all! I think overall enjoyment, I loved F&WS the most. It was so enjoyable in characterization and that's really what I care about here - I have other preferences in different media, but once I care enough to follow along all these movies, I absolutely care about characterization most, and F&WS nailed that so well. FFA discussion threads were incredibly fun - I've never been active in the fannish space that way before (always with the book fandoms) and it was amazing. So many fun ideas being thrown about and squeeing over the small details. Thank you for the Winter Soldier Bucky. And of course, I developed a massive crush on Daniel Brühl through it, and watched a bunch more good things because of it. Loki was fun, What If? was fun. I should probably write up a little bit about Hawkeye and I think that it had the most satisfying conclusion - most of the D+ shows really fell down on the conclusions, IMO.

I also finished watching Agent Carter. I watched S1 back in 2016 and never got round to the second season, but again, having a watch buddy kept me on track. We started in Oct and went solidly for several months. I really, really loved it. PEGGY!!

I won't go into detail about reading since I should probably post about it in more depth, but fannishly, I think my mind got eaten by the Taltos books, and OMG thank you so much sholio and hamsterwoman for all the discussion. Honestly, what really got me online ages ago was books - I didn't start on LJ or this corner of fandom, I started on this weird forum about Diana Gabaldon books mostly populated by the kind of older ladies that talk about their DH/DS/DD and wine - and although I've sorta learned to watch and appreciate TV and movies, I really care about books. And screaming about various things that happen in them :D

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[hamsterwoman]

fannishly, I think my mind got eaten by the Taltos books,

:DDD It was a joy to behold and participate in! <33

(and, same, about starting out on the internet as a place to talk about books. My roots are in TheOneRing.net messageboards -- like, I lurked on a couple of TV show messageboards around the same time (late 90s), but that was the first time I wanted to do anything more than lurk. And ultimately it led me to LJ.

[silverflight8]

IT'S SO GOOD. Don't worry I am not done yet. Just got distracted and need to pick up the books soon.

It's funny how the paths converged on LJ. And I'm so glad :)

Books! They're just so good!

[sholio]

Hee! It's really been a terrific year for fandom (if not for much else, I guess). I only found the Taltos books relatively recently - like 2019 or so, I think - so it's been really fun watching you discover them too!

Edit: And Agent Carter, yay!! I love them. <3

[silverflight8]

:D It's kind of interesting how one fandom leads to another. I think I once found a rec to your AC fic, then I read um so much of it, then I found your LJ, then you posted about Taltos, and here we are!

Where's my season 3, Feige/ABC?!

[tani]

Wow, that's really heartening to hear about F&WS. I haven't watched it yet because I am abysmally behind on all TV, but I had the impression that F&WS was really weak, and wasn't really looking forward to it. Hearing a positive experience made me look forward to it more. :)

[silverflight8]

I thought there was some weak writing in some of F&WS (the Flagsmasher plot) but that made very little difference to my enjoyment, haha. All the main characters had good arcs and there were great supporting characters and were all generally well played. I hope you enjoy it!

[tani]

I'm more of a character oriented person, so this makes me think I'll like it. Yay! And now, if only I can get the time to sit down and watch some things. :) Fingers crossed for this weekend!

[silverflight8]

I think you'll like it! :D You should post about what you think of it! Hopefully you have some time haha

[lullabymoon]

Yay for writing a fic that wasn't for an exchange!!

I really must get around to watching s2 of Agent Carter. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Your the second person I've seen rave about the Taltos books. I'm definitely going to go check them out when I have a free brain again.

[silverflight8]

I enjoyed it very much. I just wish there was more ;_;

The Taltos books are so so so fun. I hope you enjoy them!