2015 Year End Fandom Meme
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1. Your main fandom of the year? Dragon Age. I not only adored Inquisition and all the new characters introduced, but that brought back my love of older characters full force. I've been reading sooo much Dragon Age fic this past year. And many many hours have been spent playing and replaying not only Inquisition but the other games as well. I haven't actually posted any fic in it yet but Omphalos and I've written probably about 300k words in an inquisition au. Which... even though it's not finished, we probably at this point should start thinking about beginning to edit and post because that is soooo many words.
2. Your favourite film watched this year? Star Wars The Force Awakens. To anyone who's known me for any length of time, this should come as no surprise. I've always counted Star Wars as my first serious fandom. I've loved the story and character and universe since I was 10 years old. It's never really let me go. Han/Leia was my first OTP. I admit to being skeptical when they first announced they were making new movies and that JJ Abrams was directing it, but as we got our first glimpses of the trailers for the movie, I began to get cautiously excited. And then I watched the Star Wars comicon panel and heard Abrams talk about Star Wars and I let go of the caution. The way he talked, he got Star Wars in a way he didn't seem to get Star Trek. I knew, walking into TFA that it was going to be amazing. It turned out to be even better than I imagined. I've seen the movie twice and only now am starting to get fic writing urges in it, but I expect that's only the beginning.
3. Your favourite book read this year? Is one that isn't officially out yet. Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen – by Lois McMaster Bujold, the latest book in the Vorkosigan series. I got an ARC from the Baen site. It was an utter and complete delight. The slow dawning realization I had in the first chapter that what I thought they were talking about was actually what they were talking about and how that shifted so much of what had happened before was one of the most delightful experiences I can remember having when reading a book. Also, if I felt at all capable of writing fic in this 'verse I would be inspired to write soooo much based on the revelations herein.
4. Your favourite TV show of the year? There's been a few shows I've really enjoyed, but the one that gave me the most sheer delight watching is a freaking cartoon. Star Wars Rebels. I hadn't sought it out when it first started airing, but then Settai made her Star Wars Rebels vid Odds Are for vividcon and I had to at least watch the pilot. ...and then mainlined the rest of season 1 in two days. Yes, it's a cartoon, but it's Star Wars and I will always be more prone for falling for Star Wars canons than any other fandom. And it hits so many of my bullet proof loves it's not funny. Also it took an idle thought I had when watching Revenge of the Sith back when it was released and answered it with a resounding yes and one of my favorite characters in the whole canon.
I'd like to be able to give a much more sophisticated and mature show as my fave for the year, but nope it's the cartoon. I swear I am a grown up. Really.
5. Your favourite online fandom community of the year? I don't know if I could point at one. I spent a lot of my fannish time on tumblr because that seems to be where fandom is concentrated, but things get wanky there so fast and with such vitriol that I find it hard to completely engage. I'm just too damn old to get excited or outraged at most of the drama any more. I've seen it all before.
6. Your best new fandom discovery of the year? Star Wars Rebels, see above. Between that and the Force Awakens I see a resurgence of the 'verse of my first fannish love.
7. Your biggest fandom disappointment of the year? When Supernatural killed Charlie, and not only killed her but pretty much did so in a text book fridging sort of way. I had been actually really enjoying the season up to then and they had been tentatively earning my trust back in the way they dealt with Claire storyline, but after the way they handled Charlie its shattered for good. I still watch the show and probably will until it finishes because I still really like the people involved in it, but my fannish days for it are over.
Following a close second would be the first half of s5 of Teen Wolf having seemed to go out of its way to make up a plotline involving so many things that are squicks of mine. I still haven't watched the last two eps of it. I'm planning on doing so when there's a bit of the second half of s5 to watch immediately where hopefully the things that are actively squicking me are resolved. But I've so enjoyed the show up to this point, it was extremely disappointing to see a season that was so made of things I personally DNW.
8. Your TV boyfriend of the year? Kanan Jarrus. There would be added competition if we added movies and video games, but tv, yeah.
9. Your TV girlfriend of the year? Melinda May.
10. Your biggest squee moment of the year? Hm. There were a few things that popped to mind, but the winner would be watching the opening scrawl to the familiar John Williams music in the Force Awakens. I legit teared up. I was not expecting it to affect me that strongly, but once a Star Wars fangirl, always a Star Wars fangirl it seems.
11. The most missed of your old fandoms? Probably would have to go with Supernatural just because I still see bits of it pass my dashboard/friends page on a fairly regular basis. It was my main fandom for so long it's hard to let go entirely.
12. The fandom you haven’t tried yet, but want to? Don't know. Nothing pops to mind.
13. Your biggest fan anticipations for the New Year? Nothing pops to mind, but I guess we'll see what the year brings. :D
1. Your main fandom of the year? Dragon Age. I not only adored Inquisition and all the new characters introduced, but that brought back my love of older characters full force. I've been reading sooo much Dragon Age fic this past year. And many many hours have been spent playing and replaying not only Inquisition but the other games as well. I haven't actually posted any fic in it yet but Omphalos and I've written probably about 300k words in an inquisition au. Which... even though it's not finished, we probably at this point should start thinking about beginning to edit and post because that is soooo many words.
2. Your favourite film watched this year? Star Wars The Force Awakens. To anyone who's known me for any length of time, this should come as no surprise. I've always counted Star Wars as my first serious fandom. I've loved the story and character and universe since I was 10 years old. It's never really let me go. Han/Leia was my first OTP. I admit to being skeptical when they first announced they were making new movies and that JJ Abrams was directing it, but as we got our first glimpses of the trailers for the movie, I began to get cautiously excited. And then I watched the Star Wars comicon panel and heard Abrams talk about Star Wars and I let go of the caution. The way he talked, he got Star Wars in a way he didn't seem to get Star Trek. I knew, walking into TFA that it was going to be amazing. It turned out to be even better than I imagined. I've seen the movie twice and only now am starting to get fic writing urges in it, but I expect that's only the beginning.
3. Your favourite book read this year? Is one that isn't officially out yet. Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen – by Lois McMaster Bujold, the latest book in the Vorkosigan series. I got an ARC from the Baen site. It was an utter and complete delight. The slow dawning realization I had in the first chapter that what I thought they were talking about was actually what they were talking about and how that shifted so much of what had happened before was one of the most delightful experiences I can remember having when reading a book. Also, if I felt at all capable of writing fic in this 'verse I would be inspired to write soooo much based on the revelations herein.
4. Your favourite TV show of the year? There's been a few shows I've really enjoyed, but the one that gave me the most sheer delight watching is a freaking cartoon. Star Wars Rebels. I hadn't sought it out when it first started airing, but then Settai made her Star Wars Rebels vid Odds Are for vividcon and I had to at least watch the pilot. ...and then mainlined the rest of season 1 in two days. Yes, it's a cartoon, but it's Star Wars and I will always be more prone for falling for Star Wars canons than any other fandom. And it hits so many of my bullet proof loves it's not funny. Also it took an idle thought I had when watching Revenge of the Sith back when it was released and answered it with a resounding yes and one of my favorite characters in the whole canon.
I'd like to be able to give a much more sophisticated and mature show as my fave for the year, but nope it's the cartoon. I swear I am a grown up. Really.
5. Your favourite online fandom community of the year? I don't know if I could point at one. I spent a lot of my fannish time on tumblr because that seems to be where fandom is concentrated, but things get wanky there so fast and with such vitriol that I find it hard to completely engage. I'm just too damn old to get excited or outraged at most of the drama any more. I've seen it all before.
6. Your best new fandom discovery of the year? Star Wars Rebels, see above. Between that and the Force Awakens I see a resurgence of the 'verse of my first fannish love.
7. Your biggest fandom disappointment of the year? When Supernatural killed Charlie, and not only killed her but pretty much did so in a text book fridging sort of way. I had been actually really enjoying the season up to then and they had been tentatively earning my trust back in the way they dealt with Claire storyline, but after the way they handled Charlie its shattered for good. I still watch the show and probably will until it finishes because I still really like the people involved in it, but my fannish days for it are over.
Following a close second would be the first half of s5 of Teen Wolf having seemed to go out of its way to make up a plotline involving so many things that are squicks of mine. I still haven't watched the last two eps of it. I'm planning on doing so when there's a bit of the second half of s5 to watch immediately where hopefully the things that are actively squicking me are resolved. But I've so enjoyed the show up to this point, it was extremely disappointing to see a season that was so made of things I personally DNW.
8. Your TV boyfriend of the year? Kanan Jarrus. There would be added competition if we added movies and video games, but tv, yeah.
9. Your TV girlfriend of the year? Melinda May.
10. Your biggest squee moment of the year? Hm. There were a few things that popped to mind, but the winner would be watching the opening scrawl to the familiar John Williams music in the Force Awakens. I legit teared up. I was not expecting it to affect me that strongly, but once a Star Wars fangirl, always a Star Wars fangirl it seems.
11. The most missed of your old fandoms? Probably would have to go with Supernatural just because I still see bits of it pass my dashboard/friends page on a fairly regular basis. It was my main fandom for so long it's hard to let go entirely.
12. The fandom you haven’t tried yet, but want to? Don't know. Nothing pops to mind.
13. Your biggest fan anticipations for the New Year? Nothing pops to mind, but I guess we'll see what the year brings. :D