An End-Of-The-Year Fannish Memey Thingy
It's been ages and ages since I did this particular year-end meme. I'm not sure why. But this year, I return to it!
1. Your main fandom this year?
Well, for much of the year it was still Good Omens. Not, I hasten to add, that I have gone off Good Omens since then. Perish the thought! But I do think my brain may be kind of switching over into some sort of waiting-for-season-2 fannish holding pattern now.
And then somewhere in the last few months Disco Elysium ate my brain, which is... I don't know. Weird? Confusing? I mean, my previous Undertale obsession notwithstanding, I barely even play video games! And I am, generally speaking really, really not good at them. Although with Disco Elysium, you can, in fact, be a massive, clueless fuck-up of a gamer, and it will only enhance your experience, since failure is such a fundamental part of it all. Also it requires no hand-eye coordination, only lots of reading, which does make it 100% my kind of game. Anyway, the whole thing really is a billion different kinds of awesome. I genuinely don't know how anybody is remotely able to write fic for something this changeable and interactive and complicated, though, despite the fact that I've somehow done it multiple times myself.
2. Your favorite film watched this year?
I seem to have hardly watched any movies at all this year. Well, the most memorable one (as well as the only one I saw in the theater) was Dune, although, while visually impressive and kind of interesting, it honestly didn't excite me all that much. What can I say? I have mixed feelings about the book, too. Maybe I don't really have a favorite film from this year? If I have to pick one, gun to my head, from among my meagre options, l guess I might say Behind the Curve. It's a documentary about Flat Earthers, and was definitely worth watching.
3. Your favorite book read this year?
Picking one is never, ever possible! Well, since I give all the books I read little reviews and mostly meaningless ratings I can look over the results from the year and note that there are four books I gave a full five stars to: The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter, The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green, There There by Tommy Orange, and Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. Of course, the year's not quite over yet, but I'd be surprised if I read another five-star book by the end of the year.
Mind you, highest-rated and favorite aren't exactly the same thing, and there are some 4.5 star books are are pretty good contenders for favorite. Piranesi, maybe, or Circe, or Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory, or... Well, no, I should probably stop there.
4. Your favorite TV show of the year?
The Umbrella Academy, which I had an absolutely delightful time binging towards the beginning of the year. When is there going to be more of that?
5. Your best new fandom discovery of the year?
Disco Elysium again! And The Umbrella Academy should probably get an honorable mention, even if it didn't dominate my fannish brain in anywhere near the same way.
6. Your biggest fandom disappointment?
Honestly, probably learning that Jodie Whittaker was leaving Doctor Who along with Chris Chibnall. I was really hoping we'd get to see what another showrunner might do with her.
7. Your TV boyfriend of the year?
Does it have to be a TV boyfriend? Can I have a video game boyfriend? Because I feel like Kim Kitsuragi and I really bonded while I was being his insane, smelly alcoholic partner. Also it is scientifically impossible not to fall in love with the guy.
8. Your TV girlfriend of the year?
I don't know. Perhaps I'd like for it to be the Doctor, despite any differences Doctor Who and I might have these days.
9. Your biggest squee moment of the year?
Well, it has to be the announcement of Good Omens season 2, doesn't it? I mean, what else could possibly compare?
Biggest squee moment that was part of a work of fiction and not an announcement about a work of fiction, though, would have to be the moment in Disco Elysium when I got Kim to dance with me. And then I DANCED SO HARD I SAW GOD. Well, OK, that second part is maybe an eeensy bit of an exaggeration, but still! That was just a moment of such pure and utter joy for me. A joy that, in context, also felt incredibly meaningful.
10. The most missed of your old fandoms?
I've been feeling nostalgic for Farscape again lately. But that's not all that unusual.
11. The fandom you haven't tried yet, but want to?
There are a million of them. A million. There are just not enough hours in a day to watch all of the things that I'm interested in. Ah, if only my teenage self and her single-digit number of crappy TV channels could see me now, drowning in a sea of amazing viewing choices. She'd be sooooo jealous. And here I am, just feeling overwhelmed all the time, and also miffed about how much stuff is only available on streaming services I don't want to subscribe to.
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1. Your main fandom this year?
Well, for much of the year it was still Good Omens. Not, I hasten to add, that I have gone off Good Omens since then. Perish the thought! But I do think my brain may be kind of switching over into some sort of waiting-for-season-2 fannish holding pattern now.
And then somewhere in the last few months Disco Elysium ate my brain, which is... I don't know. Weird? Confusing? I mean, my previous Undertale obsession notwithstanding, I barely even play video games! And I am, generally speaking really, really not good at them. Although with Disco Elysium, you can, in fact, be a massive, clueless fuck-up of a gamer, and it will only enhance your experience, since failure is such a fundamental part of it all. Also it requires no hand-eye coordination, only lots of reading, which does make it 100% my kind of game. Anyway, the whole thing really is a billion different kinds of awesome. I genuinely don't know how anybody is remotely able to write fic for something this changeable and interactive and complicated, though, despite the fact that I've somehow done it multiple times myself.
2. Your favorite film watched this year?
I seem to have hardly watched any movies at all this year. Well, the most memorable one (as well as the only one I saw in the theater) was Dune, although, while visually impressive and kind of interesting, it honestly didn't excite me all that much. What can I say? I have mixed feelings about the book, too. Maybe I don't really have a favorite film from this year? If I have to pick one, gun to my head, from among my meagre options, l guess I might say Behind the Curve. It's a documentary about Flat Earthers, and was definitely worth watching.
3. Your favorite book read this year?
Picking one is never, ever possible! Well, since I give all the books I read little reviews and mostly meaningless ratings I can look over the results from the year and note that there are four books I gave a full five stars to: The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter, The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green, There There by Tommy Orange, and Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. Of course, the year's not quite over yet, but I'd be surprised if I read another five-star book by the end of the year.
Mind you, highest-rated and favorite aren't exactly the same thing, and there are some 4.5 star books are are pretty good contenders for favorite. Piranesi, maybe, or Circe, or Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory, or... Well, no, I should probably stop there.
4. Your favorite TV show of the year?
The Umbrella Academy, which I had an absolutely delightful time binging towards the beginning of the year. When is there going to be more of that?
5. Your best new fandom discovery of the year?
Disco Elysium again! And The Umbrella Academy should probably get an honorable mention, even if it didn't dominate my fannish brain in anywhere near the same way.
6. Your biggest fandom disappointment?
Honestly, probably learning that Jodie Whittaker was leaving Doctor Who along with Chris Chibnall. I was really hoping we'd get to see what another showrunner might do with her.
7. Your TV boyfriend of the year?
Does it have to be a TV boyfriend? Can I have a video game boyfriend? Because I feel like Kim Kitsuragi and I really bonded while I was being his insane, smelly alcoholic partner. Also it is scientifically impossible not to fall in love with the guy.
8. Your TV girlfriend of the year?
I don't know. Perhaps I'd like for it to be the Doctor, despite any differences Doctor Who and I might have these days.
9. Your biggest squee moment of the year?
Well, it has to be the announcement of Good Omens season 2, doesn't it? I mean, what else could possibly compare?
Biggest squee moment that was part of a work of fiction and not an announcement about a work of fiction, though, would have to be the moment in Disco Elysium when I got Kim to dance with me. And then I DANCED SO HARD I SAW GOD. Well, OK, that second part is maybe an eeensy bit of an exaggeration, but still! That was just a moment of such pure and utter joy for me. A joy that, in context, also felt incredibly meaningful.
10. The most missed of your old fandoms?
I've been feeling nostalgic for Farscape again lately. But that's not all that unusual.
11. The fandom you haven't tried yet, but want to?
There are a million of them. A million. There are just not enough hours in a day to watch all of the things that I'm interested in. Ah, if only my teenage self and her single-digit number of crappy TV channels could see me now, drowning in a sea of amazing viewing choices. She'd be sooooo jealous. And here I am, just feeling overwhelmed all the time, and also miffed about how much stuff is only available on streaming services I don't want to subscribe to.
This entry was originally posted at https://astrogirl.dreamwidth.org/1019545.html. Comment here or there, whichever you like.