Fandom Year in Review: 2018
Dec. 31st, 2018 12:45 amI haven't seen anyone posting this particular variation this year, but it's the format I've used for awhile now, so I'm happy to stick with it.
Your main fandom of the year?
Another year where no one fandom got the bulk of my attention. I suppose the fandom I've talked about the most is MCU and that I've been the most fannishly into is Critical Role. I need to find more communities on DW.
Your favorite movie seen this year?
Gotta be Black Panther, with Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse as a strong runner-up.
Your favorite book read this year?
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik. I loved the short story on which it's based, and the expansion is even better. I have issues with it, but overall it remains my favorite reading experience of the year.
Your favorite album or song to listen to this year?
Of new albums, Chime by Dessa.
Your favorite TV show of the year?
The Good Place takes this one for the second year in a row.
Your favorite video game of the year?
Reigns: Her Majesty, a fascinating phone game that was recommended at a WisCon panel, and I got obsessed with it for like a month. Politics and mysteries and a simple mechanic that kept me hooked. There's a more complete review in the![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
ladybusiness May 1998 favorites post.
Your best new fandom discovery of the year?
I seem to be finding a new actual-play podcast every year, and this year it's The Magpies, a post-apocalyptic heist story featuring an all-female, all-queer cast of players and characters. Highly recommended if it sounds at all like your thing.
Your biggest fandom disappointment of the year?
The last ten minutes of Avengers: Infinity War.
Your fandom boyfriend of the year?
Not sure I have one this year, really.
Your fandom girlfriend of the year?
Beauregard and Jester Lavore, Critical Role Campaign Two
Your biggest squee moment of the year?
The pure glee I took in watching Oceans Eight.
The most missed of your old fandoms?
This remains Dragon Age, I think. I picked up a DA2 replay about a month or so ago, and I was surprised at how happy it made me.
The fandom you haven't tried yet, but want to?
It's sort of sad that nothing comes to mind. As I said last year, I'm more likely to dabble in a new fandom and less likely to get really involved. The last new fandom I really "joined" was Critical Role, and I feel like I'm still on the edges of it after two and a half years. Maybe the Dreamwidth resurgence will help?
Your biggest fan anticipations for the coming year?
Captain Marvel is high, high on this list. I'm anticipating and dreading Avengers: Endgame in approximately equal measures. Upcoming books on my radar include The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie, Jade War by Fonda Lee, and Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes. The final seasons of Jane the Virgin and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Charlie Jane Anders and G. Willow Wilson being the Guests of Honor at WisCon... and going on my first ever Jonathan Coulton Cruise in March.
Your main fandom of the year?
Another year where no one fandom got the bulk of my attention. I suppose the fandom I've talked about the most is MCU and that I've been the most fannishly into is Critical Role. I need to find more communities on DW.
Your favorite movie seen this year?
Gotta be Black Panther, with Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse as a strong runner-up.
Your favorite book read this year?
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik. I loved the short story on which it's based, and the expansion is even better. I have issues with it, but overall it remains my favorite reading experience of the year.
Your favorite album or song to listen to this year?
Of new albums, Chime by Dessa.
Your favorite TV show of the year?
The Good Place takes this one for the second year in a row.
Your favorite video game of the year?
Reigns: Her Majesty, a fascinating phone game that was recommended at a WisCon panel, and I got obsessed with it for like a month. Politics and mysteries and a simple mechanic that kept me hooked. There's a more complete review in the
ladybusiness May 1998 favorites post. Your best new fandom discovery of the year?
I seem to be finding a new actual-play podcast every year, and this year it's The Magpies, a post-apocalyptic heist story featuring an all-female, all-queer cast of players and characters. Highly recommended if it sounds at all like your thing.
Your biggest fandom disappointment of the year?
The last ten minutes of Avengers: Infinity War.
Your fandom boyfriend of the year?
Not sure I have one this year, really.
Your fandom girlfriend of the year?
Beauregard and Jester Lavore, Critical Role Campaign Two
Your biggest squee moment of the year?
The pure glee I took in watching Oceans Eight.
The most missed of your old fandoms?
This remains Dragon Age, I think. I picked up a DA2 replay about a month or so ago, and I was surprised at how happy it made me.
The fandom you haven't tried yet, but want to?
It's sort of sad that nothing comes to mind. As I said last year, I'm more likely to dabble in a new fandom and less likely to get really involved. The last new fandom I really "joined" was Critical Role, and I feel like I'm still on the edges of it after two and a half years. Maybe the Dreamwidth resurgence will help?
Your biggest fan anticipations for the coming year?
Captain Marvel is high, high on this list. I'm anticipating and dreading Avengers: Endgame in approximately equal measures. Upcoming books on my radar include The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie, Jade War by Fonda Lee, and Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes. The final seasons of Jane the Virgin and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Charlie Jane Anders and G. Willow Wilson being the Guests of Honor at WisCon... and going on my first ever Jonathan Coulton Cruise in March.
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