2019 Fannish year in review
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Vids
For a while there, I was on track to make a vid or vidlet every month. Then… the summer happened. I'm picking it back up now, though. There's the Festivid in progress, and I'd like to finish some of the WsIP that've been hanging around semi-edited or in my head. Oh, and I made two playlists of my vids for @trelkez's community project.
Jan. 2
Hey, Brother (Longmire)
3:07
Jan. 20
Part of That World (It Came from Beneath the Sea)
2:30
Feb. 18
Squares Are Everywhere ("Absolute unit" livestock meme)
0:41
Mar. 24
Come Away With Me (Northern Exposure)
2:15
Apr. 20
Ever Fallen in Love (Northern Exposure)
1:21
Dec.
Festivid(s) in progress
Total: 9.9 minutes - actually a little more than last year
Gen: 2
M/F: 1
M/M: 1
Monster/everybody: 1
Fandoms: 4
Favorite: "Hey, Brother," followed by "Come Away With Me." Both of them quiet and earnest and bittersweet, hm.
Most successful: According to AO3 kudos, "Part of That World," followed by "Squares Are Everywhere." Both humor vids for obscure fandoms, hm.
Writing
In which I continued the tradition of writing original fics as treats for exchanges. I would've liked to have written more, both for my fic WsIP (Red Road! Jinni crossover!) and my Mary Sues, but, as above, the summer happened. I'm actually shocked this year's word count is as high as it is.
Fic
June 24
Catch and Release (Original Work - merman/sailor)
2,240 words
June 29
The Chemistry Between Us (Original Work - teacher/student)
6,640 words
Mary Sue
Kashra (Stargate 1993)
+1,178 words
Karin's in her room (DS9)
+53 words
Alastair leave her alone (OCs)
+359 words
Meredith in the car (OCs)
+811 words
First time - revised (DS9)
+375 words
Total: 8,900 posted fic + 2,800 Mary Sue = 11,700, a little less than last year
(Plus ~28,000 words for work, two-thirds of last year's count, note to self)
Favorite: Of the posted stuff, "The Chemistry Between Us." Of the Mary Sues, oh, it's hard to choose. I guess the Stargate one. But also the OCs. But also the DS9! They are all my favorites and that's why I keep coming back to them.
Most successful: "The Chemistry Between Us" by an order of magnitude.
Fanwork goals:
Everything went out the window after June. I did squeeze out one post of a planned series for my 10-year vidding anniversary, which helped provide structure for the @Fanworks panel I co-modded with @killabeez, plus another I never actually posted. I did get that paid Spotify account to boost my music intake for vidding and for enjoyment, which has been fantastic. And I did go to the inaugural @FanWorks con in August, even though I never wrote it up here.
In 2020, I simultaneously want to make more than I did last year and take it easy and only vid/write when I feel like it. It's harder to strike that balance when it's not always clear when lack of creative energy and general feeling of "whatever" stems from anxiety/depression rather than a simple lying-fallow. It will be interesting how this plays out.
If I have vidding goals, they are: Can I make the Zahn McClarnon multivid? In time for @WisCon_vidparty? Can I finish the sports movie vid? In time for the @Fanworks dance party? Can I make @deelaundry's extremely belated auction vid?
Other goals transplanted from last year:
- Caption remaining uncaptioned vids
- Finish the Red Road story
- Finish the Jinni/Dustfinger crossover
Most significant posts of the year
Reflections on kindness and on my absorption of Native-produced or -related media
Student/teacher and other authority figures in fic (below spoilery review of Professor Marston and the Wonder Women)
In memoriam: nightdog_barks
"Saints of Star Wars" gallery opening
Vidiversary post #1: Audio editing
Moving
Favorite media of the year
Books
Faves:
- Into Thin Air
- A History of the Present Illness
- Everything I Never Told You
- The Lone Ranger & Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
- The Graveyard Book
Also notable:
- Life of Pi
- The romance novel project
- Mr. Burns: a post-electric play
- 'Salem's Lot & Doctor Sleep
- Sovereign Bones: New Native American Writing volume II & first half of Genocide of the Mind: New Native American Writing (volume I)
- Death: The Art of Living & Staring at the Sun: Confronting the terror of death
- Procrastination: Why You Do It, What to Do About It Now
Movies
Faves:
- Bee Nation
- Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
- Parasite
- The Lighthouse & The Witch (rewatch)
- Yomeddine
- The Blob (1958)
- The Ghoul (1933)
- The Cakemaker/Die Kuchenmacher (maybe???)
- batch of old Bruce Greenwood movies
Also notable:
- What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Winter in the Blood, Rhymes for Young Ghouls, Mekko
- Embrace of the Serpent
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
- Pottersville
- Room
- Hold the Dark & Mute
TV
New to me faves:
- Rilakkuma and Kaoru
- Green Frontier (Frontera Verde)
- Northern Exposure
Continuing faves:
- The Good Place
- Game of Thrones S8
- American Gods S2
- [redacted - Festivids]
Events
- Akhnaten opera
- Les 7 Doigts de la Main
- HR Giger museum in Gruyères, Switzerland
- "Saints of Star Wars" gallery opening
- Werner Herzog talk
- Fanworks con
And, of course, people old and new. This year I met @zulu and @bell in person after many years of online acquaintance and introduced myself to @sovay similarly. At @fanworks I met lots of interesting fanpeeps, including but not limited to @dirty_diana, @absternr, @jellogwello.twitter, @libraralien.twitter, @rhythmelia.twitter, @marmolita.ao3 and Liz. Who did I forget?
Originally posted at https://bironic.dreamwidth.org/394432.html, where there are
comments.
2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006
Vids
For a while there, I was on track to make a vid or vidlet every month. Then… the summer happened. I'm picking it back up now, though. There's the Festivid in progress, and I'd like to finish some of the WsIP that've been hanging around semi-edited or in my head. Oh, and I made two playlists of my vids for @trelkez's community project.
Jan. 2
Hey, Brother (Longmire)
3:07
Jan. 20
Part of That World (It Came from Beneath the Sea)
2:30
Feb. 18
Squares Are Everywhere ("Absolute unit" livestock meme)
0:41
Mar. 24
Come Away With Me (Northern Exposure)
2:15
Apr. 20
Ever Fallen in Love (Northern Exposure)
1:21
Dec.
Festivid(s) in progress
Total: 9.9 minutes - actually a little more than last year
Gen: 2
M/F: 1
M/M: 1
Monster/everybody: 1
Fandoms: 4
Favorite: "Hey, Brother," followed by "Come Away With Me." Both of them quiet and earnest and bittersweet, hm.
Most successful: According to AO3 kudos, "Part of That World," followed by "Squares Are Everywhere." Both humor vids for obscure fandoms, hm.
Writing
In which I continued the tradition of writing original fics as treats for exchanges. I would've liked to have written more, both for my fic WsIP (Red Road! Jinni crossover!) and my Mary Sues, but, as above, the summer happened. I'm actually shocked this year's word count is as high as it is.
Fic
June 24
Catch and Release (Original Work - merman/sailor)
2,240 words
June 29
The Chemistry Between Us (Original Work - teacher/student)
6,640 words
Mary Sue
Kashra (Stargate 1993)
+1,178 words
Karin's in her room (DS9)
+53 words
Alastair leave her alone (OCs)
+359 words
Meredith in the car (OCs)
+811 words
First time - revised (DS9)
+375 words
Total: 8,900 posted fic + 2,800 Mary Sue = 11,700, a little less than last year
(Plus ~28,000 words for work, two-thirds of last year's count, note to self)
Favorite: Of the posted stuff, "The Chemistry Between Us." Of the Mary Sues, oh, it's hard to choose. I guess the Stargate one. But also the OCs. But also the DS9! They are all my favorites and that's why I keep coming back to them.
Most successful: "The Chemistry Between Us" by an order of magnitude.
Fanwork goals:
Everything went out the window after June. I did squeeze out one post of a planned series for my 10-year vidding anniversary, which helped provide structure for the @Fanworks panel I co-modded with @killabeez, plus another I never actually posted. I did get that paid Spotify account to boost my music intake for vidding and for enjoyment, which has been fantastic. And I did go to the inaugural @FanWorks con in August, even though I never wrote it up here.
In 2020, I simultaneously want to make more than I did last year and take it easy and only vid/write when I feel like it. It's harder to strike that balance when it's not always clear when lack of creative energy and general feeling of "whatever" stems from anxiety/depression rather than a simple lying-fallow. It will be interesting how this plays out.
If I have vidding goals, they are: Can I make the Zahn McClarnon multivid? In time for @WisCon_vidparty? Can I finish the sports movie vid? In time for the @Fanworks dance party? Can I make @deelaundry's extremely belated auction vid?
Other goals transplanted from last year:
- Caption remaining uncaptioned vids
- Finish the Red Road story
- Finish the Jinni/Dustfinger crossover
Most significant posts of the year
Reflections on kindness and on my absorption of Native-produced or -related media
Student/teacher and other authority figures in fic (below spoilery review of Professor Marston and the Wonder Women)
In memoriam: nightdog_barks
"Saints of Star Wars" gallery opening
Vidiversary post #1: Audio editing
Moving
Favorite media of the year
Books
Faves:
- Into Thin Air
- A History of the Present Illness
- Everything I Never Told You
- The Lone Ranger & Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
- The Graveyard Book
Also notable:
- Life of Pi
- The romance novel project
- Mr. Burns: a post-electric play
- 'Salem's Lot & Doctor Sleep
- Sovereign Bones: New Native American Writing volume II & first half of Genocide of the Mind: New Native American Writing (volume I)
- Death: The Art of Living & Staring at the Sun: Confronting the terror of death
- Procrastination: Why You Do It, What to Do About It Now
Movies
Faves:
- Bee Nation
- Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
- Parasite
- The Lighthouse & The Witch (rewatch)
- Yomeddine
- The Blob (1958)
- The Ghoul (1933)
- The Cakemaker/Die Kuchenmacher (maybe???)
- batch of old Bruce Greenwood movies
Also notable:
- What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Winter in the Blood, Rhymes for Young Ghouls, Mekko
- Embrace of the Serpent
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
- Pottersville
- Room
- Hold the Dark & Mute
TV
New to me faves:
- Rilakkuma and Kaoru
- Green Frontier (Frontera Verde)
- Northern Exposure
Continuing faves:
- The Good Place
- Game of Thrones S8
- American Gods S2
- [redacted - Festivids]
Events
- Akhnaten opera
- Les 7 Doigts de la Main
- HR Giger museum in Gruyères, Switzerland
- "Saints of Star Wars" gallery opening
- Werner Herzog talk
- Fanworks con
And, of course, people old and new. This year I met @zulu and @bell in person after many years of online acquaintance and introduced myself to @sovay similarly. At @fanworks I met lots of interesting fanpeeps, including but not limited to @dirty_diana, @absternr, @jellogwello.twitter, @libraralien.twitter, @rhythmelia.twitter, @marmolita.ao3 and Liz. Who did I forget?
Originally posted at https://bironic.dreamwidth.org/394432.html, where there are
comments.