#13. Recommend at least three fanworks created by others.

On this rainy Saturday, let's have some more Saturday-morning cartoons! Even though it's no longer anywhere near Saturday morning. :-) This time: fanart celebrating Dungeons & Dragons (1983-1985). I recommend...

• ♥ Meet the gang! ♥
  The moment it all begins! Fascinated Diana, worried Sheila, ( Read more... )

#13. Recommend at least three fanworks created by others.

Feel like Saturday morning cartoons? Try some Dungeons & Dragons (1983-1985). I recommend...

( 'The Good Life,' post-finale back on Earth, ~19K words, by Evidence )

#13. Recommend at least three fanworks created by others.

First up: Battlestar Galactica (1978-1979). I recommend...

( 'The Poet's Son,' a Boomer adventure, ~9K words, by Malinaldarose )

#12. Discuss what makes you fannish.I love stories, and media fandom is story-love shared. It's the black-sheep, back-alley cousin of humanities academia. We tell and retell stories, and deconstruct and reassemble what stories mean for us as individuals and our culture as a whole, with certain broadly common values of enthusiasm, loyalty, ( Read more... )

#10. Recommend a fannish reference resource.

In Dungeons & Dragons (the '80s cartoon!), I heartily recommend the astounding Dungeons & Dragons cartoon encyclopedia! It's everything I ever wanted to do for FK non-fiction, and more and better. If you ever loved this show, it's easy to get lost in delight there, link to link, script to script.

In ( Read more... )

#9. Set some goals for the new year.As I said back in #1 of this meme, my fannish goal for this year is to engage more with y'all, to contribute to and enjoy the delights and trials of fandom. That's why I'm playing this meme ( Read more... )

#8. Interact with someone new.

Yesterday, I posted a brief reply to the anonymous moderator of the brand-new
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#7. Share a beloved item of canon.In FKdom, we often talk about the episodes that "brought us across," that converted us from viewers to fans. These aren't always (or even often!) our favorite episodes in the long run, but they do always have some special combination of timing and resonance that imprints, snuggling up with our imaginations and ( Read more... )

#6. Issue a challenge.

This #6 stymied me for a while. I've given it much thought. Really,
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#4. Create a fanwork.

I was originally going to count my 2015 HLH fest recommendations list as the fulfilling fanwork, but I would have made that list anyway. Perhaps that's not really fulfilling the challenge properly, not letting it do all it can?

That itched away at me for a bit, so instead I made this brand-new, off-the-cuff, Doctor Who ( Read more... )