And what ghosts there do remain
I'm back at work today, and kind of regretting the decision while knowing it was exactly the right one to make, given the mess I walked into re: schedules and other things. But I sorted everyone out (I think?) and I'll be here again tomorrow before being out Thursday (and we're closed Friday), so hopefully nothing too terrible will happen to screw everything up again.
Have a couple similar but not the same fannish year-end memes:
meme 1:
1. Your main fandom of the year?
MCU in the Steve/Bucky corner, though my overall love of the MCU took a hit via my not liking Age of Ultron very much. (Also the NY Rangers and NY Mets, but I don't usually bring sports into this, though they occupied a lot of my spring/summer/fall this year.)
2. Your favorite film watched this year?
Before last week, I'd have said Spy, but Star Wars: The Force Awakens bumped it down. Honorable mentions to Mad Max: Fury Road and The Martian. (I still want to see Creed and Spotlight.)
3. Your favorite book read this year?
Um. Um. Do comics count, 'cause the current Darth Vader comic by Kieron Gillen is consistently great...
In nonfiction:
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Five Came Back by Mark Harris
When Books Went to War by Molly Guptill Manning
In fiction, in no particular order:
City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett
Gullstruck Island by Frances Hardinge
Those Pricey Thakur Girls by Anuja Chauhan
Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson
Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho.
I could list more, but those are the top five.
4. Your favorite TV show of the year?
The Flash and Brooklyn Nine Nine probably made me happiest overall, though Jane the Virgin and Agent Carter come close. I'm also enjoying Supergirl a lot.
5. Your favorite online fandom community of the year?
Uh, my LJ/DW flists and my tumblr dash? I don't really do comms as such?
6. Your best new fandom discovery of the year?
The 100! (Though I am not actually involved in the fandom.) Or maybe Check, Please! The Raven Cycle? Darth Vader by Kieron Gillen, which isn't so much a new discovery as an old favorite in a new medium (I know I keep saying this, but no, seriously, you should read it! Where are you going? Come back!). Gotham Academy and Grayson should also probably go on the list, though again Grayson is more an embrace of a different path for a character than a discovery of an entirely new thing.
7. Your biggest fandom disappointment of the year?
Age of Ultron
8. Your TV boyfriend of the year?
Barry Allen (The Flash)
9. Your TV girlfriend of the year?
Peggy Carter (Agent Carter)
10. Your biggest squee moment of the year?
Star Wars: The Force Awakens. I mean, pretty much all of it.
11. The most missed of your old fandoms?
Harry Potter, pretty much always. The Middleman! (Clearly I missed the DCU so much I went back to it repeatedly.)
12. The fandom you haven't tried yet, but want to?
Uh...I have a long list of things I intend to watch, but haven't yet. Justified springs immediately to mind, and Longmire, and oh, a ton of things I keep saying I'll get around to.
13. Your biggest fan anticipations for the New Year?
CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR. Ghostbusters. Season 2 of Agent Carter. LUKE CAGE. STAR WARS: ROGUE ONE.
meme 2:
Favorite main character of 2015: Steve Rogers. Though Rey from SWTFA makes a valiant effort at stealing away the crown.
Favorite villain of 2015: Let's go retro and say Darth Vader, thanks to the comics and Rebels. (I feel like Kilgrave was the scariest villain of 2015, but I try not to think too much about him. *shudders*)
Favorite other character of 2015: Bucky Barnes. Dick Grayson. Peggy Carter. Trish Walker. Ahsoka Tano. REY. FINN.
Favorite M/F couples of 2015: Oliver/Felicity, Rey/Finn, Han/Leia, Jake/Amy(!!!!), Blue/Gansey
Favorite F/F couples of 2015: Jessica Jones/Trish Walker, Korrasami
Favorite M/M couples of 2014: Steve/Bucky, Tim/Kon
Favorite 3 or moresomes of 2015: Steve/Bucky/Natasha, Rey/Finn/Poe, Blue/Gansey/Ronan/Adam/Noah
Favorite Crossover couples of 2015: I don't think I had one of those this year, though I always ship Captain America/Wonder Woman
Fandom that you never expected to get into: Still riding those resurgent Star Wars feels.
Most recent fandom of 2015: Star Wars, but that's more like revisiting new canon in an old fandom.
Favorite Actors of 2015: Andre Braugher continues to be one of the best things to ever exist on television as Captain Raymond Holt. Also Jaime Camil as Rogelio De La Vega. Just for fave faces to look at, still Chris Evans and Sebastian Stan. And the Star Wars cast, both newbies and veterans.
Songs I got Fannish About in 2015: The Hamilton OBCR, obviously. (Well, I am not in the fandom? But I do listen to it pretty obsessively.)
Favorite New Shows: Agent Carter, Jessica Jones, Daredevil, Supergirl, The 100 (it was new to me!)
Shows/Movies I'm Most Looking Forward to Next Year: AGENT CARTER. CIVIL WAR. Star Wars: Rogue One. Ghostbusters. Gilmore Girls reunion!
At some point I will try to do my Midseason/Fall season TV report card. I'll just have to remember what I'm actually watching and what I think about it. *snerk*
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Have a couple similar but not the same fannish year-end memes:
meme 1:
1. Your main fandom of the year?
MCU in the Steve/Bucky corner, though my overall love of the MCU took a hit via my not liking Age of Ultron very much. (Also the NY Rangers and NY Mets, but I don't usually bring sports into this, though they occupied a lot of my spring/summer/fall this year.)
2. Your favorite film watched this year?
Before last week, I'd have said Spy, but Star Wars: The Force Awakens bumped it down. Honorable mentions to Mad Max: Fury Road and The Martian. (I still want to see Creed and Spotlight.)
3. Your favorite book read this year?
Um. Um. Do comics count, 'cause the current Darth Vader comic by Kieron Gillen is consistently great...
In nonfiction:
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Five Came Back by Mark Harris
When Books Went to War by Molly Guptill Manning
In fiction, in no particular order:
City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett
Gullstruck Island by Frances Hardinge
Those Pricey Thakur Girls by Anuja Chauhan
Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson
Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho.
I could list more, but those are the top five.
4. Your favorite TV show of the year?
The Flash and Brooklyn Nine Nine probably made me happiest overall, though Jane the Virgin and Agent Carter come close. I'm also enjoying Supergirl a lot.
5. Your favorite online fandom community of the year?
Uh, my LJ/DW flists and my tumblr dash? I don't really do comms as such?
6. Your best new fandom discovery of the year?
The 100! (Though I am not actually involved in the fandom.) Or maybe Check, Please! The Raven Cycle? Darth Vader by Kieron Gillen, which isn't so much a new discovery as an old favorite in a new medium (I know I keep saying this, but no, seriously, you should read it! Where are you going? Come back!). Gotham Academy and Grayson should also probably go on the list, though again Grayson is more an embrace of a different path for a character than a discovery of an entirely new thing.
7. Your biggest fandom disappointment of the year?
Age of Ultron
8. Your TV boyfriend of the year?
Barry Allen (The Flash)
9. Your TV girlfriend of the year?
Peggy Carter (Agent Carter)
10. Your biggest squee moment of the year?
Star Wars: The Force Awakens. I mean, pretty much all of it.
11. The most missed of your old fandoms?
Harry Potter, pretty much always. The Middleman! (Clearly I missed the DCU so much I went back to it repeatedly.)
12. The fandom you haven't tried yet, but want to?
Uh...I have a long list of things I intend to watch, but haven't yet. Justified springs immediately to mind, and Longmire, and oh, a ton of things I keep saying I'll get around to.
13. Your biggest fan anticipations for the New Year?
CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR. Ghostbusters. Season 2 of Agent Carter. LUKE CAGE. STAR WARS: ROGUE ONE.
meme 2:
Favorite main character of 2015: Steve Rogers. Though Rey from SWTFA makes a valiant effort at stealing away the crown.
Favorite villain of 2015: Let's go retro and say Darth Vader, thanks to the comics and Rebels. (I feel like Kilgrave was the scariest villain of 2015, but I try not to think too much about him. *shudders*)
Favorite other character of 2015: Bucky Barnes. Dick Grayson. Peggy Carter. Trish Walker. Ahsoka Tano. REY. FINN.
Favorite M/F couples of 2015: Oliver/Felicity, Rey/Finn, Han/Leia, Jake/Amy(!!!!), Blue/Gansey
Favorite F/F couples of 2015: Jessica Jones/Trish Walker, Korrasami
Favorite M/M couples of 2014: Steve/Bucky, Tim/Kon
Favorite 3 or moresomes of 2015: Steve/Bucky/Natasha, Rey/Finn/Poe, Blue/Gansey/Ronan/Adam/Noah
Favorite Crossover couples of 2015: I don't think I had one of those this year, though I always ship Captain America/Wonder Woman
Fandom that you never expected to get into: Still riding those resurgent Star Wars feels.
Most recent fandom of 2015: Star Wars, but that's more like revisiting new canon in an old fandom.
Favorite Actors of 2015: Andre Braugher continues to be one of the best things to ever exist on television as Captain Raymond Holt. Also Jaime Camil as Rogelio De La Vega. Just for fave faces to look at, still Chris Evans and Sebastian Stan. And the Star Wars cast, both newbies and veterans.
Songs I got Fannish About in 2015: The Hamilton OBCR, obviously. (Well, I am not in the fandom? But I do listen to it pretty obsessively.)
Favorite New Shows: Agent Carter, Jessica Jones, Daredevil, Supergirl, The 100 (it was new to me!)
Shows/Movies I'm Most Looking Forward to Next Year: AGENT CARTER. CIVIL WAR. Star Wars: Rogue One. Ghostbusters. Gilmore Girls reunion!
At some point I will try to do my Midseason/Fall season TV report card. I'll just have to remember what I'm actually watching and what I think about it. *snerk*
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people have commented there.