Fandom Update
CURRENT FANDOM CHALLENGES:
1.
michaelbiehn - nothing this week - and I really ought to start up a new challenge just in case anyone is out there interested!
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2.
100fandoms - COMPLETED - 39/100
This is a low pressure, no time limit challenge with a minimum word count of 100 (no max) where you write a story for 100 different fandoms.
AO3 collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/100_Fandoms
MY Masterlist: https://tarlanx.dreamwidth.org/1120192.html
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3.
smallfandombang 2021 - FIC - AUTHOR CHECK-IN DONE
The 4th Author check in has been done and acknowledged :) Now all I need to do is spend some time going back over the story to make any final changes/edits before March 31st :) I have a feeling it will have LOTS of edits.
- Final Drafts (Fic & Art) Due: Mar 31, 2022
- Posting Date Sign-Ups: Apr 1-4, 2022
- Posting Period: Apr 5-30, 2022
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4.
trope_bingo R18 - 3/25
MY CARD: https://tarlanx.dreamwidth.org/1235542.html
- Last day to sign up: Apr 10, 2022
- Last day to post bingos: Apr 30, 2022
- Amnesty: May 1 to Jun 30, 2022
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5.
allbingo 2022 - 3/25
MY CARD: https://tarlanx.dreamwidth.org/1238274.html
As far as I can see it doesn't have a deadline... which is good :)
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6.
crossoverbingo - COMPLETED - 0/25 - nothing this week
I requested a bingo table of AU prompts for crossing over the following fandoms in any combination:
The Old Guard, Eureka, Stargate Atlantis, and Jurassic Park
My Table: https://tarlanx.dreamwidth.org/1242614.html
No time limit thankfully as I haven't even started on it yet!
----------------------------
7. Old Guard Big Bang 2022 - FIC - STARTED
Minimum of 10k words. I went back to my original story idea and decided I would try to make it work... so far so good as I now have over 6k written. I've got AGES to write this so I will scale back on my panic over getting a summary written and look at other challenges with closer deadlines. The summary is due TODAY but I'm awaiting an email on how to complete that :)
6319 / 10000 (63.19%)
- Summary/themes due: Mar 14, 2022
- Artists claim writers: Mar 21, 2022
- 1st check-in: May 1, 2022
- 50% of writing completed: Jul 1, 2022
- 2nd check-in: Sep 1, 2022
- Post to collection: Nov 1, 2022
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8. Post in a DW Community Challenge
A challenge for everyone to try to help sustain or revive a DW fandom community.
Joined: nothing this week - can anyone recommend any interesting comms?
Posted to:
do_it
Check out my PROFILE to see the list of communities I am subscribed to, in case you are looking for some ideas of comms to join... and please feel free to name any communities you think I might enjoy joining :)
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9.
landofart Phase 18 - 8/26
6 wallpapers created and posted for Challenge 07, and PART 1 of Challenge 10 was pretty quick to complete as needed thought rather than art! THis week, I really want to get 3 picspams done for David Hewlett movies for the Team Challenge (02).
Challenges:
02 - TIMELINE Team challenge - COMPLETED 6/15
07 - TWO WAYS TO SAY GOODBYE DONE
09 - I'VE GOT YOU COVERED
10 - INSPIRE ME (PART 1) DONE
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10.
lands_of_magic Round 9 - Starts on 1st April
Nothing this week.
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12.
inkingitout 2022 - 75000 minimum word challenge
This is a challenge for everything written and posted in 2022. Although I wriote over 4k of words this week I cannot add them here until the story is posted!
8390 / 75000 (11.19%)
----------------------------
WEBSITES:
Most of these will have to wait until I have far more free time to think it all through.
1. Scan/Upload clippings and other articles: I have folders containing stuff to upload and lots of magazine articles I found when going through all my old magazines that I want to scan/upload eventually.
2. Reduce the overall number of files: I need to let go of ONE of the web spaces to save some money in future. It's another major undertaking as it will be a time consuming task. This must be a priority as money is going to get tight soon! I have at least a year's grace in which to work on this, but time does seem to go so quickly. I noticed a lot of the existing screen caps are old and small so I may re-do them - where it is beneficial.
3. Sort out the eFiction archives: Nothing done this week. All my own stories were uploaded to AO3 years ago. What remains are stories written by other fans, and sadly I know a few have moved on - or passed on. Doing this will help bring down the number of files on the sites too.
4. Make sites mobile friendly: No progress but as this is a major site restructure, I won't start this until I know what I need to do! It will require substantial free time to figure out what is required and learn how to code it. I have a few ideas. An ex-work colleague suggested I look at CSS Flexi and Grid.
NEW - 5. Add items to empty albums: I really dislike seeing empty albums on the website galleries but even now I simply don't have time to spend hunting for articles, images, or creating graphics (art, wallpapers, icons) for every character for 4 websites. Still I will try to add something each week, even if it's just a couple of icons.
Please remember to check out the GALLERY and FICTION archives for any new items/stories posted as I don't tend to change the website UPDATE pages for these.
----------------------------
PHOENIX: Updates - Nothing this week
Michael Biehn - A03 Fiction and Art collection
Latest Uploads to the Gallery
----------------------------
UpCLOSE: Updates - Nothing this week
Eric Close - A03 Fiction and Art collection
Latest Uploads to the Gallery
----------------------------
David Hewlett Archive: Updates - Nothing this week
David Hewlett - AO3 Fiction and ART collection
Latest Uploads to the Gallery
----------------------------
Focused on Nick Lea: Updates - Nothing this week
Nick Lea - AO3 Fiction and ART collection
Latest Uploads to the Gallery
Books/Fanfiction **** POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT ****
FANFICTION: Still slowly reading through all The Old Guard Joe/Nicky stories but I've been focusing on AUs recently.
BOOKS: Still not started on Surviving the Evacuation book 7 by Frank Tayell
TV SHOWS and MOVIES: **** POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT ****
MOVIES: Nothing this week.
FANVIDS: Nothing this week.
******************
TV SHOWS: So many of the shows I am currently watching have gone stale for me. I hate giving up on a show but some are now on my on borrowed time list where if they don't rekindle my enjoyment then they will be dropped. That's not something I can do easily or lightly. Only a few shows have reached that point in the past - Castle and Bones. Others survived or will survive the culling only because they had an expiry/end date!
9-1-1 Lone Star: So I'm not enamoured with the new Paul-Marjan subplot... though I did like the crazy cat lady incident. Interestign explanation for it! Felt sad for the Macaw having a ringside seat to all the misery of Owen's marriage breaking up. I am glad Owen realized what he had done and was trying to make amends before the poor thing died.
Chicago Med: I'm glad Will Halstead didn't succumb to peer pressure to donate all the reward money, especially when he was struggling under so much debt. Overall it wasn't a bad episode but not particularly memorable either.
Hidden: Nothing this week.
Locke & Key: Waiting for when 'N' has time to watch the new season (2) with me. I've heard it is really good.
NCIS: Yet another 'daughter at work' episode. The plot was okay but the daughter was pretty annoying in her attitude and deserved to get a reprimand for disobeying orders. Glad she won't be a permanent member of the team and has been reassigned elsewhere - and for good reasons. She really shouldn't work under her dad's chain of command!
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 14: Need to DL this week's episode.
The Good Doctor: I'm glad Shaun and Lea have made up. I agree with Shaun that Salen has turned everyone into worse doctors, taking stupid risks with people's lives just to monitor profits. Glad so many are on Lim's side to form a 'resistance' but it's so annoying that this is the same story line currently in New Amsterdam - do they all share writers because they always seem to have the same ideas/plots? It happens too often in similar shows. I'm waiting for Chicago Med to have that same plot as well now. At least there is enough medical drama going on to balance out the melodrama or this one might nudge up higher on my on borrowed time list.
The Walking Dead: So... pieces are falling into place with the 'real Stephanie' (aka Madds?) coming forward who happens to be the sister of the Secuirty head (guy in orange armor). Felt sorry for Maggie - she was put in an awkward position and has learned not to trust too quickly - not until she knows what the true agenda and the cost will be. Felt sad her losing some of her people but couldn't blame them for wanting a safer life. I'm interested to see how all this will eventually tie in with World Beyond, or if that will come into play in the Daryl-Carol spin off show that's been mooted. Part of me is so glad this show is on its last season. It hasd been a good run with some memorable moments but I haven't enjoyed it half as much without a dose of Rick/Daryl!
TV SHOWS STILL TO WATCH - These are all the shows I have collected but have yet to watch.
4400 (reboot):
Arrow:
Atlantis:
Babylon 5: season 5 and a I think a couple of the post-series movies but cannot be certain.
Battlestar Galactica (reboot):
Being Human (US): episode 211 onward
Britannia:
CSI: New York:
Cult:
Curfew: Michael Biehn was in a single episode (102)
Dark Matter: season 2 onward
DC's Legends of Tomorrow:
Debris:
Defiance:
Dexter - New Blood:
Doctor WHO (reboot): season 8 onward
Endeavour: latest season to watch when 'N' is in the mood
Foundation: new series
Gotham:
Grace and Frankie: season 2 onward
Hawaii Five-0: season 7 onward
Heroes: Guess this is on the back burner again.
Heroes Reborn:
His Dark Materials:
Homeland:
Justified: Still halfway through season 3
JAG:
Killjoys:
Kyle XY:
Legacies:
MacGyver (new):
Manifest:
Marvels Daredevil:
Marvels The Defenders:
Millennium:
Mutant X: season 3 onward
Outcast:
Oz:
Philip K Dicks Electric Dreams:
Prison Break: not sure where I was up to but I was at least 2 seasons in
Raised by Wolves: waiting for all season 2 episodes - then I will binge-watch!
Red Dwarf: season 10 onward
Revolution: season 2 onward
Sanctuary:
Second Chance:
See: - just seen
Sleepy Hollow: season 4 onward
Star-crossed:
Star Trek Enterprise: season 3 onward
Star Trek Discovery:
Star Trek Voyager: season 7 onward
Station Eleven: new series
Tell Me a Story:
The 100:
The Blacklist: season 5 onward
The Expanse:
The Flash:
The Following: season 2 onward
The Gifted: season 2
The Last Kingdom:
The Messengers:
The Order: Still not seen anything beyond 1st episode of season 2
The Orville: season 2 onward
The Outsiders:
The Punisher: I haven't watched any new episodes for a while
The Shannara Chronicles:
The Stand: Still not watched any more episodes
The Tomorrow People: reboot plus I'd like to re-watch the original show
The Wheel of Time: decided to gather the episodes and watch it all in one go.
The X-Files: season 11 onward
Total Recall 2070:
Wandavision:
Without A Trace: season 4 onward
Zero Hour:
If this is a fiction post then please comment on AO3, otherwise I'd love to hear from you on https://tarlanx.dreamwidth.org/1248624.html. Please comment there using OpenID.
1.
michaelbiehn - nothing this week - and I really ought to start up a new challenge just in case anyone is out there interested!
----------------------------
2.
100fandoms - COMPLETED - 39/100
This is a low pressure, no time limit challenge with a minimum word count of 100 (no max) where you write a story for 100 different fandoms.
AO3 collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/100_Fandoms
MY Masterlist: https://tarlanx.dreamwidth.org/1120192.html
----------------------------
3.
smallfandombang 2021 - FIC - AUTHOR CHECK-IN DONE
The 4th Author check in has been done and acknowledged :) Now all I need to do is spend some time going back over the story to make any final changes/edits before March 31st :) I have a feeling it will have LOTS of edits.
- Final Drafts (Fic & Art) Due: Mar 31, 2022
- Posting Date Sign-Ups: Apr 1-4, 2022
- Posting Period: Apr 5-30, 2022
----------------------------
4.
trope_bingo R18 - 3/25
MY CARD: https://tarlanx.dreamwidth.org/1235542.html
- Last day to sign up: Apr 10, 2022
- Last day to post bingos: Apr 30, 2022
- Amnesty: May 1 to Jun 30, 2022
----------------------------
5.
allbingo 2022 - 3/25
MY CARD: https://tarlanx.dreamwidth.org/1238274.html
As far as I can see it doesn't have a deadline... which is good :)
----------------------------
6.
crossoverbingo - COMPLETED - 0/25 - nothing this week
I requested a bingo table of AU prompts for crossing over the following fandoms in any combination:
The Old Guard, Eureka, Stargate Atlantis, and Jurassic Park
My Table: https://tarlanx.dreamwidth.org/1242614.html
No time limit thankfully as I haven't even started on it yet!
----------------------------
7. Old Guard Big Bang 2022 - FIC - STARTED
Minimum of 10k words. I went back to my original story idea and decided I would try to make it work... so far so good as I now have over 6k written. I've got AGES to write this so I will scale back on my panic over getting a summary written and look at other challenges with closer deadlines. The summary is due TODAY but I'm awaiting an email on how to complete that :)
6319 / 10000 (63.19%)
- Summary/themes due: Mar 14, 2022
- Artists claim writers: Mar 21, 2022
- 1st check-in: May 1, 2022
- 50% of writing completed: Jul 1, 2022
- 2nd check-in: Sep 1, 2022
- Post to collection: Nov 1, 2022
----------------------
8. Post in a DW Community Challenge
A challenge for everyone to try to help sustain or revive a DW fandom community.
Joined: nothing this week - can anyone recommend any interesting comms?
Posted to:
do_it
Check out my PROFILE to see the list of communities I am subscribed to, in case you are looking for some ideas of comms to join... and please feel free to name any communities you think I might enjoy joining :)
----------------------------
9.
landofart Phase 18 - 8/26
6 wallpapers created and posted for Challenge 07, and PART 1 of Challenge 10 was pretty quick to complete as needed thought rather than art! THis week, I really want to get 3 picspams done for David Hewlett movies for the Team Challenge (02).
Challenges:
02 - TIMELINE Team challenge - COMPLETED 6/15
07 - TWO WAYS TO SAY GOODBYE DONE
09 - I'VE GOT YOU COVERED
10 - INSPIRE ME (PART 1) DONE
----------------------------
10.
lands_of_magic Round 9 - Starts on 1st April
Nothing this week.
----------------------------
12.
inkingitout 2022 - 75000 minimum word challenge
This is a challenge for everything written and posted in 2022. Although I wriote over 4k of words this week I cannot add them here until the story is posted!
8390 / 75000 (11.19%)
----------------------------
WEBSITES:
Most of these will have to wait until I have far more free time to think it all through.
1. Scan/Upload clippings and other articles: I have folders containing stuff to upload and lots of magazine articles I found when going through all my old magazines that I want to scan/upload eventually.
2. Reduce the overall number of files: I need to let go of ONE of the web spaces to save some money in future. It's another major undertaking as it will be a time consuming task. This must be a priority as money is going to get tight soon! I have at least a year's grace in which to work on this, but time does seem to go so quickly. I noticed a lot of the existing screen caps are old and small so I may re-do them - where it is beneficial.
3. Sort out the eFiction archives: Nothing done this week. All my own stories were uploaded to AO3 years ago. What remains are stories written by other fans, and sadly I know a few have moved on - or passed on. Doing this will help bring down the number of files on the sites too.
4. Make sites mobile friendly: No progress but as this is a major site restructure, I won't start this until I know what I need to do! It will require substantial free time to figure out what is required and learn how to code it. I have a few ideas. An ex-work colleague suggested I look at CSS Flexi and Grid.
NEW - 5. Add items to empty albums: I really dislike seeing empty albums on the website galleries but even now I simply don't have time to spend hunting for articles, images, or creating graphics (art, wallpapers, icons) for every character for 4 websites. Still I will try to add something each week, even if it's just a couple of icons.
Please remember to check out the GALLERY and FICTION archives for any new items/stories posted as I don't tend to change the website UPDATE pages for these.
----------------------------
PHOENIX: Updates - Nothing this week
Michael Biehn - A03 Fiction and Art collection
Latest Uploads to the Gallery
----------------------------
UpCLOSE: Updates - Nothing this week
Eric Close - A03 Fiction and Art collection
Latest Uploads to the Gallery
----------------------------
David Hewlett Archive: Updates - Nothing this week
David Hewlett - AO3 Fiction and ART collection
Latest Uploads to the Gallery
----------------------------
Focused on Nick Lea: Updates - Nothing this week
Nick Lea - AO3 Fiction and ART collection
Latest Uploads to the Gallery
Books/Fanfiction **** POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT ****
FANFICTION: Still slowly reading through all The Old Guard Joe/Nicky stories but I've been focusing on AUs recently.
BOOKS: Still not started on Surviving the Evacuation book 7 by Frank Tayell
TV SHOWS and MOVIES: **** POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT ****
MOVIES: Nothing this week.
FANVIDS: Nothing this week.
******************
TV SHOWS: So many of the shows I am currently watching have gone stale for me. I hate giving up on a show but some are now on my on borrowed time list where if they don't rekindle my enjoyment then they will be dropped. That's not something I can do easily or lightly. Only a few shows have reached that point in the past - Castle and Bones. Others survived or will survive the culling only because they had an expiry/end date!
9-1-1 Lone Star: So I'm not enamoured with the new Paul-Marjan subplot... though I did like the crazy cat lady incident. Interestign explanation for it! Felt sad for the Macaw having a ringside seat to all the misery of Owen's marriage breaking up. I am glad Owen realized what he had done and was trying to make amends before the poor thing died.
Chicago Med: I'm glad Will Halstead didn't succumb to peer pressure to donate all the reward money, especially when he was struggling under so much debt. Overall it wasn't a bad episode but not particularly memorable either.
Hidden: Nothing this week.
Locke & Key: Waiting for when 'N' has time to watch the new season (2) with me. I've heard it is really good.
NCIS: Yet another 'daughter at work' episode. The plot was okay but the daughter was pretty annoying in her attitude and deserved to get a reprimand for disobeying orders. Glad she won't be a permanent member of the team and has been reassigned elsewhere - and for good reasons. She really shouldn't work under her dad's chain of command!
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 14: Need to DL this week's episode.
The Good Doctor: I'm glad Shaun and Lea have made up. I agree with Shaun that Salen has turned everyone into worse doctors, taking stupid risks with people's lives just to monitor profits. Glad so many are on Lim's side to form a 'resistance' but it's so annoying that this is the same story line currently in New Amsterdam - do they all share writers because they always seem to have the same ideas/plots? It happens too often in similar shows. I'm waiting for Chicago Med to have that same plot as well now. At least there is enough medical drama going on to balance out the melodrama or this one might nudge up higher on my on borrowed time list.
The Walking Dead: So... pieces are falling into place with the 'real Stephanie' (aka Madds?) coming forward who happens to be the sister of the Secuirty head (guy in orange armor). Felt sorry for Maggie - she was put in an awkward position and has learned not to trust too quickly - not until she knows what the true agenda and the cost will be. Felt sad her losing some of her people but couldn't blame them for wanting a safer life. I'm interested to see how all this will eventually tie in with World Beyond, or if that will come into play in the Daryl-Carol spin off show that's been mooted. Part of me is so glad this show is on its last season. It hasd been a good run with some memorable moments but I haven't enjoyed it half as much without a dose of Rick/Daryl!
TV SHOWS STILL TO WATCH - These are all the shows I have collected but have yet to watch.
4400 (reboot):
Arrow:
Atlantis:
Babylon 5: season 5 and a I think a couple of the post-series movies but cannot be certain.
Battlestar Galactica (reboot):
Being Human (US): episode 211 onward
Britannia:
CSI: New York:
Cult:
Curfew: Michael Biehn was in a single episode (102)
Dark Matter: season 2 onward
DC's Legends of Tomorrow:
Debris:
Defiance:
Dexter - New Blood:
Doctor WHO (reboot): season 8 onward
Endeavour: latest season to watch when 'N' is in the mood
Foundation: new series
Gotham:
Grace and Frankie: season 2 onward
Hawaii Five-0: season 7 onward
Heroes: Guess this is on the back burner again.
Heroes Reborn:
His Dark Materials:
Homeland:
Justified: Still halfway through season 3
JAG:
Killjoys:
Kyle XY:
Legacies:
MacGyver (new):
Manifest:
Marvels Daredevil:
Marvels The Defenders:
Millennium:
Mutant X: season 3 onward
Outcast:
Oz:
Philip K Dicks Electric Dreams:
Prison Break: not sure where I was up to but I was at least 2 seasons in
Raised by Wolves: waiting for all season 2 episodes - then I will binge-watch!
Red Dwarf: season 10 onward
Revolution: season 2 onward
Sanctuary:
Second Chance:
See: - just seen
Sleepy Hollow: season 4 onward
Star-crossed:
Star Trek Enterprise: season 3 onward
Star Trek Discovery:
Star Trek Voyager: season 7 onward
Station Eleven: new series
Tell Me a Story:
The 100:
The Blacklist: season 5 onward
The Expanse:
The Flash:
The Following: season 2 onward
The Gifted: season 2
The Last Kingdom:
The Messengers:
The Order: Still not seen anything beyond 1st episode of season 2
The Orville: season 2 onward
The Outsiders:
The Punisher: I haven't watched any new episodes for a while
The Shannara Chronicles:
The Stand: Still not watched any more episodes
The Tomorrow People: reboot plus I'd like to re-watch the original show
The Wheel of Time: decided to gather the episodes and watch it all in one go.
The X-Files: season 11 onward
Total Recall 2070:
Wandavision:
Without A Trace: season 4 onward
Zero Hour:
If this is a fiction post then please comment on AO3, otherwise I'd love to hear from you on https://tarlanx.dreamwidth.org/1248624.html. Please comment there using OpenID.