Fandom Update
CURRENT FANDOM CHALLENGES:
Not a lot accomplished in the past two weeks due to illness and the Winter Holiday season. I didn't go near my PC for a number of days at a time for various reasons.
1.
michaelbiehn
- Sworn Oath - Sheriff Hague, Planet Terror (2007), R GORE
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2.
crossoverbingo - COMPLETED - 4/25 - nothing this week
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 CARD
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3.
100fandoms - COMPLETED - 71/100
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.
002: EDGE Edge of Madness Mike/Henry, Blood Ties (TV), PG13 SLASH
017: WRECK Sworn Oath Sheriff Hague, Planet Terror (2007), R GORE
AO3 COLLECTION
MY CARD
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4.
10prompts - COMPLETED - 5/10 - nothing this week
Each story must be a minimum of 500 words, and there is NO TIME LIMIT. I've chosen the TROPES table for Joe/Nicky, The Old Guard Movie.
MY CARD
----------------------------
5.
smallfandombang R12 - 2nd CHECK-IN - DONE - nothing this week
This is a 10k minimum big bang for small fandoms. I've still not decided what story I am going to write for this as I have ideas for all three that I will start to put down. I'll see which story calls to me once I start writing... though I guess I could write all three eventually :)
I signed up to write ONE of the following:
- The Mummy (2017 movie)/Lo chiamavano Jeeg Robot | They Call Me Jeeg (2015 movie) - Malik/Zingaro|Fabio Cannizzaro -
- Werewolf: The Beast Among Us (movie)/Haven (tv) - Charles/William
- Riddick (movies)/ALIENS - Riddick/Hicks or Riddick/Vaako, Ripley/Hicks
911 / 10000 (9.11%)
AUTHOR CHECK-IN NO. 3: JAN 1-7, 2023
ROUGH DRAFT DUE: JAN 31, 2023
ARTIST CLAIMING: FEB 7 - FEB 13, 2023
MATCHING REVEAL: FEB 14, 2023
AUTHOR CHECK-IN NO. 4: MAR 8-14, 2023
FINAL DRAFTS (FIC & ART) DUE: MAR 31, 2023
POSTING DATE SIGN-UPS: APR 1 - APR 4, 2023
POSTING PERIOD: APR 5 - APR 30, 2023
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6.
tic_tac_woe Apocalypse 3 - COMPLETED - 4/9 - nothing this week
MY CARD
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7.
comment_bingo R2 - CARD 3 - COMPLETED - 7/25
MY CARD
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8.
100fandomicons - COMPLETED - 0/100 - nothing this week
I completed this challenge before - see link on sidebar - and thought I'd pick up the new table :)
MY CARD
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9.
inkingitout 2023 - WORD GOAL: 120000
I decided to up the goal for this year as I made the 75k goal with months to spare.
0 / 120000 (0.00%)
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10.
smallfandomfest FEST32 - COMPLETED - 5 FIC | 0 ART
I claimed 3 more prompts for Blood Ties, Planet Terror (2007), and Ice Men. Just one left to go.
F4: Edge of Madness - Mike/Henry, Blood Ties (TV), PG13 SLASH
F5: Sworn Oath - Sheriff Hague, Planet Terror (2007), R GORE
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11.
lands_of_magic R10
Last phase ended on challenge 20 but this one has gone on for two more so I still have two challenges to complete:
21: TRIMMING THE TREE JAN 06 Created ONE ornanment
22: WHAT ARE YOU DOING NEW YEAR'S EVE? JAN 13
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12.
snowflake_challenge 2023
Come and join in! No pressure challenges set on ODD number days through January. You only have a go at those you want, when you want, and leave out the rest :)
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WEBSITES: - Nothing this week
Most of the following will have to wait until I make the 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. STILL DONE NOTHING AND NEXT YEARLY PAYMENT DUE SOON! I will have to make this a priority next year.
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 I know a few have moved on to new fandoms - or sadly passed on. Doing this will help bring down the number of files on the sites substantially too.
4. Make sites mobile friendly: Nothing this week
5. Add items to empty albums: Nothing this week
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
Found a Planet Terror story I hadn't posted plus the new one for the
eventcentral Cocktail Hour challenge - my cocktail was ZOMBIE.
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/FAN STUFF **** POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT ****
FANFICTION: Still slowly reading through all The Old Guard Joe/Nicky stories.
BOOKS: Still not started on Surviving the Evacuation book 7 by Frank Tayell.
TV SHOWS and MOVIES **** POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT ****
MOVIES:
Edge of Tomorrow: I kept seeing a TV ad that used the same song from the end credits of this movie (Love me Again by John Newman), and every time it reminded me of this movie I wanted to go watch it... so eventually I did! This is a Tom Cruise movie... a sort of alien apocalyptic groundhog day, and I enjoyed watching it again for some of the humor as well as the bittersweet moments and science fiction. And of course in the end he and Rita finally succeed at beating the alien at its own game and save the human race... though no one other than Bill will ever truly know what they did/sacrificed over and over to get there. Rita will believe him though.
Die Hard: It's a Christmas movie! My DVD copy is starting to look a little worn and/or the image is not as clean as modern movies. Still it was fun to watch with some brilliant one-liners and a truly psychopathic villain who acts all charming but it cold-hearted and has no conscience at all. It is a little cliche too with the estranged couple on the verge of separation/divorce getting back together... and we only know it won't last due to the next movies in the franchise. They did try to address some of the reasons why their marriage was failing but nothing was really resolved. Still, no one actually watches this movie for the romance anyway :D
AVATAR: The Way of Water: Actually went to a theater to see this. I'd not been to the one in the nearby town before and it was REALLY comfortable with ample space, recliner seats, and no one stuck right in front so all you can see of the screen is around their head! Yep, the theater in my old town was AWFUL. Will definitely go again. As for the movie - it was good but definitely had 'middle movie' vibes. I loved all the underwater scenes with all the new Pandora fauna/flora. The story was mostly focused on the next (teen) generation of the Sully family and it had some good moments overall. Lots of sad moments too. I'm hoping we don't have to wait 5 years for the next part!
Grindhouse: Planet Terror: I decided to refresh my memory of this movie before writing a quick story. Overall it was as B-movie cheesy as I recalled - intentionally so! Some great 'almost' cameos with Bruce Willis and Tarrantino. Gruesome looking and violent but the cheesiness made it feel less so... if that makes any sense. Michael Biehn and Jeff Fahey were great as brothers feuding over the secret family recipe for BBQ sauce :)
FANVIDS: Nothing this week
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TV SHOWS:
Blood: I started watching this Korean vampire drama where vampirism is actually a virus infection with no known cure. It's all about a brilliant young surgeon who is infected but trying to live in the human world. He was born infected and his parents were trying to find a cure. However, other vampires don't see it the same way, believing it makes them superior to humans. The only rule is to not drink fresh blood as that has led to their kind being hunted down and slaughtered in the past. I've seen about 6 episodes out of 20 and it is not bad so far.
Grand Designs: I've watched a lot of 'reality show' TV these past two weeks as with everyone in the household unwell, this seemed to be one program neither of us minded watching together. We mostly watched episodes where these grand homes are revisited years later to see if they were ever completed. Most of them are stunning in their own way and only one was a sad, cautionery tale where the costs rose so high the person ended up having to sell it to pay back his debts rather than live in his dream home. Sad that he couldn't enjoy what he had designed and created.
Outcast: Not watched any new episodes this week. I keep forgetting I have more and end up watching other stuff instead.
TV SHOWS STILL TO WATCH
These are all the shows I have collected but have yet to watch. Perhaps I ought to start clearing this list rather than keep finding new shows 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
Bosch Legacy:
Britannia:
CSI: New York:
Cult:
Dark Matter: season 2 onward
DC's Legends of Tomorrow:
Defiance:
Dexter - New Blood:
Doctor WHO (reboot): season 8 onward
Foundation: new series
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
Oz:
Prison Break: not sure where I was up to but I was at least 2 seasons in
Raised by Wolves: season 2 onward
Red Dwarf: season 10 onward
Revolution: season 2 onward
Sanctuary:
Second Chance:
Star-crossed:
Star Trek Enterprise: season 3 onward
Star Trek Discovery:
Star Trek Voyager: season 7 onward
Station Eleven: new series
The 100:
The Blacklist: season 5 onward
The Expanse:
The Flash:
The Following: season 2 onward
The Last Kingdom:
The Messengers:
The Orville: season 2 onward
The Outsiders:
The Peripheral: new show that sounds interesting
The Punisher: I haven't watched any new episodes for a while
The Stand: Still not watched any more episodes
The Tomorrow People: reboot plus I'd like to re-watch the original show
The Winchesters: I want to give this a try at some point
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/1310885.html. You can comment there using OpenID.
Not a lot accomplished in the past two weeks due to illness and the Winter Holiday season. I didn't go near my PC for a number of days at a time for various reasons.
1.
michaelbiehn
- Sworn Oath - Sheriff Hague, Planet Terror (2007), R GORE
----------------------------
2.
crossoverbingo - COMPLETED - 4/25 - nothing this week
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 CARD
----------------------------
3.
100fandoms - COMPLETED - 71/100
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.
002: EDGE Edge of Madness Mike/Henry, Blood Ties (TV), PG13 SLASH
017: WRECK Sworn Oath Sheriff Hague, Planet Terror (2007), R GORE
AO3 COLLECTION
MY CARD
----------------------------
4.
10prompts - COMPLETED - 5/10 - nothing this week
Each story must be a minimum of 500 words, and there is NO TIME LIMIT. I've chosen the TROPES table for Joe/Nicky, The Old Guard Movie.
MY CARD
----------------------------
5.
smallfandombang R12 - 2nd CHECK-IN - DONE - nothing this week
This is a 10k minimum big bang for small fandoms. I've still not decided what story I am going to write for this as I have ideas for all three that I will start to put down. I'll see which story calls to me once I start writing... though I guess I could write all three eventually :)
I signed up to write ONE of the following:
- The Mummy (2017 movie)/Lo chiamavano Jeeg Robot | They Call Me Jeeg (2015 movie) - Malik/Zingaro|Fabio Cannizzaro -
- Werewolf: The Beast Among Us (movie)/Haven (tv) - Charles/William
- Riddick (movies)/ALIENS - Riddick/Hicks or Riddick/Vaako, Ripley/Hicks
911 / 10000 (9.11%)
AUTHOR CHECK-IN NO. 3: JAN 1-7, 2023
ROUGH DRAFT DUE: JAN 31, 2023
ARTIST CLAIMING: FEB 7 - FEB 13, 2023
MATCHING REVEAL: FEB 14, 2023
AUTHOR CHECK-IN NO. 4: MAR 8-14, 2023
FINAL DRAFTS (FIC & ART) DUE: MAR 31, 2023
POSTING DATE SIGN-UPS: APR 1 - APR 4, 2023
POSTING PERIOD: APR 5 - APR 30, 2023
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6.
tic_tac_woe Apocalypse 3 - COMPLETED - 4/9 - nothing this week
MY CARD
----------------------------
7.
comment_bingo R2 - CARD 3 - COMPLETED - 7/25
MY CARD
----------------------------
8.
100fandomicons - COMPLETED - 0/100 - nothing this week
I completed this challenge before - see link on sidebar - and thought I'd pick up the new table :)
MY CARD
----------------------------
9.
inkingitout 2023 - WORD GOAL: 120000
I decided to up the goal for this year as I made the 75k goal with months to spare.
0 / 120000 (0.00%)
----------------------------
10.
smallfandomfest FEST32 - COMPLETED - 5 FIC | 0 ART
I claimed 3 more prompts for Blood Ties, Planet Terror (2007), and Ice Men. Just one left to go.
F4: Edge of Madness - Mike/Henry, Blood Ties (TV), PG13 SLASH
F5: Sworn Oath - Sheriff Hague, Planet Terror (2007), R GORE
----------------------------
11.
lands_of_magic R10
Last phase ended on challenge 20 but this one has gone on for two more so I still have two challenges to complete:
21: TRIMMING THE TREE JAN 06 Created ONE ornanment
22: WHAT ARE YOU DOING NEW YEAR'S EVE? JAN 13
----------------------------
12.
snowflake_challenge 2023
Come and join in! No pressure challenges set on ODD number days through January. You only have a go at those you want, when you want, and leave out the rest :)
----------------------------
WEBSITES: - Nothing this week
Most of the following will have to wait until I make the 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. STILL DONE NOTHING AND NEXT YEARLY PAYMENT DUE SOON! I will have to make this a priority next year.
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 I know a few have moved on to new fandoms - or sadly passed on. Doing this will help bring down the number of files on the sites substantially too.
4. Make sites mobile friendly: Nothing this week
5. Add items to empty albums: Nothing this week
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
Found a Planet Terror story I hadn't posted plus the new one for the
eventcentral Cocktail Hour challenge - my cocktail was ZOMBIE.
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/FAN STUFF **** POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT ****
FANFICTION: Still slowly reading through all The Old Guard Joe/Nicky stories.
BOOKS: Still not started on Surviving the Evacuation book 7 by Frank Tayell.
TV SHOWS and MOVIES **** POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT ****
MOVIES:
Edge of Tomorrow: I kept seeing a TV ad that used the same song from the end credits of this movie (Love me Again by John Newman), and every time it reminded me of this movie I wanted to go watch it... so eventually I did! This is a Tom Cruise movie... a sort of alien apocalyptic groundhog day, and I enjoyed watching it again for some of the humor as well as the bittersweet moments and science fiction. And of course in the end he and Rita finally succeed at beating the alien at its own game and save the human race... though no one other than Bill will ever truly know what they did/sacrificed over and over to get there. Rita will believe him though.
Die Hard: It's a Christmas movie! My DVD copy is starting to look a little worn and/or the image is not as clean as modern movies. Still it was fun to watch with some brilliant one-liners and a truly psychopathic villain who acts all charming but it cold-hearted and has no conscience at all. It is a little cliche too with the estranged couple on the verge of separation/divorce getting back together... and we only know it won't last due to the next movies in the franchise. They did try to address some of the reasons why their marriage was failing but nothing was really resolved. Still, no one actually watches this movie for the romance anyway :D
AVATAR: The Way of Water: Actually went to a theater to see this. I'd not been to the one in the nearby town before and it was REALLY comfortable with ample space, recliner seats, and no one stuck right in front so all you can see of the screen is around their head! Yep, the theater in my old town was AWFUL. Will definitely go again. As for the movie - it was good but definitely had 'middle movie' vibes. I loved all the underwater scenes with all the new Pandora fauna/flora. The story was mostly focused on the next (teen) generation of the Sully family and it had some good moments overall. Lots of sad moments too. I'm hoping we don't have to wait 5 years for the next part!
Grindhouse: Planet Terror: I decided to refresh my memory of this movie before writing a quick story. Overall it was as B-movie cheesy as I recalled - intentionally so! Some great 'almost' cameos with Bruce Willis and Tarrantino. Gruesome looking and violent but the cheesiness made it feel less so... if that makes any sense. Michael Biehn and Jeff Fahey were great as brothers feuding over the secret family recipe for BBQ sauce :)
FANVIDS: Nothing this week
******************
TV SHOWS:
Blood: I started watching this Korean vampire drama where vampirism is actually a virus infection with no known cure. It's all about a brilliant young surgeon who is infected but trying to live in the human world. He was born infected and his parents were trying to find a cure. However, other vampires don't see it the same way, believing it makes them superior to humans. The only rule is to not drink fresh blood as that has led to their kind being hunted down and slaughtered in the past. I've seen about 6 episodes out of 20 and it is not bad so far.
Grand Designs: I've watched a lot of 'reality show' TV these past two weeks as with everyone in the household unwell, this seemed to be one program neither of us minded watching together. We mostly watched episodes where these grand homes are revisited years later to see if they were ever completed. Most of them are stunning in their own way and only one was a sad, cautionery tale where the costs rose so high the person ended up having to sell it to pay back his debts rather than live in his dream home. Sad that he couldn't enjoy what he had designed and created.
Outcast: Not watched any new episodes this week. I keep forgetting I have more and end up watching other stuff instead.
TV SHOWS STILL TO WATCH
These are all the shows I have collected but have yet to watch. Perhaps I ought to start clearing this list rather than keep finding new shows 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
Bosch Legacy:
Britannia:
CSI: New York:
Cult:
Dark Matter: season 2 onward
DC's Legends of Tomorrow:
Defiance:
Dexter - New Blood:
Doctor WHO (reboot): season 8 onward
Foundation: new series
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
Oz:
Prison Break: not sure where I was up to but I was at least 2 seasons in
Raised by Wolves: season 2 onward
Red Dwarf: season 10 onward
Revolution: season 2 onward
Sanctuary:
Second Chance:
Star-crossed:
Star Trek Enterprise: season 3 onward
Star Trek Discovery:
Star Trek Voyager: season 7 onward
Station Eleven: new series
The 100:
The Blacklist: season 5 onward
The Expanse:
The Flash:
The Following: season 2 onward
The Last Kingdom:
The Messengers:
The Orville: season 2 onward
The Outsiders:
The Peripheral: new show that sounds interesting
The Punisher: I haven't watched any new episodes for a while
The Stand: Still not watched any more episodes
The Tomorrow People: reboot plus I'd like to re-watch the original show
The Winchesters: I want to give this a try at some point
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/1310885.html. You can comment there using OpenID.