The year in review
Dec. 31st, 2021 04:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
meteordustSo, here we are again.
My fandom year
Fanfic: Most of the fic I wrote this year was for fandom exchanges. I took part in Chocolate Box, Hurt/Comfort, Just Married, Rule 63, Trick or Treat, and Yuletide.
I wrote 10 stories this year:
4 - The Mandalorian
- Through A Glass Darkly
- My Husband Who Lives On Tatooine (Chocolate Box)
- A Knight Is Not His Shining Armour (Hurt/Comfort)
- The Face That Launched A Thousand Ships
1 - Hannibal - Red in Tooth and Claw (Just Married)
1 - Fairytales - Deeper Than Reflections (Rule 63)
1 - The Lord of the Rings - The Promise of Eternity (Trick or Treat)
1 - The Silmarillion - Chained Before The Throne (Trick or Treat)
2 - Yuletide fandoms (to be revealed)
Fandoms: Not sure if I had a fave new canon this year. But I wrote a lot of fic for The Mandalorian. And I played a lot of Fallen London. (I got pretty far along the railway, and I helped save the city from falling into a sinkhole.)
Platforms: I continued posting to Dreamwidth, but had issues crossposting to LiveJournal. I kind of forgot all about my Tumblr. I mostly forgot about going onto Discord.
2021 in review
1. What did you do in 2021 that you'd never done before?
Honestly, I feel like I've been in some kind of weird time loop, especially since we spent nearly a third of the year in lockdown.
2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Always a work in progress.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
This is a difficult question. Friends of mine lost people they were close to. People I'm close to suffered serious and significant health issues. It's been a rough year.
5. What countries did you visit?
None.
6. What would you like to have in 2022 that you lacked in 2021?
Get togethers with big groups of friends and family.
7. What date from 2021 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
That day back in June, which was the last day of going out and about before we went into lockdown for the second time.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Once again, making it through the year.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Once again, I think we all get a pass this year.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Thankfully, no.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
A fancy new pen in pretty colours. It makes me happy every time I look at it.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
All the doctors, nurses, and scientists, and everyone else involved in health care.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
The Federal government and the New South Wales government.
14. Where did most of your money go?
The mortgage.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Hamilton!
16. What song will always remind you of 2021?
"In the Hall of the Mountain King" (Edvard Grieg). (One commenter: "This song is the definition of 'That escalated quickly'.")
17. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Going out and about, in the short months between case numbers going down and the start of lockdown, and again in the short months between end of lockdown and case numbers going up.
18. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Procrastinating on the internet.
19. How will you be spending Christmas?
With family.
20. What was your favorite TV program?
It has to be Elementary, whose seven seasons I finally finished this year. It's not a show I've ever gotten fannish about, but I love how intriguing and clever each mystery-of-the-week is, and how beautiful the friendship between Joan and Sherlock is. Every episode was something I looked forward to watching.
Honourable mentions go to The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, my favourite of the new MCU shows, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, whose final season not only managed to grapple with current events, but also stuck the landing for the characters.
21. What was the best book you read?
There was a lot of good stuff this year. I particularly enjoyed The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho and Chanur's Legacy by CJ Cherryh.
Two picture books that punched me in the heart were Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth by Oliver Jeffers and The Barnabus Project by the Fan Brothers.
If we're including comics, then Yotsuba&! #15 finally came out, after a two year hiatus, and it was totally worth the wait.
22. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Somehow, I've gained a new appreciation of classical music from TwoSetViolin and Bluey.
23. What did you want and get?
Staying in touch with people through everything this year.
24. What was your favorite film of this year?
This is a tough choice! I thoroughly enjoyed In the Heights, Black Widow, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and Dune.
25. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Cake with family. Older but wiser.
26. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
[insert rant about mismanaged vaccine rollouts, demographically targeted lockdowns, premature lifting of restrictions, etc]
27. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2021?
Remember when there was a difference between home clothes, work clothes, and going out clothes? Ah, life in the olden days.
28. What kept you sane?
As always, friends and family.
29. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Tony Leung still owns every single scene he shows up in.
30. What political issue stirred you the most?
Is the pandemic a political issue? Or merely a politicised issue? Anyway, I have a lot of strong feelings about a lot of bad decisions made by people who really should not be running a bake sale let alone a country during crisis.
31. Who did you miss?
Absent friends.
32. Who was the best new person you met?
Again, there wasn't much meeting of new persons in person this year.
33. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2021:
To quote everyone's favourite cartoon dog: "I don't want a valuable life lesson. I just want ice cream." I feel this so much.
34. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
We've got each other and that's a lot
For love we'll give it a shot
Happy New Year! Hoping you're all safe and well, and wishing you a good 2022.
My fandom year
Fanfic: Most of the fic I wrote this year was for fandom exchanges. I took part in Chocolate Box, Hurt/Comfort, Just Married, Rule 63, Trick or Treat, and Yuletide.
I wrote 10 stories this year:
4 - The Mandalorian
- Through A Glass Darkly
- My Husband Who Lives On Tatooine (Chocolate Box)
- A Knight Is Not His Shining Armour (Hurt/Comfort)
- The Face That Launched A Thousand Ships
1 - Hannibal - Red in Tooth and Claw (Just Married)
1 - Fairytales - Deeper Than Reflections (Rule 63)
1 - The Lord of the Rings - The Promise of Eternity (Trick or Treat)
1 - The Silmarillion - Chained Before The Throne (Trick or Treat)
2 - Yuletide fandoms (to be revealed)
Fandoms: Not sure if I had a fave new canon this year. But I wrote a lot of fic for The Mandalorian. And I played a lot of Fallen London. (I got pretty far along the railway, and I helped save the city from falling into a sinkhole.)
Platforms: I continued posting to Dreamwidth, but had issues crossposting to LiveJournal. I kind of forgot all about my Tumblr. I mostly forgot about going onto Discord.
2021 in review
1. What did you do in 2021 that you'd never done before?
Honestly, I feel like I've been in some kind of weird time loop, especially since we spent nearly a third of the year in lockdown.
2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Always a work in progress.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
This is a difficult question. Friends of mine lost people they were close to. People I'm close to suffered serious and significant health issues. It's been a rough year.
5. What countries did you visit?
None.
6. What would you like to have in 2022 that you lacked in 2021?
Get togethers with big groups of friends and family.
7. What date from 2021 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
That day back in June, which was the last day of going out and about before we went into lockdown for the second time.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Once again, making it through the year.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Once again, I think we all get a pass this year.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Thankfully, no.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
A fancy new pen in pretty colours. It makes me happy every time I look at it.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
All the doctors, nurses, and scientists, and everyone else involved in health care.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
The Federal government and the New South Wales government.
14. Where did most of your money go?
The mortgage.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Hamilton!
16. What song will always remind you of 2021?
"In the Hall of the Mountain King" (Edvard Grieg). (One commenter: "This song is the definition of 'That escalated quickly'.")
17. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Going out and about, in the short months between case numbers going down and the start of lockdown, and again in the short months between end of lockdown and case numbers going up.
18. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Procrastinating on the internet.
19. How will you be spending Christmas?
With family.
20. What was your favorite TV program?
It has to be Elementary, whose seven seasons I finally finished this year. It's not a show I've ever gotten fannish about, but I love how intriguing and clever each mystery-of-the-week is, and how beautiful the friendship between Joan and Sherlock is. Every episode was something I looked forward to watching.
Honourable mentions go to The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, my favourite of the new MCU shows, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, whose final season not only managed to grapple with current events, but also stuck the landing for the characters.
21. What was the best book you read?
There was a lot of good stuff this year. I particularly enjoyed The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho and Chanur's Legacy by CJ Cherryh.
Two picture books that punched me in the heart were Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth by Oliver Jeffers and The Barnabus Project by the Fan Brothers.
If we're including comics, then Yotsuba&! #15 finally came out, after a two year hiatus, and it was totally worth the wait.
22. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Somehow, I've gained a new appreciation of classical music from TwoSetViolin and Bluey.
23. What did you want and get?
Staying in touch with people through everything this year.
24. What was your favorite film of this year?
This is a tough choice! I thoroughly enjoyed In the Heights, Black Widow, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and Dune.
25. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Cake with family. Older but wiser.
26. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
[insert rant about mismanaged vaccine rollouts, demographically targeted lockdowns, premature lifting of restrictions, etc]
27. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2021?
Remember when there was a difference between home clothes, work clothes, and going out clothes? Ah, life in the olden days.
28. What kept you sane?
As always, friends and family.
29. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Tony Leung still owns every single scene he shows up in.
30. What political issue stirred you the most?
Is the pandemic a political issue? Or merely a politicised issue? Anyway, I have a lot of strong feelings about a lot of bad decisions made by people who really should not be running a bake sale let alone a country during crisis.
31. Who did you miss?
Absent friends.
32. Who was the best new person you met?
Again, there wasn't much meeting of new persons in person this year.
33. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2021:
To quote everyone's favourite cartoon dog: "I don't want a valuable life lesson. I just want ice cream." I feel this so much.
34. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
We've got each other and that's a lot
For love we'll give it a shot
Happy New Year! Hoping you're all safe and well, and wishing you a good 2022.
