fannishliss

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1. Your main fandom of the year?
I was more balanced between Doctor Who and Supernatural this year.  Also, I did consume a whole lot of Sherlock, both BBC Sherlock and Elementary, but I have yet to write anything more than that one SuperWhoLock about CumberLock and John.  :)  JLM just continues to impress.  :)

2. Your favourite film watched this year?
I enjoy the big blockbusters but it's usually smaller films that I love.  Top of my list for this year would Song for Marion, aka Unfinished Song, with With Terence Stamp, Gemma Arterton, Christopher Eccleston, Vanessa Redgrave.    I watched this movie for Chris, and he did not disappoint, but Terence Stamp won my heart with this amazing performance.  Just a stellar, beautiful movie.
Also great were:
Kinky Boots, the original movie with Chiwetel Ejiofor as Lola.    We saw this at the AFI Silver and it was so good.  I can't help but suspect it is probably better than the Broadway show? Nothing against Cyndi Lauper, but the songs used in the movie are all time classics like "What Lola Wants" and "These Boots are made for Walking" and "In these Shoes"  which really can't be beat. And Chiwetel Ejiofor is just such a fantastic actor.
Beginners, with Ewan McGregor and Christopher Plummer.  I think I actually saw this last year, but I love Ewan and he always does such good movies.
Another great movie was Wajda, a film about a young girl in Saudi Arabia who wants to win a bicycle, directed by first female Saudi film director, Haifaa Al Mansour. A very beautiful and complex movie, a look inside a society that is literally hidden from view.
Oh yes, and Joss Whedon's real triumph this year, Much Ado about Nothing, with the amazing Amy Acker as Beatrice, Alexis Denisoff as Benedick, and Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg) as Don Leonato.  Also Simon Tam  (Sean Maher) as Don John (nicely played) and Capn Mal as Dogberry.   Is it funny that I now think of Amy Acker primarily as a Supernatural alumna (she played Andrea Barr in SPN1.3, Dead in the Water) rather than as Fred/Illyria on Angel?

3. Your favourite book read this year?
Allie Brosh's book Hyperbole and a Half will probably end up being one of my favorite books EVER.  So happy she got it out there in book form.  If you are at all a fan of her blog, the book is even better.
I'm part of  a non-fiction by women book club.   We read a lot of fantastic books.  Three of my favorites this year were:
Wild:  From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, by Cheryl Strayed.
The Red Leather Diary, by Lily Koppel, about a young woman living in New York City in the 1930s.
and Life List, a Woman's Quest for the World's Most Amazing Birds, by Olivia Gentile (a biography of Phoebe Snetsinger, who saw more than 8500 of the world's 10,000 bird species in her lifetime).

4. Your favourite TV show of the year?  Supernatural.  Fandom contribute so much to Sherlock and Who, but Supernatural gives and gives.  What a great show. I'm so proud to be a part of the whole Supernatural epoch in my little fannish way.

5. Your favourite online fandom community of the year?
all.  Fandom is fantastic. Sherlock fandom has so many great writers.  AO3 is bursting with material.   And the different iterations -- movie, ACD, BBC and Elementary, plus Grenada, all bring so much life to the Sherlock fandom.    With SPN, the cast and crew of the show seem almost to work hand in hand with fandom to deliver a superior product.  Despite persistent predictions that the show will get tired or old, for me it never does.  s9 is still rocking it!  And of course with Who, this year was the 50th Anniversary, so there was miching mallecho.  My OTP, Nine/Rose, didn't see a lot of action this year, but at least season 7.5 had some quality to it.

6. Your best new fandom discovery of the year?
 I don't think I broke any new ground this year....

7. Your biggest fandom disappointment of the year?
Agents of Shield.  Work harder Joss!

 8. Your TV boyfriend of the year?
Jonny Lee Miller. His mannered and eccentric portrayal of Sherlock nonetheless feels very real to me.

9. Your TV girlfriend of the year?
Lucy Liu.  I have loved getting to know her as Watson.  She has really earned my respect over the course of a season and a half.

10. Your biggest squee moment of the year?
Return to Supernatural of Sheriff Jodie Miller.  Squeeee!

11. The most missed of your old fandoms?
Wouldn't you know it? I still crave Jim and Blair.  sigh!  (That's The Sentinel for any whippersnappers out there!)

12. The fandom you haven’t tried yet, but want to?
That's not me.  I don't crave fantoms in advance....

13. Your biggest fan anticipations for the New Year?
BBC Sherlock!  new ep ready to view, oh yeah!!!

Yesterday my son and I drove out to get another gerbil.  We currently have four gerbils -- old man Donnie, who is now aged four!! -- and brothers Armstrong, Aldrin and Naranbattar.  That is Naranbattar in the icon.

Our new gerbil is called Misty. Idk why, she is solid black just like Donnie.  She is a skittish thing and we had to sign a bite disclaimer. I think if she had not been a biter we wouldn't have driven so far for her.  Since we love gerbils so much, we are the proper owners for a nervous, bitey girl.  We will soon have her tamed and reassured.  She took several sunflower seeds from me already this morning.  There were a lot of sweet looking bunnies at the shelter as well, but I don't think my allergies will ever tolerate another rabbit.  Lucky gerbils are so small.  :)

We had a brief experiment with a kitten.  Unfortunately I kept choking.  So I had to give the beautiful kitten to my friend, where she is very happy.  During the kitten phase we discovered that we really prefer gerbils.  I never would have predicted it!!    There were also two sister rats at the Shelter.  We are not prepared for rats right now, but I predict we will have them someday.  The bright little faces of the rats were so adorable.

I'm at 30,000 words on my NaNo!

I have tickets to see the Doctor Who special next Saturday!

I am participating in who@50, a celebration of the fiftieth anniversary where every month we write a story about one of the Doctor's incarnations, counting back from Eleven. 

My stories for the Who-at-50 ficathon:
January, Eleven: "Mostly Fruit Juice"  -- this story is from Jack's point of view while he is traveling with River and Eleven.  It features an angsty Jack, a trip to a certain bar and an attempt to cheer Jack up.  Teen.
February, Ten: "Someday We Kiss" -- this is a mini-adventure with Ten and Rose, from Ten's point of view, and is kind of sad. For general audiences.
March, Nine: "Properly Civilized" -- Rose catches a cold, and Jack takes care of her, which leads the Doctor to realize a few things.  A Jack/Nine/Rose story from Nine's point of view and ends happily for everyone.  :)  A bit sexy but not too explicit.
April, Eight: "Fading Back from Black" -- this is a story from the point of view of Nine, from when Nine and Rose had that mini-row in the observation room in The End of the World, as Nine thinks about the question of who he is and where he's from.  I think there is a great deal of continuity between Eight's tragic fate as a lover turned Destroyer, and Nine's recovery as he reimagines himself as capable of loving and living again.  General audiences.
May, Seven: "A Routine Tech Bust" --Jack breaks into the offices of A Charitable Earth and finds more than he was looking for. A study of the Seventh Doctor, reflected in the life and opinions of his protégé, Dorothy McShane. General audiences.
June, Six: "Revel with the Queen" -- the Doctor finally catches up with Peri on Krontep. This story is about the Sixth Doctor, but told from the point of view of Eight and Peri. General audiences.
July, Five: "Doctor -- No! or, Diamonds aren't for Everyone" -- Peri and the Doctor have to blend in to save the world. General audiences.
August, Four: "Always the Fire" -- Romana is trapped behind the Time Lock and thinks about the Doctor. General audiences.
September, Three: "Champagne and Memories" -- Three resents the Time Lords for wiping the memories of Jamie and Zoe, and he takes measures to prevent that from happening to Jo. Mature.
October, Two: "Finding the Doctor" --  Rose finds the Doctor, just not the one she is looking for. General audiences.
ONE: "Housebond" --  in the Gallifreyan backtime, the Doctor's first wife meets the Doctor's other wife.  Teen.

title: Champagne and Memories
author: fannishliss
length: 2500 words
genre: Angst, romance
pairing: third Doctor/Jo Grant
rating: R

Summary: Three resents the Time Lords for wiping the memories of Jamie and Zoe, and he takes measures to prevent that from happening to Jo.

This story is written for the who@50 fanworkathon-athon: the month of September focusing on the Third Doctor.   This story has been proofread by my good husband, but not britpicked or beta'd for canon compliance -- some Notes are at the end.  If you have any questions I'll do my best to answer you!  All comments eagerly craved.

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Notes: If you're not familiar with Jo, she is great!  Look up Jo Grant on wikipedia to start with.
Also note, I've taken liberties with chronology here, as Jo meets the Master and is hypnotised by him much later rather than right away (in Terror of the Autons).  The  young scientist whom Jo marries is Cliff Jones, whom she meets in her last episode, the Green Death. See Jo and the Doctor bid farewell on youtube.    I usually do stick with canon chronology, but the Master's attempts to mess with Jo needed to be later for the purposes of my story.

title: Doctor-- No! or, Diamonds Aren't For Everyone
author: fannishliss
rating: PG, Gen
characters: The Fifth Doctor and Peri
2200 words

Summary:  Peri and the Doctor have to blend in to save the world.

This story is for the who@50 ficathon-athon.

notes at the end
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title: A Routine Tech Bust
author: fannishliss
rating: gen, no warnings
pairing: none
characters: Jack Harkness, Dorothy McShane
length: 2,972 words

summary: Jack breaks into the offices of A Charitable Earth and finds more than he was looking for.

For the Who@50 celebration: a study of the Seventh Doctor, reflected in the life and opinions of his protégé, Dorothy McShane

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title: Fading Back from Black
author: fannishliss
Screencap and bits of dialogue from s1.2: The End of the World
pairing: Nine/Rose, with remembrance of other incarnations, especially Eight
rating: G
1800 words

This story is for the who_contest prompt "Black", and for Who@50, a study of the Eighth Doctor.  In this story I view Eight through the lens of Nine, because I think there is a great deal of continuity between Eight's tragic fate as a lover turned Destroyer, and Nine's recovery as he reimagines himself as capable of loving and living again.

Summary:
Who was he?
What sort of alien was he?
From what planet? Where was he from?
Could anyone ever again really know him for who he was?

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