Happy New Year (Not Going Out)
Dec. 31st, 2012 10:48 pmThe original plan had been to drive up to Loch Lomond for the Bells, but, seriously? It's been raining for two months, it's raining now, and it doesn't look like it's going to stop. If I sit tight for long enough Loch Lomond will come to me.
So now I'm sitting in, in the land of of roofs and central heating, having a beer and browsing fandom_stockings, and I've got a nice Glen Elgin to have at the Bells. I think I might actually prefer this.
Anyway, Happy New Year! I'm lucky to have so many excellent fandom friends, and I look forward to getting to know more of you better in the coming year.
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So, 2012, that was a year that, um... happened, but it was also a year where fandom delighted me in a multitude of ways.
And so here is a list offive ten fandom things that made my year a little bit better, some of which I've recced before, and in no particular order, but things that stuck with me through the year.
1. remember spring swaps snow for leaves by![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
fallingtowers (A Song of Ice and Fire, Jaime/Brienne)
The epic post A Dance With Dragons fic of my heart. Its focus is on Brienne, and rightly so, but it embraces the depth and breadth of that world. This is quite literally tiding me over until Winds of Winter, although if GRRM takes as long as he did with ADWD then someone else might have to write another long-fic of my heart.
2. Pair Dadeni by![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
afterandalasia (Merlin, Morgana/Vivian)
Fic of my heart, about the nearly nonexistent femslash pairing of my heart, with a sympathetic but realistic portrayal of my favourite oft-maligned villainess.
You ever make up fic of somebody else's fic in your head? Well, this is that fic for me.
3. the spy who loved (to drive) me (crazy) bydollsome (A Song of Ice and Fire, Jaime/Brienne)
The perfect sort of modern AU, where the canon dynamic translates perfectly. Jaime and Brienne are snarky spies who pretend they don't mean the world to each other and who occasionally make out for the good of the mission, and if you don't want to read it after that description then you're not having enough fun with fandom.
4. Waking Up Stories (A Dancemix with Dragons) bysophinisba (Merlin, Morgana & Aithusa)
I have a weird reaction to this fic, because it's not a remix of my fic, and it's not a gift for me, but it's so very much all that I want out of Merlin fic that it sort of feels like a gift. All about Morgana & Aithusa and escaping doomed narratives.
5. the bittersweet between my teeth bypaperclipbitch (Merlin, Morgana, Merlin, Mordred)
Have I ever mentioned my great need for a fic where Morgana is a vampire? Well, this is that fic. Morgana is a vampire, Mordred is an eternally moody teenager, and death isn't fucking with whatever Merlin is. A fic that makes me like all three characters, and sells me on a friendship between them, total brilliance.
6. our lot crawls between dry ribs bymaleficently (Once Upon a Time, Regina/Ruby)
Regina & Ruby are my two favourite OUaT characters (shocking, I know) and I adore fics that convince me of pairings I could never have seen working, and this does and then some.
7. ravens from last night byozmissage (A Song of Ice and Fire, various ladies)
Someone wrote texts from last night fic about the Westeros ladies. Canonical, non-crack, and yet excellent fic. I'm pretty sure that this is what fandom is for.
8. VID: The Future bybradcpu (Doctor Who, Oswin)
On of my best fandom discoveries of the year was Jenna Louise Coleman's face and the ways its going to be brightening up Doctor Who, and this vid shows how the show totally managed to sell me on the her with one episode.
9. VID: Bite of the Great White by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
beccatoria (Once Upon a Time, Regina)
You know who else's face I love? Regina Mills. Not gonna lie, this vid was a huge part of my deciding to give OUaT a second shot, because Regina, and her appallingness and burgeoning feelings.
10. Vid: It's Always Darkest Before the Dawn (Merlin, Morgana)
Yep, never going to be over my Morgana feelings. Never not bitter that they turned the hopeful redemption-arcy end to S4 into more torture, sociopathy and death. She is awfully pretty, though.
So now I'm sitting in, in the land of of roofs and central heating, having a beer and browsing fandom_stockings, and I've got a nice Glen Elgin to have at the Bells. I think I might actually prefer this.
Anyway, Happy New Year! I'm lucky to have so many excellent fandom friends, and I look forward to getting to know more of you better in the coming year.
*
So, 2012, that was a year that, um... happened, but it was also a year where fandom delighted me in a multitude of ways.
And so here is a list of
1. remember spring swaps snow for leaves by
fallingtowers (A Song of Ice and Fire, Jaime/Brienne)The epic post A Dance With Dragons fic of my heart. Its focus is on Brienne, and rightly so, but it embraces the depth and breadth of that world. This is quite literally tiding me over until Winds of Winter, although if GRRM takes as long as he did with ADWD then someone else might have to write another long-fic of my heart.
2. Pair Dadeni by
Fic of my heart, about the nearly nonexistent femslash pairing of my heart, with a sympathetic but realistic portrayal of my favourite oft-maligned villainess.
You ever make up fic of somebody else's fic in your head? Well, this is that fic for me.
3. the spy who loved (to drive) me (crazy) by
The perfect sort of modern AU, where the canon dynamic translates perfectly. Jaime and Brienne are snarky spies who pretend they don't mean the world to each other and who occasionally make out for the good of the mission, and if you don't want to read it after that description then you're not having enough fun with fandom.
4. Waking Up Stories (A Dancemix with Dragons) by
sophinisba (Merlin, Morgana & Aithusa)I have a weird reaction to this fic, because it's not a remix of my fic, and it's not a gift for me, but it's so very much all that I want out of Merlin fic that it sort of feels like a gift. All about Morgana & Aithusa and escaping doomed narratives.
5. the bittersweet between my teeth by
Have I ever mentioned my great need for a fic where Morgana is a vampire? Well, this is that fic. Morgana is a vampire, Mordred is an eternally moody teenager, and death isn't fucking with whatever Merlin is. A fic that makes me like all three characters, and sells me on a friendship between them, total brilliance.
6. our lot crawls between dry ribs by
Regina & Ruby are my two favourite OUaT characters (shocking, I know) and I adore fics that convince me of pairings I could never have seen working, and this does and then some.
7. ravens from last night by
Someone wrote texts from last night fic about the Westeros ladies. Canonical, non-crack, and yet excellent fic. I'm pretty sure that this is what fandom is for.
8. VID: The Future by
On of my best fandom discoveries of the year was Jenna Louise Coleman's face and the ways its going to be brightening up Doctor Who, and this vid shows how the show totally managed to sell me on the her with one episode.
9. VID: Bite of the Great White by
beccatoria (Once Upon a Time, Regina)You know who else's face I love? Regina Mills. Not gonna lie, this vid was a huge part of my deciding to give OUaT a second shot, because Regina, and her appallingness and burgeoning feelings.
10. Vid: It's Always Darkest Before the Dawn (Merlin, Morgana)
Yep, never going to be over my Morgana feelings. Never not bitter that they turned the hopeful redemption-arcy end to S4 into more torture, sociopathy and death. She is awfully pretty, though.