Snowflake Challenge #15

[snowynight]

Challenge #15: 2023 Fandom Wrapped!

I was fannishly adrift last year, so I didn't really have 5 things to mention.

Your top 5 fandoms for 2023 were:


1. Star Trek: the Original Series: my forever fandom. James T Kirk and Spock still had a place in my heart.

2: Due South: I started watching and really enjoyed Due South season 3. I haven't finished it due to life, but I love the fics.

3. Cnovel: It's great to see fellow fans of Chinese web novels.

Your top 5 fandom spaces (Discord, Twitter, etc.) in 2023 were:

1. Dreamwidth: catching up with people, reading and posting posts. I appreciate that we can have time and space for longer discussion. The Snowflake Challenge is great for discovering and sharing with others.

2. Discord: talking to people In real time

3. AO3: reading and posting fics, giving and getting comments, joining exchanges



The top 5 things you did to contribute to fandom in 2023 were:

1. Reading and commenting on fanworks
2. Writing fics
3. Reccing fanart in fanart_recs
4. Posting episode reaction about Due South

Your top 5 most appreciated fandom contributions were:

- My Due South episode reaction posts get very kind comments and encouragement. Thanks!

- Several people like the fanart I reced on fanart_recs and let me know about it. I'm happy about it.

- My recipients left nice comments on the fics I wrote for them. 😊

Bonus questions:

Your fandom personality in 2023 was: Dreamwidth Hermit

In 2023, you discovered: It's more a re-discovery, but it's great to look at fanart.

Your fandom home in 2023 was: Dreamwidth

Comments

[pebbleinalake]

(Made me happy to see Star Trek on your list. That's my forever fandom and I love seeing it get the attention it deserves <3) I agree on Dreamwidth being a great place for more relaxed fandom interactions and longer discussions than what can be found elsewhere. Also, thank you for linking that fanart comm! I didn't know there were fanart rec communities on dreamwidth, so I'm definitely bookmarking that for later!

[snowynight]

Thank you! I really enjoy the recs for paintings and craft there. They're so pretty.

[cornerofmadness]

Star Trek is my forever fandom too

[snowynight]

It's great: so many fascinating characters and space for exploration!

[cornerofmadness]

agreed

[nonesensed]

Sounds like you had a great fandom year! I hope 2024 gets to be equally great for you 💖

Star Trek TOS is wonderful 🩵 And I'm in the same place as you with due South - haven't seen the entire show yet due to life but have enjoyed many, many fics from the fandom 😁