Fandom Wrap 2023

[pebbleinalake]

For the Snowflake Challenge's final day. This one looked very fun and I thought it'd be a great chance to look back on 2023 and see what I might like to focus on more in 2024.

Challenge #15: Fandom Snowflake Challenge's 2023 Fandom Wrapped!



Your top 5 fandoms for 2023 were:
1. DC Comics
2. Psych
3. Ghost Files/Watcher Entertainment
4. The Librarian
5. The Pretender

Your top 5 fandom spaces (Discord, Twitter, etc.) in 2023 were:
1. Tumblr
2. Dreamwidth
3. Discord
4. Forums
5. My local comic book shop

The top 5 things you did to contribute to fandom in 2023 were:
1. Fanfic writing
2. Icons
3. Meta posts
4. Commenting on fics/art
5. Wiki editing/fansite maintenance

Your top 5 proudest fandom contributions were:
(Yes, I changed the wording of this question. A lot of what I do to participate in fandom doesn't allow for feedback in any measurable way.)
1. Built my own website for my fics and fandom stuff
2. Attended a lot of cons! Got to meet so many wonderful fandom creators there and brought home plenty of fanmade things to add to my collection.
3. Started building a fansite for The Librarian fandom. It is far from done, but I'm still proud of how it's turning out so far.
4. Wrote several fics for tiny/rare fandoms <3
5. Worked on improving my fanvid editing skills and created three new fanvids

Your fandom personality in 2023 was: (i.e. Fandom Eeyore, Twitter Refugee, Discord Party Animal, etc.)
Fandom Cryptid

In 2023, you discovered:
That I felt happier participating in fandom after moving away from the consolidated and fast-paced fandom spaces such as twitter and tumblr. To my surprise, I've found I genuinely enjoy the quieter and slower feel to older and indie fandom spaces such as Dreamwidth, forums, fanmade sites, small fic archives, etc.

Your fandom home in 2023 was: Dreamwidth & Neocities

Comments

[meridian_rose]

I mentioned in earlier snowflake post that I missed fansites and so I love that you're making a website including that great Librarians fanpage!

[pebbleinalake]

Thank you!! And same, I really miss fansites and fandom-specific spaces (like the old forums and smaller fic archives). With a lot of people mentioning lately how they're feeling worn out from twitter and tumblr, I'm hoping maybe there will be a bit of a resurgence of that.