Fandom Review of 2017
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dizzojaySo, 2017 came and went. Like a pie in front of Dean Winchester, it vanished in a flash.
From a personal point of view, it was a year of consolidation. Consolidating myself in my new job, and settling into my new work team, who are a fantastic - and very sociable - group of ladies. Dapplegrey Art had one of its best years ever. Despite doing far fewer shows, mainly because of an unprecedented number of date clashes, the shows I did do were really worth doing, both financially and spiritually!
In terms of fandom, it's been another brilliant year. I attended two Supernatural conventions and once again and got tomolest meet J2! One of the highlights of my Spn year was having the privilege of meeting David Haydn-Jones and Adam Fergus (aka the British Men of Letters) at the beginning of their convention journeys, which I don't doubt will be long and successful journeys for both of them. The Spn low this year was the demise of Rogue Events which ended as ignominiously as you might expect for such a chaotic, badly run outfit, and left a large number of people (myself included) heavily out of pocket.
I also went to three general conventions (Sci Fi Weekender, London Film and Comic-Con and Fanfest Heroes and Villains) over the year which were all a blast, and which ended up with me getting a kiss from John Cleese - and how's that for a highlight?
Although my absent muse is still very much on a go-slow, I'm delighted that I managed to write quite a lot more words than I did in 2016, 26,611 compared to 21,613. Whilst it's not a figure to go mad about, it's a decent increase, and I'll happily take what I can get!
From a personal point of view, it was a year of consolidation. Consolidating myself in my new job, and settling into my new work team, who are a fantastic - and very sociable - group of ladies. Dapplegrey Art had one of its best years ever. Despite doing far fewer shows, mainly because of an unprecedented number of date clashes, the shows I did do were really worth doing, both financially and spiritually!
In terms of fandom, it's been another brilliant year. I attended two Supernatural conventions and once again and got to
I also went to three general conventions (Sci Fi Weekender, London Film and Comic-Con and Fanfest Heroes and Villains) over the year which were all a blast, and which ended up with me getting a kiss from John Cleese - and how's that for a highlight?
Although my absent muse is still very much on a go-slow, I'm delighted that I managed to write quite a lot more words than I did in 2016, 26,611 compared to 21,613. Whilst it's not a figure to go mad about, it's a decent increase, and I'll happily take what I can get!
So ... here are the fics that made up those words:
Fanfiction
Dancing King - written for the birthday fic challenge on
spn_bigpretzelThe Best Laid Plans - a birthday fic for my good buddy
meazrael_64The Hunters' New Clothes - written for the Spring Fic Exchange at
spn_bigpretzel. Written for ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
twisted_slinky with art by emmatheslayerGood Samaritan - written for
sw0rdy in the spn_summergen ChallengeMovie Night - A birthday fic for everyone's favourite honorary Hunter Girl
theympNot Just a Pretty Face - a random one-shot. Just because!
Pumpkin Pandemonium - written for the Hallowe'en comment Fic Meme on
spn_bigpretzelSong and Dance - written for
cuddyclothes in Crowley's Christmas Fic Exchange on spn_bigpretzelDrabbles
I did manage to write 74 drabbles for the two drabble challenges that I take part in. I'm not going to list them all, but you can find them all here!
Arty Farty Stuff
Digital
Fever - Artpost for 2016 Reversebang. (I couldn't post in last year's review because the story hadn't been released).
Happy Birthday to
milly_galBanner for my fic - Down Time
Happy Birthday to our own Wayward Son
Happy birthday to
zara_zee and sillie82Happy Birthday to
borgmama1of5Happy Valentines Day
Happy birthday to
be_my_preciousThe One - illustrated drabble
Happy Birthday Jensen
For JJ - a little get well gift
Banner for Spring Fic Exchange at
spn_bigpretzelHappy Easter
Happy Birthday to
chellexxxIllustrated drabble for Sam's birthday
A Get Well Wish for
Happy Birthday to
heavenli24Happy Birthday to
big_heart_juneHappy Birthday to
julchen11Happy Birthday to
amberdreamsBanner for my story - The Man in the Mirror
Happy Birthday to
raloriaHappy Birthday to
digitalwaveHappy Birthday to
metallidean_grlHappy Birthday Jared
Happy Birthday to
999alenaHappy Birthday to
sinfulslasherHappy Birthday to
fireheart13 and firesign10Happy Birthday Misha
The Number of the Dizzo - 666 fics!
Twelve Wonderful years
Happy Birthday to
wings128Banner for my story - The Darkest Realm
Banner for Hallowe'en Comment Fic Meme on
spn_bigpretzelHappy Birthday to
stir_of_echoesHave a Horribly Happy Hallowe'en
Happy Birthday to
herminekurotowaCaptured - Reversebang 2017 Art Masterpost
Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Birthday to
emmatheslayerFavourite Subject - Reversebang 2017 Art Masteerpost
Happy Holidays
The Three Wise Jensens
Happy New Year
Traditional Art
Colouring: Sam and Dean
Colouring: Gym Coach Dean
Steve
Monster Movie Sam and Dean
Monster Movie Dean Mk II
Parody Cas
Parody Dean
Parody Sam
Mr Ketch
Mick
Death
Jack
Colouring: Sam
Colouring: Dean
Picspams
Across the year, I was busy picspamming - more Jensen pics than you can shake a stick at. You can find them all here
Conventions
I went to two cons this year, Asylum 18 and Jus in Bello. Here's where you can find the pictures, reviews and squee!
Flyby from the Asylum
A Room with a View
Tales from the Asylum
JIB Joy
JIB Jensen
JIB addendum
Home
Arrivedercci Roma
A few more JIB Photos
JIB Jensen single photo
*sigh*
Other Conventions
Birthday Flyby from Wales
Sci-fi Weekender, Wales
Fanfest Heroes and Villains Olympia
Words and Pics from LFCC
Other Stuff
I was thrilled to have the opportunity of participating in GISHWHES again for what was its final year. As always, it was the usual mix of fun, philanthropy and utter insanity. Here's my review ...
I continued the running of the weekly Drabble Challenge over on Fanfiction.net alongside my dear friend,
vansgroi .The DEW Challenge at
spn_bigpretzel celebrated its third anniversary and I'm thrilled to have had ownership of the comm transferred to me this year. It's very special to be entrusted with the future of the community which I've always described as my spiritual home on Livejournal. Sincere thanks to auntmo9 and just_ruth for running the show with me!The Mini mayhem just keeps on keeping on over at
spn_on_parade where the resident population of minis continues to expand at an alarming rate. We're currently joined by approximately 120 watchers and we celebrated our third anniversary in July - not bad for a community that started out of nothing more than a random idea for a bit of fun by three ladies with a lot of minis and a healthy disregard for social norms! Huge thanks go to my gorgeous co-mods jj1564 and And, phew, that's it for 2017, looking forward to another round of fandom crazy in 2018!
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