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liadt, mainly because I have to post more, or I might just forget how.
Your main fandom of the year?In the sense of fandom meaning something that you take an active part in, other than merely watching the source material, none. I don't seem to do that anymore. I do belong to a
Doctor Who forum, but I only hang out in the bits where nobody ever talks about the show, because fans are frequently best avoided. Since the IMDb forums were decommissioned, I haven't really done a lot of fandoming at all.
Your favourite film watched this year?It might have to be
Guardians of the Galaxy II (2016) by default, simply because I can't remember watching any other films this year. I did watch
Scared Stiff (1953) and
Living It Up (1954), to celebrate Dean Martin's hundrdth birthday back in June, but those were rewatches, and I'm not sure they count.
Your favourite book read this year?Ooh, tough one. I'm split three ways. Possibly
West With The Night, by Beryl Markham, a beautifully written memoir of the early days of commercial flight in Africa, or possibly
Golden Hill, by Francis Spufford, a brilliant story set in the early days of the European settlement of North America, or perhaps
Ivory, Apes & Peacocks, by Alan Root, a wonderful memoir about the early days of wildlife filming, mainly in Africa. Really not sure I could choose. Early days seems to be a theme, doesn't it!
Your favourite album or song to listen to this year?Who Built The Moon?, by Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, is definitely my album of the year, in terms of new stuff. Last.fm tells me that the album I've listened to most this year is Queen's
Greatest Hits I, and that the song I've listened to most this year is Gerry & the Pacemakers
I Like It. Neither of which exactly screams 2017!
Your favourite TV show of the year?Tough choice between
The Gifted (new for this year), and
Lucifer, which I think was last year's winner. The former is still getting going, so the latter probably wins again.
Agents Of SHIELD is very good again this year, but I'm not voting for it until somebody turns a sodding light on.
Your best new fandom discovery of the year?The Gifted. Great series. Looks certain to be axed, apparently (now there's a surprise). Meantime it's terrific though, with a fine cast.
Your biggest fandom disappointment of the year?Maybe
Guardians of the Galaxy II. I enjoyed it, but it pales in comparison to the first film, mostly because they have this great gang, and they split them up for most of the film. The bits with Rocket and Groot were brilliant, but the stuff with Peter and his father dragged. Still a good film though, mostly.
Your fandom boyfriend of the year?Baby Groot. Baby Groot may be the greatest thing ever to happen to film.
Your fandom girlfriend of the year?A tough one. I think Maze from
Lucifer won last year, and she probably wins again, even though she was off filming something else for much of the first half of the present season. AWOL or not, she's Maze. Not only would it be hard for anybody to beat her, but if they did, she'd kill them and me in pretty short order. And with a really funky knife.
Your biggest squee moment of the year?I believe we covered this extensively last year, but
I Do Not Squee. However, Baby Groot. Because Baby Groot. Doing absolutely anything. For example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g94CPc3nb4QThe most missed of your old fandoms?Sleepy Hollow :(
The fandom you haven't tried yet, but want to?None that I can think of. There's nothing that tempts me, I don't think.
Your biggest fan anticipations for the coming year?New New Who, I guess. Chibbers and Thirteen both. I like Moffat, but it should be good to have some new blood, and although I like Capaldi a lot, I don't know that he's been used especially well. It's a constant strength of the show that it allows for big change, and this feels like the right time for some of that change. Of course, it might all go horribly wrong, but we shall see!