In your own space, make a list of things that you wish existed in fandom or elsewhere, and/or that you'd like someone to create or do for you.
As I mentioned in my last post on this challenge, I'm not really in fandom right now--though not for any particular reason. I think the main reasons are 1. focusing on life stuff and 2. not getting pulled in by any particular thing. I tend to be kind of behind the curve when it comes to media (I'm just now playing Bloodborne, for instance) which is not conducive to being fandom active.
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blueshiftofdeath introduced me to vidding, which has been very attractive to me as a type of fanwork I can see myself keeping up with. I feel like it's less frustrating than writing or drawing, but gives me a similar excitement and satisfaction when I get my final product. It's much more limited than writing or drawing of course (especially with things like shipping, unless the ship has a lot of canon moments) and of course it's limited to movies and TV, but I feel like that's still a really significant chunk of stuff I'm likely to make "fannish" stuff for anyway.
Anyway this all has nothing to do with the challenge, so all that being said, here are a few things I'd like to see in fandom/other spaces:
- More Columbo content! Actually, for some reason, Columbo was super popular (at least on my Twitter feed?) for a couple months in 2021. I don't know exactly why this is, since it didn't move to a new streaming platform or anything that would suddenly make a bunch of people start watching it. So now that I'm thinking about it, I've actually seen more Columbo fanart than I ever have before. I highly recommend anyone to watch this show...you can hardly go wrong, but start with A Friend in Deed, or ask me for a rec!
- Hmm...I'd love to be a part of a book-fandom group on DW. (This kind of group may exist already). I'm a lurker on booklr, bookstagram, booktube...but none of these communities really make me want to be a part of them. I think there's a lack of depth (maybe in particular for Tumblr and Instagram, because images get more engagement) so book reviews will be super short, or not invite discussion. There's also a lot of the same books being talked about, which is fine and is bound to happen, but does make content a little repetitive, since again, not much is being said (how many times can I hear about how A Little Life will make me cry!!). Youtube is a bit better for content but I'm not going to make Youtube videos, and there's very little opportunity for community or discussion on Youtube outside of videos. This also calls back to my issue of being "behind the curve", as I rarely read books that have been released in the last one or two years (not for any particular reason, but that's just how my schedule ends up). A lot of book discussion logically centers on newer releases, since they're exciting and have a bigger audience.
