6, 7, 9, and 10 for the 2020 fandom asks!
6. Did you have any new ships this year?
Yes! For reading, which is what I mostly do: Liam/Theo (Thiam) from Teen Wolf! Max/Anne Bonny and Flint/Silver from Black Sails! For writing (and this was my first year writing anything!), I helped @coffeeandchemicals write a Harringrove fic (pull me in close and let me hold you in) and I wrote a Hermione/Pansy fic (the curtains close on this idyllic scene).
7. What character did you relate most to this year?
Oooo this is a tough one. For writing, I felt like I most related to Hermione - I liked getting inside her head and trying to figure her out or imagine a universe with her in it. For reading, this is more tough. I find that I can relate to a lot of characters depending on how they are written! I’ll have to think on this more!
9. Recommend something that you really enjoyed in 2020.
Another tough one! 2020 was a difficult year for sure (and I know difficult for many of us) but I definitely got back into reading fanfic this year (thank you @coffeeandchemicals) for some escapism. I read a lot of fanfic from a bunch of different fandoms and there are some absolutely amazing writers out there!
After finishing Teen Wolf, I really enjoyed EVERYTHING that I’ve read by @eneiryu! Their writing, stories, and characterization just pull me so much! I started with the series we know all sorts of things that we don’t believe, which was absolutely AMAZING (cannot recommend enough)! I also really, really enjoyed constructed a world from the scars on our hands.
I plan on reading more Harringrove in 2021 and I might be biased, but I really enjoyed @coffeeandchemicals‘s you just happened to have a claymore lying around?. But I am looking forward to reading more Harringrove in the future!
10. Share something that you learned in 2020.
Oh, dear. I don’t know if I want to go waxing poetic about all the mistakes that I made in 2020! It was a tough year (how many times can I use that word in one post?). I think, for me, 2020 was about learning to accept reduced productivity with myself. I had all these goals and ambitions last January and with everything that went on in 2020, I realized that I couldn’t complete everything that I had hoped and I needed to be okay with that. That is something that I am still learning.
I also struggled with assertiveness this year and standing up for myself, but I am realizing that these are important things to be able to do (so I am resolving to try and have more backbone in 2021).
Also, sleep is so important. (I mean, I knew this already, but 2020 burnout just made that so much more real).
So, there’s been a great deal of self-reflection in 2020 that hasn’t always given me the best view of myself, but I don’t want to stagnate, so it’s important!
