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Promote/Rec/Sing the Praises* of Yourself!

Okay, I'm not always good at this, but here we go!

You can find all my fanfiction over on my A03, there are a variety of fandoms, but the most prominent overall are Game of Thrones/ASOIAF, The 100 and The Walking Dead. I wouldn't consider myself active in either The 100 or TWD any longer, but I still like to write them, because of my love of the characters and the settings. My other fics are whatever canon/fandom I was in at the moment, or things I experimented in for fests/gift exchanges. My 2019 Writing Wrap-up discusses what my top fics for the past year were.

Most Popular fic by hits: Husband, a Jorah/Dany fic, however I had it missed tagged for a long time as both Jon/Dany and Jorah/Dany so that may explain the skewed numbers for this fic
Most popular fic by kudos, comments and bookmarks (second in hits): Winter Morning, my one and only SanSan fic, I don't know if they still are, but at one point SanSan shippers were super supportive of anyone who made content for their pairing.
Personal Fave: Unexpected, one of only two fics that exist for a super rare pairing, Merle/Lori, which are two characters who knew each other, but never interacted on TWD. I probably made Merle too nice in this fic, but he is not an easy character to write well.

My fan vids are over on my youtube playlist, the quality varies because it is still a learning process. I haven't made any vids in over a year, because even short vids are time consuming to make, and finding good quality clips isn't always easy, but I hope to get back to it at some point. I checked my view stats this morning, the first time in ages, and was surprised at some of the view counts

Most Popular vid: Stay Gold, my House Tyrell tribute vid.
Most Popular non-GOT vid: Sorry, my Carol/Ezekiel vid
Personal Fave: Kirk is the Reason, a super short, cracky little Trek vid. I thought I was being funny.

All my fandom playlists can be found over on my spotify, the graphics I mage for the playlists are on tumblr. In fact all my gif sets, graphics, moodboards, etc are over on my tumblr.

Lastly, you can find almost all the icons I have made in my icons tag

Canon Recs

Most of my main fandoms are from major canons that almost everyone knows, like Game of Thrones, Stranger Things, etc, so I am going to try and rec some things that may be a little lesser know.

Books:
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Harcastle - it takes the classic cozy mystery and mixes it with the groundhog day trope and other elements that make it a very unique read. (Warning: there is some fat shaming)
Koko Takes a Holiday - pulpy sci-fi with a badass heroine and a sensitive hero. I liked the first book so much I have been afraid to read the sequel, because I am afraid it won't be as fun. (Warning: it does contain a scene involving suicide)
Mary Balogh - this is just an overall rec for the author, if you like historical romance then check her out, her books are not really hot and steamy, but she does spend a lot of time building up relationships, I especially like her novels featuring mature heroines.

Graphic Novels:
Hawkeye Comics (Marvel): the Matt Fraction run and the sequels by Kelly Thompson. The amazing team of Clint Barton and Kate Bishop, and how they are superheroes with no superpowers. (Heads Up: this Clint and MCU Clint hardly share even a passing resemblance)
Unbelievable Gwenpool (Marvel): a young woman from our world that gets stuck in the Marvel comic book universe and decides to become a superhero, very funny in places, and her only superpower is her knowledge of comics and the Marvel Universe, plus her love of large guns.
Lake of Fire (Image): what if insect aliens had landed during the middle ages? This reads like an old fashioned action movie from beginning to end (Warning: for violence)

Movies:
Destination Wedding: Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves! Who fight like an old married couple pretty much from the moment they meet, more of my thoughts here
Entanglement: a film that you think is going to be the typical manic pixie dream girl saves depressed guy, but then it goes somewhere different (Warning: for depictions of mental illness)
Sabrina (1954): Most people have seen the remake, but give the original a try, seeing this film as a teen made me fall in love with Audrey Hepburn
African Queen: there are elements of this film that are problematic, but I do love the dynamic between Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn, a religious spinster who ends up paired with a drinking, good times boat captain. Also, Bogart plays a Canadian, but obviously sounds American (Warning: for inaccurate depictions of Africans at the beginning of the film).

Television:
Murdoch Mysteries: a detective at the turn of the last century in Toronto, Canada, who must solve mysteries, usually murder, with the technology of the time. This show is well known in Canada, but might not be so well known else where.
Heartland: another Canadian show, about a young woman living on a ranch in Alberta, and her special connection to horses
Major Crimes: Police procedural and sequel to The Closer, focusing on Captain Sharon Rydor.  I am still deeply unhappy with how this series ended, but the series overall was really great.  

Okay back when I was doing the Snowflake Challenge it was mentioned that fans should make more rec posts, promoting things they have found and loved. So, every once and awhile, I am going to try to share things I've read or seen that I think deserve more love.

Fanfiction

Join or Die: The 100, Kabby. Written for the The 100 Kink Meme, it is incredibly hot, but also a little heartbreaking, but don't worry the author has promised a happier sequel at some point.

Sam Was Right: Supernatural, Dean/Donna. I just recently started watching Supernatural again for the first time in probably 10 years, I am loving the Dean/Donna relationship. This was the first fic I read featuring this pairing and it is really hot, but also a little sweet. It does involve A/B/O elements so warning for that.

Vids

Janeway and Chakotay|From A to Z: Star Trek: Voyager, Janeway/Chakatoy. The best J/C vid I have ever seen, it really encompasses their entire relationship, it is really a shame it only has a few thousand views.

Daryl & Carol ~ Maybe: Walking Dead, Caryl. A lovely vid, the choice of clips is great, but I am in love with the spoken word poem that it is set to.

Graphics and Gif Sets

tom & sierra keller: Riverdale, McKeller. Fulfilling my rare pair needs, Parentdale Appreciation Week has been a blessing

Challenges

A reminder that the Kabby Kink Meme is still open and going til the end of the month.