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Before we roll over to the new year, I'd like to reflect on the new fandoms I've enjoyed in 2013 and leave you all with a few recs to represent my year of fannish appreciation. I am essentailly recing podfics because that's my #1 mode of consuming fandom. If I rec a fic that essentially means 'This is so good I had to podfic it'.


My fannish trajectory in the last year: Teen Wolf -> Hockey -> Generation Kill -> Bandom -> Night Vale -> Losers -> Haven -> TSN RPF -> TSN -> Curse Workers


For all podfic recs assume "well read", I had to take it out of like 7 different podfic recs, I'm repeating myself. I pick these because they're well-read, it goes with the territory.
* denotes everything that's on my "recs for your mother" list, podfics I feel stand alone without knowledge of their fandoms, are reasonably long, and listen like one of the audiobooks my very picky-about-good-literature mother reads (I've yet to convince her to give podfic a shot, but if I ever do, this will be the list)
# denotes podfics I've listened to with my roommate and which have her seal of approval
~ denotes I've podficced this.
1), 2), 3), my top three this year



Hockey
what I did on my summer vacation read by duckgirlie - the boys work the same retail job. Laugh out loud funny, adorable.
tour de force read by marianas - Kaner writes a novel. Hits my "secret skill" button like none other, long.
# keep you on my arm read by bessyboo- the one where they go to gay clubs. Fake boyfriends button mashing, also gay clubs, and hilarity. Another one I laugh out loud for.
des plus brilliants exploits read by knight_tracer - genderswap!Sidney Crosby and the olympics, sweet and lovely. Also long.
# not a heart of gold read by anna_unfolding - OMG so hot. Hits hooker-kink buttons nicely. The first thing I listened to in Hockey, if I remember correctly. So really, this is why I'm here.
russian knitting circle read by knight_tracer - wonderfully long, great character voices. My love for Knight Tracer's Geno is endless. Ovechkin is wonderfully funny.
Fic:
~ Say it with flowers by hazel Kaner can talk to plants.



Generation Kill
Podfic:
* 16 days in september read by a lot of awesome people - gripping in a pick you up and shake you, make you think about it for days. AU (non-military) you don't need to know the characters, or anything about context. Just listen to/read it.
1) # * falling apart to half time read by miss_begonia - One of my all time favorite podfics. Hits my love of dancing (and by extension, well done dance AUs) like none other. Descriptions of dance that give me so many feelings I cry, good use of character voices.
* don't you shake alone read by chemm80 - a in-depth look at parenting post-war. This is a podfic I listened to and immediately wanted to recommend to my mother. This may be baby!fic but don't let that put you off, this is a really fantastic story about PTSD and building a family.


Bandom
Podfic:
# matter of logistics read by shiningartifact extremely hot, aural porn, with rimming.
* forever, now read by klb found families and parenting. Wonderfully heart-string tugging and a nice long listen.
# so, so fucked read by paraka fake boyfriends! This is adorable and funny and awesome.
anatomy of a fall read by klb long, slow build ghost story.
Fic:
I have been all things unholy by bexless stigmata, dark and complicated and beautiful. This is a great fic. It's also a great podfic, though I've only listened to the version that's no longer available.


Welcome To Night Vale
Podfic:
does it feel like a trial? read by chestnut_filly
Some Madness in Love read by Eccentric_hat
~a love song for schrodinger read by hananobira
Fic:
~How I Survived My Summer Vacation, by Tamika Flynn Age 12 3/4 by thingswithwings


The Losers
Podfic:
* We Aspire to Be Reasonably Sane People read by seussian - prequel to we know how it works. Jensen's backstory.
2) * We Know How It Works (the world is no longer mysterious) read by seussian - to be in The Losers fandom this is the only source you really need. This podfic is the entire reason I got into The Losers. It's *amazing* and *so* worth a listen. Also I think Seussian does such a magnificent job with Cougars accent.
Fic:
~all you have to do is open your eyes by torakowalski
~Dry Socks & Hospitals by NewYorkReload
everything by NewYorkReload


The Social Network RPF
Podfic:
# The giraffe notes read by lunchee - the most adorable, sweet thing, and with a lovely does of angst before it's happy ending. Anonymous notes of support, falling in love through letters and then squee.
Fic:
~all my bases are belong to you by jeyhawk Jesse and Andrew have a habit of making out when drunk.
~Nowhere Else On Earth That I Would Rather Be by torakowalski Jesse knits Andrew socks, Andrew buys him cat toys, cuteness ensues


The Social Network
Podfic:
pieces form the whole read by knight_tracer daemon AU
clockwork heart verse read by quintettsy cyberpunk AU
no wealth no ruin read by lunchee Dead Like Me AU
3) Tranquilize by lunchee intense, beautifully worked and gripping Veronica Mars fusion.
Fic:
~You Could Dress This Wound by myownremedy Mark can see pain as light, Glowing au
~There I Fixed It by lightgetsin Mark fails at life, sometimes intentionally so Wardo will still be his keeper.


Works in fandoms I'm not in:
even the light is an illusion read by Lianabob Avengers Movies/Comics, long and intricately plotted with scheming and faking ones death. I know very little about Avengers comics but the characterizations in this piece (both the writing and the podfic performance) are awesome.
work by the plutonian light read by knight tracer Taylor Swift the space pirate. Awesome.