Snowflake 2024 - Challenge 12 - 13 (catching up)

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Challenge #12 - Tell Us about a Personal Win.
My personal win in 2023: I finally retired.

My fandom wins in 2023: I created two new fandom challenge communities, open for everyone, which are still active.
While you can join at sweetandshort at any time because it is a low-pressure community, fandom_empire is closed for new participants at the moment because the first challenge of 2024 is already running. But you are welcome to check out the community and return for the new challenge in April.


Challenge #13 - Make a rec list (of fanworks)!
Because I did read lots of small fandom works over the year, and it's just too hard to decide, I will not rec something here.

But I will leave you three TV series which are worth checking out.

- Jeremiah (TV)
It was a series from J. Michael Straczynski (2002-2004); sadly, it only ran for two seasons and ended with a cliffhanger. If you don't mind this, you might want to check it out if you are interested in a dystopian setting.

All adults died because of a virus about 15 years ago, and the young survivors are still looking for a way to save their future.

I know this sounds not new (but remember, back then, viruses, vampires, and zombies were not so overused themes). The cast is great: Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Luke Perry, and Sean Astin; the story is intriguing.

- Coroner (TV)
It's a series of four seasons I only discovered some time ago. The series tells about a middle-aged doctor who has given up her job in the emergency room to work as a coroner after she lost her husband in a tragic incident. He died in front of her (and her son's) eyes in a swimming pool, leaving both of them with a heavy trauma.

The series mixes up private life with the job, and yes, I will admit, sometimes the private stuff seems to be a bit too much drama, but the cases at her job are interesting enough to continue watching.

It's nothing entirely new, but I recommend looking if you want to spend some relaxing time with a new TV series.

- The Good Doctor (TV)
The series tells the story of a young, brilliant, autistic surgeon. Though it is 'only' one more Doctor series, it is very interesting because of the autistic aspect. I admit, I don't know how accurately the series treats the autistic clinical picture, but the acting is brilliant; very touching, sometimes a bit funny.