Is it awfully snobbish of me to think (and say) that Lost's more widespread appeal is going to torpedo any fannish efforts at putting together a workable PBP, whereas smaller, more elite groups of genre fans like the early Bronze, the Farscape fans, etc. have enough cohesion and SF con experience to actually pull such off without it degenerating into a teenybopper starfucker mess?
Giles: I'm sure we're all perfectly safe. Dawn: We're safe. Right. And Spike built a robot Buffy to play checkers with. Tara: It sounded convincing when I thought it.
'Dirty Girls'
The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 18, 2004 4:27:34 pm PST #2954 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
tiggy - Nov 18, 2004 4:28:36 pm PST #2955 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
Is it awfully snobbish of me to think (and say)
Matt, in a word? nope!
Pix - Nov 18, 2004 4:30:35 pm PST #2956 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
I was the one making the snide comments about handing out starfucker identifier tags. I feel I am not in a position to judge anyone's snobbishness.
Allyson - Nov 18, 2004 4:31:53 pm PST #2957 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Matt, I think with a first PBP-like event, it's not so bad. They can't guarantee that actors and writers will be there, they can only advertise it as a fan party, so you only get the people who are interested in meeting each other.
I don't know if they can accomplish it. They seem to not so much understand the scope, so far.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 18, 2004 4:34:38 pm PST #2958 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Whew! I mean, I went over and took a look around today (having free time, being all caught up here, and seeing that TwoP was having its Nth server meltdown of the month), and it looked to me as if the Fuselage has a two year headstart on the chatlice infestation that hit the Bronze. I cannot imagine the nightmare of trying to coordinate a gathering of such a group.
§ ita § - Nov 18, 2004 4:36:26 pm PST #2959 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
And it still amazes me that you'd offer.
Please. It was fun.
Allyson - Nov 18, 2004 4:38:02 pm PST #2960 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Heh. We'll invite Tim. In the offchance he appears, you can be his seekrit service. You must, of course, wear dark sunglasses and talk into your watch, periodically.
§ ita § - Nov 18, 2004 4:42:02 pm PST #2961 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ha! What do they call it? Close body protection?
Polter-Cow - Nov 18, 2004 4:42:55 pm PST #2962 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
ita's pinky needs a holster.
P.M. Marc - Nov 18, 2004 4:44:09 pm PST #2963 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Allyson, I'd totally go if it wasn't for this whole pregnancy thing.