I like BtVS and Angel. I even got cable for them once I had a real job. But it took Firefly to get me involved with fandom. While I still think that Firefly was perhaps the best show ever and the movie is great, and while I fear many of my friends think I've gone over the edge, some of the utter devotion I've read about recently makes me want to sit folks down and say, "It's a show."
Willow: Something evil-crashed to earth in this. Then it broke out and slithered away to do badness.
Giles: Well, in all fairness, we don't really know about the "slithered" part. Anya: No, no, I'm sure it frisked about like a fluffy lamb.
'Never Leave Me'
Firefly 4: Also, we can kill you with our brains
Discussion of the Mutant Enemy series, Firefly, the ensuing movie Serenity, and other projects in that universe. Like the other show threads, anything broadcast in the US is fine; spoilers are verboten and will be deleted if found.
libkitty - Oct 20, 2005 4:56:11 pm PDT #6727 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
P.M. Marc - Oct 20, 2005 4:58:24 pm PDT #6728 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
My utter devotion occasionally makes me sit myself down and say, "It's a blank. "
Occasionally. But then I realize I kind of enjoy getting worked up about crap that doesn't matter one whit, and get over getting over myself.
Sad, but true.
Allyson - Oct 20, 2005 4:59:53 pm PDT #6729 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
But then I realize I kind of enjoy getting worked up about crap that doesn't matter one whit, and get over getting over myself.
Plei is me.
I'm unbelievably flattered.
amych - Oct 20, 2005 5:01:13 pm PDT #6730 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
sits in the secret wank-lovers' corner
Dana - Oct 20, 2005 5:01:19 pm PDT #6731 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Fandom is no fun without perspective. If you can't laugh at yourself, then it's kind of hard to laugh at other people.
JohnSweden - Oct 20, 2005 5:03:54 pm PDT #6732 of 10001
I can't even.
Universal posted some nice Serenity premiere pics on their site here:
I'm a fan, I'm in the fandom. Buffy was the first time I really let go and allowed myself to love a show wholeheartedly, and didn't reserve a big chunk of myself for snerking from the sidelines. I'd been pretty fannish about shows early (ST:TNG - helped run cons; X-Files early on before the immense suckage began), but Buffy changed things (two tape machines, just in case, transcribing eps, watch n post, etc.).
bon bon - Oct 20, 2005 5:06:42 pm PDT #6733 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I feel like fandom generally coalesces around co-projects like fic and SOS campaigning. Where do the BNFs usually come in?
Consuela - Oct 20, 2005 5:27:04 pm PDT #6734 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Fic, moderating a mailing list/community, fanart production, or really good analysis. But they have to be, um, involved. Generally, anyway, although I can think of one or two BNFs who are solely BNFs for fic production, without any other involvement in the fandom.
Gandalfe - Oct 20, 2005 5:31:04 pm PDT #6735 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Fake blood and a cricket bat!
My 10 year old son, named Shannon, is going to be Shannon of the Dead.
Jars - Oct 20, 2005 5:44:53 pm PDT #6736 of 10001
(Look, Jars, you and Nibbler caused me brain damage).
Excellent!
I just feel I should confuudle your already confused brain by telling you that those were our RL nicknames long before either of us ventured online.