Crap. I pour my feeble heart out on the Web and what do I get?

Bupkis.

You timing is bad, Gus. Everyone is out and about. We love your feeble heart, though.

aurelia you make an important point, but you know, I'm worried for Raq. What if she's taken in by a celeb impersonator. Maybe we could run point for her, on this one?

I suppose I could take one for the team.

Nathan is more than welcome to give me one for the team. Go team!

Here is my degree of fandom, though. I will be hanging out on my nearly-broken ship, with my posse of folks I have elected to call family.

I love the 'verse, and I am so happy to be able to spend time there whenever I want. The slight melancholy about its not being a longer story than it was is there when I visit sometimes, but I still love it, and it still makes me happy.

I think the point of Firefly was being a heap of shit ship in rubbish circumstances with no real direction. Like the fandom of the show, as it happens.

"I didn't mean to say that the Enterprise should be hauling garbage. I meant to say that it should be hauled away *as* garbage."

Yeah, I've been talking with my meatspace friends (I know, weird, huh?) now that I've finally seen Serenity, and it's clear that there are degrees of fandom. They are all fans, but one is just into the relationships (Zoe/Wash, Mal/Inara, Kaylee/Simon, Simon/Jayne...okay, she doesn't want to think about that last one). One is into the humor and the dark angry bad-ass protagonist. A couple love everything about it unquestioningly.

I'm close to that side, but I've never done anything unquestioningly, so I look like less of a fan I guess. Even though my Firefly love astounds me in its greatness.

But I think there are degrees of fans for everything. I own all the Buffy DVDs, watched it religiously when it was on, have a bunch of the other stuff (like the RPG) just coz it's Buffy, but wouldn't consider joining an internet community that was formed around BtVS...wait.

But I think there are degrees of fans for everything. I own all the Buffy DVDs, watched it religiously when it was on, have a bunch of the other stuff (like the RPG) just coz it's Buffy, but wouldn't consider joining an internet community that was formed around BtVS...wait.

I know what you mean. I mean, I'm a big dork, no question. I organized sci-fi and star trek conventions in the 80s (not looking to start a Dorkier contest, because it will get [more] embarrassing, just giving context). I consciously flipped the safeties off for Buffy. I decided I was a huge fan, was going to do hugely fannish Buffy stuff, and didn't care who knew it. Same with Firefly. Buffy broke me as someone who could pass for normal, and I was/am fine with it.

I have Buffy fandom to thank for more than half of the people I consider friends today, so I don't think it's possible for me to feel all that embarrassed about the level of dorkitude I've exhibited in pursuing it.

Here's Luck has made a Serenity vid. Link is here: [link] Don't forget to send her feedback.

If you were wondering, it's fantastic.