Discussion: Friendlies!

[embolalia]

People in our community play different roles - readers, writers, betas, lurkers, mods - and it seems that tensions arise sometimes without our really thinking about them. We all love pilots and enjoy this comm, or we wouldn’t be here, and I think we all want this to be a welcoming, inclusive place. So today, I’m declaring this a safe space to talk

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[lyrela]

I am pretty new to the BSG fandom. I started watching the miniseries in September 2011 and slowly went through all four seasons until I finished off the entire run with the finale three months ago. What can I say, the pilots had me at hello.

I would identify myself as a reader and *clears throat uncomfortably* lurker. I love reading the fanfiction works of the many talented writers in this fandom. And I also enjoy reading comments and thoughts by the shippers about Kara and Lee. I am quite shy and I don't trust myself to be eloquent enough to wax poetic about how awesome the pilots are in one hundred variations.

I continue to be amazed and blown away by how passionate and active the fans in the BSG fandom are (especially when this fandom is relatively small compared to other fandoms out there), and how the shippers in THIS community work so very hard in finding a million ways to keep the love for pilots alive (three years post 'poof'). So to every fangirl and shipper in this community, thanks for the memories, for making me smile when I check my f-list everyday and for the lovely stories about a girl and boy who shared a special connection.

[bluuefiire]

You said perfectly pretty much exactly how I feel! (I started watching about the same time too)

I am SO happy to have found the BSG fandom

[embolalia]

Well, welcome! I think what you've written actually speaks to Bee's comments below - we seem to have various 'waves' of fandom coming through here, too. I've been around for a little more than a year myself, and others for far longer. Sometimes I think there are tensions around that, too, but people are generally welcoming and new folks become part of the fold before too long. So feel free to chat in the future, no need to lurk :)