Daily Pilots Post: Shipping Essentials

[thrace_adama]

So I realized just a bit ago during a discussion with sci_fi_shipper at her journal that sometimes, even with all the interaction we have in our corner of the fandom each day, we take it for granted that everyone's on the same page. But of course we're not. Some have always hung out on LJ, while others called skiffy home first. Some of us have been around since

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[scifishipper]

I love this idea! Can't be online today to see the fun, but I hope to come home later to see oodles and oodles of awesome and exciting kara/lee shipping tips, highlights and recs. *hugs k/l shippers*

History

[thrace_adama]

One of the people who always comes to mind when I think about the history of K/L fandom (at least as I've learned about it) is rawles. Her meta about them was always top-notch, of course, but just going back through her 2005 entries especially is always a blast. Her stuff is awesome because she was watching live from Season 1 on and would pretty much liveblog her thoughts about it (as here: miniseries reactions). So interesting to me, since I watched the first 3 seasons in one big rush on DVD and obviously had no part in the fandom at that time. rawles is also responsible in part for the term "pilots," so...yeah. Homage must be paid.

Re: History

[x5vale]

Thank you for this link.

I have always been a fan of ths show but never shared my love for K/L in the fandom so now that it's over I am filling the hole and reading as much as possible :)

Re: History

[thrace_adama]

Sounds good! I spent sooo much time catching up on fic and stuff when I first discovered the fandom. It was GREAT. :)

Re: History

[x5vale]

That's what I am doing now :)))

[amidala_thrace]

I come bearing fic! Some of the essentials as I see them, though I'm sure other folks will have ideas of their own!

Something Pretty by svilleficrecs

Decline and Fall by elzed

Circumstance: The Remus Remix by elly427 (Elly's wonderful remix of "Decline and Fall.")

A Tyrant Spell, Steal a Flowering Branch and The Sea Circle by voleuse (Or really, anything by them!)

The Stupid Thing Last Night series: Stupid Thing Last Night, Stupid Thing Last Night (The Videotape Edition), both by stars_like_dust, and Stupid Thing Last Night: The Rewind by stars_like_dust and elzed. (Again, you pretty much can't go wrong with anything by either of these two talented ladies!)

Intra by svilleficrecs

Desperate by ancarett

The Sound of One Hand Clapping by widget285

Anything by wisteria_ - I will return with links to some of my faves tomorrow, but right now I need to be getting to bed.

And of course, crack!fic makes the world go 'round:

Destiny's Rejects by wisteria_ (This one's actually Kara and Leoben, but there IS Kara/Lee in there, and it is just too funny to miss. Trust me, I dislike Kara/Leoben with the fire of a thousand fiery burny things, and I

[mmmaaadworld]

GREAT NOW IM GOING TO BE UP ALL NIGHT READING DELICIOUS SMUT
CURSES!!!!!!!!!!

[stripes13]

i think most of these were some of the first things i read when i started watching the show last year, and they're still favs. of mine

Benevolent Sibling....the most essential piece of Crack EVER

[thrace_adama]

All EXCELLENT recs, thank you!

[shah_of_blah]

It's funny, I joined fandom in the hiatus after season 3, but I think I've been here longer than most in this comm...weird. I don't know about fandom history so much, but I suppose I have some tips for finding fic.

I was astonished to find that, in the last post, there were people who had not read Benevolent Sibling. What is this madness? It is the definition of Must Read! Other "essential" fics...perhaps Twelve. Intra. Everything by mercurial_wit, sangga, daphnaea, leda13, bantha_fodder, stars_like_dust, brynnmck, wisteria_, suffolkgirl, hackaddict and a million others.

When I started reading fic, I got most of my launching points from an old thread of recs on TWOP, which pointed to a lot of authors who are no longer active in the fandom, like some of the above and also meyerlemon, trinnifer, voleuse, rawles (who thrace_adama already wisely mentioned) and many I'm forgetting. Oh, thefannishwaldo (some of the best humor pieces). I started with those authors, for the most part, and read all of their fics and all the of the people on their flists' fics. I also haunted people's Memories to see what fics they have bookmarked (still do, sometimes, but now I've

[shah_of_blah]

Oh yeah, and I forgot to mention shuchong's Polish the Stars, which was the very first bsg fic I read. I still consider it to be one of the definitive Academy pilots stories (along with personal favorites like All Feelings But This One and Decline and Fall/Circumstance). Unfortunately, it's unfinished, but the ten existing chapters are utterly fabulous. Also unfortunately, they're kinda hard to find on her lj. Fear not! The first 8 chapters are tagged here. And then we have Nine and Ten (this chapter includes an anonymous comment from yours truly because I did not have an LJ then).

[thrace_adama]

I used to think I'd read all of shuchong's stuff, but I keep getting proven wrong by you and Tara! Which of course is actually AWESOME. Hee. Thanks so much for mentioning that story! I am pretty sure I haven't read it...

Also are we icon twins?! Sweet.

[shah_of_blah]

Seriously, you haven't read Polish the Stars? It's so lovely. I've read it a million times. Definitely my favorite of shuchong's works (though I also adore that one, um, with the fruit...I don't remember the title).

And yes, yes we are. *grins* Thanks amaliak!

[callmeonetrack]

Some Basics:

Comms to join/watch:
battlestar_blog general comm for all things BSG
galactica_news weekly link roundup of BSG-related LJ posts

sasa_hq Pilots-centric
beyond_insane Pilots-centric (Be sure to check their memories tag for tons of good fanfic)
bamber_news

galactica_vids

Fic-related
bsg2003fics
bsg_erotica
bsgrpf (If you roll this way)
the_wireless biweekly? fic roundup for bsg
karaleefic monthly roundup of k/l fic
bsgficfinders
caprican-dame K/L fic rec site
bsg_crack
klficathon Defunct now
shagthecag Defunct now

Good icon sources:
bsg_20in20
bsgstillness
bsg_stillness
galactica_icons
karastillness
leestillness
scifi20in20
starttheclock

Also some individual icon makers who do a lot of k/l stuff or just gorgeous icons (check their tags for "icon"):
airings
amaliak
canadiangirl_86
cynicalshadows
jeebs83
sci_fi_shipper
syliasyliasylia
triniroslin15
vordogh

Non-LJ links

Fact sources
http://www.battlestarwiki.org -- more than you ever really wanted to know
http://www.twiztv.com/scripts/battlestar -- Transcripts through 4.0

Pilots vid clips
http://karalee.boostcast.com -- known as Leeandkara.org (has almost every pilots scene of note up to Blood on the Scales)

Photo and screencap galleries... )

[jeebs83]

Thanks for the icons love! ♥

[thrace_adama]

How do you, like, read my mind?! I love that you even put the comms to watch and join, etc., because that's exactly some of the stuff I was going to make sure got posted! THANK YOU!

[eugis]

So much good stuff! Thank you Tara! ♥