Babylon 5 Fandom Update for 4 - 25- 2021
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The weather is still in flux here… spring one day and cold the next. Everything is green and growing though and it’s time to put those summer gardens out! If allergies are keeping you indoors, watch some Babylon 5 with us! We are watching Season 4 now at b5_revisited. Hope over and join us there! Happy spring!
From The Summoning:
Fanfic:
here’s to you and your temper by spacebubble (Londo/G’Kar, Teen and up).
The Hour of the Wolf by Skinbark (Susan Ivanova/Talia Winters, Teen and up).
orbiting by spacebubble (Lennier/Vir, Gen).
BEHIND THE GLOVE SERIES by pallasite:
Orphans (Teen and up).
Another Attempt at Fixing Kevin Vacit’s Backstory (Teen and up).
UPDATED:
Remember by highfrusctose (Susan Ivanova/Talia Winters, Not rated).
Rebirth of a Trio by kirallie (Crossover w/Final Fantasy XV and Harry Potter, Mature).
Telepath Wolf (Season 2) by OriginalHealer (Susan/Talia, Teen and up).
The Human Minbari War by Chris Alexander the Bearded (K+).
A New Space Age by the stargate time traveler (T).
Fan comic:
Babylon 6 Episode 4: Driving Forces by Jameson9101322 (Various, Gen). Check it out! It’s a good story.
Fanart:
I am changing up the fanart selections since I use Deviantart for most of my art posts. For the foreseeable future I will feature one artist a week and maybe include a small sample of their work with a link.
Ships by Ryan Begemann - some really nice digital art of the Babylon 5 ships.
Bio of the week:
June Lockhart only appeared one time on Babylon 5 but her character’s actions have long consequences in the show. She was Dr. Laura Rosen, the doctor who was using the alien machine developed for executions as a healing device. June Lockhart is probably best known as Timmy’s mother on Lassie and as the mother in Lost in Space. She was born into an acting family and made her debut ay 13 in a film version of A Christmas Carol. She went on to star in television and on stage. She had two daughters, one of whom is an actress, and she is now 95 years old.
News and articles:
**Is Babylon 5 the Most Influential TV Show of the Past 25 Years?.
*Jessica Walter Dead at 80 Jessica Walter played senator Elise Voudreau on Season 2, Episode 6 - Spider in the Web
*Babylon 5 - The Extravaganza is a fan event on March 20, 2021.
*Babylon 5: Why the Sci-fi Series Ended with Season 5
*How to Watch B5 remastered online with or without HBO Max.
*Babylon 5 streaming on HBOMax These are the newly available ‘remastered’ B5 eps. I have read that the NEW is not new enough to spend a fortune on and I’ve read that it’s the greatest ever. Here is a comparison. Not going to subscribe to HBOMax or buy the digital versions from Amazon for $150.00 for this.
*Babylon 5 Characters on the Myers-Briggs Scale.
Communities and members:
*** b5_revisited will begin rewatching Season 4 on April 5th. If you’d like to write the summary/lead the discussion for an episode - go here and sign up: at Dreamwidth OR at Livejournal.
***Episode 2 - Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?> and the Mirror is Here.
***Episode 3 - The Summoning and the Mirror is Here.
***medusa cascade is watching and commenting on Season 1 of Babylon 5. It’s her first watch.
*B5 Prompts on Tumblr is a good place to find story ideas.
*There is a Babylon 5 Discord server here: https://discord.gg/NAK4ywU with lots of chat about B5 and such.
*Babylon 5 Facebook Page: Come join us and start a conversation.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1643505239288376/
Here is a list our communities at Dreamwidth - all posts are mirrored at from LJ to DW:
Babylon 5 Revisited
Babylon 5 Love
Universe Today
*NOTE* All announcements are posted at the mirror Livejournal communities as well.
Books:
**JMS has a novel coming out in July 2021 - Together We Will Go.
*JMS has a new book about writing coming out in June 2021 - Becomong a Writer, Staying a Writer.
* Beaming Up and Getting Off: Life Before and Beyond Star Trek.
*Lost (and Found) In Space by Bill Mumy and Angela Cartwright - A pictorial memoir
*Have You Seen My Country Lately?: America’s Wake-up Call by Jerry Doyle - similar in style to his radio show.
*Diplomatic Act by Peter Jurasik and William H. Keith, Jr. A novel about an actor playing an alien.
*Pleasure Thresholds by Patricia Tallman. She has updated this one and it is available for Here: https://www.questretreats.com/pleasure-thresholds-order/
*Frontier Earth by Bruce Boxleitner is a fiction aliens and cowboys tale.
*Claudia Christian’s Snack Hacks at Amazon.
*Becoming Superman: Get it at Amazon.
You can also buy the Audible version there OR the Cd version with Peter Jurasik reading it.
Fun things:
***Claudia Christian newsletter: Sign up here
If you have Facebook, ‘like’
*The Zocalo Today is a great place to read news and fun stuff from fans.***
*Babylon 5 Facebook Group is a fan group. It is quite busy, with over 17,000 members.***
*I have started a new Babylon 5 page at Facebook and we are eager to get new members.
Babylon 5 Fans and Friends is a new group. Come join us!
** April Birthdays**
Christopher Franke - April 6
Maggie Egan - April 11
Tony Dow - April 13
Warren Takeuchi - April 19
Peter Jurasik - April 25
Send us your news~!
The weather is still in flux here… spring one day and cold the next. Everything is green and growing though and it’s time to put those summer gardens out! If allergies are keeping you indoors, watch some Babylon 5 with us! We are watching Season 4 now at b5_revisited. Hope over and join us there! Happy spring!
From The Summoning:
Click to viewFanfic:
here’s to you and your temper by spacebubble (Londo/G’Kar, Teen and up).
The Hour of the Wolf by Skinbark (Susan Ivanova/Talia Winters, Teen and up).
orbiting by spacebubble (Lennier/Vir, Gen).
BEHIND THE GLOVE SERIES by pallasite:
Orphans (Teen and up).
Another Attempt at Fixing Kevin Vacit’s Backstory (Teen and up).
UPDATED:
Remember by highfrusctose (Susan Ivanova/Talia Winters, Not rated).
Rebirth of a Trio by kirallie (Crossover w/Final Fantasy XV and Harry Potter, Mature).
Telepath Wolf (Season 2) by OriginalHealer (Susan/Talia, Teen and up).
The Human Minbari War by Chris Alexander the Bearded (K+).
A New Space Age by the stargate time traveler (T).
Fan comic:
Babylon 6 Episode 4: Driving Forces by Jameson9101322 (Various, Gen). Check it out! It’s a good story.
Fanart:
I am changing up the fanart selections since I use Deviantart for most of my art posts. For the foreseeable future I will feature one artist a week and maybe include a small sample of their work with a link.
Ships by Ryan Begemann - some really nice digital art of the Babylon 5 ships.
Bio of the week:
June Lockhart only appeared one time on Babylon 5 but her character’s actions have long consequences in the show. She was Dr. Laura Rosen, the doctor who was using the alien machine developed for executions as a healing device. June Lockhart is probably best known as Timmy’s mother on Lassie and as the mother in Lost in Space. She was born into an acting family and made her debut ay 13 in a film version of A Christmas Carol. She went on to star in television and on stage. She had two daughters, one of whom is an actress, and she is now 95 years old.
News and articles:
**Is Babylon 5 the Most Influential TV Show of the Past 25 Years?.
*Jessica Walter Dead at 80 Jessica Walter played senator Elise Voudreau on Season 2, Episode 6 - Spider in the Web
*Babylon 5 - The Extravaganza is a fan event on March 20, 2021.
*Babylon 5: Why the Sci-fi Series Ended with Season 5
*How to Watch B5 remastered online with or without HBO Max.
*Babylon 5 streaming on HBOMax These are the newly available ‘remastered’ B5 eps. I have read that the NEW is not new enough to spend a fortune on and I’ve read that it’s the greatest ever. Here is a comparison. Not going to subscribe to HBOMax or buy the digital versions from Amazon for $150.00 for this.
*Babylon 5 Characters on the Myers-Briggs Scale.
Communities and members:
*** b5_revisited will begin rewatching Season 4 on April 5th. If you’d like to write the summary/lead the discussion for an episode - go here and sign up: at Dreamwidth OR at Livejournal.
***Episode 2 - Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?> and the Mirror is Here.
***Episode 3 - The Summoning and the Mirror is Here.
***medusa cascade is watching and commenting on Season 1 of Babylon 5. It’s her first watch.
*B5 Prompts on Tumblr is a good place to find story ideas.
*There is a Babylon 5 Discord server here: https://discord.gg/NAK4ywU with lots of chat about B5 and such.
*Babylon 5 Facebook Page: Come join us and start a conversation.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1643505239288376/
Here is a list our communities at Dreamwidth - all posts are mirrored at from LJ to DW:
Babylon 5 Revisited
Babylon 5 Love
Universe Today
*NOTE* All announcements are posted at the mirror Livejournal communities as well.
Books:
**JMS has a novel coming out in July 2021 - Together We Will Go.
*JMS has a new book about writing coming out in June 2021 - Becomong a Writer, Staying a Writer.
* Beaming Up and Getting Off: Life Before and Beyond Star Trek.
*Lost (and Found) In Space by Bill Mumy and Angela Cartwright - A pictorial memoir
*Have You Seen My Country Lately?: America’s Wake-up Call by Jerry Doyle - similar in style to his radio show.
*Diplomatic Act by Peter Jurasik and William H. Keith, Jr. A novel about an actor playing an alien.
*Pleasure Thresholds by Patricia Tallman. She has updated this one and it is available for Here: https://www.questretreats.com/pleasure-thresholds-order/
*Frontier Earth by Bruce Boxleitner is a fiction aliens and cowboys tale.
*Claudia Christian’s Snack Hacks at Amazon.
*Becoming Superman: Get it at Amazon.
You can also buy the Audible version there OR the Cd version with Peter Jurasik reading it.
Fun things:
***Claudia Christian newsletter: Sign up here
If you have Facebook, ‘like’
*The Zocalo Today is a great place to read news and fun stuff from fans.***
*Babylon 5 Facebook Group is a fan group. It is quite busy, with over 17,000 members.***
*I have started a new Babylon 5 page at Facebook and we are eager to get new members.
Babylon 5 Fans and Friends is a new group. Come join us!
** April Birthdays**
Christopher Franke - April 6
Maggie Egan - April 11
Tony Dow - April 13
Warren Takeuchi - April 19
Peter Jurasik - April 25
Send us your news~!