Babylon 5 Fandom Update for 11 - 21 - 2021
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This week is Thanksgiving here in the US and I hope finds you all well. This past years has been quite the year for me and I am thankful to be here doing B5 stuff and happily awaiting the new series. To all in the US, I wish you a happy holiday and to all the rest of you, I wish you a wonderful week ahead!
We started rewatch of Season 5 of Babylon 5 at b5_revisited on October 11th! Please join us anytime! us!
Season 5 - How to defeat Bullies the B5 way: :
Fanfic:
The One by ddagent (Delenn/John Sheridan, Teen and up).
Divided Loyalties by Flamesong (Susan Ivanova/Talia Winters, Teen and up).
A Desperate Experiment by stargate time traveller (K).
UPDATED:
Purple and Scarlet by willowoftheriver (Gender swap Londo, Teen and up).
Episode I: Birth of the Phoenix by proton104 (Crossover w/ Battlestar Galactica, Star Wars. Mature).
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.
Digital Fanart by Ryan Begemann.
Bio of the week:
This feature will return soon.
News and articles:
**Bergen Williams dies She played a security guard in Chrysalis. She was also a long term actor on General Hospital.
And all the news is about the reboot:
*What New Fans Need to Know Before the Reboot.
*JMS Explains Why Babylon 5 Had to Be Rebooted.
*Babylon 5 Reboot at the CW with J. Michael Stracyznski.
*Babylon 5 Reboot Will ‘Blend New Ideas’ Like Westworld and Battlestar Galactica, Creator Says.
*You Can’t Step in the Same River Twice: Babylon 5 Gets a Ground-Up Reboot.
*JMS Gives Slight Tease for the Return of Babylon 5
*Babylon 5 Creator in Running to Become New Doctor Who Boss.
*B 5 Creator Volunteers to Replace Chris Chibnall.
*Babylon 5: The Best 5 Character Friendships (and Best 5 Rivalries).
*Imagine a World with Millions of Telepaths, J. Michael Straczynski Did and Wrote a Comic about it - How’s that for a long article title?
Communities and members:
**5 x 5 - Learning Curve and the mirror is Here.
**5 x 6 - Strange Relations and the mirror is Here.
* b5_revisited returned on October 11th to watch Season 5. The schedule is Here at Dreamwidth and at Livejournal.
*medusa cascade is watching and commenting on Season 2 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:
*Lost (and Found) in Space 2 - More from Bill and Angela about their days on Lost in Space.
*JMS’s novel is now available- Together We Will Go.
*JMS ‘s new writing book is available in print and e-book: Becomong a Writer, Staying a Writer.
*Pleasure Thresholds by Patricia Tallman. She has updated this one and it is available for Here: https://www.questretreats.com/pleasure-thresholds-order/
*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!
** November Birthdays**
Robert Foxworth - November 1
John Vickery - November 4
Damian London - November 12
Tracy Scoggins - November 13
Dwight Schultz - November 24
Louise Turenne - November 26
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. - November 30
Send us your news~!
This week is Thanksgiving here in the US and I hope finds you all well. This past years has been quite the year for me and I am thankful to be here doing B5 stuff and happily awaiting the new series. To all in the US, I wish you a happy holiday and to all the rest of you, I wish you a wonderful week ahead!
We started rewatch of Season 5 of Babylon 5 at b5_revisited on October 11th! Please join us anytime! us!
Season 5 - How to defeat Bullies the B5 way: :
Click to viewFanfic:
The One by ddagent (Delenn/John Sheridan, Teen and up).
Divided Loyalties by Flamesong (Susan Ivanova/Talia Winters, Teen and up).
A Desperate Experiment by stargate time traveller (K).
UPDATED:
Purple and Scarlet by willowoftheriver (Gender swap Londo, Teen and up).
Episode I: Birth of the Phoenix by proton104 (Crossover w/ Battlestar Galactica, Star Wars. Mature).
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.
Digital Fanart by Ryan Begemann.
Bio of the week:
This feature will return soon.
News and articles:
**Bergen Williams dies She played a security guard in Chrysalis. She was also a long term actor on General Hospital.
And all the news is about the reboot:
*What New Fans Need to Know Before the Reboot.
*JMS Explains Why Babylon 5 Had to Be Rebooted.
*Babylon 5 Reboot at the CW with J. Michael Stracyznski.
*Babylon 5 Reboot Will ‘Blend New Ideas’ Like Westworld and Battlestar Galactica, Creator Says.
*You Can’t Step in the Same River Twice: Babylon 5 Gets a Ground-Up Reboot.
*JMS Gives Slight Tease for the Return of Babylon 5
*Babylon 5 Creator in Running to Become New Doctor Who Boss.
*B 5 Creator Volunteers to Replace Chris Chibnall.
*Babylon 5: The Best 5 Character Friendships (and Best 5 Rivalries).
*Imagine a World with Millions of Telepaths, J. Michael Straczynski Did and Wrote a Comic about it - How’s that for a long article title?
Communities and members:
**5 x 5 - Learning Curve and the mirror is Here.
**5 x 6 - Strange Relations and the mirror is Here.
* b5_revisited returned on October 11th to watch Season 5. The schedule is Here at Dreamwidth and at Livejournal.
*medusa cascade is watching and commenting on Season 2 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:
*Lost (and Found) in Space 2 - More from Bill and Angela about their days on Lost in Space.
*JMS’s novel is now available- Together We Will Go.
*JMS ‘s new writing book is available in print and e-book: Becomong a Writer, Staying a Writer.
*Pleasure Thresholds by Patricia Tallman. She has updated this one and it is available for Here: https://www.questretreats.com/pleasure-thresholds-order/
*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!
** November Birthdays**
Robert Foxworth - November 1
John Vickery - November 4
Damian London - November 12
Tracy Scoggins - November 13
Dwight Schultz - November 24
Louise Turenne - November 26
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. - November 30
Send us your news~!