I find it really, really interesting because this is the closest I think fannish endeavor comes to imitating the original form (outside of fanfiction based on books). I get a sense, based on nothing more than anecdotal observation, that people in the industry are becoming more appreciative of the benefits of an active fandom, and of the fact that fannish endeavors fuel fandom activity; the point of no return seems to be profiting from fannish creation, and that's a line that fandom has drawn very strictly for itself as well. Which is why, even though it sometimes tips over into excessive ugliness, fandom has been so careful to police itself when someone crosses that line, like that woman who tried to sell her Star Wars novel on Amazon, and the cousinjean incident, and why so many people are even uncomfortable with indirect gain from fannish activities, like popular fanfiction writers getting their stolen laptops replaced through donations from fandom.
I watched the documentary "Trekkies 2" at a Star Trek convention a couple of years ago. One of the people they interviewed was a guy who had spent endless hours and dollars helping his son make a pretty professional looking home made Star Trek episode. If I remember it correctly he had lost his job and his wife in the process, but seemed to think that it was all worth it. Makes me feel totally un-geeky in comparison.
I was telling somebody else that, given the amount of time I spend on fandom activities, I don't feel like I have a lot of room to judge. But that seems, um, a little excessive and insane.
There's definitely an element of surprise that people are so impressed when you do what you say you're going to do, when you say you're going to do it. That should be so basic, you know?
I have somehow conned everybody in this company into believing I somehow know what I'm doing, and that eventually they're going to figure out the truth, and then I'm going to be in huge trouble.
That's pretty much the gist of my inner monologue for most of my life (with periodic substitutes for "company," of course). Heh. I think the praise and the promotion are both richly deserved, though, so YAY YOU.
Too bad Keckler's recap was disappointing--Jacob's AHR one was awesome, as I recall. So do you think she was too funny, or too reverent?
I'm trying to put my finger on what didn't sit right about Keckler's recap. Part of it is, I suspect, just that Farscape is something of a sacred space for me. But mostly, I think she was trying to be funny-snarky the same way she snarked on Enterprise, but the targets were all off--she ended up undercutting the emotional depth rather than hitting on the aspects of the characters and situations that were more open to the pointing out of some irony. Or something.
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I love that Paramount isn't taking legal action. And, OMG. The original actors are actually making guest appearances -- that is beyond cool.
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I love that Paramount isn't taking legal action.
I find it really, really interesting because this is the closest I think fannish endeavor comes to imitating the original form (outside of fanfiction based on books). I get a sense, based on nothing more than anecdotal observation, that people in the industry are becoming more appreciative of the benefits of an active fandom, and of the fact that fannish endeavors fuel fandom activity; the point of no return seems to be profiting from fannish creation, and that's a line that fandom has drawn very strictly for itself as well. Which is why, even though it sometimes tips over into excessive ugliness, fandom has been so careful to police itself when someone crosses that line, like that woman who tried to sell her Star Wars novel on Amazon, and the cousinjean incident, and why so many people are even uncomfortable with indirect gain from fannish activities, like popular fanfiction writers getting their stolen laptops replaced through donations from fandom.
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I was telling somebody else that, given the amount of time I spend on fandom activities, I don't feel like I have a lot of room to judge. But that seems, um, a little excessive and insane.
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That's pretty much the gist of my inner monologue for most of my life (with periodic substitutes for "company," of course). Heh. I think the praise and the promotion are both richly deserved, though, so YAY YOU.
Too bad Keckler's recap was disappointing--Jacob's AHR one was awesome, as I recall. So do you think she was too funny, or too reverent?
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I'm trying to put my finger on what didn't sit right about Keckler's recap. Part of it is, I suspect, just that Farscape is something of a sacred space for me. But mostly, I think she was trying to be funny-snarky the same way she snarked on Enterprise, but the targets were all off--she ended up undercutting the emotional depth rather than hitting on the aspects of the characters and situations that were more open to the pointing out of some irony. Or something.
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