A hole in the world.

[flaming_muse]

As I've mentioned before, my parents have been watching all of Buffy and Angel in order, and they only have three episodes of Angel left. My mother (who was originally not particularly interesting in watching the shows at all) is distraught, and it reminds me all over again of how much it hurt to know that the show was ending. It's still like a

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[wesleysgirl]

:-)

That's so awesome. I think I love your mom. Any chance she'd like to adopt me?

Our gay fandom is not dead, and that makes me very happy.

[flaming_muse]

So very not dead. :) I'm glad that you and I get to visit it each day together. :)

I'll see if my mom's looking for another daughter! How could she say no?

[wesleysgirl]

Because that's what all parents of grown children need -- another one! LOL.

*Hugs you*

[flaming_muse]

Hey, it's not like you're going to ask her to pay for college! ;)

[janedavitt]

I ::heart:: your mum.

And I still remember how I cried That Day.

[flaming_muse]

*sniffles* I always think that I should be over it by now, but it still hurts. Thank goodness for the rest of you who understand why it does.

I heart my mother, too. :)

[indiana_jane_]

I love your mom!

And agree with her sentiment entirely. Nothing before or since has ever captivated me the way Buffy did and I fear nothing else ever will. Which makes me rather sad because I miss feeling that way about a show. I really do.

[flaming_muse]

Isn't she great? She totally admits that she was wrong to have thought she wouldn't care about the shows. *beams*

New fandoms can be elusive for some of us. I didn't think I'd ever find another, but there are now a handful that I play in quite happily. Am I as overwhelmingly passionate about them as the Jossverse? In some moments, yes, but it's still not the same. I doubt that I'll ever have that same single-minded focus now that I'm pan-fandom and now that my friends list is so scattered. No longer is every post the night after a new show about the episode.

[flaming_muse]

I'm going to see how much she pines for it. If she is having trouble letting go I'll have to go looking for some good gen recs.

Hey, I totally forgot about ats_nolimits (although how I could considering it took up a year of my life I don't know), which might be gen enough for her...

[alizarin_nyc]

Wow, she just really said it:

"How can it be over?" she asked me today. "The world is so real. They aren't characters being played by actors; they're people. Real people. How did I live without knowing them? How can their stories be over? How can there be no more? There has to be more."

Amen.

[flaming_muse]

Amen indeed. I still feel that way.