But really, the best part of any con is the celebrity panels - getting to hear from the source.

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What's your favorite bit of info that came out at con? Favorite fan question?

Take the rest of today and all of tomorrow and post any con vids you want!

Okay, so we know about geeking out, we know about the fan tracks, we know about the costumes, now we just need to put it all together.


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The thing that stands out at Dragon*Con is the sheer awesomeness and creativity of the costumes.

So what would Kara and Lee dress as?


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Dragon*Con is awesome at going in depth on sub-sections of Sci-Fi and Fantasy with the options of tracks.

Fan Tracks

So which subjects would Kara and Lee (or the rest of the crew) want to dig into? Apocalypse Rising? The Armory? Robotics?

Age of the Geek, Baby!

It's Dragon*Con week, so let's get geeky!

There is a tendency in fanfic for Lee to be the nerdy one - the whole, stickler for rules, let's read this obscure section of an old law book, thing.

But what about Kara?

What about Lee outside of the academic?

What would our OTP be geeking out over?

It's nearly the weekend, and today I thought we could take a walk on the random side....have you ever encountered anything in real life that reminds you of things from BSG? I mean, obviously there is the Greek god and everyone's best-known coffee chain:


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Hi everyone.  Well, if anyone's in the mood for thinky thoughts this weekend, I thought I would pose a nice cheerful question about trauma for us to discuss.

I am no specialist at all, but I have read that some psychologists who work with and write about post-traumatic stress among combat veterans make the point that, while most people understand ( Read more... )

Hi everyone!

BSG has been called the anti-"Star Trek," but I thought it would be fun today to have a little cracky fun imagining the two coming together.  Use the plot generator I've put under the LJ cut below (taken and mildly adapted from Justin B. Rye's Do-It-Yourself Star Trek Script Flowchart) to design your own BSG/Trek lovechild of an episode ( Read more... )

Hi everyone, happy Tuesday!  I'm awake, so I'll go ahead and post this now.

One of the wonderful things about BSG is that it has such a great ensemble cast, but as with any show, inevitably you wind up liking some characters more than others.  Today I'd like to do a small thought experiment:  Everyone pick a character that you are not fond of (can ( Read more... )