A post of many things (and no Star Trek spoilers, although there is some ST discussion)

[selenay936]

This morning the sea was completely motionless when I left. So still it looked like glass, even out near the rocks by my mailbox where there are usually at least small waves. It was rather eerie.

I'm reminded yet again why I love being a part of fandom. Right now, it's in full-on explosion. I haven't seen fandom like this since the week between

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[fahrenheit_f430]

I'm puzzled and a bit euphoric re: ST09. This is the first fandom blast I've been around WHEN the bomb went off. Ok, I've seen a few Unpopular Perspectives but mostly it's people fist-fiving each other and grinning 'Seen it! ^.^'

The atmosphere's pretty bloody brilliant really. *passes the goldfish bowl-size cocktails*

[selenay936]

I got to be around for a couple of the big Doctor Who explosions and for the last Harry Potter and it never gets old or boring. So Much Fun!! All the happy flailing squee is brilliant :-D

*guzzled large cocktail* Thank'ee ma'am! I like paddling here in the happy shallow place :-D

[fahrenheit_f430]

Closest I've been to a DW explosion was the squeal of utter glee I let out when Derek Jacobi said 'I. Am. The MASTER!', then he turned into John Simm and I had to withhold my glee because I remembered it was an RTD episode and he has a habit of turning the most awesome things into Jim Bowen + speedboat + "This is what you could've won."

HP? DH. I think I was one of several million people who yelled 'WOO GO NEVILLE MOTHERFUCKING LONGBOTTOM!'

This is on a completely different scale. It's universal grinning and nodding and arm-flailing, and I don't feel like I have to be defensive about not liking anything after TNG and only owning 3 movies on DVD. Read this yet? Do not read while trying to swallow liquids. I got fruit juice up my nose, not pretty.

[selenay936]

I think I was one of several million people who yelled 'WOO GO NEVILLE MOTHERFUCKING LONGBOTTOM!'

*g* I was right there with you :-D

t's universal grinning and nodding and arm-flailing, and I don't feel like I have to be defensive about not liking anything after TNG

*g* People are actually admitting to liking DS9. In public! It's like there suddenly is no shame no matter which bit of the franchise you loved or hated. calapine even found reasons for Star Trek V to exists!

Read this yet? Do not read while trying to swallow liquids. I got fruit juice up my nose, not pretty.

*splorfle* That was brilliant - thank you for pointing me to it! I've put it into the list of fics that will be reviewed on my site when I have five minutes this weekend :-D

[sineala]

I joined all the Trek communities I could find, and am happy at the general amount of squee. It's weird, but great. It's like -- suddenly my old uncool fandom is cool again! And people are writing pon farr stories like they've never read one before! And asking how mindmelds work!

Plus apparently many more people than I knew about are apparently old-school fans. Heh.

[selenay936]

OMG, there must be so many new fans who have no idea! They'll be working through all the old cliches, but doing it for the new guys and with all the history of other fic and so on informing them. This is going to be so interesting!

Plus apparently many more people than I knew about are apparently old-school fans. Heh.

That's what I found with Doctor Who. I've been a DW fan for only a little longer than I've been a Trek fan (my first memory of deliberately sitting down to watch Trek was when I was around six) and I had a ton of friends who had been live-long Doctor Who fans, but none of us realised it until the new Doctor Who started. Suddenly the hideously uncool fandom was cool and we got to talk to each other and discovered that we're all old school fans. It was amazing!

Sometimes, I really love Internet fandom stuff :-D

[sineala]

It's really kind of aww, actually.

Plus, now I have an excuse to write all the K/S bonding fic of my dreams. Um. Yeah.

I'm not really that into Who, but I can appreciate how the circumstances might be similar.

[selenay936]

Plus, now I have an excuse to write all the K/S bonding fic of my dreams.

*g*