Recently, I experienced what was apparently a fever-related critical intelligence failure and imported all my bookmarks to del.icio.us
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I loved reading this, although it's hard for me to believe you've only been around this fandom world for a few short years.
I know. I can't believe this has been part of my life for such a relatively short period. I'm still a total newbie, and yet - it's hard to imagine how I could ever have not been involved in something this cool.
Mairead/Aristede is cimmerians. She doesn't post often, but there ya go. I think that painfully, gloriously talented split personality has a lot to answer for in the world of fan fiction. *g*
Oh my god, cimmerians is Aristede (did I really misspell her name?)/Mairead! I'm not sure if I knew that and forgot or if I never connected the two, but, yay. Thank you for either telling me or reminding me, whichever it, um, was. (This is why I have all the bookmarks, because my memory is not to be trusted.)
And now I'm off to edit the post.
Have you read any of her Highlander?
Nope. HL is the fandom that dances just out of my reach; I do sometimes find something I love, but a lot of the fan fiction leaves me staring in confusion. I get the sense that there's a fandom language I don't quite know yet, but I'm still trying to learn. (And, of course, I am the kind of fan every real HL fan dislikes. That doesn't, um, help.)
But I didn't even realize she'd written in HL. I'll have to see if there's any strictly Aristede stuff in the fandom, because I would love to read that.
*grin* *waves* Fandom is the size of a grapefruit, really.
It is, and I love that. I was re-reading the litmus test, thinking, "Wow, she's so cool and funny and obviously just way out of my fannish league, but I should see if she has a LiveJournal or whatever." And then I noticed that she was, in fact, on my friends list. It was a Great Moment in Fandom Convergence.
I've never been involved in LotR fandom (just read the books obsessively from the age of 10 but I guess that doesn't count for much when it comes to alabaster skin stuff...) and I'm snickering helplessly over 'Leggy'. In an I laugh so I do not weep salty tears way.
And Out of Whack! I read that after seeing one TS episode last month and even though I barely knew what was going on, it made me want to find out more, right the hell now. I've turned into a complete Sentinel junkie in the last few weeks and my bookmarks for it are almost as numerous as for Stargate :;marvels::
I would soon acquire an unholy passion for reconstructing canon from fan fiction.I would love to read more about that, because, yes. Coming to a fandom through fic first (which I didn't do with Buffy, but did with Stargate and TS) is fascinating and fraught. You get hit on the head with what the fandom perceives as the top ten vital points (vids are especially prone to this) and they acquire a significance because of that so that when you see them in the episode,
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I've never been involved in LotR fandom (just read the books obsessively from the age of 10 but I guess that doesn't count for much when it comes to alabaster skin stuff.
*snerk*
No, he occasionally went down the "Yay! ADJECTIVES!" road, but thank god he never veered off into Really Inappropriate Adjectives Lane.
I have, though, read (relatively well-known) fantasy authors who called eyes "radiant orbs" and referred to "her sweep of raven locks."
And with books, there's no back button. All you can do is donate them to the library.
I read that after seeing one TS episode last month and even though I barely knew what was going on, it made me want to find out more, right the hell now. I've turned into a complete Sentinel junkie in the last few weeks and my bookmarks for it are almost as numerous as for Stargate
*bouncy*
Yay Sentinel! The FF is wonderful, and I still read the new stuff (when I can find it) with glee.
And, bonus: for me, at least, it was a gateway drug to due South.
Coming to a fandom through fic first (which I
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I heartily second this. Third it. Whatever.
I loved reading this, although it's hard for me to believe you've only been around this fandom world for a few short years.
I know. I can't believe this has been part of my life for such a relatively short period. I'm still a total newbie, and yet - it's hard to imagine how I could ever have not been involved in something this cool.
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Have you read any of her Highlander?
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And now I'm off to edit the post.
Have you read any of her Highlander?
Nope. HL is the fandom that dances just out of my reach; I do sometimes find something I love, but a lot of the fan fiction leaves me staring in confusion. I get the sense that there's a fandom language I don't quite know yet, but I'm still trying to learn. (And, of course, I am the kind of fan every real HL fan dislikes. That doesn't, um, help.)
But I didn't even realize she'd written in HL. I'll have to see if there's any strictly Aristede stuff in the fandom, because I would love to read that.
*makes mental note*
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Let me recommend Consent of Twain, or A Good Thing, or The Declaration... hell, all of it! http://hos.slashcity.com/arslash.htm
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I loved reading this - plus I'm very partial to giant mutant lizards... can't wait for more *hg*
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I'm still traumatized.
plus I'm very partial to giant mutant lizards
Man, who isn't?
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*grin* *waves* Fandom is the size of a grapefruit, really.
*loves "How I Got Here From There" posts, yay!*
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It is, and I love that. I was re-reading the litmus test, thinking, "Wow, she's so cool and funny and obviously just way out of my fannish league, but I should see if she has a LiveJournal or whatever." And then I noticed that she was, in fact, on my friends list. It was a Great Moment in Fandom Convergence.
*proud*
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"Wow, she's so cool and funny and obviously just way out of my fannish league,
And see, this is exactly the same reaction I have about you every time you comment on my LJ. :)
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And Out of Whack! I read that after seeing one TS episode last month and even though I barely knew what was going on, it made me want to find out more, right the hell now. I've turned into a complete Sentinel junkie in the last few weeks and my bookmarks for it are almost as numerous as for Stargate :;marvels::
I would soon acquire an unholy passion for reconstructing canon from fan fiction.I would love to read more about that, because, yes. Coming to a fandom through fic first (which I didn't do with Buffy, but did with Stargate and TS) is fascinating and fraught. You get hit on the head with what the fandom perceives as the top ten vital points (vids are especially prone to this) and they acquire a significance because of that so that when you see them in the episode, ( ... )
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*snerk*
No, he occasionally went down the "Yay! ADJECTIVES!" road, but thank god he never veered off into Really Inappropriate Adjectives Lane.
I have, though, read (relatively well-known) fantasy authors who called eyes "radiant orbs" and referred to "her sweep of raven locks."
And with books, there's no back button. All you can do is donate them to the library.
I read that after seeing one TS episode last month and even though I barely knew what was going on, it made me want to find out more, right the hell now. I've turned into a complete Sentinel junkie in the last few weeks and my bookmarks for it are almost as numerous as for Stargate
*bouncy*
Yay Sentinel! The FF is wonderful, and I still read the new stuff (when I can find it) with glee.
And, bonus: for me, at least, it was a gateway drug to due South.
Coming to a fandom through fic first (which I ( ... )
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So was I in September 2004 but I got in trouble for it and kicked off a kerfuffle ;-)
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