Last two years - Part 1
It's been about two years since I discovered Battlestar and Roslin and Adama, and then Survival Instinct stories, and then all of you.
I think only you can understand the intensity of these two years. My husband has no conception of encompassing it's been -- he thinks it's a cute hobby -- it makes me feel almost unfaithful to him.
I first started watching Battlestar and obsessing over Roslin and Adama. Then a Google search on their names led me to the Survival Instinct archive where I read a few stories. I had just barely heard of fanfic before, and had the usual biases against it. And I was almost afraid to read it, thinking it might ruin the show for me in some way.
I registered for an account only in order to read a mature piece, and I just typed in "whatever" with a shrug, not thinking I was going to use the account again, so my name didn't matter.
Of course, I had falled down the rabbit hole, and was absurdly hooked.
I carried around Swooning's stories with my work files, and read a page or two at odd times in my work day, like a junkie taking hits. Caffeine Chic (The Babylon Whore), larsfarm, captainsquarters, katamaran, nnaylime, flamingo, davnee, kat, snoopy, zinke, Camilla Sandman, tjonsey, tralia, pellucid, CaptainsQuarters, charis. Then later, Bugs, Dasha, Icedteainthebag, Spybarbie, mascaret, somadanne, LongLiveLaura, frakcancer, aussiegirl... I'm sure I'm forgetting some good ones....
During that first year, I lost 50 pounds -- for the first time in my life going from round to svelt-ish. I was running and thinking about BSG. I had never run in my life.
When people asked how I lost the weight, I could barely answer -- I always felt like I was lying, when I said 'running'. Because it was Roslin & Adama. It felt like a Fandom Secret.
So, it's been two years....
I think only you can understand the intensity of these two years. My husband has no conception of encompassing it's been -- he thinks it's a cute hobby -- it makes me feel almost unfaithful to him.
I first started watching Battlestar and obsessing over Roslin and Adama. Then a Google search on their names led me to the Survival Instinct archive where I read a few stories. I had just barely heard of fanfic before, and had the usual biases against it. And I was almost afraid to read it, thinking it might ruin the show for me in some way.
I registered for an account only in order to read a mature piece, and I just typed in "whatever" with a shrug, not thinking I was going to use the account again, so my name didn't matter.
Of course, I had falled down the rabbit hole, and was absurdly hooked.
I carried around Swooning's stories with my work files, and read a page or two at odd times in my work day, like a junkie taking hits. Caffeine Chic (The Babylon Whore), larsfarm, captainsquarters, katamaran, nnaylime, flamingo, davnee, kat, snoopy, zinke, Camilla Sandman, tjonsey, tralia, pellucid, CaptainsQuarters, charis. Then later, Bugs, Dasha, Icedteainthebag, Spybarbie, mascaret, somadanne, LongLiveLaura, frakcancer, aussiegirl... I'm sure I'm forgetting some good ones....
During that first year, I lost 50 pounds -- for the first time in my life going from round to svelt-ish. I was running and thinking about BSG. I had never run in my life.
When people asked how I lost the weight, I could barely answer -- I always felt like I was lying, when I said 'running'. Because it was Roslin & Adama. It felt like a Fandom Secret.
So, it's been two years....