have only been in fandom since 2002 and only discoverd slash in 2003, so i'm such the newbie
I discovered fandom in 2003 and started participating in 2004! We can be newbies together.
It was two pronged because there was the whole drama over the actor's dissatisfaction with how the writers/show runners were using his character
Oh, hey, I didn't know that's why they killed Daniel! Interesting.
i wish i could have watched TS by BS, the Sentinel series finale, in real time.
See, now, I am glad I did not see that one. I hear it was good, especially for the series, but - I could never ever watch that. I was shocked just finding out what happened in it.
And I am still marveling over how the finale of TPM launched an ENTIRE HUGE FANDOM based on less than five minutes of canon.... amazing.
I still don't know what those five minutes of canon were, because when I saw the movie (before my discovery of fandom) I was sedated by the awfulness of it all (and, to be honest, the difference between my expectations and reality). And I am certainly not watching the damn thing again, since I have now entered a happy place of prequel denial. But I would love to know what those five minutes were, all the same.
The only fandom I was lucky enough to participate in in real time was Lotrips, and of course LOTR -- waiting, as a book fan, for the last two movies to come out was so incredible. Seeing the reactions in real time, etc.
That was my first fandom! Not Lotrips, of course, but LotR, and I don't think I quite appreciated the experience enough - it was one of the only times in my life I was getting the canon at the same speed as everyone else. (I, like you, can't watch TV shows in real time, and in fact can barely watch them at all.) And although I knew what was coming, because I'd read the books, I was in the theaters with lots of people who didn't (many of them summarizing the movie while talking on their cell phones, NOT THAT I AM BITTER). I paid attention, but now I wish I'd been more aware of how infrequently that would happen in my life. Ah, well.
But reading your highlights and the comments is so fun because it's a tour of fannish history! So many fandoms, so many Big Events. I didn't know that Mulder and Krycek had ever kissed, for example. So that's fun.
Oh my god, I know! These are the awesomest comments EVER, and I'm learning so much. (Mulder and Krycek OMG.) Are you reading the ones on LJ, too? Lots of good stuff there.
Thanks for commenting, and for enjoying my LJ. I'm glad other people are having as much fun with this as I am.
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I discovered fandom in 2003 and started participating in 2004! We can be newbies together.
It was two pronged because there was the whole drama over the actor's dissatisfaction with how the writers/show runners were using his character
Oh, hey, I didn't know that's why they killed Daniel! Interesting.
i wish i could have watched TS by BS, the Sentinel series finale, in real time.
See, now, I am glad I did not see that one. I hear it was good, especially for the series, but - I could never ever watch that. I was shocked just finding out what happened in it.
And I am still marveling over how the finale of TPM launched an ENTIRE HUGE FANDOM based on less than five minutes of canon.... amazing.
I still don't know what those five minutes of canon were, because when I saw the movie (before my discovery of fandom) I was sedated by the awfulness of it all (and, to be honest, the difference between my expectations and reality). And I am certainly not watching the damn thing again, since I have now entered a happy place of prequel denial. But I would love to know what those five minutes were, all the same.
The only fandom I was lucky enough to participate in in real time was Lotrips, and of course LOTR -- waiting, as a book fan, for the last two movies to come out was so incredible. Seeing the reactions in real time, etc.
That was my first fandom! Not Lotrips, of course, but LotR, and I don't think I quite appreciated the experience enough - it was one of the only times in my life I was getting the canon at the same speed as everyone else. (I, like you, can't watch TV shows in real time, and in fact can barely watch them at all.) And although I knew what was coming, because I'd read the books, I was in the theaters with lots of people who didn't (many of them summarizing the movie while talking on their cell phones, NOT THAT I AM BITTER). I paid attention, but now I wish I'd been more aware of how infrequently that would happen in my life. Ah, well.
But reading your highlights and the comments is so fun because it's a tour of fannish history! So many fandoms, so many Big Events. I didn't know that Mulder and Krycek had ever kissed, for example. So that's fun.
Oh my god, I know! These are the awesomest comments EVER, and I'm learning so much. (Mulder and Krycek OMG.) Are you reading the ones on LJ, too? Lots of good stuff there.
Thanks for commenting, and for enjoying my LJ. I'm glad other people are having as much fun with this as I am.