mostly BSG, with some real life for spice

[aruan]

After a delightful and ludicrously productive (I refuse to blame the lack of Internets, because that way lies madness) train trip through Central Florida, I made walkingshadow drive me around to places she had to decide on, all in the name of celebrating her birthday. Man, don't you all want me as your friend? I did bring the first season of Battlestar Galactica along, which went just as I suspected. And it's not like either one of us is ever terribly put out by Thai food and gelato and singing Starship in the car.

Been playing fandom catch-up, so a belated note on all the convention-going: Fandom is naturally cyclical. New people come in, the same hot issues get brought up, and 10 years in it is enough to doubt if anything is new. But that thing about bringing up slash with actors (not the nature of the relationship between two characters but shoving manips at them) - honestly, what do people think is going to happen? I don't need to have read about at least three separate deeply embarrassing incidents for all parties concerned in the past month alone to make a good guess. I don't start conversations with random strangers in my Starbucks with, "Hi, I read gay fiction about television characters, how's your latte?" - what on Earth possesses people to do so with the married actors who portray them?

I can't believe no one's ever done (link in comments) before. I mean I do, whatwith you know, slash and the safety of a show that is neither on network TV nor going for any sort of heteronormativity, but this is just cool. Relatedly, even Sci-Fi's ads for The Long Goodbye read as a big gay John/Rodney lovefest, and so long as we have such obligingly cheeky creators (who already obliquely borrow from the fans' stuff anyway, case in point,) it's all good.

In other successful pimping news, spent a very enjoyable night e-mailing back and forth with Former Editor Mike, who's so wound on Battlestar Galactica he's not only writing fic but contemplating SONGFIC. The glee I have defies measure.

Realized this afternoon that working six days last week means working only four this week! Which means this weekend, I will do something better than spend more than $300 on things I need. It's all one can do to escape the abyss of Target and Publix. Conversely, I now have pretty placemats and you know, food.

Lots and lots of Gilmore Girls later, I've been successfully made nostalgic for move-in day and tailgate parties. Somebody remind me of cleaning mold off the walls and the danger of any outdoors activity in rain-prone Florida.

Lt. Gaeta's first name is FELIX?!


"I think THINGS can SOLVE my PROBLEMS. Please don't let me know if they can't."
-helenish

Comments

[callsigns.livejournal.com]

The link is bad, darling, and I did so want to see it.

Erm, I haven't been terribly active in the reccing process, but my recs journal is fixtion and fixtion.livejournal.com/tag/bsg will take you to the BSG stories I've got up there. All 3 or 4 of them. But they're gooood.

Do you need another hole in your head? Do you watch Supernatural? I seem to have acquired an extra set of episodes 1 - 15.

[gjstruthseeker.livejournal.com]

The link works when I copy/paste it, but yeah, it doesn't show up as a link in the post. The HTML is good, too. Vex! Uh, try it like this:

http://www.defamer.com/hollywood/showtime/l-word-fans-invited-to-write-their-own-damn-hla-152143.php

You know, there is not an iota of compunction in me to read fic in BSG. I think it was throughadoor who said that it's a great show, and that's all I really have to say about it. I've been watching the episodes with Former Editor Mike, and mostly at the end of each one I just gape at the screen and want more. But more source material as opposed to fan material. Maybe because I'm happy with the directions they take (minus the unfortunate Duella/Apollo business, but please no other spoilers - I feel lame enough for knowing that's coming, and its circumstances). I think they tell full stories and I'm happy with the pace of the unfolding process (i.e. I don't feel like issues are being ignored, unlike other Sc-Fi shows I could name.) But if I get the itch, I'll know where to look.

You know, Supernatural may be sweeping the nation, but I've got all the television I can handle. I'm planning to tape a stray episode on the DVR and give it a whirl, but you should find a properly loving home for those episodes. Many thanks for the offer though.