this post is probably crossing the TMI line

[minxy]

I'm home resting for a few hours, and regretting that I'm not more active here anymore, and therefore have no idea if anyone is around to talk to me. Time was, I would absolutely know who, in which timezone, would likely be a) online and b) interested in a fannish discussion.

Possibly the only thing I'm fannish about right now is the Hola! program I discovered when watching the Olympics. It let me (and my computer) be British for the purposes of listening to sane announcers and seeing the entirety of the events I wanted to see. But! Did you know I can also be Canadian, eh? Yes, and therefore stream hdtv.ca home improvement shows, which are much more generously provided about two hours North of where I actually live.

Anyway, I'm home with abdominal "issues" (see? I can be sensitive) which I have not really had since I was a little person. As a result, I am nostalgic for things that have given me comfort in the past. Before you ask, since the wedding plans have hit "BEARS!" levels of messed up, I'm really not craving my family, heh.

General affection to all of you!

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[princessofgeeks]

I so understand about being Over the Wedding. I know you will have fun on the day, and that is the main thing. Sometimes the family gets a little wacky over the wedding. It's a big deal.

Hope you feel better soon!

BBC Sherlock seems to be the fandom that has everything! Fanfic for every taste. I didn't fall in love with the canon, so I rarely read it, (unless karmageddon or kres posts something, lol), but I do read recs from time to time. Did you read that big AU that abundantly queer wrote? Of them both in Afghanistan? I knew her work from Lotrips, so I checked it out.

I read a wonderful Mary/Sherlock/John fic a long time ago that was Sherlock as asexual. It was really good. I'm sure you're finding all kinds of juicy stuff.

SG1 is chugging along. We are small but mighty! The buzz right now is that the original PTB for the movie might be doing another movie sequel, independent of the shows.

Good luck on your job search.

*hugs*

[minxy]

Whyyyyyyyyy is it such a big deal? It's a large party where you dress up slightly more traditional and there's a brief performance at the beginning. Why they gotta flip out over little stuff? I'm the bride, I'm supposed to decide when we flip out. Which is never.

You know what's interesting to me about fannishness? I get fannish because I feel a canon has such potential and it is either a) incomplete or b) flawed in execution. Sometimes that's a limited vision of flawed that I only want to explore sometimes, but things like LOTR that you mentioned? I admired a great deal and felt no need to fix, so I never got fannish about it. Farscape too, I think (I may have just been too late to the party, though.) SG-1, on the other hand, I felt needed some band-aids and further explanations, and never went far enough! Such an amazing premise full of opportunities only the fans took advantage of. I was almost fannish about Star Trek TNG for the same "epic opportunities!" reason, I think, but would be more so now that I appreciate different aspects of the show. Back when it aired I was an innocent shipper and content with how the show explored it. Sherlock I do find flawed, partly because there aren't enough episodes for anyone at this point, but also partly because the characters are so (intentionally) flawed and that is wonderful to explore/explain/bandaid. What do you think creates fannishness in you?

[princessofgeeks]

WEDDING: Other people bring their baggage to the meaning of the event. Which kind of sucks, because as the BRIDE, it's supposed to be YOUR EVENT. Hang in there.

FANDOM: Mostly I look for chemistry. Jack/Daniel. Natasha/Clint. Blair/Jim. Etc. Even canons that are wonderful, like LOTR and The Vorkosigan Saga and The Left Hand of Darkness, I can enjoy fanfic for, because some writers are just so wonderful at filling in the blanks, extrapolating, or giving me something I didn't know I wanted.

But so far, I'm (for writing) all about the chemistry of the leads. For the canon itself, it's hard to say. I've fallen in love with canons from Dune to Due South. Each one is different. But LOTR is the home of my heart. The books, I mean.