DPP: Meta-ing the Meta

[dannicawebb.livejournal.com]

 Happy Thursday, everyone! :)

Today I thought it would be cool to share some love for no_takebacks...this is such an amazing fandom community! I would love to hear your favorite thing about no_takebacks, what you enjoy (or what drives you nuts) about it, why it enriches your life, funny stories from your time here, or any other comm-love you'd like to share!

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[ninjamonkey73.livejournal.com]

Long, rambly story about my love of the comm...

This is not my first crazy internet fandom. My RL friends know this, but still I get the eyerolls when I try to share a funny-thing-happened-at-the-comm story. And then one day, after I had long ago given up trying to explain things, a friend who volunteers with a house rabbit rescue organization realized she's met people on the internet, then met up with them at conventions. ORLY?! The scifi/TV show bit still makes me seem somehow MORE kookie, sure, but now at least she gets finding people with similar interests and talking about stuff your other RL friends could give a flying frak about.

I've made a number of friends here. I've met a couple of folks in RL (aurora_0811 and lurkrealclose when the mini was shown at a Boston theatre), with talk of someday meetings others. We tweet, IM, exchange stories and emails. We rewatch, snark, and stare at pretty pictures and gifs. We share a love of teh angst. We do memes to share ourselves, we comment on each others' Facebook statuses. We fangirl (oh, do we fangirl) [I know I should be gender-neutral and fan-something-else for at least Dave's sake, but I'm stuck with fangirl].

We talk meta here- deconstruct characters and choices and scenes. We write poetry and comment!fic and epics. We post teh pretty. We get silly. We try to fix what The Powers That Be broke. We commiserate over the things about BSG and Kara and Lee that mean something to each of us. The conversations aren't always serious, but they're always respectful. Sometimes I read things that are so well-thought-out and reasoned that I cannot deny their blistering truth. And sometimes I'm moved by what someone has shared.

Sure, it was just a show. And sure, we're all faceless avatars who could really be anyone. But we share a common passion, and it's been nice to know that every day (or very nearly), I'll have something to read related to Starbuck and Apollo and their never-ending love of epic angst.

<3 <3 <3

[callmeonetrack.livejournal.com]

Well said, well said! I feel like it's the end of The Breakfast Club! "We are all fangirls, every one of us... (YES EVEN YOU DAVE!)" ;)

[damao2010.livejournal.com]

Sure, it was just a show. And sure, we're all faceless avatars who could really be anyone. But we share a common passion, and it's been nice to know that every day (or very nearly), I'll have something to read related to Starbuck and Apollo and their never-ending love of epic angst.

So say we all.

[dannicawebb.livejournal.com]

so very well said :) thank you for sharing!