DPP: The Reason

[kl-shipper1.livejournal.com]

We're all shippers because we share a love of Kara and Lee together, for our own individual reasons. But my question for you all today is why are we here? More specifically, what made each and every one of us seek out a fandom and community, instead of just loving Kara/Lee while you were watching and ending it at that?

Why did some of us choose to write fic online about pilots instead of talking/ranting about the things you hated to a friend or family member who watched BSG?

What brought you to no_takebacks?

(Also, remember Wednesday's game and how I said there was going to be a winner and prize? Well, the winner was word_vomity, so it would be great if she could send some prompts (like the ones at the_applecart) and maybe some desired scenes for icons.)

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[n-e-star.livejournal.com]

The quick answers is, canon wasn't giving what I wanted.

[useyourlove.livejournal.com]

It's been my habit since I was a kid in the days of Harry Potter fandom to seek out shippy corners of stuff that I enjoy. I did force a few people irl to watch BSG so I could talk about it with them, but it's still just so much more fun here for some reason. Like n_e_star said, basically the show wasn't giving me what I wanted (and when it was there just wasn't enough of it) so I went forth in search of fic and fandom and stumbled upon this comm. I'm forever grateful that I did, given the kinds of fights I get into with general BSG fans in other places. It's always nice to come back here.

[scifishipper.livejournal.com]

Because I couldn't stop crying?

Thank the gods for fic and fellow shippers with hearts as broken as mine. Still is. Will forever be.

*MASSIVE SHIPPER HUGS*

(http://s784.photobucket.com/albums/yy126/scifishipper/BSG/BSG%20GIFS/?action=view&current=karaleeresurrectionhug-1.gif)

(http://s784.photobucket.com/albums/yy126/scifishipper/BSG/BSG%20GIFS/?action=view&current=prezhug.gif)

(http://s784.photobucket.com/albums/yy126/scifishipper/BSG/BSG%20GIFS/?action=view&current=gratefullee.gif)

(http://s784.photobucket.com/albums/yy126/scifishipper/BSG/BSG%20GIFS/?action=view&current=captainshandhug.gif)

[word-vomity.livejournal.com]

Because I couldn't stop crying?

That pretty much sums it up for me. And if not crying, caught in a state of deep ennui.

[winegums.livejournal.com]

**hugs you back**

Shippers are the only people who can even begin to soothe my post-Daybreak devastation. My family doesn't watch American tv and my BSG-watching friends simply don't get pilots.

This has all been a wonderful misunderstanding!

[word-vomity.livejournal.com]

I won something?! *dances wildly* Boo yah, bitches! No I kid, I kid, you are all wonderful and not bitchy in the slightest. Except for that word_vomity chick, she is awful. :D

But now I must prompt? Don't you know that I am a prompt failure? I've been kicked out of the prompting club for insufficient promptiness. True story.

OK, here is my lame-o attempt...

Secret Touches
Close Your Eyes
Slow Dancing in a Crowded Room

and for icon scenes...

something from Kara playing the piano in Someone To Watch Over Me or Kara & Lee playing with the hose.

I'd also enjoy a triple fudge brownie. I wanna get chocolate wasted right now.:P

[callmeonetrack.livejournal.com]

When I started watching BSG, I loved Kara Thrace instantly and I wanted ALL THE THINGS ABOUT KARA. I had previously started a livejournal right before (a few months or so) before I started watching BSG on DVD. So it was easy to seek out fandom things on LJ, during the hiatus between S3 and S4 is when I really got involved, and started to post fic. Kara's relationships intrigued me, and the one that intrigued me most was with Lee. So I joined SASA and Beyond Insane and started following people and actually writing/posting fic...and didn't look back!

No Takebacks only came into being a while after the finale, when folks decided they were ready to rewatch. After they died out and folks started slipping away from fandom for the most part, I was still kicking around and sad that folks weren't posting about pilots anymore so I came up with the DPP idea and the mods here let me run with it. :) And thankfully all you wonderful folks have come along and participated and signed up to host and kept the flame alive. Wheeee!

[winegums.livejournal.com]

I am and always will be so very grateful to you for starting the DPPs, bb, and for the community that's built up here. <3

If it hadn't been for n_t, I'd still be floundering in a sea of 'NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!' and 'WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY????' that the show sent me into, especially after I got over my post-Daybreak shock and started getting angry about things. Fic helps, sure, but mainly it's the knowledge that so many other people saw pilots for the epic romance that they were and wanted them together.

[apodixis.livejournal.com]

So after watching Maelstrom the first time I was like. FRAK THIS, FRAK THAT, FRAK THIS SHOW. THIS IS BULLSHIT. SOMEONE ELSE HAS TO FEEL THAT KARA AND LEE WERE MEANT FOR EACHOTHER, I BET THEY ARE ON FANFICTION.COM AND I BET THEY HAVE WRITTEN FANFIC ABOUT IT. So I went over there, changed it to browse by characters Starbuck + Apollo, thinking oh maybe I'd intentionally spoil myself by reading a fic description that talked about her coming back but the first story summary was like "After Kara dies..." And I was back to FRAK THIS, FRAK THAT, SHE CANT REALLY BE DEAD. I vowed to not read fanfic until I finished the show because I realized I realllly didn't want to be spoiled even if for a moment I thought I did.

And then I finished the show...was seriously weepy. Poor frakking Lee gets the worst ending out of everyone. He's completely, utterly, alone. Maybe he is better off at the end of the show than he was at the start, but still. Boy did not deserve that. So then I returned to FF to fill my need and read to my hearts content. Then I followed some usernames over to LJ and found this lovely community here and it's been great.

Why do I write fic and read it and do all of that here instead of ranting to family/friends? Wellllll the simple answer is that the people I know who watched and enjoyed BSG have just moved on from it. They saw the show, liked it, and that was it for them. I'm also aghast that some people watched the show and DIDN'T see how much Starbuck and Apollo were meant to be together! I've got friends who really loved Helo/Sharon, others who were more focused on Gaius/everyone. I guess that's the great thing about a show like BSG, there's so much room for everyone to have their own little thing about it, and K/L just happens to be mine.

In short, I've had my ships over the years from tvs and movies and never really been able to talk about them with people who cared, so I'm deliriously happy I found everyone here!

[winegums.livejournal.com]

Because my heart was completely and utterly broken and I COULD NOT BEAR THIS ALONE.