Daily Pilots Post

[dramaturgca.livejournal.com]

Two questions today:

1. What's your personal fanon for how Starbuck and Apollo got their callsigns? There's no official reason given in the show (I'm told Kara's is explained in one of the comics, which I have but haven't read yet, but having read most of the comics, I'm rather loathe to count them as any kind of canon) but there has to be a reason she came out Starbuck and he Apollo. (Because there were characters with those names in the original is NOT a valid reason)

2. What advice would you give to a person for whom BSG was her/his first "real" fandom? How would you explain fandom to a newbie?

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[cosetteferaud.livejournal.com]

2. Fandom? It’s really difficult to explain it to someone who doesn’t know anything about this phenomenon and doesn’t fall in love with fictional characters like I (we) do. I’d say it is an… addiction (and I am with anon above, I am still not sure how healthy it is… it’s important to find a balance, I think). The thing I love the most about it (especially my fandom, the K/L shipper ghetto) is that brings together so many incredibly intelligent, well-educated and awesome people who understand life in a similar way.

Also, BSG is my first –and probably my last fandom. It’s been wonderful, it's so comforting to know that you are not crazy and that some people just get your feelings for these characters... but I am not sure if I want to become so emotionally invested in another show again… It’s been an emotionally draining experience.