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no_takebacksHappy Monday Shipper Nation!! I'm Liz and I'm excited to be your DPP driver this week. I've got games, memes, ficlets, and other goodies planned so I hope you'll drop by throughout the week.
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sci_fi_shipper for an amazing week full of insightful discussion, gorgeous and adorable artwork and scenarios for happy pilots, comment!fic, pilots playlists, and loads of fun!! Great work, hon!!
And now, I'd like to introduce the Return of the Friending Meme!!
shah_of_blah had a lovely idea about two months ago to host a "friending meme" DPP. During my time in K/L fandom, I've been continually impressed by how wonderfully kind and supportive everyone here has been. It's an absolute pleasure to be part of this community. When I saw Shah's meme, I thought to myself that we should really do that on a regular basis to renew old friendships, get to know more about one another, and welcome newcomers to the community. I've also been chatting with some new (to me) people recently and realized that a number of you aren't on my flist. This problem must be rectified!!
In that spirit, I've put together some "getting to know you questions" so we all can introduce or reintroduce ourselves. I encourage using this opportunity to add fellow shippers to your flists. (p.s.--You'll notice I've tried to make the questions short and sweet (when vs. why, etc.) since we've had many discussions of why we're here or why K/L is our OTP. While you are certainly welcome to include that info, I am hoping the quick answer format will encourage participation...and friending...of old, middle, and new guard shippers since posting should be a quick, painless five minutes.
The questions:
1. Your username, callsign if applicable, +/- anything else you prefer (or don't mind) being called.
2. When did you start watching bsg?
3. When did you enter fandom?
4. Is K/L your first/only fandom or are you a multi-fandom type?
5. Have you done things you never dreamed you would in order to participate in fandom? Examples?
6. Any current projects you want to advertise?
7. If you were stranded on a desert island and could only have 5 bsg episodes, which would you take? I'll allow an arc to count as one entry to make things a little easier.
8. What do you do in the few minutes that you aren't obsessing over K/L?
Now, go on, friend, chatter, and be merry!!
First, a huge shout-out to
sci_fi_shipper for an amazing week full of insightful discussion, gorgeous and adorable artwork and scenarios for happy pilots, comment!fic, pilots playlists, and loads of fun!! Great work, hon!! And now, I'd like to introduce the Return of the Friending Meme!!
shah_of_blah had a lovely idea about two months ago to host a "friending meme" DPP. During my time in K/L fandom, I've been continually impressed by how wonderfully kind and supportive everyone here has been. It's an absolute pleasure to be part of this community. When I saw Shah's meme, I thought to myself that we should really do that on a regular basis to renew old friendships, get to know more about one another, and welcome newcomers to the community. I've also been chatting with some new (to me) people recently and realized that a number of you aren't on my flist. This problem must be rectified!!In that spirit, I've put together some "getting to know you questions" so we all can introduce or reintroduce ourselves. I encourage using this opportunity to add fellow shippers to your flists. (p.s.--You'll notice I've tried to make the questions short and sweet (when vs. why, etc.) since we've had many discussions of why we're here or why K/L is our OTP. While you are certainly welcome to include that info, I am hoping the quick answer format will encourage participation...and friending...of old, middle, and new guard shippers since posting should be a quick, painless five minutes.
The questions:
1. Your username, callsign if applicable, +/- anything else you prefer (or don't mind) being called.
2. When did you start watching bsg?
3. When did you enter fandom?
4. Is K/L your first/only fandom or are you a multi-fandom type?
5. Have you done things you never dreamed you would in order to participate in fandom? Examples?
6. Any current projects you want to advertise?
7. If you were stranded on a desert island and could only have 5 bsg episodes, which would you take? I'll allow an arc to count as one entry to make things a little easier.
8. What do you do in the few minutes that you aren't obsessing over K/L?
Now, go on, friend, chatter, and be merry!!
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Part 1
Date: 2010-09-27 06:04 pm (UTC)1. Your username, callsign if applicable, +/- anything else you prefer (or don't mind) being called.
Official username is
2. When did you start watching BSG?
I got hooked in November 2007, and started poking around in the fandom shortly thereafter, although I was quite intimidated at first and mostly lurked. (I think I was taking my cues from Star Wars, which unfortunately is not one of the most welcoming fandoms on earth. Thankfully, BSG fandom is almost completely the opposite, at least in my experience!)
3. When did you enter fandom?
As I said, I mostly lurked until about January '08, partly because I hadn't seen the whole series yet and didn't want to be spoiled. I caught up the week before Season 4.0 came out, and I wrote several short fics at that point, which were so horrifyingly bad that they will never ever see the light of day. ;) I think I started actually posting fic in February, and being a multishipper, I dabbled with writing both my main pairings. The rest is pretty much history!
4. Is K/L your first/only fandom or are you a multi-fandom type?
Oh, I am definitely a multifandom girl, although lately it seems like I can only focus on one fandom, that being BSG. Silly brain. ;) But as I alluded to above, my first foray into online fandom was actually through the Star Wars fandom, and I was a pretty prolific fanfic writer there by the time I found BSG. (I have other fandoms too, such as Six Feet Under and True Blood - I am an incurable Alan Ball fanatic - but I don't write for those.) I'm also a multishipper, and proud of it too! ;P In BSG my main ships are Kara/Lee and Kara/Sam, while in SW I ship Obi-Wan/Padmé and Anakin/Padmé (with a little Anakin/Obi-Wan on the side).
Part 2
Date: 2010-09-27 06:05 pm (UTC)Well, I think me jetting down to Atlanta for Dragon*Con 2010 on a total unplanned impulse is a pretty good example! ;) I almost never do stuff like that, but in this case I'm SO glad I did, because I had an awesome time. :D Overall, though, I think fandom has made me a stronger person and a better writer, more able to take criticism and to recognize when to accept that constructive criticism and when not to. It's taught me, in part, to stand up for what I believe in and not to be afraid to be a little different. Which of course are lessons that can nicely be applied to real life too!
6. Any current projects you want to advertise?
I'm really kind of touchy about the self-promotion thing - as those who know me can attest! - but I guess I will mention that the major project I have going on in BSG fandom right now is a Kara/Lee longfic, entitled Insanity Underrated. I've been writing it since March 2009, and it is based on the premise that one different decision by one character at a particular time can end up having far-reaching consequences for both that character and the universe as a whole. In this case, Lee decides to visit Kara one night in sickbay after her rescue from the desert moon, and he takes her up on the bath request. I'm currently writing Chapter 68, and the fic is in mid-Season 3. I hope to have it finished completely by the end of this year. :)
Another shipper-related project, sort of, that I'm a part of is the new Lee icon stillness community,
my accomplices7. If you were stranded on a desert island and could only have 5 BSG episodes, which would you take? I'll allow an arc to count as one entry to make things a little easier.
1. The Act of Contrition/You Can't Go Home Again arc
2. The Kara on Caprica arc
3. Unfinished Business
4. The Eye of Jupiter/Rapture arc
5. He That Believeth In Me/Six of One
(But really I think I'd try to smuggle all my DVD sets onto said desert island! XD)
8. What do you do in the few minutes that you aren't obsessing over K/L?
In "real life", I am a journalist and senior subeditor at a small community newspaper, where I've worked since 2006. I live with three cats, Minnie, Misty and Sam (yes, he's named after one Samuel T. Anders) and I spend a ton of time in winter being a crazy hockey fan. :D
Re: Part 2
Date: 2010-09-27 06:47 pm (UTC)6. IU is so completely on my to-be-read list. I can't wait.
Awwww, you guys are so cute..."iconic_lee"!! Yes, we must spread the Lee love. Maybe I should make a PSA for KaraThraceLives, kara_stillness, and LeeAdamaDaily too. (I'm sure there are others, but those pop out at me.)
7. I'm really enjoying seeing what people choose for this question. It's fascinating as a character study. ;)
You are welcome to try to smuggle all the DVDs, but if it is my island, S4 and S4.5 might get tossed into the ocean. :P
8. I'm always super impressed with people who can make a living in the arts (writing, theater, etc.). You rock, babe!!
Okay, I can deal with the cat named Sam as long as you do not also have a cat named Kara. This statement has absolutely nothing to do with K/L vs. K/S. (Well, at least not much to do with K/L vs. K/S.) As a vet I have seen so many "paired" kittens and such. It never ends well. One will either die an early death and leave a Darcy without a Lizzie...or they will both die tragically of the exact same disease (non-infectious) within months of each other, as was the case with Yin and Yang. ;)
Re: Part 2
Date: 2010-09-28 12:16 am (UTC)6. Aww, thanks! *grin* The fic's not going anywhere, so take your time. :)
7. Hee, I can imagine! The only reason I'd want to bring 4.0 along is for the HTBIM and SoO scenes - and, well, I can't resist that final K/S scene from S4.5. But the rest of it can go in the ocean. ;)
8. Thanks again! :D The job is probably not a "forever" thing - career-wise it's a bit of a dead end - but it pays the bills, which is the most important thing right now. Heh. Re names: I have a computer named Kara, does that count? ;) Seriously though, I know exactly what you mean, and while having a named pair is attractive on some levels, it just happened to work out that I have a Sam now, and two others with unrelated names. Although I guess I wouldn't also want to have a "Mickey" since I already have Minnie!
Re: Part 2
Date: 2010-09-28 02:06 am (UTC)Re: Part 2
Date: 2010-09-28 06:18 am (UTC)Are you serious? Wow. See, this just gets my Sag mind going nuts. Wow.
Re: Part 2
Date: 2010-09-29 04:25 am (UTC)Like "Jelly" and "Ellie"...the two housemate dogs that both decided eating a shitload of ibuprofen (toxic to animals) would be a great plan. They did fine but they ran up a $3000 bill for their owner as they both needed to be in hospital on fluids, charcoal (to decontaminate), and GI meds for a full 72 hours, costing ~$1500 each.
Or "Romeo" and "Juliet"...I don't think there was anything too wrong with those cats beside that they were both evil and huge! I mean, you had to sedate them to touch them. (And I am the cat whisperer. I can usually work out some sort of arrangement where the cat lets me work with it without eating me as long as I fully acknowledge that it is only by their choice that I am not getting shredded.) R+J didn't play that way. Especially since they were both about 25 pounds and so could probably eat my whole hand and still be hungry.
Dude, I'm telling ya, just don't do it. :P
Oh, or the BEST one! One of my friends got two hamsters and named them Puff and Omar. (I don't know why she was feeling the rap vibe, but whatever.) Um, well, Puff was larger than Omar and one day he decided to eat Omar while my friend was at work.
Re: Part 2
Date: 2010-09-27 11:27 pm (UTC)Re: Part 2
Date: 2010-09-27 11:31 pm (UTC)Re: Part 2
Date: 2010-09-27 11:34 pm (UTC)An WHO exactly brought up the IDEA?!?!? *sticks tongue out*
Re: Part 2
Date: 2010-09-29 01:19 am (UTC)Re: Part 1
Date: 2010-09-27 06:34 pm (UTC)1. I was never big into Star Wars, but you know I love me some Kara. It is a necessary component for our cylon model. ;)
2. I love bsg fandom. With a few exceptions (which, you as a multi-shipper, are certainly aware of), everyone here is welcoming and wonderful.
3. Oh not fair!! You should show us the horribly bad to comfort those of us just starting out with fic. ;)
4. I find it fascinating that you ship multiple partners with the same main character in both fandoms. I think that would be more challenging than two completely different ships (A/R and K/L vs. K/S and K/L for example.)