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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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Date: 2010-09-27 10:27 am (UTC)1. thegreenkitty, callsign Trooper, you're also welcome to call me Liz
2. 2008 during early S4
3. lurking in 2008, active since 2009
4. K/L is my first and only fandom.
5. learned how to post picspam, fanmixes, written drabbles, read fanfic, gone to a con, currently working on learning to vid and make icons...oh, and chopped my hair with a pocket knife one night...inspired by Kara in Torn, also considering a tattoo of "nothing but the rain"
6. maybe ;)
7. UB/UBex, Home 1+2, Captain's Hand, AoC/YCGHA, Scar
8. reading classic literature, theater, veterinary medicine, exploring/travel, sleep
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Date: 2010-09-27 11:02 am (UTC)ninjamonkey73, callsign Blackbird, many humans call me Amy
2. When did you start watching bsg?
New Years Eve (2009/2010)
3. When did you enter fandom?
March 2010
4. Is K/L your first/only fandom or are you a multi-fandom type?
It's not my first internet fandom (Star Trek: Voyager REPRESENT!), and not my only at the moment (Castle), although it IS the only one I actively participate in.
5. Have you done things you never dreamed you would in order to participate in fandom? Examples?
Um, write p0rn and post it on the internet?
6. Any current projects you want to advertise?
My current project is not fandom related, actually, although the fandom (and fandom writers) have helped inspire me to get back to writing the original novel I started 13 years ago. If I get a draft finished by the end of this year like I want to, I might write a Lee/Kara kink where Lee is the Dominant. But stopping what I'm working on would be wrong. I will NOT switch to writing kink instead. I *promised* myself I'd finish this long-dormant, 13 year writing project. Really. Can't change gears right now. (Have I convinced me yet?)
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.
The mini, Colonial Day/KLG I, Pegasus (for plot bunny reasons that may some day become apparent - they are, after all, not reporting to each other for about 5 minutes here), Scar, and Unfinished Business.
8. What do you do in the few minutes that you aren't obsessing over K/L?
I write medical software, mother a 5 year old girl, write things that aren't K/L p0rn, watch football, and my new obsession - canning things (after a few successful years of grape jam from grapes out of my husband's grandmother's yard, I canned apple butter this weekend. I feel all "Little House on the Prairie," yo).
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Date: 2010-09-27 01:55 pm (UTC)swamp_ariadne, callsign is SwampOphelia. you can call me Swamp.
2. When did you start watching bsg?
Season 1, Way back in 2004
3. When did you enter fandom?
From the start, I've always like Kara and Lee
4. Is K/L your first/only fandom or are you a multi-fandom type?
Multi-fandom. I didn't even know the words fandom or shipping and all that until this year when i realized that there was such a thing as fanfic.
5. Have you done things you never dreamed you would in order to participate in fandom? Examples?
Uhhh, write fanfic? I never thought I'd write porn!fic (and I don't do it for this fandom). Writing for this fandom is too intimidating.
6. Any current projects you want to advertise?
Mostly Smut week in the Dom/Ariadne ship comm. Actually, since it's the smallest ship comm in the whole Inception fandom, I advertise everywhere. Especially since in my head I see the Lee/Kara/Zak parallel with Ariadne/Dom/Mal. The Kara/Dom hangups with dead people just scream at me.
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.
Unfinished Business/Quadrangle of Doom arc, 33, Islanded in a Stream of Stars, Scar, Colonial Day
8. What do you do in the few minutes that you aren't obsessing over K/L?
Obsessing over other doomed ships. Maybe that's why my callsign is Ophelia. my ships drown in the swamp. :(
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Date: 2010-09-27 02:14 pm (UTC)We'll be gentle. Write away!
YAY! I LOVE FRIENDING MEMES!!!
Date: 2010-09-27 02:39 pm (UTC)2. When did you start watching bsg?
I watched the miniseries two days before "33" aired (I'd seen all the posters advertising the beginning of this new show and I was very intrigued by the Lee/Kara ones because I knew and loved Jamie Bamber from "Horatio Hornblower." And then I watched the miniseries and it was love at first sight (for the show and for Lee and Kara!)
3. When did you enter fandom?
Basically right after watching the first couple of episodes. I held out for the SciFi versions until "Bastille Day" and then right after "Act of Contrition" aired in the US, I couldn't wait any longer and had to download the entire season from the airings on Sky in England (the first season aired there first) and then I friended all sorts of BSG people, etc., etc. I think I wrote my first "Leecap" and first fic in February 2005. So I consider that my debut!
4. Is K/L your first/only fandom or are you a multi-fandom type?
No, I loved "Buffy" and "Angel" (though I didn't really write fic for them, but BOY did I discussdiscussdiscuss!) And I loved and wrote fic for the "Lord of the Rings" movies and I adore George R. R. Martin's "Song of Ice and Fire" books (from which I took my username!) Since BSG I've also been obsessed with HBO's "Rome" and "The Wire" (though I'm not FANDOM-Y per se there) and "Friday Night Lights."
5. Have you done things you never dreamed you would in order to participate in fandom? Examples?
Yes, I have made icons and learned how to embed videos, but most of all, I never thought I'd write fiction of any kind. Also, I coined some fandom terms that are still popular, so I rejoice everytime anyone mentions the Bamceps. I wish more people would use "eyemoting" for Tigh, though, because I'm really proud of that one :P
6. Any current projects you want to advertise?
Right now I'm working on what turned into an enormously long "five things" fic from Kara's POV (in which I'm spinning my own take on *poofs* and other things. Heh!)
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.
OH THIS IS HARD! OK, I'd take "33", "Hand of God", the Pegasus arc, "Scar", "The Captain's Hand", and "Unfinished Business", I think. And maybe I'd sneak in "Maelstrom" too :P (Although I'd also love to add the miniseries, I've seen it so many times I can practically recite the dialogue in my head anyway.) ETA: So ... my degrees are in economics, but I obviously cannot count. I also can't limit myself to five BSG episodes apparently!
8. What do you do in the few minutes that you aren't obsessing over K/L?
Heh! I obsess about other things :D (Well, mostly I play with and talk about my almost-three-year-old son, who is the most amazing chid in the universe. :P Well, I think so, anyway!)
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Date: 2010-09-27 02:58 pm (UTC)1. Your username, callsign if applicable, +/- anything else you prefer (or don't mind) being called.
kdbleu. Right now, I spend a lot of time as The Other Kate P. You can call me kate thought.
2. When did you start watching bsg?
March.
3. When did you enter fandom?
August?
4. Is K/L your first/only fandom or are you a multi-fandom type?
It’s the first I’ve been really active in.
5. Have you done things you never dreamed you would in order to participate in fandom? Examples?
No.
6. Any current projects you want to advertise?
I’m writing an original novel. My absurdly prous that I don't hate it.
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.
I will take all the episodes, thank you and just not watch the ones I don’t like. :P
8. What do you do in the few minutes that you aren't obsessing over K/L?
I have an almost 6 year old and a 2 ½ year old. So laundry and snacks.
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Date: 2010-09-27 03:29 pm (UTC)delle.
2. When did you start watching bsg?
let me count back.... I went to Dragon*Con 2007 with a friend that had already babbled on about this great reboot of the old series. Having no other panels to interest me, I attended all the BSG panels. And then got Jamie Bamber's autograph for my daughter's birthday. So having been introduced to this interested cast and gorgeous man in particular, I decided to try the show and ordered the first season/miniseries for christmas. Husband and I devoured it in days and then hurriedly ordered season 2. That's when we realized we were hooked.
3. When did you enter fandom?
oh, right after finished Season 1. so that would be about January, 2008
4. Is K/L your first/only fandom or are you a multi-fandom type?
I tend to be serial-monogamous. So when I'm in a particular fandom, that's the fandom I write in. BSG isn't my first (nor my last), but when it was IT, it was IT.
5. Have you done things you never dreamed you would in order to participate in fandom? Examples?
In BSG fandom or fandom in general? My best friends - there are 6 of us - were all met thru internet fandom. I've known them for 10 years now. Fandom (general fandom) got me to write again.
For BSG - well, I've always been as interested or more interested in the production people as the actors for a show. However, my 50th birthday present (from the above-mentioned best friends) was a photo op and autographed picture with Mary. I treasure it.
6. Any current projects you want to advertise?
No stories near completion at this time. And my costuming creating is connected with a different fandom.
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.
Minseries, 33, Hand of God, the mutiny arc, Eye of Jupiter, Scar
8. What do you do in the few minutes that you aren't obsessing over K/L?
Ha. Work. Sew. Write.
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Date: 2010-09-27 03:35 pm (UTC)1. Your username, callsign if applicable, +/- anything else you prefer (or don't mind) being called. Shah of Blah, Callsign Sunshine.
2. When did you start watching bsg? early 2007, around the end of season three I think.
3. When did you enter fandom? Lurked around LJ for a bit and posted on FFN before getting an lj on January 1, 2008.
4. Is K/L your first/only fandom or are you a multi-fandom type? My first fandom was Buffy the Vampire Slayer and other Jossverse creations. I sort of have other fandoms now (Doctor Who, for instance) but nothing on the scale of BSG.
5. Have you done things you never dreamed you would in order to participate in fandom? Examples? Uh, no...
6. Any current projects you want to advertise? Not as yet.
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. You Can't Go Home Again, Kobol's Last Gleaming, Home, Pegasus/Resurrection Ship, and The Captain's Hand.
8. What do you do in the few minutes that you aren't obsessing over K/L? I am a college student. I do college-y things. I write original fiction.
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Date: 2010-09-27 04:22 pm (UTC)Eeeee!! Your novel is on my to-be-read list. I am super excited about it!!
*squishes you* Of course Lee is the dom!! Why doesn't more of fandom realize this dynamic? It's fine to have Kara top if it's just for sex, but any sort of lifestyle dynamic would not work without Lee as dom. He's the one with the overarching principles to uphold. Kara's the one that benefits from Lee's fairly regular "kicks in the ass". It also gives her the freedom to be Kara while knowing that Lee will do his best to keep her from anything truly destructive. Doesn't always work, but then it doesn't always work in life either. (Besides, we all know that the sub holds the ultimate power...and I'm sure Kara would be more than willing to gleefully remind Lee of that fact.) ;)
Nice desert island choices. I excluded the mini because I feel like I know the K/L parts and the rest kinda bores me at this point. The others are all essential though.
What kind of medical software? That is fascinating. Do you mind me asking what type degree you have for that? (Is it more tech based and just happens that you do medical stuff or is it a combo of medical and tech knowledge?) *curious about varied job opportunities*
And nothing wrong w/ being domestic. Canned goods are yum!
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Date: 2010-09-27 04:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-27 04:33 pm (UTC)I am so impressed by the people who were with bsg from the beginning. I don't know how you dealt with the angst, but I also think it must have been such fun to get to see our pilots...and the story in general...develop weekly before your eyes. (At least for S1, 2, and maybe 3.)
I'm right with you on the fandom/shipping thing. I had no clue all this goodness existed until I found it while browsing online angsting over K/L.
There are so many good writers in this fandom. I love it. The thing with K/L shippers though is that everyone is so supportive. It's still intimidating, but you know people will have your back no matter what.
I need to watch Inception. There's good K/L-Inception crossover fic getting written!!
Interesting choice of epis. 33 almost made my list.
Are you an Indigo Girls fan? (The SwampOphelia callsign made me wonder.)
May I friend you?
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Date: 2010-09-27 04:36 pm (UTC)OK. You'll LOVE this. My college degree is in Elementary Education, but I had a change of heart and started looking for computer-related work. My company does whole-hospital software written in our own programming language, so they'll hire anyone off the street if they pass the aptitude test. Which I did.
I had been thinking career change and went to a job fair with my then-boyfriend-now-husband and brought a few resumes of mine. He didn't get a job from that fair, but I did! I'm a programming supervisor and everything now, which is sort of like teaching little kids. ;)
OMG, no more talk of kink! I have no time to add that project! Bad kitty! No matter how very true your observations are!
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Date: 2010-09-27 04:47 pm (UTC)Bamceps!! You are made of WIN. I love Jamie too. He's brilliant, funny, and seems like a genuinely good guy. The sequence of my K/L love went something like this: immediate love of Kara, quickly developed K/L love as the OTP to end all OTPs, then became more fascinated by Jamie and Lee, and, after dealing with some angst over Katee's interviews, of course fell in love with her too. Lately I've been rather focused on JB though. I saw his Celebrity Poker showing online the other night and loved that they called him "hot boy". He is adorable.
I can't wait to see your "Five Things" fic. Very exciting!
All great epi choices. It was hard to narrow down to five.
Heh back atcha. I obsess over other things too! Oh well. We could just not care and not obsess and that would be worse. At least we care. ;)
Congrats on your son. Three is a neat age...they are learning and exploring so quickly.
Thanks for posting!!
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Date: 2010-09-27 04:50 pm (UTC)It's great having you around here. Your comment!fic is awesome.
Just wait...you will get sucked into the chaos and you'll be making icons and all sorts of craziness. K/L does that to people. ;)
Wow, writing a novel and taking care of two young ones. That is impressive.
LOL on the epis. :P
Welcome to fandom!! It's an amazing group here. :)
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Date: 2010-09-27 04:59 pm (UTC)Oh, I am so jealous of you with D*C 2007, although I was in Europe at that time, so I can't complain too much. It would have been awesome to see the cast panels while the series was still going though. Super cool and LOL about Jamie. He does make a lasting impact. ;)
The serial-monogamy thing makes perfect sense to me. Fandom takes a good chunk of time. I can't see myself able to be active in more than one at a time. I don't know if I'll do others after K/L. Right now I tend to think not, but life is full of surprises. May I ask for which fandom you do costuming?
Interesting epi choices. All classics and varied subject matter.
It is unfortunate that we must work. Alas, I suppose it is a necessity.
May I friend you?
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Date: 2010-09-27 05:02 pm (UTC)2. When did you start watching bsg? We watched BSG in March of 2010…I’ve yet to decide if this was a good or bad thing.
3. When did you enter fandom? I was given a “BSG recovery kit”. In this kit were videos that I was instructed to watch as well as “required reading”. After reading the fictions, I was hopelessly addicted and at that point I was “lurking”. When Shah of Blah had her first friending meme, I came out of the closet and fell down the Rabbit Hole. I’m still stuck in the hole and my life hasn’t been the same since.
4. Is K/L your first/only fandom or are you a multi-fandom type? First and hopefully only EVER because it’s pretty consuming already. I wish that at some point I could just let it rest and put it behind me because there’s nothing worse than an obsession that has no resolution.
5. Have you done things you never dreamed you would in order to participate in fandom? Examples? Now don’t get mad here but I just assumed before I started reading all this stuff that fandom was a bunch of “losers” who had a tenuous hold on reality … at best. If that’s true, then I’m now one of them. HAHA. But really, I never would have dreamed that I would actually create a LJ account just to comment, start commenting about stuff to total strangers and even more absurdly, start email friendships with complete strangers and become good friends with them. I’ve been sucked into Twitter and if I didn’t have people grounding me around here, I would think I had entered THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
6. Any current projects you want to advertise? Yep, here’s the craziest thing of all. I have been threatening to write a book for years (even though I’m not a writer) and had even started making a list of topics this summer. One of you guys, who shall remain nameless, NAZKEY, encouraged me to start writing on my blog again and now I’m writing and publishing daily on ALL FOOKED UP. You guys can see the posts here as well but that’s my main site. Here’s the address: http://allfookedup.blogspot.com
I never would have taken the plunge without entering the BSG universe so Kudos to you guys.
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. Unfinished Business, Scar, Mini-series, 33 and whatever one that Brig scene is in.
8. What do you do in the few minutes that you aren't obsessing over K/L? I have three kids who seem to require attention even though they are old enough to forage by themselves. I paint, I sculpt and now apparently I write. I also read and spend my life in a narcissistic haze. That about covers it.
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Date: 2010-09-27 05:04 pm (UTC)I am curious about Jossverse. I've only seen a few BtVS epis, but I am thinking of starting with Firefly given its seeming appeal to many and the fact that it's a short time commitment.
Oh, I love your episode choices. Lots of people are choosing the Pegasus arc. I enjoyed it but I may go rewatch given the amount of love it's receiving.
May I ask what you're studying? (I was an English major with minors in theater, biology, and chemistry...and then I went on to become a vet. Life is strange that way.)
Original fiction is exciting!! Good luck and I have no doubt at all that it will be lovely!!
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Date: 2010-09-27 05:12 pm (UTC)Hee! K/L are addictive. I'm glad you came out of the closet, hon! It's fun around here.
As far as fandom, I completely hear you. BSG is my first (and possibly only) fandom I will join to this extent. I never really knew fandom existed and I certainly never expected to go to a sci-fi convention or anything else of such dorkish proportions. Oh well, it's done now and I love it here.
Yay for your blog!!
Nice epi choices.
Wow, I didn't know you sculpt and paint. That's completely awesome. I'd love to see some of your work!
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Date: 2010-09-27 05:14 pm (UTC)2. When did you start watching bsg?
I came into the show way late-- didn't pick it up until just before season 4.5 started up. We marathoned the whole thing to catch up before 4.5 aired. COULD. NOT. STOP. WATCHING.
3. When did you enter fandom?
Fairly immediately? But the A/R side. Didn't find you lovely folks until well after the finale.
4. Is K/L your first/only fandom or are you a multi-fandom type?
Multi-fandom! BSG is the fandom I've ever done anything other than lurk in, though. I used to read XF and SW fic back in the day, but I never participated in the fandoms.
5. Have you done things you never dreamed you would in order to participate in fandom? Examples?
Oh yeah. I wrote porn. And then I wrote more porn. I (very occasionally!) tuned out my profs during class to write fic. I have learned (and am still learning) to make icons, wallpapers, vids, banners, macros, and the internet in general.
6. Any current projects you want to advertise?
Lord no. :P Well, I am doing a Kara vidlet for
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?
Go to law school and daydream of throwing caution to the wind and opening a restaurant instead of being an attorney. (I love food so much more than the law.) Lately I've been going to concerts every weekend, which has been fab. I also watch a lot of television, though not necessarily shows that are currently airing. I've been on a mad Criminal Minds kick recently and it's renewed my childhood love of Mandy Patinkin, so I'm thinking of doing a Chicago Hope rewatch. Maybe some Sunday in the Park with George. Idk. It's my fannish obsession of the moment. My fickle heart always returns to Lee Adama, though.
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Date: 2010-09-27 05:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-27 05:20 pm (UTC)I like comment!fic since I'm writing something long else where.
I made the person who tried to teach me photoshop cry so I'm afraid of icon and pictures in general. *blush*
I'm also bringing the complete works of Shakespeare. :P
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Date: 2010-09-27 05:28 pm (UTC)