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Mar. 2nd, 2006 03:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tenayaWe're back from the con. It was fun in a low key sort of way. I'm not quite sure where the different energy level came from, but I did re-up for next year.
Bunny was sick during the con then suffered the shock of discovering she'd left a number of her coordinating bits and pieces at the hotel. We called and they said they'd mail them back if they found them. Those bits and pieces were favorite bits and pieces and not replaceable. She is not happy. At all....
The main bit of illumination I got from the con was concerning SGA fandom and why it's so popular. The panelists we up front that the show isn't that well written, but in this case, it works in our fannish favor. It becomes a scaffolding that fans can decorate as they choose, with TPTB giving the fans some stuff, but it's exactly the type of stuff fans crave.
Speaking of craving, there are three definitions of crackfic. 1) the writer must have been on crack to write that. 2) I must be on crack to like this. 3)I'm craving more of this fic like an addict craves crack. Rodney as a worried turtle was mentioned a few times...I am going to have to find that story.
Apparently, fans have been leaving other fandoms en masse. The Enterprise fans weren't happy with the last season and came as a group. The Pop Slash fans tumbled into the SGA pool together. The Smallville fans arrive and were amazed at the continuity (I watch Smallville and can see why they'd think that.) Angel and Buffy fans came with their posses, too. Potter fans who had been looking for a way to leave the fandom for the last 2 years suddenly found the doornob. People who haven't shared a fandom in years are back together again. One person described it as a perfect fandom for fans who need a break from fandom.
So, everyone is enjoying the high, the freedom and the craziness and doing their own thing. For now....
Now it all makes sense. It also makes sense that just a portion of SG1 fans made the jump as SG1 fandom is not that free form.
Speaking of SG1, I finally saw Arthur's Mantle and enjoyed it. Daniel got to solve the puzzle. I quite liked the Daniel and Landry scenes, much more natural now. And Landry said at one point, "Mitchell, Carter and Daniel." The general called him Daniel. :::smiles::: Anyway, the story was fun and moved right along.
BG was pretty amazing. This is why it's a good thing to stick with a show through their awkward teenage years.
SGA was interesting, and that's a compliment. Ethical questions! Who'd have thunk? And was that the groundwork of a season ending cliffhanger there?
House! My, my! Did that patient hold up a mirror to Cameron on that little matter of wanting to sleep with the boss? THANK YOU!!!!
And Boston Legal. :::love, love, love::: Denny gets his house guest back. I wonder if Alan has a hidden agenda. *g*
Bunny was sick during the con then suffered the shock of discovering she'd left a number of her coordinating bits and pieces at the hotel. We called and they said they'd mail them back if they found them. Those bits and pieces were favorite bits and pieces and not replaceable. She is not happy. At all....
The main bit of illumination I got from the con was concerning SGA fandom and why it's so popular. The panelists we up front that the show isn't that well written, but in this case, it works in our fannish favor. It becomes a scaffolding that fans can decorate as they choose, with TPTB giving the fans some stuff, but it's exactly the type of stuff fans crave.
Speaking of craving, there are three definitions of crackfic. 1) the writer must have been on crack to write that. 2) I must be on crack to like this. 3)I'm craving more of this fic like an addict craves crack. Rodney as a worried turtle was mentioned a few times...I am going to have to find that story.
Apparently, fans have been leaving other fandoms en masse. The Enterprise fans weren't happy with the last season and came as a group. The Pop Slash fans tumbled into the SGA pool together. The Smallville fans arrive and were amazed at the continuity (I watch Smallville and can see why they'd think that.) Angel and Buffy fans came with their posses, too. Potter fans who had been looking for a way to leave the fandom for the last 2 years suddenly found the doornob. People who haven't shared a fandom in years are back together again. One person described it as a perfect fandom for fans who need a break from fandom.
So, everyone is enjoying the high, the freedom and the craziness and doing their own thing. For now....
Now it all makes sense. It also makes sense that just a portion of SG1 fans made the jump as SG1 fandom is not that free form.
Speaking of SG1, I finally saw Arthur's Mantle and enjoyed it. Daniel got to solve the puzzle. I quite liked the Daniel and Landry scenes, much more natural now. And Landry said at one point, "Mitchell, Carter and Daniel." The general called him Daniel. :::smiles::: Anyway, the story was fun and moved right along.
BG was pretty amazing. This is why it's a good thing to stick with a show through their awkward teenage years.
SGA was interesting, and that's a compliment. Ethical questions! Who'd have thunk? And was that the groundwork of a season ending cliffhanger there?
House! My, my! Did that patient hold up a mirror to Cameron on that little matter of wanting to sleep with the boss? THANK YOU!!!!
And Boston Legal. :::love, love, love::: Denny gets his house guest back. I wonder if Alan has a hidden agenda. *g*
