A Few Fannish Things (Multi-Fandom)

[moonshayde]

1. I am offically staying out of the explosion over SGA/SG-1 casting and plot spoilers. I've reached a point where I cannot get involved in those debates anymore if I still want to enjoy myself. I don't even watch SGA anymore. But I want to enjoy SG-1 while it lasts. (It's too bad too because I actually like all the characters. I just like some more than others.)

2. I have not decided yet whether to watch SG-1 now or wait until April. Part of me wants to watch but another part of me wants to wait and continue my SG-1 vacation. And it makes the show last longer. I don't know. So torn. Tooooorn. But I appreciate how awesome you all have been and haven't spoiled me. Thanks *hugs*

3. I am still set on continuing to play in my little happy SG-1 online. You all with me? Or at least some of you? I still want to have fun after the show is gone. We can still write and joke and laugh...it's fun here on LJ. I need some people to have fun with me since I've sort of left 99% of the fandom behind. (Forums, lists, and groups how I miss you!)I feel like we can make our own fandom filled with sanity...mostly.

4. On a big Smallville kick again. Yes, indeed. I don't really consider myself part of the fandom though. I'm not so into the fandom thing anymore. But it's my angst-free show. It's just fun for me. I'd forgotten what it was like to watch a show just for fun. It's so very nice. I haven't abandoned SG-1 though. I'm just tired of the SG-1 fandom drama. And I'm missing Jack :(

5. I hope to watch some more Farscape soon. I'm getting closer to the end of Season 3. I hear The Choice is next and that it's a good Aeryn-angst episode. I like when CB is angsty.

6. I have some MacGyver to watch. Anyone interested in this newbie's thoughts on that show? I'll be posting my thoughts anyway. I need to get some RDA somehow...

7. In the next couple of months, I may start rewatching SG-1 from the beginning or X-Files. We'll see.

8. I want to watch the first season of Supernatural. But I have been holding off because I have the sneaking suspicion it's exactly like an original fic I have outlined.

9. I will be making more icons. They're stress relief for me, but I'll share if anyone wants them anyway. I'll probably play with Smallville, SG-1, and Farscape.

10. I don't really have a ten, but I look forward to continuing to share fannish thoughts with you all. The last few weeks I've complained mostly about work. I'm hoping to switch gears and have some more fun now. You know, in between writing my original fic :)

Comments

[destina.livejournal.com]

Re 3, I'm still around, more or less. Just hasn't been much SG-1 to talk about, of late. But there will be soon. :)

[surreallis.livejournal.com]

I'm with ya. As a Sam fan, sometimes I have to stand up and scream "Bite me!" at the Sam bashers, but otherwise, I prefer to just ignore most everyone who isn't on my flist.

I've been thinking that I need to watch more classic SG-1. I think the lack of it might be hindering my fic writing somewhat. Maybe we should have a community where we watch an ep or two a week and discuss! ;) Only tolerant, sane fans need apply.

Otherwise, I might just do it on my LJ.

MAC! Mac is glee. I'd love to hear your thoughts. Although, if you say ahead of time what you're watching, I'll watch it too. I have a lot of DVD eps I haven't seen yet.

[hawk-17.livejournal.com]

Definitely post your thoughts on MacGyver. I would love the hear a "newbies thoughts"... I love the show, but it's certainly nothing new and thus isn't discussed neat enough. 8D

[hawk-17.livejournal.com]

near* enough. sorry, typo. =x

[6beforelunch.livejournal.com]

1. I'm staying out of it too. I've been completely spoiled for it, but I've decided I'm just going to roll with the punches. I'm an on-again, off-again SGA fan anyway. If season 4 is good, I'll watch. If not, I won't. I'm not going to let meta casting!drama take over the show for me.

3. I'm with you! *g* I'm going to start re-watching SG1 from the beginning soon, (I just watched the movie over the weekend) and I think it'll be fun to see them progress from the beginning knowing how it ends.

5. Farscape! I've watched most of the first season. I am in love with this show.

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

Yay! Join the party train!

I still love SG-1. I've just really been enjoying this break, you know? But it's like coming home to family. I want my family to stay around with me ;)

[6beforelunch.livejournal.com]

Maybe we should have a community where we watch an ep or two a week and discuss! ;) Only tolerant, sane fans need apply.

I think that's a great idea. It'll be like a Stargate book club, except with DVDs and .avi files instead of books. *g*

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

I know you feel the need to protect Sam. I understand. Sometimes I feel the same when it comes to Daniel. I protect Sam as well. I find myself arguing in favor of Jack or Cameron. It's hard to hear that kind of thing. It's very hard.

I have this love/hate thing going on with fandom. I'm so sick of the drama in every corner. it gets old after a while. I'm not asking for everyone to agree with me. I pretty much like all the characters. (Not so much Vala, but I don't hate her.) But I'm just feeling the lack of love, I guess. I don't want to be bogged down by spoilers and casting and ship this and ship that. I just want to enjoy. And I'm missing Jack so very much. I love Cameron, but I miss the classic team muchly. So classic SG-1 might do the trick.

I only have 2 seasons of Mac right now, so you probably have already seen them. But I'll give you advance warning anyway ;)

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

At least I have season pre-mullet. I don't know how I can handle the later seasons if I ever get to watch them. I might be giggling too much ;)

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

I've discovered the "stick your fingers in your ear and go lalalalala" method is quite effective.

You know, if we're all considering watching SG-1 again from the beginning soon, maybe surrealphantast is onto something. We'd just have to make sure it's a sane, happy place where our own biases don't get the better of us and make us go wacko.

So, you're digging Farscape? I'm not in love with the show, but it's nejoyable enough. Again, it's angst-free for me. The show is angst-full, but since I came in after the show is ended, I don't feel all the stresses of shipper wars and fights and such that happen in fandom. it's a beautiful thing ;)

[eregyrn.livejournal.com]

I third that idea. :) That would be fun, and give me a structure for rewatching early eps, which I've been wanting to do. I'm still totally around for SG1. I haven't picked up any new media loves, even though sometimes it feels like everybody around me attracts them like magnets. I'm non-magnetic, apparently. Whatever you call that.

(I'm DLing and watching the new SG1s. Well, I did it for the first one, and will doubtless keep it up. Will take note and be careful not to spoil you. I understand what you mean about wanting to take a longer vacation and make the show laaaaast. I just have no impulse control. If I know it's there to be had, I find it really hard not to do it.)

I'm also staying way, way far away from all the SGA/SG1 casting drama. It's actually not touching my particular flist all that much, thankfully. I mean, I'm seeing some meta about it, but I'm not seeing the actual horrid upheaval and the bashing and stuff. Everyone on my flist is totally sane about it.

I'd love to hear your thoughts about Mac, and have a chance to talk about those eps! That'd be keen. ('Cause, as the lady says, MAC IS GLEE!)

[martyfan.livejournal.com]

I'll definitely still be writing fic long after the series ends. We still have the movies to look forward to, as well, so that helps a little.

I think I've totally missed all the SG-1 fandom drama. I don't hang out in the communities where this happens, perhaps. I just write fic, read fics that look interesting (bypassing most if not all Sam/Jack and other such ships that I dislike), and watch episodes. And I enjoy them. And occasionally discuss them with other fans, or even some non-fans (I have apologized over and over for ranting about SG-1 and SGA to a friend of mine who is not in the fandom, but I've fangirled enough to her that she's got a pretty good grasp on canon even without having watched an episode, and I did talk her into watching "200" and she loved it, and this is a run-on sentence that will end now).

[syxp.livejournal.com]

That's a great idea. It would give me a reason to dust off the DVD's.

sharon

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

You sly devil. You're like the Ori and using conversion tactics ;)

[martyfan.livejournal.com]

Mwahahaha. Hollowed are the Ori fangirls!

[surreallis.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know. I think I've gotten to the point where I can rant and then I feel fine again, but it's easy to be dragged down by fandom's idiocy.

As for Mac, I skipped around a lot while watching eps, so I've seen a lot less than you think I have. And in any case, Mac is always gleeful to watch, so lead on!

SG-1 ep watching club seems like a go! Whoo! I must think on this...

[surreallis.livejournal.com]

I'm non-magnetic too. I just, I can't imagine anything hitting me the way Sg-1 did. And I just cannot get into Supernatural, which is where all the glee is nowadays.

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

Apparently, your idea has quite the demand. I know one person on my flist, superbadgirl has been rewatching an episode a week for a long time, but could never get anyone to jump on board with her. I still think it's a good idea, though :) I might be willing to give it a shot now that the show is close to ending.

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

If you need any help, I'd be willing to give it a go.

And ugh, why can everyone rant and be fine but me? LOL

I still blame it on lack of Jack. I need me some Jack. JACK!

*is a bad Daniel fan*

[6beforelunch.livejournal.com]

I don't feel all the stresses of shipper wars and fights and such that happen in fandom. it's a beautiful thing ;)

Exactly. And, I don't have to wonder if the show will get picked up for another season or wonder if TPTB will end up running it into the ground. Closed fandoms can be very nice sometimes.

[shutthef-up.livejournal.com]

Oh, honey, I left the public forums, etc, a looong time ago. I'm not someone who can debate and argue and not have it affect my enjoyment of the show. I start second guessing everything and end up miserable. I don't deal with fandom drama well.

You'll just find me being Cuba and hanging out on my LJ.

I've read the spoilers and casting changes and such and kind of go 'meh' over them. I refuse to get too upset about it. Been there, done that, wore out the tee-shirt. I focus on the stuff that makes me happy and try to tune out the stuff that might not. Because, really, nothing all that dire has ever transpired on SG-1, despite all the wailing and tearing of hair.

Which is my personal opinion only. I don't mind Jack being gone all that much, but I'm very, very glad that he's kept 'alive' and we see him from time to time.

I've downloaded the first SG-1 ep, but other than the first few minutes to make sure it works, I've been able to hold off watching. The quality is good enough, but like a lot of transfers, it's really too dark to see what's going on anyway.

I really sort of want to watch it as the same time as my friends.

And yes, include me in the SG-1 retrospective thing. I had a blast watching Season 4 eps over the weekend.

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

Your icon wins.

I've been on this steady decline for oh...couple of years now. SG-1 was my first fandom. I never went that deep before. I've met amazing people. I've had horrific experiences. SG-1 has helped shape me and I am glad. I've learned many lessons.

I've been lucky enough to become surrounded by all different kinds of fans. I know shippers for every pairing. I know many types of slashers. I have team friends and orgy friends and gen friends. It's lovely.

I'm just constantly struggling against a tide of fandom baggage. Even though I've left most of fandom behind. I just mainly hang out here on my LJ. But I am very sensitive to things now over time. I want to just watch it, angst-free, like any other show. Just enjoy it as a whole instead of seeing this ship faction or that ship faction and oh, here comes this character taking over...it's hard not to think that way. I'm trying to deprogram myself. I watched most of S1-4 before I jumped into the fandom. I wasn't influenced then. I'm trying to get to a place where I can be sort of like that again. Or at least as close as possible.

But flist here is fun. It's fun to be fannish with people. i think the retrospective thing is a great idea.

[pellucid.livejournal.com]

I hear The Choice is next and that it's a good Aeryn-angst episode. I like when CB is angsty.

Oh, honey!!!

[suzannemarie.livejournal.com]

I'm with you. In a relaxed, laid back kind of way. I finally learned that that's the only fandom I can really do. For the most part I have to keep it on the light side (not 100%, but mostly) or my enjoyment of both show and the internets goes away.

I never watched MacGyver when it was first on. I finally watched some episodes on TVLand and discovered I enjoyed them. Now I'm just missing the final season from my collection. There are some real clunkers in the group, but it's a fun show. And hey, it was the 80s, Every other person had a mullet! ;)

[cyren-2132.livejournal.com]

That sounds incredibly fun!