Comments | aurora_0811: Fangirl Infidelity...fact or fiction?

aurora_0811

Fangirl Infidelity...fact or fiction?

Mar 12, 2012 14:00

OMG A POST! It's been awhile (as usual) since I've checked in with the flist so I thought I would say hello and discuss/diagnose my fangirl problem.

( Do I have PTFSD? (Post-Traumatic Fangirl Stress Disorder) )

bsg, all the feelings, fannish questions, lee/kara, what is my life, pilots, fangirl cheating, doctor/rose, doctor who

Comments 19

workerbee73 March 13 2012, 01:09:21 UTC

Oh bb, it's okay to love two ships like WHOA (or 3 or 47). I love DW too, you know that, and I'm super glad 10.5/Rose got the happy ending. I wish pilots could have had that too. I think I feel the need to come back to pilots (whereas I don't so much for Who) is because I'm still working towards that closure. I'm almost there, and these days I stay away from fandom for longer intervals than I used to, but I'm still working through my shit to get to a happy piloty place.

aurora_0811 March 13 2012, 02:55:50 UTC

Hi bb! I think a big part of it has to do that DW is still very fresh to me. It hasn't been that long since I shotgun all 6 seasons (much like my leap into BSG). So I guess all those feelings are still so very close to the surface.

I don't think I'll ever have closure with BSG. I'm still so disappointed in the writers and their ignorance about what could have been. I'm at the point where I accept what they want to give me but I don't have to live in that little box...ya know?

I'm happy to be doing my fandom thing where I'm just socializing with all you fabulous people and then I have random moments of piloty thinky thoughts but for the most part it's all just sequences of happy thoughts about how epic they were. I squee and share in the love. I'm still thrilled to have that and I think maybe the crazy pilot love will come back when I decide to do a re-watch eventually when I'm really missing them.

Shipping is hard work! :D

workerbee73 March 13 2012, 23:10:50 UTC

That's really understandable. And I definitely went through my DW I-freaking-adore-David-Tennant phase about 2-3 years ago (I started watching right after S2 came out on DVD. Good times. :)

I think the only closure I can get is in fic, and for me, it's just been kind of working through a process to make what we got work (not trying to fix it so much as make it part of a larger scheme of things that allows for a happy ending, IDK. Probably doesn't make sense except in my little pea brain.:)

ecstaticdance March 19 2012, 03:29:33 UTC

I AM WITH YOU! ON ALL OF THIS! I've been madly netflixing old TV (a lot of BBC stuff, actually -- Dr. Who, Robin Hood, Sherlock) during the hours I used to spend reading BSG fanfic and interacting in BSG fandom. And I've found new loves! 10/Rose. Robin and Maid Marion (if you have not seen this show yet, you must. It breaks your heart and makes you hope and confuses you and ends perfectly and exactly when it should -- go watch it now).

Also, it's only cheating if you lie to them about it or do it behind their backs. You're being totally out in the open, so I think you're good on that count. ;)

aurora_0811 March 19 2012, 04:15:49 UTC

YAY! So glad I'm not alone! <3

I watched DW and Sherlock but I haven't caught Robin Hood yet. BRITISH EVERYTHING FTW!

I'm so completely in love with Doctor Who on a crazy level and I just love putting them in the same epic context as my beloved pilots.

Falling in love with fictional people is my favorite pastime!

*off to add RH to my queue*

bren7 March 20 2012, 19:08:45 UTC

After the mega cluster fuck that was BSG and Kara/Lee, I have not been able to bring myself to emotionally commit to another ship.
Some just happen to worm there way in though - Peter and Olivia, Tara and Jax. I have decided that I have 2 options, never watch tv again or just go with the flow.