a love letter to the leverage fandom.

[ella_bee]

It's been a while since I did a check in, and since I'm procrastinating on other things, I figured this would be the perfect time to do a post that I've been thinking about for a while

Comments

[kissofcinnamon]

Thank you for this. The reasons I need healing are much different, but I came to Leverageland with trepidation because I did need healing and I was afraid I would let people down. Instead I've felt embraced and encouraged and gently and lovingly prodded about coming out of my dark little hole to do something--anything. It's an amazing place. I'm so very glad I found you guys. Thank you for being such a bright spot in my life.

Coming back to add that I'm sending you good thoughts for continued healing. I've been doing that since we "met" though so I forgot to say. :P

[ella_bee]

You were so hesitant when you first started! You are one of the people that I love most, just because I got to watch you completely come out of your shell. It was a wonderful thing to see, and I'm so happy I got to be a part of it.

{hugs} I'm sending you good thoughts too.

[hannasus]

*tackle hug*

And to think we were in the same fandom ten years ago but it took Leverageland to bring us together. You're actually one of the reasons I decided to stick around for another heist even though I'd been thinking of quitting. I didn't want to miss out on getting to know you better.

[ella_bee]

YAY! Well, I'm glad you decided to stick around, even though we're STILL on different teams. I would have LOVED the experience of being teammates instead of competitors.

I'm also happy that we finally connected. You make the internet a more fun place. :D

[seraphina_snape]

What Susannah said (well, the second part). I was seriously considering not to stay at leverageland - like you said, we were on an all-time low and no one was motivated to do anything. But then a few new people joined (including you) and suddenly there were more people participating and Team Thief turned into an awesome thing.

As for your leg - I can't imagine how painful that must be. My foot is pretty much healed up and even though it took about three months, it's back to normal now. To be struggling with this for so long must be a serious drain on you.

And that Leverage/Avengers crossover is on my to do list. I'm hoping I'll have time to read it over Christmas.

[ella_bee]

And we couldn't have done it without you! As soon as things got moving again, you were SO AMAZING! I miss our emails and our planning sessions. You just put SO much into it, and I've been using some of the organizational things that I've seen from you and incorporated them into my real life as well.

Luckily with my knee, I wasn't out of work for as long as you were. I'll be dealing with it for the rest of my life, but I'm not going to let it impact who I am. Like I said when you were out -- I knew exactly what you were going through!

Hey, whenever you have time! (there's still edits I want to do... but I made the deadline, and that's what matters! AND I took some of your early suggestions and put them in, so YAY!)

[ella_bee]

You were like, the first person to comment on my first fic, too!

I'm super happy I got to know you better too! There are so many awesome people out there, and until you make the effort to know them, you could just be on each others' peripheries forever.

So, I'm VERY glad we actually interacted. {hugs}

[ella_bee]

LOL. I don't remember every story that I comment on! Haha. I only remembered because after we had met through LL I went back and re-read my comments and was like, HEY! I recognize that name! :D

*clicks back in link from this post* YEP! There you are!

[eponine119]

This made me miss fandom. I didn't think that was still possible. :(

I'm sorry about your knee, but I'm glad it led you to a good place.

[ella_bee]

Any time I've gone LOOKING for fandom, I end up disappointed. But when a show or book or movie just captivates you -- fandom can still really surprise me. I certainly didn't expect this, but I still have the capacity to be surprised. Even by the internet. :)

I don't know if anything will beat the love of anyone's first fandom: for me that was West Wing. Or the first time that I felt part of a group in fandom, the way I did with the LOST / GFG girls. That's also the first time that I ever met my fannish friends in real life. It's special. (and so are you!)

But this is something else entirely. And I didn't expect it. And it came at the perfect time. Maybe that's why it sucked me in so deep.

This show will end (likely sooner than later -- possibly even as soon as this winter) and the fandom will eventually fade away. Maybe I'll find another one, but I won't expect it.

But even though I've found new fandoms, I still have people like you! {hugs}