Of course when Hth’s rant about the entitlement of SGA’s McShep fans hit the airwaves, I wanted to see the original post which prompted the rant.  I thought it was interesting that Metafandom linked to Hth’s post when the rant was based on an unsourced original post.

Metafandom is great so I’m not being critical of it as a whole. But occasionally ( Read more... )

I bought Season 2 of SGA on DVD and have been watching it.  I must say I'm a little disappointed.  I had hoped  that John and Rodney would seem more slashy in the source material ( Read more... )

I have three responses to fic.   It's either feast or famine.

1. I loved it. I want to re-read it. I think about it after I read it.  It touched me.
2.  I enjoyed it.  I might re-read it.  It made me happy.
3.  I wasn't interested.

Right now I'm reading Stargate Atlantis and I have been reading in the fandom intensely for about six months.  When I ( Read more... )

Mostly I lurk.  I read like crazy, but I rarely comment.

It's not because I'm lazy.  It's not because I'm afraid of the writer's reaction.  It's because the LJ comment is an uncomfortable medium for me.

"I love you."  "You win at fandom"  "You're made of awesome."  "I'll be in my bunk."  "Awwwww."  "HAWT."  "Sigh."  "I want to marry you."

The ( Read more... )

Fandom is racist and sexist and classist because society at large is. And very un-cool at times.  I think we get caught in this trap of thinking that fandom is cooler than it is. 
Because it's subversive in it's own way, because many participants are bright and articulate, because many participants are liberal and because it's a place that we can ( Read more... )