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njpax

GENESIS: Rebirth and New Beginings

Jul 07, 2008 00:29

There was a two year wait while TPTB created a new film - two years, and longer if you were overseas, while Spock remained dead, encapsulated in the shiny black tube on the Genesis planet where he was interred. A long time for fans to agonize and to entertain all manner of scenarios that would bring our beloved Vulcan back to us. This time, ( Read more... )

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projectcop July 7 2008, 10:03:53 UTC

Ah, Star Trek III. "Maltz, jol yIchu'." :)

njpax July 9 2008, 06:03:34 UTC

Ah, yes! How well I remember! But I never knew that was how it was spelled! Did you get that out of the Klingon Dictionary?

Those were some days, weren't they?

projectcop July 10 2008, 03:46:27 UTC

lol, of course I had to look up the proper spelling. Wouldn't do to mess up Marc's language.

callisto24 July 7 2008, 16:15:19 UTC

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"Simon & Simon", "Hardcastle & McCormick", and those with male/female leads like "Remington Steele", "Scarecrow & Mrs. King", and "Moonlighting". "Beauty and the Beast"

Oh, I remember having gen thoughts about "Scarecrow & Mrs. King". :) Simon and Simon was one of my favourites, too. Though I can't remember having thought about fanfiction-like stories. They probably would have been gen, too. ( I've been so innocent these days... *lol* )

njpax July 9 2008, 06:11:10 UTC

Funny, I have never fantasized m/f, either gen or slash! The closest I've ever come to liking a het pairing was the earlier episodes of "X-Files", because it was the most equal relationship between m/f I'd ever seen. They respected each other, and gender was never an issue, it seemed to me.

But even then, I didn't "fantasize" them -- it's just never interested me.

callisto24 July 9 2008, 12:18:09 UTC

Oh, Mulder and Scully, I fantasized. Fantastic pairing. :) Though to be honest I fantasized more something like Mulder/Krycek with Scully involved. *lol*

njpax July 9 2008, 16:10:40 UTC

Though to be honest I fantasized more something like Mulder/Krycek with Scully involved. *lol*

Ah, yes -- that'a a typical "first relationship" scenario, and the reason why so many "Mary Sue" stories were written. Bev and I discovered, when finding other "male-male relationship" people (and I'm talking gen here, not initially slash) that very often the person's first attempts at writing or fantasizing two male characters was to create a story/idea, where a third character, a female who often represented themsleves, was added to the male-male mix. It enabled the fledging writer to put themselves in proximity with their "guys" and made it easier to relate to them. Essentially, it was a trick that was used by many quite unconsciously!

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aprilvalentine July 7 2008, 23:17:26 UTC

Another enjoyable entry, Nancy and I see ProjectCop has given the battle cry we used to use when trying to find each other in the theatre for a showing of the movie! "Maltz, jol yIchu'."

I'm so glad to be back online and able to read your entries and those of others again. What fun!

njpax July 9 2008, 06:07:03 UTC

And it's so good to have you back! Glad you're getting caught up and enjoying your online experience! I missed your input on my posts, too.

havlockvetinari July 15 2008, 03:31:11 UTC

*grin* Wow, I never knew that what we take for granted now as established Fandom-jargon grew from the Original Trek Zines. A very cool bit of Fen-history.

Your mention of other fandoms made me wonder: how popular/prevalant were zine's before Trek? From what little I've been able to gather there were very small ones going back since the dawn of time, but what sort of effect did the popularity of Trek zines have on other zines? And how much of that do you think was due to now 'expierenced' zine editors/authors/etc. moving from Trek to new Fandoms?

njpax July 17 2008, 14:16:06 UTC

Before aired Trek, there were the original science fiction "fanzines" (a term coined by the earliest sf writers for their amateur publications). Ironically, these writers deliberately produced very primitive and unglamorous publications, typically mimeographed with simple line artwork. It was felt that because they were "amateurs", they should not try to compete with the more polished professional publications. There was, in fact, some resentment or disaproval from the sf community for the glorification of the early Trek zines, for the offset printing, fancy binding, and quality reproduction of artwork ( ... )