A Mystery Explained
Mar. 13th, 2006 01:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
handful_ofdustOh, okay, NOW I get it…
Well, no, actually I still don’t. But![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
witchqueen has finally codified the explanation for why so many people are getting fannishly sucked ass-over-teakettle into Stargate: Atlantis rather than Battlestar Galactica 2003. It’s still a conundrum which will never be solved from my own (admittedly) very limited POV, and I like David Hewlett, Goddamn it! But here we go: "Not Watchable/Fannish" vs. "Watchable/Not Fannish". You’ll have to scroll down somewhat.
Clicky-clicky:
http://cereta.livejournal.com/214659.html?thread=2491779#t2491779
P.S.: I’m done Draft One of the POV piece. Now I’m going to make dinner, find out where Cal and Steve are, maybe later do some actual writing.
Well, no, actually I still don’t. But
witchqueen has finally codified the explanation for why so many people are getting fannishly sucked ass-over-teakettle into Stargate: Atlantis rather than Battlestar Galactica 2003. It’s still a conundrum which will never be solved from my own (admittedly) very limited POV, and I like David Hewlett, Goddamn it! But here we go: "Not Watchable/Fannish" vs. "Watchable/Not Fannish". You’ll have to scroll down somewhat.Clicky-clicky:
http://cereta.livejournal.com/214659.html?thread=2491779#t2491779
P.S.: I’m done Draft One of the POV piece. Now I’m going to make dinner, find out where Cal and Steve are, maybe later do some actual writing.
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Date: 2006-03-13 04:56 am (UTC)I watch so little tv and so few movies that I am in continual danger of being tossed out of fandom on my sorry ass. :)
So why it causes people to emit fannish behaviour and fanfic in vast waves, (frequently quite amazing fanfic, from the few I've read because someone threw them at me with determination), is a complete mystery to me.
Why BSG, much as I love it, does NOT cause similar reactions... that, I think, probably is just because it kind of repels plotty fanfic. I mean, there are tons and loads of BSG fans on my flist; every Friday the place explodes with episode commentary. Saturday there's sometimes meta.
Then they go back to writing SGA...
(btw, haven't been commenting because I so rarely seem to have anything useful or to the point to say, but, you know, hi there. :)