Obviously, lots of people on the Lyst like Harry Potter, and from past messages it's clear that B7 and Buffy fandom overlap to a significant extent. I know that our Una is an ornament to DS9 fanfic, but I haven't seen many Lyst references to the other ST shows. There must also be various Whovians (someone I was trying to turn into a New Soul watched Space Fall for about ten minutes and said "It's like Dr. Who--only better!"). What other cross-fandoms exist, and are we looking for the same thing in our other fandoms as in B7, or for something different or even an antidote (e.g., optimism)?
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At 08:16 AM 6/3/01 -0400, Dana Shilling wrote:
What other cross-fandoms exist,
What do you consider qualifies one to be a member of a show's "fandom"? Watching it faithfully? Participating in online discussion about it? Writing fanfic, buying action figures, erecting shrines, making sacrifices?
I guess according to most of those criteria (which specifically I leave as an exercise to worry the reader) I can safely say I'm a X-Files fan.
In general there seems to be a great deal of Babylon 5 cross-pollination, and Discworld.
and are we looking for the same thing in our other fandoms as in B7
Conspiracies, paranoia, melodrama, strangely theatrical dialogue, incredibly self-contradictory universe, universally hostile aliens, one of the main characters is a cock-eyed idealist and the other one is a snarky pragmatist with a funny nose, to say nothing of the one-armed psychopath...shall I go on? (;-p)
--Penny
-- "You mix your laundry list with your grocery list and you'll end up eating your underwear for breakfast."
Dana asked:
You mentioned DS9, which is my other writing fandom. Other shows I have written something for: Who, one HL crossover with the delectable Methos (Louise is right there's a lot of crossover there)... Other fandoms whose conventions I have attended across the years - Dr Who, The Prisoner, The Avengers, ITC film series... Other shows I have watched religiously on transmission: Babylon 5, BtVS, Angel, oh god that doesn't even begin to cover it... Sample of shows that I have bought on video or DVD: Robin of Sherwood, The Water Margin, Farscape, Le Carre adaptations, Moonbase 3, Ultraviolet, Star Cops, ect ect ect... Shows that I have lovingly taped week by week to capture for ever: Colditz, acres of drama, Red Dwarf, tons of comedy, nostalgia shows, and we can carry on forever here, frankly, although I don't tend to do that as much as I used to what with all the repeat channels although they've never bloody repeated 'A Very Peculiar Practice' season 2 and that's the one I really want typical bloody UK Gold...
I think I've been on a lifetime quest to find something which had the impact of 'Blake'. Not there yet. That's OK, they're still making loads of new telly.
Marian mentioned "Britishness" and I think that's basically what interests me. British TV and how we make it.
Penny asked:
My whole life has been a sacrifice to 'Blake's 7'. Imagine if I'd stuck with 'Coronation Street'.
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