Two questions to the (fannish) universe

[amatara]

(1) How can you do it, people? How can y'all find the time to write so much?
Well - most of you have jobs, right? Or kids, or parents, or pets, or a significant other who at least is vying for *some* of your attention? And those of you who don't, surely have other things on your mind except journaling, even if it's just watching all of those shows that you are journaling about! Yet somehow you all manage to churn out fics and recs and reviews and analyses at a rate that is astounding, not to mention react personally to every comment that people give on your fics, meta, recs, etc. etc... How do you MANAGE it? I mean, even on a good day I need at least half an hour of fic-writing to squeeze out a single paragraph I'm proud of... and let's not talk about the bad days!

Truly, I am awed, amazed, flabbergasted at your ability! So if any of you has a magic hint on how to do this... well, let's say that I might just turn into Sylar and screw open your head to get it from you... ;-)

(2) What on earth was I thinking to fall head over heels for a show like Babylon 5, that hardly anyone is still squeeing over, or writing fanfic for? Hell, no one in my country even knows the damn thing!
Honestly, it feels kind of awkward that I'm still jumping up and down with mirth about the show, while the rest of the fannish universe (with one or two exceptions) seem to have passed that stage years ago. Hell, I feel like a thirteen-year-old with a crush, stuck in a world full of adults!
And why, of all characters in that show, did I pick a Centauri ambassador to be fannish about? And a Narn? And an ambassador's aide? Why couldn't I just go for the popular choice, like John/Delenn or Marcus/Ivanova, or even Ivanova/Talia? Hell, why do I have to be so monogamous about my fandoms, anyway, instead of just having a whole harem of them? Why can't I just ship Kirk/Spock, for that matter, like any normal person does, and save myself a world of trouble?

*Sigh*

Well, I guess there's not much to do... When you're in love, right? :-)

Anyone out there wants to join in some B5 squeeing? I'm feeling just a teensy bit alone...

Comments

[maspalio.livejournal.com]

Hi. Just found your journal by looking for B5 fanfic, so I thought I'd say hello.

First: I just read your two fics, and they are wonderful. Londo and G'Kar are two very complex characters and you make a great job of writing them. Hope you'll find the time to write some more. :)

Second: B5 squeeing, hell yes! I discovered the series two years ago and I understand perfectly well what you mean. Nobody I know even *heard* of the show in my country either.
Also, I could never understand why so many B5 fen prefer John/Delenn or Marcus/Ivanova, when you have Londo and G'Kar in the same series. I mean, the humans and Minbari are great and I love them all (especially Ivanova), but the Centauri and Narn are so much more fascinating…
So no, you’re not alone in the Babylon 5 love, or in the Centauri and Narn love.

I’m friending you, btw. Hope you don’t mind.

[amatara.livejournal.com]

Hi there! Thanks so much for dropping by, and commenting on my squee-starved ramble. :)

Very happy to hear you liked the stories! I certainly don't intend to stop writing anytime soon, so you will get to see new fics here, if not that frequently.

I could never understand why so many B5 fen prefer John/Delenn or Marcus/Ivanova, when you have Londo and G'Kar in the same series.

Heh, you might be kicking the shins of some J/D and M/I shippers here. ;) Speaking for myself, personally: while I love all these characters in their own way, and enjoy their interaction in the show, they do not tickle my imagination in the way that Londo's and G'Kar's deeply flawed relationship (and here I mean both their initial enmity and their eventual friendship) does. With the other characters, canon is enough for me; with the Narn and Centauri, I keep craving for more: new backstory, dialogue, interactions... So: yay for fanfic!

I’m friending you, btw. Hope you don’t mind.

Mind? Hell, no! :) Friend away, I feel honored!