Two questions to the (fannish) universe
Jun. 23rd, 2009 10:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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...
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...
