Right now I am enthralled with SGA and I don't have the time or energy level to explore two fandoms all out. I want to explore the new Trek stories, and I have read some, but I've decided to await a comprehensive rec site and read stories under their 'check-this-out' glee. I haven't checked recently to see if such a site has emerged, one probably has, I'm just not aware of it.
Needless to say I have read a ton of Trek stories over the years. The really good stuff from each decade, I like to think so anyway, but I suspect I only touched the tip of a very deep iceberg. So much great writing never made it beyond manuscript because fans were worried about the reception their stories would receive.
Escapade does sound like fun--Maybe someday.
I think I have found most of the SGA must-subscribe-to community journals, I could be wrong on that, for many months I didn't know the SGA Newsletter community existed. Elemgi had told me about it, but I didn't understand how central it was. Once I started using that to keep track of the fanworks producers, my understanding of SGAs size and depth started getting clearer.
I kinda like that SGA is now a closed fandom. I know that probably many fans have departed. I have noticed that fan immersions tend to last about three years and at that point people want something new and exciting. The vacuum left behind when they depart, always hurts a little, but it leaves an opening for story types that haven't been explored before. The second wave can be much more interesting than the first. I hope that is the case with SGA.
I would be hard pressed to even guess all the fandom incarnations Trek has gone through. For years us old cranks have been saying how superior the character dynamics were in the original Trek compared to all the secondary series'--Now the new fans understand, seeing what we saw through the eyes of enhanced special effects. In 1966 you had to suspend your critical gaze and just accept that the effects were the best they could do, and imagine in your mind what it should look like. In this respect the new film (which I love) got it right.
One of these days I will wake up and the Trek muse will be irresistible, but for the moment SGA has me. Thanks again for your kind comments. I'm sending my check to DW today to become a paid member, I really need the ability to edit my comments, I'm embarrassed by all my typos.
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Needless to say I have read a ton of Trek stories over the years. The really good stuff from each decade, I like to think so anyway, but I suspect I only touched the tip of a very deep iceberg. So much great writing never made it beyond manuscript because fans were worried about the reception their stories would receive.
Escapade does sound like fun--Maybe someday.
I think I have found most of the SGA must-subscribe-to community journals, I could be wrong on that, for many months I didn't know the SGA Newsletter community existed. Elemgi had told me about it, but I didn't understand how central it was. Once I started using that to keep track of the fanworks producers, my understanding of SGAs size and depth started getting clearer.
I kinda like that SGA is now a closed fandom. I know that probably many fans have departed. I have noticed that fan immersions tend to last about three years and at that point people want something new and exciting. The vacuum left behind when they depart, always hurts a little, but it leaves an opening for story types that haven't been explored before. The second wave can be much more interesting than the first. I hope that is the case with SGA.
I would be hard pressed to even guess all the fandom incarnations Trek has gone through. For years us old cranks have been saying how superior the character dynamics were in the original Trek compared to all the secondary series'--Now the new fans understand, seeing what we saw through the eyes of enhanced special effects. In 1966 you had to suspend your critical gaze and just accept that the effects were the best they could do, and imagine in your mind what it should look like. In this respect the new film (which I love) got it right.
One of these days I will wake up and the Trek muse will be irresistible, but for the moment SGA has me. Thanks again for your kind comments. I'm sending my check to DW today to become a paid member, I really need the ability to edit my comments, I'm embarrassed by all my typos.