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[mrstotten]

There are days when I sometimes wonder what I did to deserve such lovely people in my life, when I realise just what a gift lj has given me. Lj is more than just a social networking site, I have a few of those, Facebook, twitter etc. But it is lj that I come to when I want to share my squee, my stories, my writings and my life. Funnily enough lj is also the only place where I have no friends and family added, and in a way it allows me to be more open than anywhere else. I don't have to worry about whether my boss will think I'm slacking by posting midday, what my best friends growing up think of the things I write, or even whether my mother will see me curse, and in a way that frees me more than anything else.

I came to lj to find fandoms and instead I found a home, with a family that I had never even realised I was missing, not one that replaced my own but one that enhanced it. I met my two wifey's here Becks and V, my fellow goddesses Miri and Sandi, Sosie and Kat and Molly. I met my sister from another fandom mother Margareth, my mind meld twin the lovely Ames, I became first a stalker and then a friend to the lovely Laura and when I want to be mocked mercilessly there is crazy cousin Emily, also known as Nat, there is my favourite little sister Bekah who I still miss terribly as I don't see often enough and there is my sister in squee Juney. Then there is my family of mods Laura (again yes you are that special), the epic Jess, the lovely Helen and the sweet, wonderful Ruth who prompted this post by sending me the loveliest of lovely gifts for my little boy, which he will LOVE especially the colour orange it is his favourite. When I opened it tonight I wanted to cry in a good way of course. It will never fail to make me smile every time I realise how many special gifts lj has given me.

Then of course there are the new friends I have made, the people who share my fandom squee, who realise how much I love certain characters the lovely qaf girls I've recently made the acquaintance of, the people who woke up this morning happier cos yay show had been renewed. The people who grieve with me over the cancelling of shows like TSCC and firefly, who hear the word squee and don't think I'm crazy who understand that ten was better than nine but eleven is winning us over, who realise that the answer to life, the universe and everything is 42

So thank you to everyone on my flist, I may not always comment, I may neglect to update you sometimes nut trust me I never forget you

(Ruth you are getting your own post cos you are that awesome)

LOVE IN :)

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[mrstotten.livejournal.com]

You most definitely are one of the lovely new friends I have made, it is why I love LJ, it is the gift that keeps on giving!!!! there is always something or someone new to discover and come to adore :D and it is what makes the bs that sometimes comes with Fandom worthwhile :D

for some reason because snape is in your name I thought you were a fellow HP fandom refugee, there are so many of us :P but im so glad youre finding fandom fun, it is like finding a full new world.

My son is a massive Dr Who fan, so much so that he has still not seen the demise of ten, I don't know how to show him it, he had to be consoled for about an hour when the Dr lost Rose, seriously he just kept saying but the Dr NEEDS Rose!!! and then crying again :) He also think a Merlin without Arthur is a fake merlin as they are ALWAYS together :P (See the tag conversations with Robert :P)

and thank you so so so much for the lovely words about my writing, it is really really sweet HUGS

[snapegirlusa.livejournal.com]

Snape is my favorite HP character! It's been my internet name for years, I never change it. He's like Brian Kinney--complex, layered, driven and his loyalties run deep, usually causing great pain and sacrifice. But I was never involved in a fandom here for that. Just "the Leaky Cauldron" website, and that goes back years and years. A group of us (mostly Mothers who shared HP with our children) formed our own Yahoo group years ago--they are still my best friends. We still talk everyday, get together throughout the year, help each other out through family/life crises and celebrate the joyful moments. I'm very thankful for them.

Dr. Who is another story. I've never been in a fandom for that. I watched Tom Baker back when I was a kid. Then started again when RTD redid the show. How could you NOT fall madly in love with DT in the role? He IS the Doctor. You can feel his reverence for that role, growing up loving it himself. Tell your son that 10/Rose was OUR favorite too! I cried and cried and cried, but was happy that RTD kinda gave them their happy ending. 10.5/Rose at least. ;) [Let's have a moment of silence for the lovely Elisabeth Sladen who passed away last week.] But it was another thing I could share with my kids (12, 8 & 6 yrs old).

Unlike my QAF obsession. I knew it existed back then, I just never watched. I "found" it back in November on YT, got all 5 box sets for Christmas in December, and discovered this LJ fandom and fanfiction in January. I'm seriously a 'newbie'. But have quickly become 'well-versed' in this world of Brian/Justin (and Gale/Randy!!) with so many wonderful writers here (including yourself and Veritas!)

I've witnessed a few crazy fandom moments that made me step back and wonder 'why?', but then I also meet lovely people like yourself and realize it's just like life--you can't like everyone, right?

HUGS back to you!
JoAnne :)

[mrstotten.livejournal.com]

my journey to fandom has been varied and strange I started about 13 years ago with Buffy on the Bronze message boards, then moved to Harry Potter (with a sideline in Smallville CLEX FTW) first on yahoo groups, then schnoogle, then here, then saw one too many WHY?? moments and left fandom and stayed on the sidelines until about three years ago when I got into Cas/Dean on supernatural, was already an SPN fan but Cas drew me into fandom and I fell in love (mainly cos the first person I met was autumn_lilacs she is enough to make anyone love fandom) and have been there ever since.

Dipped my toes in other fandoms (Star Trek Reboot, Sherlock, Inception, Glee, SGA) but only really wrote TSCC or spn then about 6 months ago went looking for a McShep video I loved on youtube, it said the sex scenes were from qaf and it made me go hunt a Brian/Justin vid and I then thought why not and dl the LOT, and FELL IN LOVE!!! and dragged my internet wifey Verity into it with me. then one day at work we were plying the prompt game we had started at a cottage up north at Christmas and boom it went from there :)

man TLDR fandom can be weird but I loves it :P

RTD is GOD he gave us DW, TW and QAF!!!!!

[snapegirlusa.livejournal.com]

Okay, you are going to have to help me decypher some of this...

SGA?
TSCC?
McShep?
oh, and TLDR?

Just so I know... ;)

[veritas-st.livejournal.com]

Stargate Atlantis
The Sarah Connor Chronicles
McKay and Sheppard (the greatest slash pairing on Stargate Atlantis)

Too Long Didn't Read!

Just jumping in! *waves* hi

[snapegirlusa.livejournal.com]

You are always so very helpful, aren't you! I guess it's fitting since I consider you a 'couple'--either one can answer for the other. You are the best tag-team in the fandom. I love your collaborations sooo very much.

I've been a big fan of Sci-Fi all my life, but I never got into all those new shows (just Doctor Who & Torchwood). I do love Adam Baldwin on CHUCK and get a huge kick out of his fanbase from the Sci-Fi genre. He's so freakin' awesome!

*waves back*
<3

[veritas-st.livejournal.com]

JAYNE! Sorry...I get over excited when people mention Adam Baldwin!

Glad you like our collabs and I will try to keep my jumping in to myself from now on!

[mrstotten.livejournal.com]

What V said :p

and ohhh sweetie you have to watch SGA for the mcshep alone!!! they love each other so!!!!!