con_txt!

[merelyn]

So, back from con_txt this weekend, and it was so much fun! Though moonblade85 and I weren't actually staying at the hotel, because we are poor and live less than 30 minutes from Silver Spring. ;)

This meant that I was kind of in and out of the con, and didn't get to do as much hanging out and meeting people as I would have liked (sorry, raveninthewind, I suck!). But, the panels were all very interesting, and I did get to meet some lovely people, including annavtree, who was so nice and interesting, and also possibly more in denial about Serenity than I am.

We also met amandajane5, who was very adorable and SV garbed, and also one of the only other people at the con who actually liked "The Tower" (yep, nothing but glee for that ep, even now). amandajane5 also raised the possiblity of karaoke at a gay tiki bar with the TWoP people. If you know me at all, you know that the words karaoke, gay, and tiki bar all fall under the heading of BEST THINGS EVER.

All in all, it was fun (including a non-smoking smoke break with amandajane5, norabombay, aneli8 and mayatawi), and it was so interesting to see internet fandom come to weird and wonderful life. I have some theories brewing about episodic television and old school fandoms vs. modern ones, but maybe later.

ETA: HAPPY B-DAY duckfish! 21! See you later!

Comments

[annaalamode.livejournal.com]

possibly more in denial about Serenity than I am.

It's so nice to be around people who understand you.

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

He. Hey, I was the girl who literally couldn't stop crying for a good 20 minutes after the screening. You'd think that after a reasonable time around open-canon fandoms I'd get used to having my heart ripped out and stepped on by the Joss Whedons of the universe, but it never gets easier. (Except for the denial. I'm getting better at that.)

[annaalamode.livejournal.com]

We should mod a panel on "Denial: More than a River in Egypt" for next con.txt.

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

Ha, that so should happen. I'd be more than happy to have any excuse to blather on about Firefly and HP, etc., to a captive audience. And I really do feel that it's an interesting issue.

I mean, what happens when something like that happens in an open canon fandom? How do people react? What are the relative merits of writing "fix-it" fics vs. staying true to the source and going from there?

And this applies to other things too, not just death. For example, what if one half of your OTP gets canonically involved with someone else? Can a fandom survive with its eyes closed and its fingers plugged in its ears?

*go off to ponder, and will really stop spamming you now*

[annaalamode.livejournal.com]

I think those are really good questions. And how to we categorize stories that accept all of canon up to a certain point? Are they AUs or just regular stories through X number of episodes?

The OTP/ship question is a good one and would allow us to talk about fandoms like BSG or Buffyverse. You know, I think this would make a really good panel. Too bad the next con-txt is two years away.

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

Yeah, well it's something to keep in mind for the future anyway. :)

(Also, have only seen Season 1 of BSG as of yet *kicks torrent* and am relatively spoiler free for Season 2, so lalala...)