Day 04 - Your favorite show ever
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kangeikoDay 04 - Your favorite show ever
Oh, this is the hardest thing EVER. And yet it totally isn't, not really. There is my first show - the show that taught me English when I didn't speak it, and imprinted on my young brain: Star Trek: The Original Series. There is the instant connection with Buffy and The West Wing and Alias... All of that pales in comparison to the deep, unconditional love I have for Babylon 5. I started watching it in season 3, and bought the videos to catch up. They were my first big purchase, and they used up all my pocket money for months. I remember staying up to watch Endgame, way past when I should have been in bed for school the next day, upset and shaking and waiting to find out which of my favourites was next. B5 was the first fandom that welcomed me with open arms, sometimes literally, and it was the first fandom I wrote anything for that I was proud of. And it doesn't matter how many years pass, or how many other space operas come along, if I'm having an awful day I will still curl up with Soul Mates or Parliament of Dreams and it will make things better. I feel privileged to have seen B5 when it first aired. I was in the convention hall when we heard that s5 had been given the green light, but that Claudia wouldn't be returning. To me, it wasn't just a show but my first sense of fannish community.
Oh, this is the hardest thing EVER. And yet it totally isn't, not really. There is my first show - the show that taught me English when I didn't speak it, and imprinted on my young brain: Star Trek: The Original Series. There is the instant connection with Buffy and The West Wing and Alias... All of that pales in comparison to the deep, unconditional love I have for Babylon 5. I started watching it in season 3, and bought the videos to catch up. They were my first big purchase, and they used up all my pocket money for months. I remember staying up to watch Endgame, way past when I should have been in bed for school the next day, upset and shaking and waiting to find out which of my favourites was next. B5 was the first fandom that welcomed me with open arms, sometimes literally, and it was the first fandom I wrote anything for that I was proud of. And it doesn't matter how many years pass, or how many other space operas come along, if I'm having an awful day I will still curl up with Soul Mates or Parliament of Dreams and it will make things better. I feel privileged to have seen B5 when it first aired. I was in the convention hall when we heard that s5 had been given the green light, but that Claudia wouldn't be returning. To me, it wasn't just a show but my first sense of fannish community.
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