Auld Long Syne

I'll be offline from this evening till January 1st at the earliest or January 3rd at the latest, so this is my Happy New Year post. I'm really glad to have met everyone I've met in 2004 (even though some of you are really good at making me brush up my Beckett) , and to have kept all my older friendships.

So, fannish discoveries of 2004:

- Alias: is not a replacement of the Jossverse shows, but is fun, and has some interesting characters; won't break my heart, but keeps me entertained

- Battlestar Galactica (2003): based strictly on what I've seen so far, could be the next show I fall in love and get obsessed with; if it gets cancelled, expect Firefly-style cries of frustration

- Spooks: loved the first season, am examining my Christmas-emptied budget and contemplating aquiring the second, for it is truly a mighty fine thing, the best from the UK since Ultraviolet

- theatrical_muse: multi-fandom roleplaying insanity which takes up too much time but is ever so rewarding.


And since everyone is bound to post New Year's resolutions, I'll be contrary and make resolutions about what I won't do in 2005 (fanlife-wise):

1.) I won't apply to play Arvin Sloane at theatrical_muse. For starters, I don't have the time. Secondly, the fourth season starts next week and I won't be able to watch it, since I'm in Germany. Thirdly, get thee gone, evil middle-aged genius with thy compellingly twisted emotional life, I can resist thine attraction.

2.) I won't apply to play Winn Adami there, either. See above for reason No.1. Fun as it might be to interact with the other DS9 muses and have a post-Fire Caves Winn mess mightily with everyone's perception of the prophets, I have other things to do. Vade retro, your Eminence.

3.) I won't write a Centauri version of Les Liasons Dangereuses, starring Vir as Madame de Tourvel and Mariel as Valmont, no matter how well that actually fits with the bookverse. Reason No.1, as always, and secondly, who is supposed to be the gender-bend Marquise de Merteuil then? Not Londo, that's for sure.

4.) I shall also resist any temptation coming my way to write a gigantic Sarah Sisko coming back from the dead to get the Prophets opus. No time. Also, avoid the lure of venting pet annoyances via characters that aren't defined by the show due to minimal screen time, for this way lies Mary Sue.

5.) I shall not write either the Very Wrong Alias pairing or the Just As Wrong Alias Threesome I have some Horribly Wrong ideas for. They just wouldn't. Unless on drugs. I tell you, they wouldn't. And anyway, I'm not really good with sex.

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Now that's settled: while waiting for more Battlestar Galactica episodes from hmpf, I had a cautious look at what fanfic already exists. So far, the best thing I found is from Jossverse and Farscape veteran butterflykiki, and called "Rational(e)". Set immediately post-miniseries and deals with Gaius Baltar and Six. Speaking of...

6.) I shall not pester any of my lj friends to play Baltar (new Galactica version) or Six on theatrical_muse just so Baltar and John Crichton can discuss what it's like to live with a chip in the head and an invisible, err, friend to talk to. Even though they have other stuff in common as well (scientists, high body count, loss of world). Also, my desire for a Six/Harvey conversation shall remain equally unfulfilled.