labingi

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So back in 2004, I was exploring the internet for Blake's 7 fandom, like you do (well, did), and I came upon this charming RPG that was a Blake's 7/Farscape crossover on a site called LiveJournal. I started poking around and found the journal of one

astrogirl, who I believe was playing Stark in the RPG, and very rapidly I came to find that I was surrounded by an amazing community of (mostly) women who were fannish geeks in exactly the same way I was, who knew what I was talking about when I discussed the dynamics between Blake and Avon (and cared!), and wrote and read excellent fic and meta about the sci fi of obsessions of the day. To date, it has been a unique experience in my life of feeling I had found "my people," in the form of a fairly large, active, unified community, a unique experience of feeling understood and appreciated for who I am. I really miss those days. I really miss that internet--and, more broadly, culture that still had major touchstones like that that almost all fannish geek girls shared.