Wow. There's a lot in here that I want to respond to and I'm going to need to re-read for that (of course, by the time I do, everyone else will probably have come and gone, but never mind ;)) but I just wanted to say that I found this really helpful. I came to SGA from Torchwood, and this post has helped me put my finger on why I've been pulling back a bit from SGA fandom recently. There are certain resonances with Torchwood fandom - canon material needing large amounts of hand-waving or facepalming, a fandom-dominating slash pairing, poor use of supporting characters, a het ship that causes huge divisions in the fandom - and I pulled out of that fandom rather than sink in it. I'd hate to SGA go that way, and I hope that when I dip my toe back into Torchwood fandom soon, it'll be better.
I also have this vague hope that with closed canon, SGA could become like the dS fandom, where the ship wars are remembered but largely in the past and most people seem to get on happily together. *closes eyes and clicks heels together* If wishing could make it so...
I really hope the fandom can get through this intact - there's a lot more squeeing to be done!
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Date: 2008-12-28 09:24 am (UTC)I also have this vague hope that with closed canon, SGA could become like the dS fandom, where the ship wars are remembered but largely in the past and most people seem to get on happily together. *closes eyes and clicks heels together* If wishing could make it so...
I really hope the fandom can get through this intact - there's a lot more squeeing to be done!