tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199089608756197176.post8964677762948102769..comments2023-03-03T10:58:55.907-05:00Comments on A General Malaise: Your Fandom isn't My Fandom and That's OkayMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00177184321145815305noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199089608756197176.post-83518244495630211562012-08-28T13:27:15.690-04:002012-08-28T13:27:15.690-04:00The whole thing behind Star Trek was space explora...The whole thing behind Star Trek was space exploration and DS9 just... sat there. It was a space soap opera and man, I tried. Just like I tried with Enterprise from the very start, but a Vulcan who emotes is just a Romulan in my book, no matter how hot she is. I think I liked Voyager so much because there was a wealth of strong female characters. You had Janeway and B'Elanna, then Seven of Nine, and the Borg Queen who is one of my favorite baddies. It was Star Trek saying "women and female aliens AREN'T just something for Captain Kirk to bone."Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00177184321145815305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199089608756197176.post-72126323783793965832012-08-28T13:08:32.597-04:002012-08-28T13:08:32.597-04:00Amen. Never a big Star Wars fan. Non-geeks and gee...Amen. Never a big Star Wars fan. Non-geeks and geeks alike can't seem to get their heads around that. Geeks are geeks because we like our own things. We are not by definition, cool or popular. Trying to push popularism on geekdom is a recipe for disaster.<br />And it IS Trekkie. A "Trekker" is one who actually goes on said trek. Plus, it was Trekkie way before people took offense and started calling themselves "Trekker". Like that's going to soften the social stigma of being a Star Trek fan.<br />I love Star Trek, by the way. Couldn't get into later seasons of DS9 or Voyager at all. I loved "Enterprise." Until season 4. I can't scrub that crap out of my brain-wrinkles.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02623211745199806335noreply@blogger.com