Tags, friends, getting into fandoms, a big WHAT

[misscam]

I am mightily pleased with self, fo 'lo, I have finished my tag fix-up!

My tags.

Now, if you for instance hit fanfic: bsg you'll get all my Battlestar Galactica fic, or if you poke fandom: doctor who you can see me groan, yay and get silly over Doctor Who, or if you dare people: batshit you'll know more about Fred Phelps than your brain ever wanted you to. My tags were a complete mess, but now they should actually be fairly easy to work out.

Also, skybound2 knows no bounds to awesome and made me matching icons to my layout.

Wow, I've had this LJ a while now. A lot of entries. A lot of life, heh. A lot of friends. I don't know all of you as well as I wish, but all of you have in various ways added to my life. Thank you.

TV-show cagematch:
Lost versus BSG.

For me, that one's easy - Lost lost me around the fifth episode. (Bad pun, I know!) Sometimes, shows that sound just what you're into just doesn't work. So many friends tried to convince me I'd love Veronica Mars so very much and when I finally watched it, there was great loathing only. Possibly, the insistance of how great it was played a part in that dislike.

Come to think of it, I got into Battlestar Galactica and Doctor Who both without friends pressing - maybe recommending shows is the last thing you should do to get me into it, heh. Once I am into it, I want friends to share fun with, yes, but there is something about the sense of having taste dictated to me and getting nagged that easily turn me off. Of course, it probably depends largly how friends steer me towards something.

What about you? Can your friends have a negative or positive effect on what you go for?

Meanwhile, on the Net:

BATSHIT ALERT.

... WHAT.

Comments

[broken-enemy.livejournal.com]

I love Veronica Mars. Although I tend to pretend that the third season just doesn't exist.

Also I have no idea what I just read on the Batshit thing. I really did not understand.

When friends tell me that I might like something, I watch it if the premise sounds interesting. However if they keep telling me that it's amazing, I know I'll be disappointing because I'll be expecting something spectacular when it's only good.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Maybe that was my problem with Vernoica Mars. People were talking it up so I was expecting something really grand. Possibly disappointment fuelled some of the fairly deep dislike I developed for it. Also, I didn't fancy Logan.

I'm not sure the batshit thing is understandable by a human brain. It's... Special.

[broken-enemy.livejournal.com]

I love Logan. The first episode I watched was of his first kiss with Veronica. I had no idea who the characters were but I still squealed. I consider that to be one of the hottest first kisses ever. It was perfect.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Alas, not for me to enjoy.

Then again, I don't find John Barrowman hot either, so maybe something is wrong in my brain.

[broken-enemy.livejournal.com]

Neither do I but please tell me you've seen his gay off with Simon Amstell.

[longtimegone]

I HAVEN'T. And I feel as though I am missing out on something FABULOUS!

[broken-enemy.livejournal.com]

OMG. You totally are. It happened on an episode of Buzzcocks and was incredible! You can watch it on YouTube.

Part one: http://youtube.com/watch?v=8ZRLbP4EAsQ
Part two: http://youtube.com/watch?v=vyqNZ264qCo
Part three: http://youtube.com/watch?v=fh9a4Dy-JAE

[broken-enemy.livejournal.com]

And please tell me once you've seen it so that we can squee together.