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Subject: Re: Rambling and nostalgia

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ali

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Date Posted: 07:51:50 10/04/03 Sat
In reply to: Lika 's message, "Rambling and nostalgia" on 02:39:56 09/20/03 Sat

>To those of you who wished people in the X-fandom
>could all get along, you should have been here four
>years ago. It went on for about two years, I believe.
> You could ask a newbie, "Are you an S/Ser or a S/Ker"
>(that was the initiation question), and didn't have to
>worry about a flamewar coming out of that.

I loved that! It was so exciting when someone new came, because one of our groups was going to have a new supporter!! :) Unfortunately, I think it was usually y'all who got them... :)

>Or the "Most Unpopular Opinion" thread? I would
>*never* try that thread nowadays.

Dude, we SHOULD do that again. (I'm very prone to nostalgia, can you tell? :)) It was a fun thread! I don't even remember what my unpopular opinions were... and these days, I don't know what's considered unpopular in the fandom. :)

>We had some other people come and go. Some were
>vocals about their disagreements, and we (those
>regulars who disagreed with them; other of course
>agreed with them and sided with them) hashed it out
>but it never got the level of personal attacks. No,
>it never did, now that I think about it. What got
>attacked was ideas, "disillusions" *chuckling* (I
>remember ali telling me she loved me, no matter how
>misguided I was about S/K), comments, but never the
>person. Yes, I lost my temper sometimes and bit off a
>few heads, but I *always* apologized for it afterwards.

:P I really can't believe that I was ever that irked with the idea of S/K... it seems really absurd to me now. :) I think it was more heated when there were actual INSTALLMENTS OF X coming out. :)

>*snickers* I remember having to sing the rainbow song
>because Alison or Ammie made some NC-17 comment about
>I forget what, but it makes me giggles to think of it.
> Oh, this was the birthplace of Kamui/Subaru with 14
>kids and Hinoto's tentacles.

LOL, I remember the 14 kids!!!!! Maaaan, I miss that stuff! Thanks for bringing back those memories, Lika-chan! :)

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