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Date Posted: 00:06:59 07/19/14 Sat
Author: The Chief (Harm First, Harm Always)
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Well, I go away for a week or so and come back to not one, but TWO big ol' posts based on my little query about "Bones"! LOL (I'm almost thru Season 8 now, which is the last one on NetFlix and then I will be at a loss until they add more, but I digress....) INSIDE I suppose....
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Cece
's message, "What JAG meant to me: ( with corrections and additions.) (Inside)" on 17:40:59 07/13/14 Sun
The online community for JAG thru the message boards was really what made the show "interactive" for me as we discussed everything from Mac's latest hairstyle to the minutae of the UCMJ (can you say "Posse Comitatus"?). The jokes and stories and laughter and even the drama among the posters was absorbing. I never went to a fan fest, and only met up with a few people I had only met online. But the online interactions were so much fun, and I had never watched a tv show with a more observant eye, looking for all the details in order to fully participate in the discussions on the board later.
I never got into Moonlighting, and didn't watch a lot of tv and still don't. My attraction to JAG was Harm. I loved all the characters and the stories (thru S6-ish), but I Loved Harm the best. I gave up on the 'ship at the beginning of S5 when he returned from the Patrick Henry and Mac acted like she couldn't have cared a bit about him. I still followed the gyrations of the shipper journey, but from a non-shipper perspective. It was certainly a lot less stressful. ;-)
For me, everything about JAG went back to Harm - and still does. He is the kind of idealized hero women dream about but few ever catch. And the fact that he didn't get together with Mac until the last 7 minutes left him wide open for the rest of us for 10 years! ;-)
I was thrilled to work with Judi (and later Cece) to develop and kick off the HB back in The Day. We definitely filled a niche!! And it was that niche that made our group special out of all the other fan groups. We had the most fun and didn't take ourselves too seriously, even tho we took our subject matter VERY seriously. Our jokes were the best and our arguments were reasoned and thoughtful. And we are still around, still having fun and still gaining new members!
All because of HARM. Judi's vision for the HB was the right one. Harm will endure as one of the greatest tv heroes of all time, and the HB will go down in fandom history as one of the best from the early days of online fandoms! (Speculation is what we do around here, right?)
Anyway, glad I could get y'all talking and some of our long lost members to pop back in. :-)
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Hi Chief, you've been around the longest I think. When I first knew you, A-R was one year old. My goodness, she must be 14 now, (though still too young for the HB...!) I think you and judi were the most famous non-shippers, and two of the first HarmyBroards. -- Cece, 01:10:32 07/19/14 Sat
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My daughter will be 14 in September - I knew you before she was born because she still has a Beanie Baby you sent her. :-) Yes, I believe Judi and I were the first ones to break free of Maeve's so we could drool over Harm, and then you came along and offered to host a web page for photos and other things (like fanfic) and pretty soon it was Up! It was Good! ;-) -- The Chief, 19:28:24 07/20/14 Sun
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Chief (inside) -- Cece, 14:41:56 07/21/14 Mon
You are talking to a date nut here. I found Maeve's March 2001, but didn't start posting right away. I believe that you, judi, and Cher started emailing each other around the time of Mutiny, and along with Brigitte, started the BAs with the Yahoo group opening in June 6, 2001, more than a month before I became a member, and in cyber time, a month is an eternity. I joined the BAs July 17, 2001. (I was number 17 to join.) That's when you and I started chatting. I sent Amelia-Rose a little polar bear, (I believe)some months later, and I sent Crossy's Camryn a bear too at the same time. I remember you giving Crossy advice on how to handle Camryn's first birthday party (very late Dec. 2001). You told her to give her a cake, and let her make a mess....lol.
I didn't start the HB. The original idea was Brigitte's when she visited judi Nov/2001. Judi opened it on Nov. 17, 2001 did with the help of all the BAs, and a number of long time posters followed us. I had no idea how to host a pic, or do a collage, or open boards. I figured all that out later on. Judi and Cher were the first moderators of the HB. I became a banana much later on with Crossy, you, and Dancer following in hot pursuit.
I have a weird exacting memory for when things happened re: BAs etc. If you want a more detailed trip down memory lane, email me and we'll have a good old chinwag.
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Well, that clears that up! (inside) -- The Chief, 23:37:01 07/22/14 Tue
Quite impressive with the dates and such!
Judi and I and Cher and a couple others started the BAs (Blue Angles, for those who don't know) as a Yahoo group first (if I recall correctly) and the idea for a separate board for Harm-lovers and those who wanted to go far beyond Maeve's PG rating was first germinated there. I suppose maybe I confused the BAs with the HB, but their formation tracks neck-and-neck!.
Many discussions and many nights on the old Yahoo Instant Messenger, and much hilarity and pathos was generated!
Cece, you and Judi became such close friends, that it was natural for you to be 2nd Banana, which made me 3rd and Dancer 4th. It's an honor I don't take for granted, ever!
As for Crossy, I think she's got that mom thing down pat now. Rarely ever a photo on FB that she doesn't have a drink in her hand, so that's gotta be the secret to her success! LOL ;-)
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I remember that story- up and good- always wished i could have been there -- chris k, 00:03:01 07/22/14 Tue
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Me too. But I would not have understood the football metaphor at that time. -- Cece, 21:23:09 07/22/14 Tue
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