Musings on the First Season of B7

This is written under the influence of a head cold, so it's probably a bit more scatterbrained than usual...

I'd always been a bit dismissive of the first season of B7. The costumes were painfully 1970s (and let's not even mention Paul Darrow's hair) and the effects were at their cheesiest. You know your budget's tight when you can only present two-dee animations for the spaceship sequences. But, if I'm going to re-acquaint myself with a fandom, then I should go whole hog- that's my feeling. I acquired the first season (legitimately!) and I'm making a focused effort to watch all of it - rather than just cherrypicking my way through the fourth season, as I've been doing over the past few days.

In some ways, it's just as cheesy as I remembered (I swear, it sounds like a wurlitzer was being used for incidental music at one point) but in others, I'm being pleasantly surprised...

( As the title says - further thoughts )

Whee!

Semi-feverish viruses and an afternoon reading slashfic (what else are sickdays good for?) means I'm going to have interesting dreams tonight. Oh my.

Meh

I'm undergoing the thrice-weekly bout of doubt (there's a certain poetry to that phrase, non?) about fanficcing in general and Descendant in particular.

Trying to "redeem" my First Fanfic Evar is a bit silly really. And besides, it undermines the original, cheerful (if clueless) spirit of the original piece.

I'm certainly not breaking any new ground whatsoever.

God knows, there are much better fic writers out there (she says, eyeballing several people on her regular journal's F-List).

But, on the other hand, I'm writing this for me, and my own amusement only. If that's truly the case, then I shouldn't let these little worries get to me, even if they are valid - which I believe they are. Damn the torpedoes and full speed ahead and all that.

And that sentiment is always followed by a sense that I shouldn't bother with any writing if it's really only for my own amusement. It's just a form of masturbation, really, and - honestly - the more traditional sort is quicker, requires less effort (er, mentally, at least) and is generally just as satisfying. Granted, there's a few bits and pieces in my fiction archive that I'd probably consider at least as satisfying as, er, wait... that metaphor's really gotten away from me and I've probably said too much already.

See what I mean about being a lousy writer?

But I'm going to get the outline done, at least. Something with a beginning, middle, end and the bare bones of a - hopefully - interesting story throughout. I want to do at least that much, for peace of mind - otherwise these characters are going to end up in the same bin as the Screenplay That Won't Die and one Zombie Plot Bunny is enough for me, thanks.

Descendant - Thematic Musings

I think my subconcious had the theme for Descendant figured out a while ago, elsewise why hang that working title on it?

( Further mutterings )