BRB, LAUGHING AT MY OWN FAIL

[ninety6tears]

You know, just when I was starting to feel like fanfiction.net reviews are usually the least constructive, I got gently corrected up the ass over an epic oversight.

Okay, seriously. Battlestar Galactica is one of the less bogus-science-jargon-y of sci-fi shows. Their technology is relatively limited in comparison to other universes. There just isn't that much to know.

Now, how in the hell did I, being a watch-and-rewatch-and-rewatch-again Galactica fan, not manage to realize that VIPERS DO. NOT. HAVE. FTLs.

Really, it did cross my mind before that given how complicated the drives are it seems kind of unrealistic that tinier vessels would have them. But at some point I just assumed that they did, because heavy raiders have them, and Raptors have them. But yeah, it should've been possible for Starbuck to somehow make off in a Viper rather than steal the raider in "Kobol" if that was the case and, have I ever SEEN a Viper do a jump? *sigh*

So I went back and fixed some shit. Whatever. This is why I should stick to genres with less to get wrong.

Moved into my dorm room today. This semester will be quite weird. I managed to get a room by myself, which is awesome. But on top of that, it happens that quite literally all the friends I've made at this school graduated last year. Not just all my friends, really, but a vast majority of the people whose names I even know. This is what happens when you take senior classes early, I guess? A lot of people would probably find this really depressing, but I'm actually pretty excited to probably have a lot more time to myself when I'm not tempted to go out with friends all the time and don't even hate roommates that I chat with. A moderated balance of fandom and work has never seemed possible for me, but maybe this year. Today at dinner with my parents I was like, "I know it's weird to say this, but when I'm only going to be here another year, I don't see any reason to make friends." My mom was all pouty-face, but my dad - bless him - was like, "Don't talk to people, just study." LOL. I am far from immune to being lonely and I'm sure it's going to feel insanely quiet around here, but I'll get used to it.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_tehrin/]

I didn't really make friends in college. I kept my high school friends (some of them) and had my coworkers, but as for the people in my classes...I would talk to them in class, and then never see them out of class. It wasn't a bad set up. Gave me enough time to stay ahead of my classes and still have time for fandom.

[ninety6tears.livejournal.com]

My best friend from my hometown was at the same college last year, and we lived together, so I hung out with her and became friends with her friends without really trying. I will definitely be less busy this year, but I need some new acquaintances like whoa.

[clarice.livejournal.com]

And that is why I never write fanfic with plot (and cruise the various series-specific wikis when I want to pretend). Problem solved! :) Battlestarwiki.org is actually pretty good.

I don't actually have that many really close friends from college. Friends, sure, but I didn't go out much and I don't talk them all that frequently now. It's just a personality thing, I guess.

[ninety6tears.livejournal.com]

I have not made any friends in college on purpose, LOL. I really don't go out of my way to meet people cause I know that eventually we probably we won't keep in touch.

[tigbit.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I feel you with college. I'm in my last year now and all my older friends have graduated and I'm sharing an apartment with three girls I hardly know. Each of them know about a billion people on campus and I have a feeling our place is going to be like a hub. Which is fine and all -- meet new people with little effort, hurrah! -- but they'd better not be judgmental when I have to escape to my room.

There are some shows I know I could never tackle writing fic for, like BSG. I mean, I guess it's easier if you just stick to one, central location and focus more on the characters than the machinery/technology but part of the show is the technology and I'd feel like writing a decent fic would have to include that. No way could I ever write for Lost, for example. Or The Wire. Or Star Trek. I just...don't know enough about the background to make it believable.

*shrug*

[ninety6tears.livejournal.com]

Yeah, last year I shared a house with a bunch of girls, and it was really fun but at the same time they'd be like, WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOU DON'T LOVE US whenever I needed to be more isolated for a while.

And yeah, it's so much easier to do more character-centric stuff for sci-fi sometimes, but...I don't know, I never like to come off as one of those fans whose only in it for ships or whatever. Cause I'm not, I just find the rest a lot harder. On the epic list of Kirk/Spock cliches, it's apparently extremely rare for K/S fic to actually show the characters doing their jobs and I just find that so funny.