1. Who are you? What are you looking for in this community? I'm Electra, and I guess I'm looking to get back into Trek (thanks, new movie!) with a heavy dose of book fandom and thoughtful fanfic.
2. How long have you been a Star Trek fan? How did you first become one? How would you describe your previous involvement with the fandom? I don't even know. Since I was about 4, probably, so that's 20 years already. My parents liked Trek, and I know I saw Star Trek VI with them in the theaters, as well as watching the old movies on TV sporadically. I watched DS9 religiously (it's my favorite show! shh!) and Voyager through about the third season.
3. What do you consider part of your personal canon? What's your personal fanon? All the movies through First Contact (I just rewatched it, and it's so good. I don't even like TNG that much, and it's awesome), all the TV shows through Voyager but not Enterprise (never seen TAS, I might have to rectify that). Peter David's New Frontier is canon in my book, as are all Diane Duane, Diane Carey, L.A. Graf, William Shatner and Peter David books. I think the post-DS9, post-Voyager books are mostly very badly written, but I tend to think of them as canonical since they're the only way DS9 will go on. My shocking secret: I have no personal fanon because I have read fewer fanfics than I can count on one hand. Obviously this needs to change.
4. For you, what is the most essential thing about Star Trek that makes it Star Trek to you? If Starfleet existed, I would have joined it and have no questions whatsoever about what to do with my life--and I would love it. In the face of all evidence to the contrary, Star Trek takes the idea that humanity can eventually take its lessons to heart and become better and interact with other intelligent species in non-violent ways, and I very much love that idea.
5. If you could rec us only one book/episode/comic/movie, which would it be? Aw, crap. This is impossible. But with a phaser to my head I'd say Diane Carey's First Frontier. It has the Guardian of Forever, and dinosaurs. That's all you need to know, I swear. Or else...
6. Link us to a fic, website, discussion post, or community - yours, or someone else's - that we should all check out. I wrote up my own personal canon, in essence, here after the new movie came out. I'd love to hear more comments on my opinions and recommendations.
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1. Who are you? What are you looking for in this community? I'm Electra, and I guess I'm looking to get back into Trek (thanks, new movie!) with a heavy dose of book fandom and thoughtful fanfic.
2. How long have you been a Star Trek fan? How did you first become one? How would you describe your previous involvement with the fandom? I don't even know. Since I was about 4, probably, so that's 20 years already. My parents liked Trek, and I know I saw Star Trek VI with them in the theaters, as well as watching the old movies on TV sporadically. I watched DS9 religiously (it's my favorite show! shh!) and Voyager through about the third season.
3. What do you consider part of your personal canon? What's your personal fanon? All the movies through First Contact (I just rewatched it, and it's so good. I don't even like TNG that much, and it's awesome), all the TV shows through Voyager but not Enterprise (never seen TAS, I might have to rectify that). Peter David's New Frontier is canon in my book, as are all Diane Duane, Diane Carey, L.A. Graf, William Shatner and Peter David books. I think the post-DS9, post-Voyager books are mostly very badly written, but I tend to think of them as canonical since they're the only way DS9 will go on. My shocking secret: I have no personal fanon because I have read fewer fanfics than I can count on one hand. Obviously this needs to change.
4. For you, what is the most essential thing about Star Trek that makes it Star Trek to you? If Starfleet existed, I would have joined it and have no questions whatsoever about what to do with my life--and I would love it. In the face of all evidence to the contrary, Star Trek takes the idea that humanity can eventually take its lessons to heart and become better and interact with other intelligent species in non-violent ways, and I very much love that idea.
5. If you could rec us only one book/episode/comic/movie, which would it be? Aw, crap. This is impossible. But with a phaser to my head I'd say Diane Carey's First Frontier. It has the Guardian of Forever, and dinosaurs. That's all you need to know, I swear. Or else...
6. Link us to a fic, website, discussion post, or community - yours, or someone else's - that we should all check out. I wrote up my own personal canon, in essence, here after the new movie came out. I'd love to hear more comments on my opinions and recommendations.