04-29-2008, 08:45 PM | #31 |
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ST was the first place where I learnt that there are so many Cordy fans and C/A shippers besides me and I knew that I wasn´t alone with my anger at Joss for destroying and killing the character of Cordelia. I joined in 2003 when all the mess in season 4 had already begun. So I wasn´t alone with my anger and I also wasn´t alone with my grief when they let Cordy die after we all had so much hope that she would be back.
This board will always be something special to me!
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04-30-2008, 05:26 AM | #32 |
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You know, everyone's talking about when the first found this board, and I can't even remember! The only thing I do is that it was green. LOL
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05-05-2008, 06:18 PM | #33 |
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05-10-2008, 02:59 AM | #34 |
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I know all my other personalities have done it already, but…FLORRIE!!!
Oh I believe in yesterday
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05-10-2008, 04:32 AM | #35 |
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The purple board was green?!
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05-10-2008, 02:17 PM | #36 |
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Yep. And, although I found ST after the green board, I was told about it, and went there to read all of the posts. And there was also another purple board before this purple board. Am I right, or totally making that up?
I joined ST at the end of season 2, back in 2001. (Man, I can hardly believe it's been that long!) I thought I must be the only BtVS fan on the planet who wasn't still pining for B/A, let alone liked the idea of C/A. So I was shocked and amazed to find this board. Ah, that was a lovely time for us C/Aers. After years of thinking C/A would never happen, but loving it anyway and living on subtext, we were starting to see hints that we might actually get more. Oh, the excitement leading into season three. And season three itself, so thick with C/A we could hardly stand it...but in the best way possible. I know it all went horribly wrong, but I still remember that time fondly. And I think I was lucky in that I found this board before I started exploring the fandom anywhere else. The thing about other boards is that I found myself spending all of my time defending/justifying C/A, and little time talking about the shows and the characters, which was actually what I enjoyed. But I knew that, if someone said something not nice about C/A or C/A shippers, I would have to jump in. So I finally just stopped going to other boards, and ST became my fandom home. I could come here, have intelligent discussions about the shows and the characters, and mention my love of C/A without it turning into a brawl. I've sort of drifted away from the AtS/BtVS fandom, but I still check in here every day to see what's happening. And I know my post is kind of gushy, but I can't help it. ST makes me gush.
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05-12-2008, 07:27 PM | #38 |
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Sniff. It's just like old times - the Aussies are in the house! (Hi Florrie! Hi Lish!!) Being a complete spoiler junkie, I am pretty sure I made friends with our Brit and Aussie Strangers first because they kept me company in the wildfeed thread, through good times and bad times. And times that never should have been...
This is only board on the Internet on which I post and people actually, like, sort of know me in a virtual world-wide web sort of way. Plus, I deeply appreciate and respect the use of proper grammar and spelling. Oh, and the Strangers are pretty fab as well. I think I made my way here through ASSB, after becoming curious about one of many "Is Stranger Things down again?!?" posts. That was before Penny took care of us - I think the lady in charge at the time was Aya? In any event, I followed a would-be actress over (who shall remain nameless), and have stayed ever since. (The actress is gone - IIRC, she became upset that CC wasn't showing the proper gratitude for actually being offered work when other people, such as the actress, were not being offered work - or something like that.) Cheers everyone!
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05-13-2008, 08:22 PM | #39 | |
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I think over the past probably 8 years of this board I’ve done my fair share of “OMG” “Joss sucks” “new theory” and “C/A shipper eww” I leave that to the other lovely personalities these days. I’ve gone into semi retirement, but I just can’t seem to leave this darn place. The cardboard box is still to homey to abandon…and I like the ever changing décor. Nope I never did get commission on any of my theories. Jibbed! Wow blast from the past, the aspiring actress, how could I forget, I wonder what she is doing these days. Ehh. Wildfeed! Oh how I miss thee…good times. Yesterday love was such an easy game to play
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08-29-2008, 08:55 PM | #40 |
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Yesterday I put up a small photo album in my Facebook account that included the time I met Emmangel, Cantinera and Keisha while I was passing through London in 2002. It was such a blast. It makes me nostalgic. At the time we were joking since there were 4 of us in one place at one time that we might have been all the C/A fans in the world.
There are other bits of nostalgia that get me now and again. For example, I was reading another thread and saw a random post by Cordy's Bitch. I could play one of those "You know you've been a member of ST for a long time when..." you remember when CB was known as Love's Bitch. Well, it was funny to me.
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08-31-2008, 11:01 AM | #41 |
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Whoa! How did I miss this thread when it first showed up?? Florrie AND Lish both showing up and I missed it, dang it. Good to see all the oldies turning up. Anyone else remember Old English Dave? I think it was the triviality of a thread dedicated to Charisma's hair that finally drove him off.
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08-31-2008, 11:03 AM | #42 |
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I DO remember him. Wow... yet another Stranger friend I hadn't thought of in a while.
And Angela, I never did make it out to visit you, sadly. I think it had been a mention in brief passing because I'd done my Masters internship in the north Texas area. Whatever came of the maybe Stranger-Con in Galveston? I was waffling on that one, but now that I know my way around better (and have a brother who lives 30 miles up the road at Kemah), I'd be there in a heartbeat!
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Just for the record, I think I've figured out who the actress was as well. Not to get nitpick-y, but she was the one who pointed me at ST from ASSB as well.
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09-01-2008, 07:25 PM | #45 |
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This might be my longest post ever.
BTVS started playing around the time I first moved to the U.S. from the Middle East back in 1998. Before that I never really fell for a ship/fandom or even knew what the word meant. From the very beginning I was never interested in BTVS but I found that when I did tune in I would always light up every time Charisma appeared on TV. So from the very beginning I adored Charisma/Cordy. The episode that would seal the deal for me and make me a die hard C/A fan was Halloween. After seeing Angel brood and sulk and trip and follow Buffy like a dog..and then brood some more..for the first time I actually saw him *smile*. He even *gasped* laughed during their talk and he never does. So that scene did it for me. That was also the day I fell in love with DB. Then there were the similarities between the two of them. They were both outcasts. They never really belonged in the Scooby Gang. They both made mistakes in their past. And they reminded me of Superman/Clark and Lois..he with his vampire speed and strength and her with her long hair and attitude. Of course that was the first part. Then there was the part where I felt alone for years because I thought every person out there was a B/A fan and I was a freak for loving C/A..but that didn’t stop me from loving them. Thankfully I never joined some of the BTVS websites as the thought never actually occurred to me during the time..and from what I’ve heard I saved myself a great deal of trauma and pain…and craziness. I gave up hope of other C/A fans but found another first. Fanfictions. There were a lot of crappy ones and some excellent C/A fics out there. And that is when I “accidentally” found Strangers Things. It would be another year before I actually joined the site seeing as ST was my very first site and I wasn’t sure of what to do. Ever. In my rush of excitement I started writing gibberish and I learnt pretty fast that I had to think before I spoke..or well in this case wrote..seeing as that concept was completely new to me as we weren’t ‘allowed’ to think on our own..mostly follow what the adult says, no questions. Period. To this day some of the Strangers scare me and I stop myself from writing in certain threads unless entirely necessary. I was so elated to finally belong where people not only loved Cordelia but were C/A fans as well. I met and made some amazing friends in the Hangman Thread, which is now sadly dead..as well as in other threads. So, that’s the history of how I found ST. I have since visited other C/A sites but I always return to ST. Besides it has everything I need. Everytime I crave a C/A fanfic or want to watch a C/A video (which we have a lovely bunch of..Strangers are sickeningly talented) I come to ST. Like nikkiwawa said, ST is my safe haven as well. Strangers are just awesome and if they’re mean to you it’s cause they love you..or you’re a dumbass. Either way..I lurve my ST and the awesomeness that is the Strangers.
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