But have ya ever joined a existing fandom- a community that’d been around… since before you were even born by a decade or more… and suddenly find yourself in the fandom- And- and it’s not you’ve been part of it for years- as long as these other people who have been children and now are becoming GRANDPARENTS themselves…
And yet- you feel YOU FEEL like you’ve waited just as long as these people have for this one THIS ONE moment to finally happen? That you’ve been through what these other people feel? That you can chant and hug and scream and yell and cry with these people cuz it feels HUST AS IMPORTANT and emotional to you like you’ve been waiting 30 years too?
Because that’s what I’ve been soo happy about- it took 30 years for this one thing to happen and I feel I’ve been there since that too and Ute I. Only got into the fandom 5-6 years ago and yet- it feels like I’ve been waiting even longer than that, like I can feel where they are coming from
BECAUSE THEY HAVE BROIGTH HER VACK, THEY BROUGHT THE ENTERPRISE D BACK BITCHES IM SOO GODAMN HAPPY UM CRYINF AGAINNNNN
Anyway, this is what I picked up in the charity shop - USS Enterprise D blueprints! Yes, now I can recreate it myself and wave you suckers goodbye! Okay maybe not.
I looked for a date on it. There's a 30 year logo on the box, so I guess around 1996 (which is what the copyright in the little booklet with it also says). And sure its probably all stuff you can find online now, but having it printed out covering my whole kitchen table like this makes it seem more real somehow.
Also makes me appreciate how much detail goes into shows. Obviously TV and movies involve the input of a lot of people, some doing things that, lets face it, a lot of the audience won't notice, but it's there anyway for people who want to dig into it (kinda of like the comic book art in Fallout 4 that most players will only see for a second, or the books in The Elder Scrolls that be honest I've never read most of them).