Subject: [VP] Taboo Topic?......Intro....
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 12:48:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: snflwr girl
Hello everyone! I'm new around this woods, so I'll like to introduce
myself. My name's Cristi.
I'm 31, married , no children. One dog, three cats. Currently, I'm a
full time student, part time office clerk.
Even though, I'm not new to fandom, I guess you could say that I re-
discovered it through the Internet. Back in the mid 80's I had
a chance to go to quite a few of ST cons. It was there that at
the tender age of 19, I was introduced to slash. I have heard quite a
bit about fanzines but never really knew what they were about . I
found out very, very, fast. Needless to say, out of sheer curiosity
(Eg) red- faced and all, I bought my first slash zine. I always knew
K&S were very, very, *close* but never quite that close. Boy, was I
missing out big time<g>. It was all sooooo Fascinating!
Due to school, work, and life it self, I lost track of fandom by the
early 90's. But as luck would have it, one fine day I decided to give
one of those 30 days free Internet service a try. Had I've known that
fanfic was alive and kicking in cyberspace, I would have joined a
loooong time ago. So, 10 years later here I am again. I gotta tell
you, I've sure missed it.
Through the Internet, I have been introduced to new fandoms. I really
enjoy FX fanfic. No slash for me there. I'm a Mulder and Scully
advocate. Even though there's quite a bit of slash out there, I
really don't have much interest in it.I just don't read slash, just
Because. I have to be able to "see it". Which brings me to S&H.
I have always been a Huge fan. The relationship between the guys has
always been so real to me. The fact that they expressed their
feelings to each other so openly, has always amazed me. I guess
that's why I never really thought of them as being any closer than that.
They didn't need to be. All the love and respect was already there,
no need to take it any further.So I thought. Then one fine day, an
on- line friend,oh, so casually mentioned that she had found this
very interesting S/H site. I was pretty surprised to hear this, since
she seemed to have no interest in slash at all. I just* had* to read
this story. Turns out, it's none other than "Total Eclipse of the
Heart".
After reading the story, I felt like I had found K/S all over again!
I could see it all so clearly now! (Thanks, Flamingo<g>)and so my
friend, now a S/H afficionada mentioned the VP mailing list and here
I am.
Unfortunately, only my on-line friends know about my little
"hobby". It's an incredible pain in the butt being in the closet.
Thank goodness for separate bathrooms!! And P.O Boxes, and m/o,<g>
Life was so much easier when I was single<sigh>. I'm sure the hubby is
fully aware of my favorite past time(waves to fellow siblist!)but
has never mentioned not one word about it. Though, whenever I mention
S&H, all he does is make this Oh, not so pleasant face.<g>
Since there seems to be quite a few newbies around here, I
think it would great great help to us all, to be able to discuss
old and new zines. Most likely, most of all have never heard of
this story, or that, but even just a bit of discussion here and
there gives you a "feeling" about the story it self. It'll give
us newbies, a chance to find out what's out there, too.
And before I go, I want to thank Flamingo for such beautiful
art gallery!!! Oh, yes,loooove the Blondone with the cookie
duster , too. And Starsky's in red is a sight to remember.
And so, I'm off to wipe the drool of this keyboard<g>
nice to meet you all,
:)
Cristi