Or we can go all Star Trek and decry the loss of a strong female figure in Tasha Yar and go on about how it proves that Trek is misogynistic. And send knickers or something.
Funny thing about Adric dying was that I was more shocked that a companion was killed, rather than upset about it being Adric (who was annoying - I was 14). I remember being gobsmacked to hell and then having the 'silent' credits after that was just like OMG they really did that!
Then there was B5; Marcus and Kosh and a whole host of others went out in a blaze of - well nothing really. And don't even get me started on Highlander! I suppose I can't really count that as fandom on t'interwebs had taken off by then, albeit on a lot smaller scale. Seeing the state of some of the batshit TW fans makes me all nostalgic for Clan Denial and the outcry about Richie - in comparison Clan Denial was full of very sensible and sane people. *snicker* Oh yeah, I was a member...
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Funny thing about Adric dying was that I was more shocked that a companion was killed, rather than upset about it being Adric (who was annoying - I was 14). I remember being gobsmacked to hell and then having the 'silent' credits after that was just like OMG they really did that!
Then there was B5; Marcus and Kosh and a whole host of others went out in a blaze of - well nothing really. And don't even get me started on Highlander! I suppose I can't really count that as fandom on t'interwebs had taken off by then, albeit on a lot smaller scale. Seeing the state of some of the batshit TW fans makes me all nostalgic for Clan Denial and the outcry about Richie - in comparison Clan Denial was full of very sensible and sane people. *snicker* Oh yeah, I was a member...