Fannish knowledge is a zero sum game

[lizardbeth]

Once upon a time, I could play "name that episode" of ST:TNG with my roommate -- we could identify the episode in the first minute of the teaser. Sometimes only a few frames. But I noticed that as I started into B5 and XF, my TNG knowledge started to disappear. Which led to my theory of finite fannish space in my brain -- as I accrue trivia about one fandom, other trivia disappears. This is especially true because I like mythology-heavy fandoms the best where there's just so much to keep track of, it becomes a 'use it or lose it' situation.

This was prompted by realizing I've reached the point in my BSG/B5 xover where To Dream in the City of Sorrows would be handy, and I don't remember it anymore. And the book's buried in the garage. Sad, how much I've now forgotten. :( But hell, it's a crossover in two dead/dying fandoms, so whatever, I'll do what I can, but I'm not going crazy for no point.

(We won't talk about how Not All That We Are taunts me every single day from my layout. *sigh* Yeah, more long BSG fic. I'm such an idiot. bah. But I need to finish it off)

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[lizardbeth-j.livejournal.com]

yeah, I haven't watched more than random eps of TNG since it was syndicated, and my roomie and I would watch it at dinner back in uni. So that was... '95? ish. I can still figure out which ep it is, but now I have to i.d. it as "the one with the strange glowy dude" since I've forgotten most of the ep titles. And all those little factoids of minor character backstories and extra ship names and that random crap I used to have at the front of my brain got replaced. With the same info, pretty much, just for a different show.