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)

Comments

[herald-mari.livejournal.com]

What do you need? I could ask Steve. He can play "name that episode" with several shows. Has no idea who Lady Gaga is, but ask him something sf related - he's there. LOL!!!!

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

I can... still sort of do that with TNG, but not always.

<3 <3 <3 <3 crossover, yay.

[bluediamond421.livejournal.com]

Heh, I really have to watch Babylon 5 next...

[azarsuerte.livejournal.com]

I have that book, so if you need any reference material from it, just holler. :-)

[grav-ity.livejournal.com]

I can still id most episodes of CSI within five seconds of the city shots being over...and that was a loooooong time ago.

But yeah: my Voyager-fu fails me on occasion.

[laetificat.livejournal.com]

I hadn't seen Farscape in about eight years, so when I started watching it again recently I found that while I know what happens at the end and the general arc, I had completely forgotten what happened in the individual episodes and how they got where they got. In this case, I kind of like how there's not infinite space, because I get to see it all over again!

(I'm losing B5 as well. I'm not that sad. I'll get to watch it again!)