dira | It's like the stages of grief except, you know, the opposite.

Dira's Stages of a New Fandom

0. Something intriguing. (In this case it was actually the premise of the actual show! More often it's fic or art or a vid.)
1. Rapid canon immersion.
2. Song lyrics. (No, but seriously, "Romans 10:9" by the Mountain Goats is totally Patrick Jane's theme song. The chorus is ironic.)
3. Slash someone with Jack Harkness. (Jack likes men in suits!)
4. Ridiculous and/or bizarre AUs not covered in step 3.
5. Kidfic.

Tonight has included at least parts of steps 1-4 (I just now finished season one). It is possible that this is one of the rare fandoms that skips step 5 and moves directly to the optional step 6, deathfic. (Did I mention I just now finished season one? !!!!)

Only moderately related: in this recent TV Guide interview of Amanda Righetti and Owain Yeoman, Amanda relates that CBS did an internet poll asking whether people wanted to see Rigsby and Van Pelt or Jane and Lisbon get together, and Rigsby/Van Pelt won.

Owain chimes in [the scan is small, so a word or two might be off, but this is the gist]: But they give all four of us those horrible love abbreviations! We're RigsPelt, which is bad enough, but they're Jisbon, which sounds like something you might have to go to the dry cleaner to deal with.

Ever since I squinted my way through that, I have been giggling over it.

JISBON, YOU GUYS. JISBON.

(RigsPelt, though, seriously? Vansby would be kinda cute, if you have to have one, but RigsPelt?)

This entry is crossposted at http://dsudis.livejournal.com/533550.html.