daily_flan | My Atlantis (Me too!) (Reply)

tex inspired me, though I don't think I could ever tell my story as well.

Without making this a novel, I've been around SGA since the beginning. I was an avid SG1 fan and remember the original promos for the show, where all they showed was a gate at the bottom of an ocean and I remember thinking "hm. That looks interesting." Wow. Little did I know huh? At the risk of sounding a tad bit melodramatic, this show actually changed parts of my life in profound ways. Before the SGA fandom, I had written fics, but had never done vids, or art. I've never been able to draw, or paint or sculpt or anything like that and had decided that I was analytical and technical, not artistic. This was a "fact" about myself that I had accepted years before.

My passion for SGA opened doors and avenues within myself to tap into an artistic side I never knew I had and I've thoroughly enjoyed the journey of self-discovery. First graphical art and then vids. Even in writing, I've gone further and done more than I ever thought I could. I wrote my first "novel" here and stories that have stretched and grown me as a writer.

I've made some of the best friends I've ever had in my life through this show and this fandom and still have so many of them. We go to cons together and are close friends. My love of SGA bloomed into so much more than just finding a forum and squeeing about the show (which is still fun too!) I've been going to Stargate cons since 2006 and have enjoyed every, single one of them. Still remember the first time I met Joe. Wow. :)

kristen999 came to me a few years back and asked if I would be interested in sharing my HD caps with the community. I totally was! I'd been sharing my HD capping on The Major website with a gallery, but loved the idea of sharing them to a wider audience of Sheppard and Joe fans. After all, what's the point of capping, if all they did was sit on my hard drive? And so, The "HD Pic Spams" (and eventually the BluRay Pic Spams) were born.

So a very VERY happy SGAnniversary to my all time favorite show and characters and to all the awesome people in this fandom!

In my mind, the chairs are still open for our favorite team, and always will be. No one else can fill their shoes, or sit in their chairs. :)