Actually, I just came to this area of the board to introduce myself and found your friendly welcome. Thanks.

Here's a little of who I am.

I was a BotP fan back when it aired locally in 1979-80. I was not an obvious fan. I didn't want to get laughed at by any other 15-16 year-olds, but I did watch it and gave the characters a lot of thought. At that time I was drawn to Keyop as my favorite. He was the different one of the group, and I could identify with that.

Over the years I have been in several different fandoms including Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Lord of the Rings. I'm still active in the Lord of the Rings fandom, but needed to get away from some people and pressure that I was feeling in certain circles.

About five years ago, on a whim, I started looking for Battle of the Planets information online. I read a lot of great fic back then and actually got inspired by one of the stories to try my hand at a BotP fic. Unfortunately, that autumn, on Halloween to be precise, my hard drive on my old PC froze and it took several fics with it including my only BotP story.

Now, a couple of months ago I got the bug to find out what had ever happened online to all those stories I had read years ago and were people still interested in Battle of the Planet and Gatchaman anymore.

Glad to see that people still are, and there are all kinds of new fics out there. I hope to stay around here for a while. It's fun to play in a fandom that I had when I was my daughter's age. Hey, it's one way to stay young.

That's the short version of a long story.

Actually, I'm trying to recreate the lost story and it has quite taken over my life. Right now, in amount of space it takes on the computer, it qualifies as the second longest fic I've written; and it's still growning. I think I have it about a third of the way done.

My inspiration came from the Ithaca stories, and while mine is sad, it isn't as sad as Terry Ann's story was. She gave me her blessing to run with my idea, so I'm doing that.

Thanks for the warm welcome.

Welcome, Garnet! I too was a big fan of BOTP back in 1978-79, though I mostly forgot about it until I got nostalgic in 2006, went looking for BOTP sites on the internet and then learned about Gatchaman.

Actually, I think a big reason I forgot about BOTP after it went off the air was that, in 1980 I read The Lord of the Rings for the first time and became obsessed with Tolkien for many years after... (still a big LOTR fan, though not active in the fandom).

So sad that you lost your BOTP fic. You might find this place inspiring you to write one again, though -it had that effect on me!

Hello and welcome, Garnet! I'm glad you found your way over here. We're a friendly bunch and are very supportive of others iwho are nterested in the fandom. So anytime you're ready to post your fic(s), please do so! We'll all be grateful that you did!

Oh, and just a word of advice from an Eagle to a Swallow.... Watch out for those Swannies - they can be a handful!

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Great to see you here, Garnet? I'm another BOTP fan from back when who rediscovered the series later on. As with you, it was also fanfic that truly got me interested in this fandom. I'm been a little obsessed with it ever since writing my first fic a couple of years ago.

If it helps, I love Star Trek as well, although I never got involved in online fandoms. I've attended many a Con, however. I enjoy all of the series, although I'm least-connected with TOS. DS9 is a great series. I loved the multi-episode story arcs that really gave depth to the characters and meaning behind the plot!

We're happy to help you out with any questions you may have. So come on into the Snack J, pull up a barstool, and have a drink on us!

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Thank you all so much for the warm welcome.

Madilayn, to answer the burning question of Eagle or Condor, I have to confess that when I was younger I liked the Eagle better, but now I'm more of a Condor fan. I like it that he's not a conformist. I'm a huge racing fan so that draws me to him also.

And I've already found Gatchafanfic and read a lot of wonderful stories there.

lborgia88, I read LOTR in 1977, and loved it so much that I'd say it changed my life. I'm not sure what attracted me to BotP when it aired, but I was one of the few people I knew my age that liked it. I think my boyfriend did, but we never talked about it until many years later when he told me about Gatchaman. Unfortunately, he never made an effort to include me in fandom things and anime was his thing. Maybe that's why he and I divorced in 1998.

Oh Springy, thanks so much for the picture. I LOVE it.

Thanks, Becky.

I counted myself very lucky in high school, most of my friends were very into Science Fiction and Fantasy. Of course, when anyone found a new hobby it was a given that several people would check it out. That was just the way it worked when there were only 60-70 student in grades 6-12 and less than 200 and k-12 total.

As for the fic, it's progressing nicely. I haven't worked on it today. It seems the writing bug bites at about the time I should be going to bed.

...and also welcome from myself too.

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I'll write something else entertaining here eventually...

Actually, compared to some fandoms I know, this is one of the least smutty. And at least the smut here is well written and you can still recognize the characters. Someone doesn't just barrow their names and screw with their personalities for no good reason.

Now, for the most part, I don't write smut--okay, maybe a couple of stories--but, who knows; if I'm corrupted/encouraged enough, I may one day.

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Originally posted by amethyst Corruption, there's no corruption to be had here! Most of us were this way when we got here.

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