Trek fandom is a family home and grandpa got cloned

[coffeestudies]

nairie, frightened_eyes, shivaluna and I talked about how until now Trek fandom was like the house you lived in your whole life. There's dad you sit with at the kitchen table and talk about stuff and life and what you're supposed to do with it. And with your cool aunt you sit for hours at the window in the attic and talk about all the places you want to go to and and what you're willing to do to get there. Of course, there's also your older brother who's rather complicated and a little bit troubled but he always takes you to exciting places and you learn a lot just by being with him. You also like the distant cousin even though he never quite seems to fit in because he just keeps ignoring the rules (secretly, that's why you like him because he's doing it in a pretty cool way). And then there's grandpa who everyone looks up to because he built this house and he's still a shipload of fun for the stories he tells are liquid awesome and the beginning of everything!

Once in a while everyone gets to be bitchy and stupid but generally everybody's having a grand time.

But! Grandpa was recently cloned in a strange but totally scientific way and now all the new kids come to your house and want to spend time with him and say 'grandpa' is a stupid name and clone!grandpa is way cooler than original!grandpa anyway. (Admittedly, unlike original!grandpa he goes bowling instead of playing cards and is fashionable and stuff...) And the new kids lock themselves in the bathroom all the time where they make weird noises, they use totally new ingredients when cooking and the house smells for hours. However, the house hasn't been that exciting in a long time.

Summarily, we should have two bathrooms.

And this is where the story unexpectedly ends without an ending. ;)

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x-posted to fans_in_berlin

Comments

[nairie.livejournal.com]

I still think that this analogy is made of awesome. :)

[coffeestudies.livejournal.com]

Yes. It gets awesomer by the day.

Although, I think I forgot some of the finer points of what you guys said because I didn't hear you over the sound of how awesome this theory is. ;)


Btw, lischa, who had planned on coming for sure, told me via pm that she couldn't come after all. So, no one left confused and disoriented that night. Except me, but it was late and I was drunk.

[nairie.livejournal.com]

Oh and ... take a look at thefabone's journal. Do you wanna come? At monday?