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Well, there is big Babylon 5 news these last two weeks – a reboot on the CW. Amid lots of speculation and gnashing of teeth by many fans, there is also a lot of excitement for something new! Feel free to weigh in on your thoughts here. I am excited about it!
We’ll be starting our rewatch of Season 5 of Babylon 5 atb5_revisited on October 11th! Join us!
B5 Reboot – What We Know So Far:
Fanfic:
Home by ddagent (Delenn/John Sheridan, Gen).
The Window by MishiTheP12 (Male!Talia/Sinclair, Not Rated).
Relativism Always Collapses by WantonWhale (Garibaldi and Lennier, Gen).
BEHIND THE GLOVE SERIES by pallasite:
Mercy’s Story (Teen and up).
The Orphans - A New Chapter (Teen and up).
UPDATED:
BREAKWATER by eusuchia (Franklin/G’kar, Teen and up).
Episode I: Birth of the Phoenix by proton104 (Crossover w/ Battlestar Galactica, Star Wars. Mature).
The Lady of Downbelow by Almadynis (Dr Who crossover, Teen and Up)
Rebirth of a Trio by kirallie (Crossover w/Final Fantasy XV and Harry Potter, Mature).
A New Space Age by the stargate time traveller (T).
Fan comic:
Babylon 6 Episode 4: Driving Forces by Jameson9101322 (Various, Gen). Check it out! It’s a good story.
Fanart:
I am changing up the fanart selections since I use Deviantart for most of my art posts. For the foreseeable future I will feature one artist a week and maybe include a small sample of their work with a link.
Martechi’s fanart on DeviantArt - Primarily ships and space scenes. Some very nice stuff.
Bio of the week:
This feature will return soon.
News and articles:
And all the news is about the reboot:
**Babylon 5 Reboot at the CW with J. Michael Stracyznski.
**Babylon 5 Reboot Will ‘Blend New Ideas’ Like Westworld and Battlestar Galactica, Creator Says.
**You Can’t Step in the Same River Twice: Babylon 5 Gets a Ground-Up Reboot.
*JMS Gives Slight Tease for the Return of Babylon 5
*Babylon 5 Creator in Running to Become New Doctor Who Boss.
*B 5 Creator Volunteers to Replace Chris Chibnall.
**Babylon 5: The Best 5 Character Friendships (and Best 5 Rivalries).
*Imagine a World with Millions of Telepaths, J. Michael Straczynski Did and Wrote a Comic about it - How’s that for a long article title?
*Did DS9 Plagiarize B5?.
*Cancelled Before it Began – Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers
*Is Babylon 5 the Most Influential TV Show of the Past 25 Years?.
Communities and members:
***b5_revisited will return on October 11th to watch Season 5. The schedule is Here at Dreamwidth and at Livejournal.
***medusa cascade is watching and commenting on Season 2 of Babylon 5. It’s her first watch.
*B5 Prompts on Tumblr is a good place to find story ideas.
*There is a Babylon 5 Discord server here: https://discord.gg/NAK4ywU with lots of chat about B5 and such.
*Babylon 5 Facebook Page: Come join us and start a conversation.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1643505239288376/
Here is a list our communities at Dreamwidth - all posts are mirrored at from LJ to DW:
Babylon 5 Revisited
Babylon 5 Love
Universe Today
*NOTE* All announcements are posted at the mirror Livejournal communities as well.
Books:
**Lost (and Found) in Space 2 - More from Bill and Angela about their days on Lost in Space.
*JMS’s novel is now available- Together We Will Go.
*JMS ‘s new writing book is available in print and e-book: Becomong a Writer, Staying a Writer.
*Pleasure Thresholds by Patricia Tallman. She has updated this one and it is available for Here: https://www.questretreats.com/pleasure-thresholds-order/
*Claudia Christian’s Snack Hacks at Amazon.
*Becoming Superman: Get it at Amazon.
You can also buy the Audible version there OR the Cd version with Peter Jurasik reading it.
Fun things:
***Claudia Christian newsletter: Sign up here
If you have Facebook, ‘like’
*The Zocalo Today is a great place to read news and fun stuff from fans.***
*Babylon 5 Facebook Group is a fan group. It is quite busy, with over 17,000 members.***
*I have started a new Babylon 5 page at Facebook and we are eager to get new members.
Babylon 5 Fans and Friends is a new group. Come join us!
** October Birthdays**
Dylan Neal - October 8
Jeff Conaway - October 5
John Vulich - October 10
Tim Choate - October 11
John Copeland - October 13
Linda Huse - October 16
Send us your news~!
alexcat or post it to the update and I’ll include it the next time. Well, there is big Babylon 5 news these last two weeks – a reboot on the CW. Amid lots of speculation and gnashing of teeth by many fans, there is also a lot of excitement for something new! Feel free to weigh in on your thoughts here. I am excited about it!
We’ll be starting our rewatch of Season 5 of Babylon 5 at
b5_revisited on October 11th! Join us! B5 Reboot – What We Know So Far:
Fanfic:
Home by ddagent (Delenn/John Sheridan, Gen).
The Window by MishiTheP12 (Male!Talia/Sinclair, Not Rated).
Relativism Always Collapses by WantonWhale (Garibaldi and Lennier, Gen).
BEHIND THE GLOVE SERIES by pallasite:
Mercy’s Story (Teen and up).
The Orphans - A New Chapter (Teen and up).
UPDATED:
BREAKWATER by eusuchia (Franklin/G’kar, Teen and up).
Episode I: Birth of the Phoenix by proton104 (Crossover w/ Battlestar Galactica, Star Wars. Mature).
The Lady of Downbelow by Almadynis (Dr Who crossover, Teen and Up)
Rebirth of a Trio by kirallie (Crossover w/Final Fantasy XV and Harry Potter, Mature).
A New Space Age by the stargate time traveller (T).
Fan comic:
Babylon 6 Episode 4: Driving Forces by Jameson9101322 (Various, Gen). Check it out! It’s a good story.
Fanart:
I am changing up the fanart selections since I use Deviantart for most of my art posts. For the foreseeable future I will feature one artist a week and maybe include a small sample of their work with a link.
Martechi’s fanart on DeviantArt - Primarily ships and space scenes. Some very nice stuff.
Bio of the week:
This feature will return soon.
News and articles:
And all the news is about the reboot:
**Babylon 5 Reboot at the CW with J. Michael Stracyznski.
**Babylon 5 Reboot Will ‘Blend New Ideas’ Like Westworld and Battlestar Galactica, Creator Says.
**You Can’t Step in the Same River Twice: Babylon 5 Gets a Ground-Up Reboot.
*JMS Gives Slight Tease for the Return of Babylon 5
*Babylon 5 Creator in Running to Become New Doctor Who Boss.
*B 5 Creator Volunteers to Replace Chris Chibnall.
**Babylon 5: The Best 5 Character Friendships (and Best 5 Rivalries).
*Imagine a World with Millions of Telepaths, J. Michael Straczynski Did and Wrote a Comic about it - How’s that for a long article title?
*Did DS9 Plagiarize B5?.
*Cancelled Before it Began – Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers
*Is Babylon 5 the Most Influential TV Show of the Past 25 Years?.
Communities and members:
***
b5_revisited will return on October 11th to watch Season 5. The schedule is Here at Dreamwidth and at Livejournal. ***medusa cascade is watching and commenting on Season 2 of Babylon 5. It’s her first watch.
*B5 Prompts on Tumblr is a good place to find story ideas.
*There is a Babylon 5 Discord server here: https://discord.gg/NAK4ywU with lots of chat about B5 and such.
*Babylon 5 Facebook Page: Come join us and start a conversation.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1643505239288376/
Here is a list our communities at Dreamwidth - all posts are mirrored at from LJ to DW:
Babylon 5 Revisited
Babylon 5 Love
Universe Today
*NOTE* All announcements are posted at the mirror Livejournal communities as well.
Books:
**Lost (and Found) in Space 2 - More from Bill and Angela about their days on Lost in Space.
*JMS’s novel is now available- Together We Will Go.
*JMS ‘s new writing book is available in print and e-book: Becomong a Writer, Staying a Writer.
*Pleasure Thresholds by Patricia Tallman. She has updated this one and it is available for Here: https://www.questretreats.com/pleasure-thresholds-order/
*Claudia Christian’s Snack Hacks at Amazon.
*Becoming Superman: Get it at Amazon.
You can also buy the Audible version there OR the Cd version with Peter Jurasik reading it.
Fun things:
***Claudia Christian newsletter: Sign up here
If you have Facebook, ‘like’
*The Zocalo Today is a great place to read news and fun stuff from fans.***
*Babylon 5 Facebook Group is a fan group. It is quite busy, with over 17,000 members.***
*I have started a new Babylon 5 page at Facebook and we are eager to get new members.
Babylon 5 Fans and Friends is a new group. Come join us!
** October Birthdays**
Dylan Neal - October 8
Jeff Conaway - October 5
John Vulich - October 10
Tim Choate - October 11
John Copeland - October 13
Linda Huse - October 16
Send us your news~!
