Babylon 5 Fandom Update for 3 - 13 - 2016

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I update once every 2 weeks (or so) with fiction, challenges etc. Please feel free to contact me if you have news or anything you think needs to be featured here. Just send me a PM at alexcat or post it to the update and I’ll include it the next time.

Our babylon5_love month is done and you’ll find a complete listing in this newsletter. We are coming closer to the end of Season one in our rewatch but new watchers are always welcome at b5_revisited.



Fanfic
To Save a Lost Soul by JarrisShepard (John/Delenn, Marcus/Susan, Teen and up).
Cells by kungfuwaynewho (AU, Sheridan, Delenn, T).
Human Empire: Babylon 5 (TRAILER), Book3 of 3 by The Sealer (Delenn, Sheridan, T)
UPDATED:
Beyond the Rim: Sheridan by Jameson9101322 (Sheridan, Lorien, Gen).
Valor of the Suns by Walker98 (Original characters, Teen and up).
The Girl with the Great Gift by Pengping (Original characters, K+).
Metamorphoses by kungfuwaynewho (Delenn, Sheridan, T).


Fanart:
I only display a sampling of the latest from the artists. Please check out their pages at Deviant Art.
This week’s art is from Archive of our Own and Natoth:
Adira Tyree
Na’Toth
And shadowycat:
Susan Ivanova

News:
Get all the B 5 and related news at ISN News: The Zocalo Today!.

--Bill Mumy responds to new Academy rules.
--Stephen Furst Laments new Academy Rules.
--Outer Places names Babylon 5 as one of the Scifi television shows with the best endings ever.
--SENSE8 - All 12 episodes of the first season by JMS and the Wachowskis became available on Netflix on June 5. The series has also been renewed for a 2nd season.
--Here is the Facebook FreeBabylon5 community.


Communities and members:
*Recap and Discussion for 1 x 17 -- Legacies at b5_revisited.
*Recap and Discussion for 1 x 18 – A Voice in the Wilderness – Part 1 at b5_revisited.
jedi_of_urth writes A Rewatch Extra.
oeam_bigbang is hosting a BIG Bang and B5 is included in the fandoms. Check it out Here.
Here is a listing of everything from ( Babylon 5 Love Month )

Please check them all out and leave a little Babylon Love for the folks who took part!
**b5_revisited has begun a rewatch of Season 1. This post has info and sign up info for leading discussions for each episode. We need more people to sign up and we hope you’ll all join us in the rewatch! We welcome all watchers and commenters too!


Fun things:
If you have Facebook, ‘like’
Bruce Boxleitner for updates on Bruce and some nice convention photos.
Claudia Christian for some Ivanova fun and photos.
Patricia Tallman does a few fun things at her FB page and she has a newsletter you can subscribe to while you're there.
Jason Carter for some of Jason’s zaniness. He does post some as well as a mod.
Fans of J. Michael Straczynski for updates from the man himself and mods.

***The Zocalo Today is a great place to read news and fun stuff from fans. I think you have to ask to join. There is lots of discussion and fanning going on at this Fb community right now. B5 is alive and well there.***

** March Birthdays**
Richard Compton - March 2 (Babylon 5 director)
Penn Jillette - March 5 (Rebo in the Season 5 episode "Day of the Dead')
Bryan Cranston - March 7
Tricia O'Neil - March 11 (Earth Alliance President (Elizabeth Levy)"In the Beginning" and the Onteen female M'Ola in the episode "Believers" (Season 1)
Richard Biggs - March 18 (in loving memory)
Brad Dourif - March 18 - (Brother Edward in the Season 3 episode "Passing Through Gethsemane" (directed by Adam Nimoy).
Jesus Trevino - March 26
Ed Wasser - March 26

( “**Conventions )

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