Babylon 5 Fandom Update for 7 - 19 - 2020
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alexcatI update once every 2 weeks (or so) with fiction, challenges etc. Please feel free to contact me if I 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.
I hope this update finds you well! It’s HOT here in the southern US – 90s today. I am cooling it inside myself. If you’re not up for the heat, watching B5 is a good way to spend your time! Join us at![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
b5_revisited for our rewatch of Season 2.
Londo’s Celebration:
“Everybody’s cute! Even me! But in purple, I’m stunning!”
Fanfic:
Hidden Inspirations by janetcarter (Lyta/alexander/G’kar, Gen).
Lullaby by janetcarter (Lyta Alexander/G’kar, Gen).
Another Wanderer at the Ti and Kaf by Merfilly (Star Wars Clone Wars Crossover, Gen).
As Blood Is to Stars by the_rck (Alfred Bester/Michael Garibaldi, Teen and up).
A Clue from Home by Merfilly (Star Wars Prequel crossover, Gen).
Family Unit by janetcarter (Lyta alexander/G’kar, Teen and up).
Moments of rest by Albaquerki Noraz (T).
UPDATED:
The Anniversary by Ibenholt (John Sheridan/Delenn, Gen).
All Alone in the Night by images_words (Avatar: The Last Airbender crossover, Gen). BREAKWATER by eusuchia (Franklin/G’kar, Teen and up).
Babylon 5 SI by heavyneos (sef-insert, rated T).
Missing Scenes of John and Delenn by Anne Bensler (John/Delenn, T).
The Tenderness of Treason by gin007 (Timov, T).
Fan comic:
Babylon 6 Episode 4: Driving Forces by Jameson9101322 (Various, Gen). Check it out! It’s a good story. New episode begun!
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.
This week we are featuring Amras. Lots of nice digital art of B5 ships there. Also some shadows.
The Many Faces of Delenn by alexcat (Moodboard, Gen).
Bio of the week: Andrea Thompson
Andrea Thompson was, of course, Talia Winters, tragic telepath and love interest of Susan Ivanova on Babylon 5. She was also Jerry Doyle’s real life wife at the time. She acted in several tv and movie roles over the years before turning to journalism in 2001, when she went to work for CNN. She had since returned to acting and doing voice work. She and Doyle had one son together.
News and articles:
**How to Watch Babylon 5 and Its Spinoffs in Order.
*9 Star Trek Characters Played by Jeffrey Combs - an Article about the actor who played Harriman Gray in Eyes.
*Top 10 B5 episodes.
*Bringing Stories to Life: The World of Science Fiction and Fantasy Model Building
*Babylon 5: Hidden Costume Details
*Babylon 5: 10 Plot Points That Were never Resolved
Communities and members:
***b5_revisited began rewatching Season 2 on June 1. Join us each week for a discussion post about the week’s featured episode. If you’d like to write the summary/lead the discussion for an episode – go here and sign up : https://b5-revisited.dreamwidth.org/144967.html.
***Episode 6 – A Spider in the Web and the Mirror is Here.
***Episode 7 – Soul Mates and the Mirror is Here.
***Babylon Love Month has been moved to August and we still have many, many days open!! Go Here to sign up. You can do as many days as you like as we accept all fanworks – fiction, podfic, art of any sort, picspam, meta… Join us! We have 17 slots still open! It does not have to be new work. We could use your help!
*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:
*Have You Seen My Country Lately?: America’s Wake-up Call by Jerry Doyle – similar in style to his radio show.
*Diplomatic Act by Peter Jurasik and William H. Keith, Jr. A novel about an actor playing an alien.
*Pleasure Thresholds by Patricia Tallman. She has updated this one and it is available for Here: https://www.questretreats.com/pleasure-thresholds-order/
*Frontier Earth by Bruce Boxleitner is a fiction aliens and cowboys tale.
*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:
***Mira Furlan and Claudia Christian have newsletters and I’m having trouble getting the addresses to work I will add them later.
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!
** July Birthdays**
Jerry Doyle - July 16
J. Michael Straczynski - July 17
David Warner - July 29
Send us your news~!
alexcat or post it to the update and I’ll include it the next time. I hope this update finds you well! It’s HOT here in the southern US – 90s today. I am cooling it inside myself. If you’re not up for the heat, watching B5 is a good way to spend your time! Join us at
b5_revisited for our rewatch of Season 2. Londo’s Celebration:
“Everybody’s cute! Even me! But in purple, I’m stunning!”
Fanfic:
Hidden Inspirations by janetcarter (Lyta/alexander/G’kar, Gen).
Lullaby by janetcarter (Lyta Alexander/G’kar, Gen).
Another Wanderer at the Ti and Kaf by Merfilly (Star Wars Clone Wars Crossover, Gen).
As Blood Is to Stars by the_rck (Alfred Bester/Michael Garibaldi, Teen and up).
A Clue from Home by Merfilly (Star Wars Prequel crossover, Gen).
Family Unit by janetcarter (Lyta alexander/G’kar, Teen and up).
Moments of rest by Albaquerki Noraz (T).
UPDATED:
The Anniversary by Ibenholt (John Sheridan/Delenn, Gen).
All Alone in the Night by images_words (Avatar: The Last Airbender crossover, Gen). BREAKWATER by eusuchia (Franklin/G’kar, Teen and up).
Babylon 5 SI by heavyneos (sef-insert, rated T).
Missing Scenes of John and Delenn by Anne Bensler (John/Delenn, T).
The Tenderness of Treason by gin007 (Timov, T).
Fan comic:
Babylon 6 Episode 4: Driving Forces by Jameson9101322 (Various, Gen). Check it out! It’s a good story. New episode begun!
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.
This week we are featuring Amras. Lots of nice digital art of B5 ships there. Also some shadows.
The Many Faces of Delenn by alexcat (Moodboard, Gen).
Bio of the week: Andrea Thompson
Andrea Thompson was, of course, Talia Winters, tragic telepath and love interest of Susan Ivanova on Babylon 5. She was also Jerry Doyle’s real life wife at the time. She acted in several tv and movie roles over the years before turning to journalism in 2001, when she went to work for CNN. She had since returned to acting and doing voice work. She and Doyle had one son together.
News and articles:
**How to Watch Babylon 5 and Its Spinoffs in Order.
*9 Star Trek Characters Played by Jeffrey Combs - an Article about the actor who played Harriman Gray in Eyes.
*Top 10 B5 episodes.
*Bringing Stories to Life: The World of Science Fiction and Fantasy Model Building
*Babylon 5: Hidden Costume Details
*Babylon 5: 10 Plot Points That Were never Resolved
Communities and members:
***
b5_revisited began rewatching Season 2 on June 1. Join us each week for a discussion post about the week’s featured episode. If you’d like to write the summary/lead the discussion for an episode – go here and sign up : https://b5-revisited.dreamwidth.org/144967.html. ***Episode 6 – A Spider in the Web and the Mirror is Here.
***Episode 7 – Soul Mates and the Mirror is Here.
***Babylon Love Month has been moved to August and we still have many, many days open!! Go Here to sign up. You can do as many days as you like as we accept all fanworks – fiction, podfic, art of any sort, picspam, meta… Join us! We have 17 slots still open! It does not have to be new work. We could use your help!
*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:
*Have You Seen My Country Lately?: America’s Wake-up Call by Jerry Doyle – similar in style to his radio show.
*Diplomatic Act by Peter Jurasik and William H. Keith, Jr. A novel about an actor playing an alien.
*Pleasure Thresholds by Patricia Tallman. She has updated this one and it is available for Here: https://www.questretreats.com/pleasure-thresholds-order/
*Frontier Earth by Bruce Boxleitner is a fiction aliens and cowboys tale.
*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:
***Mira Furlan and Claudia Christian have newsletters and I’m having trouble getting the addresses to work I will add them later.
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!
** July Birthdays**
Jerry Doyle - July 16
J. Michael Straczynski - July 17
David Warner - July 29
Send us your news~!
