The official Otakon '13 site just released a list of selected fan-submitted panels being held at the convention this year, and one of the panels is titled: 'ASPERGERS AND FANDOM'

Cue me staring at the list like:



And I'm debating on whether or I'd want to attend it because I will bet my life on the fact that there are going a few little shitty trolls at that damn panel saying "You mean ASS-BURGERS? *dumb laughter*" Ughhhh- and even if I didn't attend- I'd hope that one of the panelists would actually be someone who has the disorder/condition, and is well-studied up enough to call out that it's not all about 'Social awkwardness and obsessions'. Like "Being an unruly jackass is NOT one of the symptoms. Plz stop using it as an excuse to try and get away with being a rude little shit."

this guy in the office has a phone ringtone that is my alarm clock ringtone.
i associate alarms with bad things like making me get out of bed when i just want to lie there.

every time his phone rings i get upset.

Days 1 - 25

26. Favorite companion’s family member

Wilf. Do I even have to explain why- besides him being wonderful? Also, I'm sure I would have loved Amy's parents more if we'd seen a little bit more of them- probably her mom more just from that one bit that we got in 'The Big Bang' where she goes into Amy's bedroom, and says "And this is your breakfast- which your father made. So, feel free to tip it out the window if it's an atrocity."

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- And I realize that, from one of the questions from yesterday about which character I'd like to know more about- I guess I'm going to be forever in wonderment about what the deal was with Amy Pond and field hockey. It was brought up in TGWW, when older!Amy hands a wooden pole(?) over to her and says something like "Amy. Kate Hiddler. Hockey." and present!Amy responds by saying "Go for the shins."

I now just picture that facing down Amy in field hockey would be like trying to take on a human freight train.

MEET-UP PLANNING

With the movie open almost everywhere, now is the perfect time to start meeting with other GQMF's so we can all freak out about the lens flare/Benedict Cumberbatch's ass villain/the whole freaking movie. (I'm definitely PAST warming my nacelles about now...)

This is the weekly post where members can plan meetups for movies, conventions, and misc events.

Just specify the city/country you're in and link to a post in your personal journal where your neighbours can plan the meetup with you. Or else check out the list of communities dedicated to these meet-ups under the cut.
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RECAP

For those of you who were able to document your meetups, please post your pics and recaps here, or better yet link to a post in your own LJ so that the comment pages here don't break the internet.

Even if you didn't take any pictures, please feel free to recount the awesomeness of meeting with other GQMF's, any funny conversations or accidental meeting of other Star Trek geeks fans. lol

Do it!

Days 1 - 20

21. Favorite location

Some of the locations that were chosen for 'The Angels Take Manhattan' episode, including the ones chosen for 'The Impossible Astronaut'.

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16. Favorite episode from Season 4

'Silence in the Library' because while I don't find most of his monsters that scary- I love how Moffat has an ability to bring in the 'creepy' factor. And what better way would there be to do it than by going, "Something's off though. If we're on a planet-sized library... where are all the people?" *cue creepy background sounds* And there's the bit with Ten saying (something like), "Almost every known species in the universe has an irrational fear of the dark. But it's not irrational. It's the Vashta Narada."

'Planet of the Ood' almost makes it because I really like the Ood and their singing bits, but I could've really done without the part at the end of the episode where they show the tentacles coming out of the guy's mouth. x_x

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11. Scenery porn

I'm just gonna roll with this, and talk about the cinematography choices. Basically I'd like to see Toby Haynes come back, and I really enjoyed how him and the crew shot the scenes for 'The Impossible Astronaut' and 'Day of the Moon'.

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Here is the weekly post where you GQMFs can post links to their own Star Trek-themed fan videos, art, fiction, crossover macros, and anything else that you feel best belongs right in here.

We recommend that you comment with a link to your journal/youtube/DeviantArt/tumblr/AO3/etc, where we can all marvel at your talent, as opposed to posting all the pictures/videos/etc in a single comment.

Days 1 - 5

06. First Who episode that you ever watched

'The Eleventh Hour'. I hadn't felt a kind of pull-in like that since back when I first got into the Harry Potter series.

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