25th FK anniversary

[pj1228]

On June 27th, I had my personal 25th FK anniversary! I had meant to post this then, but ended up missing the date.

On June 27th, 1994, I ended up watching my first episode of Forever Knight. Coincidentally it was the episode 1966, which premiered on German televison that night. I remember being impressed by the depiction of German history (up to then North American TV rarely showed German history beyond 1945), a coroner of female gender (many have followed since, but Natalie was one of the first), the artful transition from present time to flashbacks and forwards again (something I also appreciated in Highlander), and the overall atmosphere of the show.

This first episode I had seen endeared me enough to make sure I got to see the remaining episodes of season 1.

Little did I expect at that time that FK would have such a tremendous impact on my life, and continues to do so still after 25 years.
Here's a run-down of the good things I attribute to FK:

• I met many wonderful people along the way world-wide, many of whom I now consider friends
• FK improved my English considerably (reading all the wonderful fan fiction made me actually fluent in the daily language)
• FK got me into writing FKfanfic myself.
• FK deepened my interest in history
• Canada became my favourite vacationing spot (I had a soft spot for North America before, already since childhood owing to the adventure books I read about the indigenous people, but that's another story)
• FK prompted me to visit Wales in order to find out how a certain name is properly pronounced. ;)
• FK prompted me to visit the theatre regularly.

I was interested in travelling, history, and theatre before, but FK brought it all together.
I'm so grateful for all the wonderful experiences FK has brought me for a quarter century.

Comments

[senmut]

This is a lovely insight!

[pj1228]

Yes, I was myself surprised at what came out of FK. :)

[greerwatson]

I first saw FK in the fall of 1994; so you've been around longer than I have. And no fanfic for the next ten years (except for what I wrote myself). I wasn't on line yet.

For me, one of the joys of the series—besides the obvious—was seeing Toronto actually playing Toronto. So many shows are filmed here but set elsewhere, usually some American city. With FK, there were references to real places and shots of streets I knew. Far too many of the places are now gone; but that's another matter.

[pj1228]

I also started reading Fanfic much later, around 2000 I believe. I remember that it took ages to download a picture on the 56 k modem.

I know what you mean. For me Toronto was actually a place one could visit. Being a Star Trek fan before FK, I was never able to visit Vulkan! :)