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30 years of FK enthusiasm
I missed the 30th anniversary of my first viewing of a Forever Knight episode. So here's the belated appreciation post.
My first episode was 1966, which aired in Germany on June 27, 1994. At that time I was impressed how that part of German history was handled in a North American TV series. After that episode, I went on vacation, so I recorded the remaining three episodes of the first season and found myself watching them over and over again. Finally the second season aired in Germany. And then they repeated the first season, so that I finally got to see the pilot.
I didn't know there was a third season until I bought the CD in 1996. Then I got access to the internet and could read the plot summaries of season 3. My, was I upset about Schanke. Eventually I met someone who could provide me with tapes from the third season. Internet access also meant that I could download gorgeous pictures. Remember those times when it took 20 min to download a single pic? And internet access opened this wide array of fanfiction. I read everything that was on the lists. On a side note, that really got me fluent in spoken English. In 2003 I started writing myself.
These last 30 years have been a wonderful journey. I met amazing people, travelled to interesting places and broadened my horizon. Thus FK really enriched my life and still continues to do so. :)
My first episode was 1966, which aired in Germany on June 27, 1994. At that time I was impressed how that part of German history was handled in a North American TV series. After that episode, I went on vacation, so I recorded the remaining three episodes of the first season and found myself watching them over and over again. Finally the second season aired in Germany. And then they repeated the first season, so that I finally got to see the pilot.
I didn't know there was a third season until I bought the CD in 1996. Then I got access to the internet and could read the plot summaries of season 3. My, was I upset about Schanke. Eventually I met someone who could provide me with tapes from the third season. Internet access also meant that I could download gorgeous pictures. Remember those times when it took 20 min to download a single pic? And internet access opened this wide array of fanfiction. I read everything that was on the lists. On a side note, that really got me fluent in spoken English. In 2003 I started writing myself.
These last 30 years have been a wonderful journey. I met amazing people, travelled to interesting places and broadened my horizon. Thus FK really enriched my life and still continues to do so. :)
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Thanks again for suggesting Dreamwidth and the FKFicFest some years ago. :)
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It's funny how you did know there had been a third season until you picked up the CD. For my part, I didn't know there had been a first season (at the time, I didn't know season 2 was not the first season) until I got the internet and discovered the fandom in summer 1996. That's when I learned about fan fiction as well.
I only spent a few years in the fandom in the 90s, but had a lot of fun with it. And now once again decades later!
I *do* remember that it took like 20 mins to download photos off the internet lol.
It's fun to learn how other fans discovered the show and fandom :-)