early POTC fandom

[veronica_rich]

So metalkatt, dahlianna, and I are watching CotBP (the first POTC movie) again. (Well, D is mostly watching "Supernatural" on her computer, but she's in the room.) And it started me remembering things in the very early fandom 8 years ago - things we now take for granted or are old hat, that were just getting started then.

For instance - does anyone else remember the little wordplays that resulted in phrases like "Dr. I Am Disinclined to Acquiesce to Your Request" (i.e., another name for the movie "Dr. No")? Or even where that list got off to? There were a bunch on it. What else do you extreme old-timers remember from the VERY early days of this fandom?

(Also, Jack looks much less stylized here; his outfit and look is more practical and "worn-in" and looks comfortable. In OST he's got more eyeliner and eyeshadow drawn on, his costume is more elaborate - it doesn't look like a costume here - and he looks more comfortable overall in this one. The costumes in this one seem more like clothes on everybody, too. Did Penny Rose just kind of give up?)

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[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

To be honest, before the whole J/E debacle, I never paid attention to 'ship arguments because none took over the whole fandom and they don't matter to me anyway. I've heard there were bad feelings that developed over the whole J/W vs. J/j thing, but I know nothing of it. (Although I do remember a discussion over the "rooting for you" thing.)