"Misfits of Science" fansites

Check out the two most recent additions to the online fan presence for 'Misfits of Science':

FROM THE FANS - tumblr

STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART - Facebook

Special thanks to SunglassesAtMidnight for all her wonderful work!

Other 'MoS fansites:

SunglassesAtMidnight - Twitter

Misfits of Science - Facebook

Science of Misfits - Blogger

Science of Misfits - YouTube

Misfits of Science - Twitter

Fansite Spotlight: Pedia of Interest

"Person of Interest" is so totally one of those shows where little details count; where something mentioned in passing - episodes back - will come into play suddenly, making you leap with joy at how well-crafted the arc of those details was. A show like that deserves a repository where all that information can be collected and correlated (wait, that almost sounds like something the Machine does!). Enter Pedia of Interest, a wonderfully all-inclusive fansite, that is as comprehensive as you can get with a show that is still airing and so has a continual amount of data to be added. It's great watching it update with new info after an episode has aired.

Points of Interest:

• The Mysteries page. How cool is it to have a breakdown of what's been divulged, mythology-wise, in the series so far?
• A list of each person of interest (a.k.a. people whose number is known to have come up), even some that weren't the main number that week - that's being thorough, I love it!
• A list of which episodes had flashbacks, and which character's they were.
• The extensive amount of trivia throughout, like the aliases used by our main duo, and the titles of literature caught onscreen.

It's packed with so many crunchy POI tidbits, I'm not even sure I've entirely gleaned it all. Be careful though, the site may contain spoilers for the upcoming Season Two. That oh-so-anticipated second season that is only eight days away!

(Leila .gif from a POI fan on tumblr)

Fansite Spotlight: DK Empire

One of the fandoms I'm currently immersing myself in is that of the (sensational!) British actor Dominic Keating. And there's just something so satisfying about finding an extensive and fun fansite devoted to what you're getting into :D In this case that'd be DK Empire, a fantastic fansite put together by the highly-creative Linsey McArthur.

I'd only previously seen DK as the incomparable Lt. Malcolm Reed in Star Trek: Enterprise, back in the 2000's, and his brief but totally memorable role as Ian Finch-Chumley in the 'Jungle 2 Jungle' movie, so it's been quite a treat to peruse all the screencaps and heaps of info over at DK Empire (from commercials to stage work to Indie shorts).

I look forward to seeing where next DK's career leads him, and it's great to have a place to revel in his previous projects :)

A current pic of Mr. Keating, from the NOH8 campaign.
UPDATE: DK Empire is no more, so the Official Site is the place to go.

Fansite Spotlight: Richard Chaves Fans

I was a fan of Richard Chaves (or more accurately, Lt. Col. Paul Ironhorse, since I'd only seen him as that character at that point) when watching War of the Worlds as a little kid, back during the show's original run. I never joined any fanclubs or mailing lists at the time (though I see now that there were tons, with plenty of fans too), but I'm making up for lost time now, at a great little corner of the 'Net devoted to enthusing about and admiring Richard and his wonderful acting.

There's the fansite, Richard Chaves Fans, that's been fully updated and is ever-growing with new content as it's discovered or donated. And there's the Fan Forum, where I've been enjoying getting to know other RC fans, all of whom I've found to be friendly, interested, and highly creative (the STG we have running there has kept me thrilled :) ). And then there's a Fanlisting too, which is basically like a directory of fans of RC. All three are created by and run by a consummate RC fan, and real fun gal, Lynda Vazquez.

If anyone needs a refresher course or introduction to Richard and how talented (and AWESOME!) he is, I made a video for that express purpose:



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Overcoming the Stalker Issue

I feel it's necessary to bring this up, cos a fellow RC fan voiced her concerns to me that one reason why we haven't been getting very many members at the forum may be: the fact that RC had to drop out of the public eye, due to dealing with a stalker back in the late 90's, might be making some fans too uncertain about showing their fan-ness for him.

I have to admit that I was a little wary myself of joining, cos I tend to have a very over-enthusiastic personality, and I didn't want that to be mistaken for the sort of unkind type of celeb-obsessed attitude. But let it be said right here: even though fans and stalkers do share a somewhat similar mindset, they do NOT act the same - fans admire and enthuse, and yes, enjoy coming to an actor's public appearances, but stalkers stalk - big difference. So I figured that as long as I was always respectful and kind in my adoration, then I wouldn't have to worry about getting confused for something I'm not - and never ever would be!

We can assume that Richard himself has gotten past whatever misery the stalker caused, since he's been to a convention since then, and he didn't look like he was in any way trying to avoid fan attention. :D So let's put the incident behind us too. I want to get to know the other RC fans out there, and I don't want some jerk's stupid actions to ruin a fandom that's precious to me. And after all, what would Richard think if he decided to google his name so he could see what his fandom was up to, and saw us being all nervous and guarded instead of rambunctiously squeeing about everything we love about him? So c'mon: RC fans unite! Come join the fun!