ruuger
2008-01-09 09:55 am UTC (link)

As someone who has about 90% of B5 fandom on LJ on my f-list, I can assure you the B5 fandom is far from dead ;)

There's fair amount of fic posted on LJ, so here's a list of all the fic communities to start point. Check out also the tags for

universe_today newsletter (on LJ) for fanart, fic, vids meta etc.

As for specific recs, for Ivanova/Talia, try

leyenn(on LJ) - she's the queen of that pairing - and for unusual pairings the rare pairings ficathon I ran a while ago.

If you want a good non-LJ place to discuss the show, the JumpNow forums are still the place to be.

Need anything else, just ask and I'll probably be able to help you ;)

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	ruuger 2008-01-09 09:56 am UTC (link)
	And that last link was supposed to be http://www.green-sector.de/intercom/ (Reply to this)(Parent)

	crickets 2008-01-09 05:00 pm UTC (link)
	Ooo! ::starts reacquiring bookmarks:: (Reply to this)(Parent)

	spacelogic 2008-01-09 05:16 pm UTC (link)
	<3 Thank you so much! (Someone(s) even wrote Ivanova/Delenn, my God, this is fantastic!) As an aside, your icon has been cracking me up ever since I saw that episode. Centauri genitalia, always good for a laugh, eh? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	khym_chanur 2008-01-09 10:43 am UTC (link)
	Well, damn. I want to recommend this very AU story that asks "What would have happened if the Minbari hadn't surrendered at the Battle of the Line?", but I can't remember the title or the author. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	ruuger 2008-01-09 11:28 am UTC (link)
	Do you mean "A Dark, Distorted Mirror" by Gareth Williams? (the site seems to be down atm) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	blackflag 2008-01-09 12:30 pm UTC (link)
	There's some stuff archived here that I don't think is anywhere else. Leyenn's fic is, definitely, elsewhere, but the rest of it, I'm not so sure about. Also, Penemuel's Nest has a lot. I've got a heap of links if you want more. :) (Reply to this)(Thread)

	spacelogic 2008-01-09 05:42 pm UTC (link)
	I'm terrified to find that Garibaldi/Bester fic exists, even if I saw the potential all over myself.... Those links are excellent. Thank you! (And, yeah, I hate to be greedy, but I would love more!) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

blackflag
2008-01-09 07:58 pm UTC (link)

Okay, you asked for it! Moar!

JennyAnn's B5 Fic (Contains 'Balance of Power' co-written with A. Manley Huff and Sue Phillips which was the first slash I read!)
Sheshat's Library. Mainly Ivanova/Marcus.
Writer's Haven B5 Fanfic. Various pairings, writers.
Blueshades: Centauri and Narn Fiction. As it says on the tin.
Musings and Sketches. John/Delenn.
Allaire Mikhail's Fiction. Sinclair/Garibaldi.
A. Manley Huff's Fic. Various pairings, adult fic. Slash and Het.
Delusions: Marcus/Neroon Slash. Like it says on the tin.
Em Land: Yahoo group for Emily Brunson. 'The House of Flesh' and 'The Wishing Tree' are fabulous, worth joining the list just to grab these two fics to read.
Aunt Beast's Susa/Talia fic. Like it says on the tin.
Sensitive Bunch: B5 fic comm on LJ.
The Ivanova Fiction Archive. Mainly Susan/Talia, Susan/Marcus or all three!
Rough Stones. Various pairings by Lapis Lazuli.
Diamond's Fanfic Mainly Susan/Marcus.
B5 at WWOMB. Slash, het, gen.
Elfin's Fic. Mainly Sheridan/Garibaldi. (My personal favourite 'ship!)

A lot of the best fic is no longer online, sadly. I've got a whole heap saved to disc for my own rereading enjoyment, but I don't know what the B5 fic fandom ettiquette is for emailing it out...I know one of the lists I'm on allows emailing fic to other people, so if you want a zip file or similar of that fic, let me know. :)

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	spacelogic 2008-01-09 10:03 pm UTC (link)
	You are a most generous and wonderful person and I thank you incredibly much. :-D What manner of fic is it? I wouldn't want to ask you to go to the effort for something that I wouldn't find really interesting, see. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	blackflag 2008-01-10 03:51 am UTC (link)
	#^_^# Weeeell, ir's probably easier for you to tell me what you're looking for - you name it, I've probably got it. Rule 34 and all. :) So, if you give me a list of pairings, etc, I can tell you how many (if any) I have of them. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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spacelogic
2008-01-10 05:31 am UTC (link)

You realize, of course, the list'll be long? I'm still turning over a bunch of things about the show and there's a lot I'm curious about. Things I am particularly interested in reading about include:

-Ivanova, in any context -- special interest in "Ivanova is a super-telepath" scenarios
-Franklin
-~~Tech #1~~ Corwin
-Telepaths, with regards to wrapping up any of the sub-plots about them (wouldn't they, like, try to breed telekinetics from Talia instead of dissecting her? What happened to the frozen ones? Why are there more unresolved things about telepaths than any other subset of characters? Why are all the female telepaths apparently bi?) Also shipperfic -- I mentioned S/T and Z/L above but telepath shipperfic is generally cool
-Lennier/Marcus
-Lochley/any female (has anyone written Lochley/Ivanova? Or who-was-Zoe stuff?)
-Actually, any f/f, because the female characters are all pretty fantastic and thus shippable.

Things that don't interest me:

-Garibaldi -- I think it's his hair, but I have no interest in him
-Sheridan/Delenn -- the show provided enough of that
-In shipperfic, a lack of explanation. It always bugs me seeing two characters suddenly in happy-couple mode when I don't know where it came from. That's pretty sweeping, I know, but I thought if I was being so general about things I like I might as well go both ways.

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	Re: embarrassed by how long this got blackflag 2008-01-10 11:13 am UTC (link)
	Yep, I can think of at least one fic in each of those in your want list. What's your email and over the weekend I'll zip up what I have and send it to you. :) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: embarrassed by how long this got spacelogic 2008-01-10 03:46 pm UTC (link)
	pellew @ gmail.com. P. S. You rule! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: embarrassed by how long this got blackflag 2008-01-17 04:38 am UTC (link)
	And sent! Sorry for the delay there. RL, bah. (Reply to this)(Parent)

crickets
2008-01-09 04:52 pm UTC (link)

Oh, I miss B5. My first big internet fandom, fun times. Sorry I'm no help with fic and I lost most of my B5 links a while back, but I still love wandering around these sites occasionally:

The Lurker's Guide to B5
Babylon 5 Time Line and History Page
Voltayre's Encyclopedia Xenobiologica
Babylon 5 Quotes

The Lurker's Guide Resources section seems to have a fair number of working links among the broken ones, if you haven't already been through them. Hope that helps.

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	spacelogic 2008-01-09 05:47 pm UTC (link)
	I actually keep forgetting about the Lurker's Guide because the wiki draws on it so heavily I always start there for info. So thank you. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crickets 2008-01-09 11:34 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you too. I'm glad you asked this question, because I'd sorta let the fandom go and it's great to see all of these links. (Reply to this)(Parent)

white_serpent
2008-01-09 06:03 pm UTC (link)

There was quite a lot of fan activity on rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5

JMS had a big online presence, and was very clear about wanting to avoid fan speculation and fanfiction that would put him in a sticky legal position. In general, he's exerted quite a bit of control over time in what's remained online. (See, for example, the removal of the Bab 5 shooting scripts from twiz.)

You can always try the geocities/angelfire links in wayback.

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	spacelogic 2008-01-09 10:20 pm UTC (link)
	makes note I suspected there was Usenet stuff, so I'll have to check that -- I didn't know what it'd be called. Yeah, I'd heard something about that. Unfortunate, really, considering that canon left some significant things unresolved. I tried some of them with archives -- Google and such -- but that's a good suggestion. Thank you. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	frequentmouse 2008-01-09 06:33 pm UTC (link)
	There's only eleven fics listed for Bab5, but I've found that the Crack Van recommendations community (link goes to Memories by fandom) often leads me to personal and group archives when exploring a new fandom. (more to come, maybe, but I'm snakebit about losing comments today) (Reply to this)

	frequentmouse 2008-01-09 06:39 pm UTC (link)
	Bab 5 tag dump from Ship Manifesto. There is no Bab 5 article at newbieguide, which is almost as sad as the dearth of [Unknown LJ tag]. There used to be an extensive fic recs thread at the old Dominion BB on Scifi.com, but that whole system has been churned and dumped so many times I'm sure they're all gone. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	frequentmouse 2008-01-09 06:40 pm UTC (link)
	crack_van (Reply to this)(Parent)

	spacelogic 2008-01-09 10:05 pm UTC (link)
	Splendiferous links, the both of your comments. I thank you. (Arbitrary icon variation; it's not really....) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

frequentmouse
2008-01-10 12:32 am UTC (link)

I don't have Ivanova here, so I answer with Aeryn Sun and once again contend that there needs to be more AS/SI fic. Lots more.

I was going to look at my long list of links at the Soulful Spike Society Reading recommendations board and see if any of the archives there have B5, but the damned Proboards server has been down all day, so I'm having a panic attack instead since most of those archive links are from my dead iMac.

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	spacelogic 2008-01-10 01:31 am UTC (link)
	I only know who Aeryn Sun is from Wiki-ing her last time you mentioned that, but I nevertheless wholeheartedly agree. I may need to do research into writing some. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	jesuitfluff 2008-01-11 07:37 am UTC (link)
	`that there needs to be more AS/SI fic. Lots more.` asl;kdghad;lfkgns THERE EXISTS SOME ALREADY? DO WANT. goes fic-hunting (Reply to this)(Parent)

	tofuknight 2008-01-09 09:46 pm UTC (link)
	I'm sorry I have no Babylon 5 links, but your icon made me snort coffee through my nose! (Reply to this)(Thread)

	spacelogic 2008-01-09 10:12 pm UTC (link)
	:-D I'm delighted to know that. I've got a variant with "OMG bisexuals" on it too, but I didn't like it so well -- wanna see? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tofuknight 2008-01-13 04:39 am UTC (link)
	YES (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	spacelogic 2008-01-13 05:05 am UTC (link)
	(Both shareable incidentally, though I feel awkward saying it since you didn't ask....) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tofuknight 2008-01-16 05:24 pm UTC (link)
	No awkwardness necessary! I lolled at the icon uproariously! And will now take and credit! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	hurricane 2008-01-09 09:52 pm UTC (link)
	There is new canon! There's the Lost Tales! I wants them. T_T (Reply to this)(Thread)

	spacelogic 2008-01-09 10:17 pm UTC (link)
	True -- I didn't think of that because a) I haven't seen 'em yet and b) I haven't seen any fannishness inspired by them -- again noting that I totally don't know the fandom. (And, c) I tend to overlook stuff with no Ivanova in.) But that's an excellent point and I'm glad you mentioned it, because now I may actually remember to watch that. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hurricane 2008-01-09 10:21 pm UTC (link)
	(I only have Doctor Who icons but Ivanova is Peri's mom.) ...no Peri icons here. Whoops. Anyhow, apparently The Lost Tales has Galen being awesomesauce, so I'm all for it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	kijikun 2008-01-09 11:55 pm UTC (link)
	Galen is made of awesome. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	seriousbusiness 2008-01-13 01:05 am UTC (link)
	If you haven't watched The Lost Tales, you should. Because it makes Galen look just...all that much awesomer. (No, I can't make sense today. Blame 12+ hour work shifts) (Reply to this)(Parent)