So, what are your other fan-obsessions?
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Ok so my obsessions go something like this:
Not BTVS but Spike- I have Spike everything, I even bought a jacket that looks like his. I spent $500 just getting to and buying tickets for a fanvention just to meet James!
Batman- Not just the movies but the comics and the merchandise and my head just spins when I think about it.
X-Men- esp. Gambit and Wolverine
Farscape- they haven't shown many of the ep's here Down Under, but I love what I've seen just the same.
Oh yeah and I'm a minor Trekker- I love the shows and the movies but I'm not so much in love that I've learnt a lot about the show or anything.
The human body can be drained of blood in 8.6 seconds given adequate vacuuming systems.
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I never was a fannish fan before Firefly, with the fanvids, the merchandise, etc., but I did know a bit of Quenya...
So yeah-- Tolkien and Buffy have a valid claim on me. But only for Firefly would I do such insane things as make a costume. 
Um... and if it counts, I'm rather obsessed with Le Morte D'Arthur. ...No, I didn't think it did. 
"it has some sweet character deaths -- I mean moments!" - Joss Whedon
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This is my first and only. I like a lot of other shows, but none has captured my soul the way this one has.
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ShinyTalent: That's a shame about Farscape eps there, since it was shot there and all :p
X-Men fan here as well :) (from comics, not neccisarily the movies)
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Can we include games?
I would have to be a Half-Life fan (But not the fan of the Half-Life2, damn that stank).
Professional remakes are unheard off for games, but the remake of Half-Life seems to be awesome
Anyone who mentions Shakespeare will get a .50 in their ass
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Ah, gee-whiz, do I have to name them ALL?! 
Okee-dokee, let's see now...
Well, the first fandom I went completely nuts over was a fantasy book series, The Wheel of Time. I saw book 7 on the "New Books" shelf of my high-school library my sophomore year, thought it sounded interesting, and decided to start from the beginning.
Other book fandom obsessions include: Harry Potter (duh), Douglas Preston/Lincoln Child (they have a recurring character that is among my top five favorites of all time), and Lord of the Rings (another 'duh').
My first real foray into the world of fanfiction, message boards, and season-DVD purchases was for The X-Files. I'd watched it on and off for several years, then my senior year of high school (Season 8 for XF), I started going online a lot, and discovered the X-Phile subculture. I've been hooked ever since, even almost four years after the series ended. I admit I could have had better timing, but the DVD's have helped, and there's still a thriving fan community out there.
I started watching "Lost" on the very first episode, and I haven't missed one since, even if I've had to tape them on occasion. I've heard that the writers have a whole five-season story-arc planned. Thank God. They know where they're going. I sincerely hope they're able to get there. Network TV studios can be absolutely vicious, as we've all had cause to mourn.
My dad got me hooked on the original Star Trek when I was about 7. I was never able to get into TNG or DS9, mostly because I was too young to go against my Mom's "no network TV" edict. However, when Voyager came around, I watched it fairly consistently for most of its run.
As for Star Wars, I'd hardly call myself obsessed. I've read a few of the novels, seen all of the movies, and went to the midnight premieres of all three of the newer ones. Still, that's small potatoes compared to the die-hards, and more power to them.
I guess that's just about everything...
Oh, wait, Firefly. Well, I'm ashamed to admit it, but I wasn't even interested until I saw a preview for the BDM. I'd had little use for Buffy or Angel, and when I first heard about it, I thought Firefly would be more of the same. Believe me, I've been kicking myself in the head for that for the last several months. I guess better late than never, though.
To be perfectly honest, I almost wish I'd never gotten involved. All the other fandoms I've been involved with were able, or are still able, to get to say everything they wanted to say. They have enjoyed long, prosperous runs and, in the cases of those that have ended, died peacefully in their beds at a ripe old age. Firefly was practically still-born, and even with all the life-saving measures the fans and Joss have taken, along with a much-needed boost from the BDM, it will always be crippled, and there are so many things that we'll never have the chance to see. I hate regrets, and the loss of that chance for Firefly is a big one.
I don't mean to sound maudlin. I adore the show, the movie, the whole damn thing. I'm going to continue to support it in any way I can, and I'll always have hope that it can be, in Joss' words, 'reborn in some - ANY- forum.'
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I could give a nice big long list here, but as I'm constantly jumping from one obsession to another, I'm just going to go with my one other 'current BIG obsession'.... The New Doctor Who
I first have to say that Firefly/Serenity is my one true love, but I know that a majority of the people around here feel the same way, so I'll leave it at that. The new Doctor Who is the only other show that even comes close to matching my obesession for FF. I wasn't ever even going to watch it (as was the case with Firefly... go figure) but one of my lovely UK friends was kind enough to loan me a copy and after the first episode, I was completely hooked. Great storytelling, good cast, and just plain fun. If any of you haven't seen it yet, you should definitely try to locate a copy or at the very worst, wait until it's released in the States in February and rent it. It will be well worth your time 
~*~ Cheryl
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Well,since I discovered this gem of a show due to the gem of a movie,both Firefly/Serenity are my big obsessions at the mo!
Long time avid Buffy/Angel fan. Forever!
I've got into Lost now as well(nearly finished season 1) and it's quite intriguing.
Harry Potter fan-(books more than movies). And a LOTR fan(books and movies)
Scrubs-I adore this show-seriously funny :D
So yeah,that's my obsessions-but always gotta love the Joss!
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My first fan obsession ever was The Adventures of Brisco County Jr, another great show that got canned in its first season by Fox. grrr But it's coming out on DVD soon, finally, so that's good.
I'm a bit of a sci-fi junky, so my list of obsessions is a bit long. But I'm a poor junky so I haven't bought many of my obsessions on DVD (other then Firefly of course). Having said that my obsessions include: Stargate SG1, Farscape, X-files (until it got all crappy), Carnivale, Invisible Man, Buffy, the first season of Earth Final Conflict, and don't shoot me, but I loved Star Trek: Enterprise (except the last episode, which as far as I'm concerned just is ... #%?#@*... I can't talk about it, makes me too upset). I also love Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles. And of course Firefly, but that goes without saying.
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I liked Briscoe too. How soon I forget.
Comet, the wonderhorse, Lord Boller, John Astin as the inventor. Bruce Campbell's best work apart from playing the thief in Hercules, in my opinion.
For that matter, Hercules and Xena were good also.
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