Checking out Riptide on the net
Oct. 13th, 2008 10:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
valis2Exploring the Riptide fandom has been rather intriguing.
First, it has always been a small fandom, it seems.
Second, it was 'zine based at first (the show ran from 85-88), and it appears that not many of the zine stories have been transferred to the internet (though some are still orderable, like this set). (ETA: According to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
tinx_r, that zine publisher is actually still quite active, and would be the place to go.) This is maddening to me--I want to read some of these stories so badly, but I'm worried that because the addresses listed are 3-4 years old, it might be fruitless to send away for them. I've seen some zines on eBay, too, but then I start thinking, do I really have this to spare right now...
Third, I can only find a single archive (Double Your Pleasure, a slash archive) and a fanpage with a few links. I found way more A*Team fanfic, honestly. Hell, fanfiction dot net has only three stories listed, though you can find five or six if you search diligently. My net mojo has abandoned me in this search...I've been lucky to find a scant handful of stories. Thank goodness for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
pier56 and the tireless efforts of tinx_r to get people to see the delicious slashy possibilities in a couple of yummy eighties guys living together in a small boat.
Fourth, the LJ presence is very small, and it turns out thatpier56 is rather new (and seems like the only LJ Riptide comm).
Fifth, you know your fandom small when you squee and clap your hands because all four of the Riptide regulars commented on your fic.
First, it has always been a small fandom, it seems.
Second, it was 'zine based at first (the show ran from 85-88), and it appears that not many of the zine stories have been transferred to the internet (though some are still orderable, like this set). (ETA: According to
tinx_r, that zine publisher is actually still quite active, and would be the place to go.) This is maddening to me--I want to read some of these stories so badly, but I'm worried that because the addresses listed are 3-4 years old, it might be fruitless to send away for them. I've seen some zines on eBay, too, but then I start thinking, do I really have this to spare right now...Third, I can only find a single archive (Double Your Pleasure, a slash archive) and a fanpage with a few links. I found way more A*Team fanfic, honestly. Hell, fanfiction dot net has only three stories listed, though you can find five or six if you search diligently. My net mojo has abandoned me in this search...I've been lucky to find a scant handful of stories. Thank goodness for
pier56 and the tireless efforts of tinx_r to get people to see the delicious slashy possibilities in a couple of yummy eighties guys living together in a small boat.Fourth, the LJ presence is very small, and it turns out that
pier56 is rather new (and seems like the only LJ Riptide comm). Fifth, you know your fandom small when you squee and clap your hands because all four of the Riptide regulars commented on your fic.
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Date: 2008-10-14 03:16 am (UTC)I don't remember Riptide. Time to go google. Good luck with your search. I guess there wasn't a number to call to double check the address?
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Date: 2008-10-14 03:22 am (UTC)Check out my A*Team summaries entries (http://valis2.livejournal.com/tag/a*team) to see how that went, lol.
And I've already googled Riptide into the ground...I've gone through about forty pages of results with a fine-toothed comb. Not much there, sad to say!
I guess there wasn't a number to call to double check the address?
I didn't see one--that might be a good idea, though, to check and see if they have email or something. :) Thanks!
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Date: 2008-10-14 03:33 am (UTC)Bring on the fanfic!
Good luck with the zine!
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Date: 2008-10-14 03:44 am (UTC)Total lol...I know which one I'd choose!
*snuggles Faceman*