True Stargate Fan?

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This was originally a response that I wrote to someone that said that I wasn't a "real" Stargate SG-1 fan because my favorite character and favorite fanish paring wasn't the same as theirs and that you have to pick one Stargate show (SG1, SGA, or SGU) and hate the others to be a true fan.  After I wrote this I remembered that debating with someone with that mentality is a waste of time.  Recently, I was writing a comment about why I like Sam Carter and remembered this so I beta'ed myself (can you do that?) and here it is.

True Stargate Fan?

I started watching Stargate SG-1 because I like realistic, futuristic, space operas (Star Trek, Star Wars, Babylon 5).  I stayed for Sam Carter.  I am a woman who worked for the Navy as an engineer/computer programmer.  I was an overachiever in school.  If I had a choice I would be tall, thin, and blond.  Oh, and I am an instructor at self-defense, martial arts, and weapons (4th degree black belt in TaeKwonDo - KumDo) and a crack shot with a gun.  Sam was the closest any TV/movie character came to someone I could identify with.  I know I can't really be Sam Carter but it is more likely than Spiderman (woman, scared of spiders, scared of heights, allergic to spandex).

I was never fanatical about Stargate Atlantis.  I would sometimes watch because it was on right after SG-1 but never just sat down to watch it unless it was a crossover episode.  That was until Sam took over Atlantis.

I also really like Stargate Universe.  I know that the over zealous militant Stargate fans seem to think that you need to pick just one Stargate show but I would challenge anyone that says that I can’t be fanatical über Stargate SG-1 fan and also like SGU.  I read a ridiculous amount of fanfic to the point that when I find something that isn't new that I haven't read it is a shock.  I am your go to girl if you are looking for ANY SG-1 fic or author.  I have beta'ed for more that 25 authors and in most cases repeatedly.  I attend two Stargate Cons per year (Creation Vancouver and Chicago) and used to go to the New Jersey Stargate Creation Con before it was discontinued.  I go to other Cons as per what Stargate actor is going to be there.  I didn’t realize how many Stargate shirts I owned until recently when I was packing for a Stargate Con and I asked my daughter to grab all my Stargate shirts so I could choose.  There was over two dozen.  I have copies of all the scripts/transcripts from the MGM website (they have since taken them down) that took me a week to download.  I own all of the DVDs, audio dramas, and most of the books (can't get some because they are out of print).  I even own a bunch of the comic books.  I bid on the prop auctions (but I unfortunately don't have a big enough budget to win).  I promote, inform, blog, support, write articles, do research, etc on Stargate and any Stargate info I come across I distribute (usually I pass it to morjana and/or GateWorld).

So, yea, I'm not a real fan.