How We Came To Be Kittens

[fhiwda]

Where to begin...

My freshman year of high school...nearly 10 years ago...

A fellow Drama Dork was obsessed with the Buffy series. I used to make fun of him, then he talked me into watching the first episode. I was instantly hooked. He allowed me to borrow his copies of the series. When I got to season 4...there was no turning back. I fell in love with the love W/T shared. When I finished season 6, I was beyond pissed. Season 7 was horrible without Miss Tara.

I spent the next few years upset about Tara being gone.

Then I met this amazing girl when I was 20? I think I was 20...maybe 21...details. We hit it off right away. Our biggest common interest was W/T. I mentioned that I hated that W/T couldn't have lasted longer. This wonderful girl introduced me to this board. I joined right away. I've been hooked and reading every since.

Thank you all for making the world a better place for me with this Board... All of you are my Heroes!

[CrazyTaraWitch]

I honestly can't remember. I vaguely remember in the last year or two of Buffy, when I was about 11, that I'd heard of it and was interested, then one day I stumbled upon part of Seeing Red. I was hooked, and latched onto the next episode I found on TV, which happened to be Chosen. I think shortly after that was when I discovered afternoon Buffy on FX, and watched as often as I could. I don't even remember falling in love with Willow and Tara; I guess with Seeing Red being my first Buffy I probably loved them from the start. I do remember when I was 13 searching for pictures of Willow and Tara on the net rather obsessively; that's probably how I wound up here. I was 13, and falling in love with Willow and Tara helped me realize I was gay, something absolutely no one I had ever known had ever dealt with, so to say I needed this place is a bit of an understatement.

I may not remember how I arrived, and I've come and gone a couple times, but this board has been my home for 9 years, and I know I'll always come back to it.

[Ariel]

I only began to watch BtVS when my wife introduced it to me in 2010 on Netflix. Why didn't I watch the originals when they aired? Because the show was on and I became convinced I had to see the movie first. I saw the movie and thought it was mediocre at best and YES I now realize I missed a great chance to be in on something amazing from the get-go but nooooooo, I had to be a purist and watch the dumb movie!

So Kate and I watched episode after episode for hours at a time. Then S-4 came and I fell in love first with Tara then T/W and obsessively watched episodes over and over again. Then I found some fanfic sites but this was/is hands-down the best there is.

I love their loyalty to each other, their tenderness, passion and sheer unadulterated CUTENESS when they hold hands, tell stories, etc. Then I got to read a host of amazing writers AND be part of a group of wonderful, warm hearted people who laugh and cry and struggle and cheer each other on, how cool is that?

I'm grateful for W/T and for the KB which honors them like no other place I know.

Ariel
How I Met Your Mother

[Azirahael]

For me it was a 'lightning strikes' twice thing.
I watched a bit of Buffy back in the day, but it was on at some weird time like 23:00 or something, an i had no VCR, so i only caught a few episodes.
I think i caught a bit of Season 2 and the middle half of Season 5.
I saw Season Sux and though, 'Wow, it's so not-fun" but the light for me was Willow and Tara getting back together 'cos i am a hopeless romanitic.
We know how that worked out, and i shall not sully these shining pages with discussion of it.

Anyhoo, i watched a bit more in the hopes that my fave character would make a return, i mean hey, Buffy came back twice and Angel... then i just stopped watching.
Recently i got the boxed set and watched through from the first episode, catching up on all the character development an' stuff (Willow is soooo cute!) and i totally dig Oz. man he is so cool a character.
not right for Willow, but still a nice guy.
then when the series ended on Season 5 (As it should) i went online to look for more.
i found the BTVS Chosen site and was hooked.

When i consumed that, i went looking for more and came here.
And i found my home.
I learned to cry on this board, reading all the wonderful stories of our girls in love.
This very board helped me discover that i HAD a soul. i should probably insert a Spike joke here or something.

So now i'm a kitten and proud of it.

Although, weird thing: my only forum experiences of any kind are on this board.
Apparently the rest of the internet is filled with hate and crazy, because none of my friends believe me when i tell them that my forum and fan-fic experiences are all positive!

Seriously, the worst (from my view) fanfic i've read on this board was simply a case of 'it was ok, i've read better'.
My friends think i'm delusional when i tell them about this place

I am never leaving.

All my love,

Richard