How We Came To Be Kittens

[BBOvenGuy]

Hiya, everybody...

Here's a little question for you to answer. It's part of the Kitten Board Book project, so I hope you'll all join in.

How did you come to the Kitten Board? What's your story? Did W/T bring you to the net in the first place, or are you a net-veteran who was looking for some W/T goodness? Inquiring minds want to know.

Have fun...

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[repost]

I'd always been into Buffy and used to frequent quite a few sites, mainly for spoilers and info on Aly that type of thing, but when Amber joined the cast and Willow and Tara got together I instantly fell in love with them and started looking for sites dedicated just to them, although there weren't many at the beginning. I stumbled on the Kitten quite by accident, I was sorting out my mailing lists one night and spotted the Willtara and there was a link to the kitten in one of the messages (Probably Xita's ) I can't tell you how happy I am that I found you guys and I'm glad that after many months of lurking, I finally registered!

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I am in thunderous agreement, oh glittering, glistening Glorificus! : Jinx in Tough Love

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[Tara Maclay]

I was a veteran netarian. I was very wrapped up in Xena and Voyager. I even had my own voyager list, which I passed on to someone over a year ago.

I have always been a Buffy fan, but I never belonged to any lists, boards or chatrooms. Then "Hush" aired, which opened my eyes to Tara (and Amber), the chemistry between W/T and the realization that oh oh something is brewing between these two.

The day after I saw Hush I was on the internet searching for every BTVS site I could find wanting to know more about this Tara character and her potential relationship with Willow. Was I imaginging things? Did people see what I saw? OH YES!!! That is when someone told me about the WillTara list (back then I was using A_Museme as my handle).

From that list a few people began to chat in the list chatroom. That chatroom was terrible, I could only manage to stay in it for a few minutes at a time. So one day Zelda, Xita and someone else decided to create a chatroom where there would be less problems chatting. I joined the moment the doors opened.

From that chatroom (we bounced around to a few)the kitten board was created and one night we had a session of "name the board" and if I'm not mistaken Shaych3 actually came up with the idea of using the name of the book. That name was then tweaked to fit our girls. We had a blast with naming this board. I wish I had a copy of some of the weird, funny, naughty and off-the-wall names we came up with.

So I have been here since day one and am very proud of how this board has thrived and grown thanks to Xita and the current mods.

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Paula
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Amber FanGirl #1a; May the Amber Force be with you.
Keeper of my own insanity
"I love being a girl, having a girl.." ~as sung by Amber Benson in the UK

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[Tara Maclay]

I was a lurker at the Watcher's Diary board. Someone, and I can't remember who, mentioned the Kitten board in one of those attack/defense Tara threads, and since I've always loved W/T I had to come and check it out. I don't even go to the WD anymore, this board is much nicer.

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[Tara Maclay]

Been a Buffy fan pretty much since day one, but never bothered much with the net, till I joined a Buffy posting board (The Watcher's Diary).

That was all very well until Amber joined the cast and I saw the chemistry she had with Aly so of course I had to find out everything I could about the two of them. And then as the story progressed I realised I wanted to be somewhere where I wasn't constantly just reading posts full of fighting and arguing and character bashing, so I went searching....
I followed a few links and here I was! I was so stoked to see there was an entire board devoted to Willow and Tara (Plus I found some posters from the WD were here which was cool)

Then after lurking for a few months I finally registered and am really glad I did because this is such a positive community that I'm glad to have joined.

(edited to add a few things )

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[Tara Maclay]

*sniff* Memories.... Well, I'd been on the internet since I was in year 6, so that's... 5 years running now. I was a die-hard Sailormoon fan, and then I got into The Phantom of the Opera, followed by Buffy. And I adored Willow.

The rest I blame on Pixie-Muso because she was the one who showe me The Kitty board during one of our free periods at school. Pix and I are really the only Buffy, W/T *fanatics* in our group of friends. I daresay if any of our friends ever came here they'd think The Kitty was a bad influence on us!

It's a small world. Turns out Pixie Muso, myself and Wolfix all go to school within a block of eachother.

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[Tara Maclay]

I've been on the net for years and years and years. I'm a computer programmer but I seem to get a lot of time to check out the net at work--inbetween meetings and waiting for things to run, etc. Anyway, I have always been a big fan of "ER" and almost died (okay, that's not exactly true) when the Kim and Kerry romance started. I am totally in love with it and had to find a board relating to it. I found a board called "Drop the Chalupa" from the main "ER" board. Hanging out on there, I heard others mention the Willow & Tara relationship on "Buffy". Now, I had never really watched "Buffy"--in fact, my little 14 year old sister watched it so I thought I wouldn't like it. Eventually I followed a link posted by one of the Chalupas and found this board. I decided to watch the show since I really thought Aly was cute and hey, lesbian relationships are always good to watch...so I started watching. And I continue to watch and check out this board for cool information, funny remarks and interesting people. That's how I came to be a kitten.

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[Tara Maclay]

I was on this huge fanfic kick, searching the web for stuff about BtVS. Through ExtraFlamey (I think) I came across the Kittens Board. Read a bit, liked what was here. Eventually, I responded--and got such an extremely nice response that (applause addict that I am) here I still am today.

Besides, you folks really are a lovely, lovely bunch.

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"O let my name be in the Book of Love.
If it be there, I care not of
That other book Above...
Strike it out! Or write it in anew.
But let it be in the Book of Love!"
--Omar Kyam

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[Tara Maclay]

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[Tara Maclay]

Well here's my story:

Trinity81 and I used to post at the slayer.net about Willow and Tara and their relationship. Then one day, someone by the name of Me left a URL for the two of us saying that this place may be of interest to us.... and as it happened...it was! And still is. LOL

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[Tara]

I don't remember but then gain I am vague .. all that water is the ears from surfing affects the ability to recall or maybe its something else that affects my memory

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[Tara]

I found this board through the WillTara list. I found the WillTara list by performing a search on YahooGroups. I decided to do a search after I stumbled across Extra Flamey and other Buffy related sites (no, I didn't go to the links page, and don't ask why, I have no idea - I don't think linear-ly (that's a cait-ism) like that at all ).

Now. How I got to the point of "stumbling" across the Extra Flamey site - that's a HUGE story which doesn't need to be told. Let's just say, that I've been through a few fandoms in my time on the net...

LOVE being a kitty though!!!!!!

caity, the kitty!!

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"Hello! Gay now!"

Instant gratification is highly overrated and is only a temporary fix.

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[Tara]

My sister found the link on extraflamey. She reads the posts, but doesn't answer. I'm the only one to answer and post some threads, but she gives me some idea sometimes...

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Tara - Tu dois être avec la personne que tu aimes...
Willow - Je le suis!
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[Tara]

Well, first I watched "Xena" (LOL, I thought it was a comedy actually, didn't take it very serious, and I just had a lot of fun going through the various subtextguides while watching the show) and on a dutch "Xena"-mailinglist, I met a girl who told me that if I liked "Xena", I should try "Buffy" sometime. This was around two, three years ago. I remember looking up in the TV-guide when "Buffy" would show and sitting in front of the TV, embarassed because I just knew how my parents would roll their eyes with me watching another "strong woman fighting evil"-kind of show (and making stupid comments like "Do you watch this show because you like it, or because you like the ladies in it?" ).

I saw "Welcome to the Hellmouth", but missed "The Harvest" and I really didn't see the show regularly. I watched "Buffy" on the dutch tv channel and on the BBC so I didn't understand any of the story arcs. (in the dutch episodes, Angel was a nice guy-- in the british episodes, Angel was murdering people). So, what did I do, I went online to look up an episode guide. Thus, I discovered the Buffy community.

I was e-mailing and chatting with a friend of mine and we one day discovered we both liked the show without knowing it from eachother. (bad grammatical sentence, sorry. ) Anyway to cut a long story short, we started a dutch Buffy mailinglist, which is now I think the only one. I wanted to find out newsie bits to post on the list so I was surfing a lot through "Buffy"-sites and I was subscribed to a lot of "Buffy"-lists when I heard how Willow would be having a girlfriend. Yay! I thought, and I immediately subscribed to the WillTara e-maillist at Egroups, which at that time was a great source for newsie-bits and spoilers.
Then, the board was created. I had a lot of things to do for school but sometimes I read a few threads. The board moved around a lot though, so I got lost. And I had to unsubscribe from WillTara because the amount of fanfics posted there got too high and my mailbox at school to full every day. But hurray, in the beginning of this summer's vacation I resubscribed and asked the adress of the board.. and one enlightened soul named Froggy had created a more 'permanent' link to the board and now, as a result of that, I'm able to post more and join the lovely discussions.

The W/T fan community is a very nice group of people and I'm glad something like the board exists to let these people meet. I'm proud to be a kitten!

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[Tara]

oops, i realize that i've never posted my kitty story! bad april!

my story is actually a bit strange, because i discovered the kitty board *before* i started watching buffy! i had some friends who were buffy fanatics, and i'd seen the show once or twice before, but suddenly i heard this rumor that the character i'd liked the most (willow), was, well, gay now! so i ran to the internet to see what i could find. first i read the season 4 synopses on buffy guide, and then i found the kitty, as well as the willtara list. a kind soul pointed out how i could get season 4 videos, and soon after i was hooked. not only by willow and tara, but by the awesome, very intelligent people here on the kitty board.

so thanks guys! all of you rock!

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[Tara]

Just like Artemis(or D or whatever ) and RB, I came here from the WD which is now temporarily closed, and I rarely post since I'm usually there. But until they open back up, I'll probably be here. So I guess I'll see you guys around.

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[Tara]

Mattia, why the buggerin' hell didn't you come and say hello? You know, we were the ones in those kitten t-shirts? Sigh. I'll have to wait until next year now.

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"She looked across at Willow, whose face was filled with light. She had never felt so calm and happy, and strong..." ~ Unseen: Door To Alternity

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[Tara]

i never come here. but i come other places. mostly in chat because everyone there is perverted like me. sometimes i show up here because no one's in chat so i end up coming there alone. but that's another story.

nic

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Hi. I'm Nic and I'm addicted to Xita's crack.

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[postarchive]

Well how i came here was pretty much how my good pal pixie-Muso said.

The both of us used to post messages about the w/t relationship at the slayer.net, then one day someone called pixie-muso posted a link to this board, and here i am, and here i shall stay!

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[postarchive]

quote:

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Originally posted by wiltar:
but I want to get the 'strong like an amazon' avatar, so I stepped out of lurkdom

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Believe me, it's a sense of achievement when you do. Although it lasts a hell of a long time... *stares pointedly at the mods*

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"She looked across at Willow, whose face was filled with light. She had never felt so calm and happy, and strong..." ~ Unseen: Door To Alternity

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[postarchive]

quote:

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Originally posted by Dr.G:
I am finding the lack W/T info in the Dutch sci-fi magazines annoying.

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Well, once I'm done with my study Journalism I'll try to change that In the meantime, I read about Willow getting a girlfriend in the entertainment section of the Spits (free newspaper for train travelers) around february 2000. I remember it was around then, because I had already joined WillTara at egroups.

About other papers, I remember my father once telling me vaguely that he read something 'bout Will getting a GF in the Vara TV Magazine.

Anneke

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[Repost Moderator]

Originally posted by wannabebad2



Hi, again. Now that I've seen how you all found Willow and Tara, how did everyone find this grand site known as the kitten board?



How many of you were like me and read it for a long while before posting?



I think my first post was about how I came out. (long story ) It was so nice how people responded to it and said it gave them hope for coming out or finding a girl.



So, what made you post, and keep posting...over and over and over and over.......?



One of the other things that made me come here was that I used to post on the Bronze at the UPN site, but I don't think it's there anymore. Anyway, I enjoy reading all the Willow&Tara goodness that comes from this board.

[Jennifer]

I think I missed this thread the first time around. Lets see... Lily Ophelia (who I dont think posts anymore... )told me about the board, so I became a member...about a year ago I think. But I was intimidated and didnt post for a month or two. And then I just got kind of...enveloped into all this. Nobody's ever made me feel anything less than welcome, and I love the way Kittens support each other, especially when so few of us have met face-to-face. I cant wait until you all come here Vegas next year.

"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked. "Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad." "How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice. "You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here." Alice In Wonderland~*~My Journal

[themagicpixie]

Hmm... I think I was doing an internet search for Willow and Tara and this was one of the top results!



Glad I found it though. Sorry W/T ended up on-screen the way they have... it's great this board is still around.

[pagnmickie]

I've been a Buffy fan since the show started. And I'm a LONG time internet user... but it wasn't until I heard Amber sing that I had to know more!



That's when I started putting two and two together! Um... I like Willow and Tara ... and I like the Internet... HEY! I wonder if there is Willow and Tara stuff on the internet! And here I am...



Although... I lurked for about 10 months.



Yeah... so what can I say... I'm shy!



& FOREVER!!!



-Michelle

A doodle... I do doodle... You, too...
You do doodle, too...

[tkheaven]

google search, baby! I love this board! and, ya know..there's always the smut in Pens...

Tk's new and improved "GrrArgg"...Tk's Heaven

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"I've become really protective of her. I want to make sure if Tara comes back, it's for good reason." -Amber Benson
Tara ate her, devoured her from beneath. -The Edge of Silence giving new meaning to this season's catch phrase.
"Got it: that's a 'yes' to petals; a 'no' to pricks. I should remember that more often." -On Second Thought

[Imperfectly Me]

I found out about this board thru Julia (dumbsaint) She and I used to go into the same AOL chat room and I became a fan of her smut. (who wouldn't?!?) Well, when she wrote "Once more all naked all gay" the link to it she sent me was from here. I went from there, got a username and lurked for quite a while. And there is the story about my finding of the kitten.



Aim

[Ben Varkentine]

I think I've mentioned this before, but I found this board through some search engine or other, as I recall, after "Seeing Red" aired and I was just feeling there was something wrong with it. And nowhere else I was looking at the time seemed to care.

My, it's been an interesting ride since then. Either directly or indirectly through the Kitten, I've learned a lot about things from lebians to Tv production...

Ben Varkentine



Sig quote pulled for research and development

[wannabebad2]

I've gotta add that what really drew me in was "Once More, With Bitterness."



I laughed about that for weeks.

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"In my world there are people in chains and we can ride them like ponies." -- Vamp Willow

[ninjitsugrrl]

Well, I pretty much just wandered over here a little over a year ago. I was frequenting the Bronze at that point (Never go anymore. Too much trouble.) and someone there linked to an article or post on this board. I looked at the post and then started checking out the rest of the board. I read a few fics and some poetry and glanced through a couple of other threads and, after visiting a few more times, I registered. Now I'm hooked! This is pretty much the only Buffy related board I care about anymore and I think the people here rock. If I go a day with out stoping by at least once or twice, I feel lost. This board is addictive and I love it!

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