Further thoughts on redefining the bases of the major factions:
The Trekkies are the "Space Exploration Fen", while the Warsies are the "Space Navy Fen". Not a perfect mix, given DS9, but it does allow for a definite rivalry. Each side thinks the other one got it almost right... and they both wonder about the "Space Western Fen" Whedonites.
The Fivers are the "Space Colonization Fen" - which would bring the L5 Society (and possibly the Mars Society) under their umbrella. (Where's their HQ? Anywhere in space!)
As mentioned above, the Wizards are the "Modern Magic Fen" and the Senshi are the "Magical Girl Fen plus Action Girl Fen".
In each case, the factions are identified by the most popular story of each subgenre in the latter half of the first decade of the 21st century (as seen by popular culture - the Crystal Millennium are the "Senshi" instead of the "TSAB" because Nanoha hasn't been on North American TV). The separate minor factions that line up with any of these can be explained as groups who didn't like the party line of the major factions (or groups who eventually join up with the best-match major factions, the way the VVS and Trekkies got together).
Does this sound reasonable to everyone?
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
The Trekkies are the "Space Exploration Fen", while the Warsies are the "Space Navy Fen". Not a perfect mix, given DS9, but it does allow for a definite rivalry. Each side thinks the other one got it almost right... and they both wonder about the "Space Western Fen" Whedonites.
The Fivers are the "Space Colonization Fen" - which would bring the L5 Society (and possibly the Mars Society) under their umbrella. (Where's their HQ? Anywhere in space!)
As mentioned above, the Wizards are the "Modern Magic Fen" and the Senshi are the "Magical Girl Fen plus Action Girl Fen".
In each case, the factions are identified by the most popular story of each subgenre in the latter half of the first decade of the 21st century (as seen by popular culture - the Crystal Millennium are the "Senshi" instead of the "TSAB" because Nanoha hasn't been on North American TV). The separate minor factions that line up with any of these can be explained as groups who didn't like the party line of the major factions (or groups who eventually join up with the best-match major factions, the way the VVS and Trekkies got together).
Does this sound reasonable to everyone?
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012