theoaktree | Have you met.... Andromeda?

OK, it's a campy space opera. So? It's fun, wacky, and has more plot holes than you can shake a stick at. Sometimes it takes itself too seriously (I mean, just look at the gifs I've peppered through the post) and sometimes it's so over-the-top you just want to groan. But you know what? THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT AWESOME. It's like every trope and cliche wrapped up with some stereotypical characters and it's just so. much. fun.

So grab the popcorn, let's go for a ride!

PLACES TO GATHER:
+ andromeda-web.com for screencaps, forum, etc. (they had a rewatch a while ago that reignited my love of the show)
+

andromeda_fans a somewhat active LJ comm for fans of the show

FAN MADE TRAILER:

READ ALL ABOUT IT:
+ META for the Pilot Episode or 'Pessimism is Not a Survival Trait: a study in exposition and worldbuilding' by

chicaform3

+ Why Andromeda? Meta page about the show.
300 years after the fall of the Systems' Commonwealth -- history's greatest civilization -- six (well, seven, if you count the 'droid) unlikely collaborators try to bring it back using an abundance of wit, snark, deviousness, and good old-fashioned gusto. Along the way, they encounter various and sundry allies and predators, drive each other to varying levels of insanity, test the limits of their sometimes flexible moral compasses, and learn that sometimes, nothing beats a great line reading. Welcome to Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda.

+ I've pimped this show once before @

smallfandomfest It's mostly pretty pictures. I do play a round of "spot the actor" with some of the guest stars. Also, it has great crossover potential for just about anything. See one of my recs below for a Supernatural crossover.

FIC RECS:

#1
Title: Home is Where my Barrel Is.
Author:

anniespinkhouse
Rating: PG
Characters: Crew
Word Count: 1366
Summary: The Andromeda's crew have a plan to erase the time bridge before it happened. Dylan is his usual self. Vague mention of a tardis like thing. (sorry Whovians)
Reccer's note: Total crack, adorable and lovely crack.

#2
Title: There's No Justice (There's Just Us)
Author:

chicaform3
Rating: PG
Crossover: Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda / Neil Gaiman's The Sandman
Characters: Seamus Harper, Death
Word Count: 2107
Summary: Five times Harper beat the odds, and one time the odds were with him.
Reccer's note: Wonderful look at Harper's past with a canon I'm not familiar with seamlessly woven in

#3
Title: A Different Corner
Author:

angelus2hot
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Beka/Harper, the crew makes an appearance
Word Count: 1123
Summary: Harper's love life is finally looking up.
Reccer's note: Great Harper and Beka voices

#4
Anything Dylan/Harper written by viridian.shriftweb.org who can also be found on AO3 as

Viridian5

#5
A masterlist of some het fic (Beka/Rhade mostly) vee017 Andromeda fic

GRAPHIC RECS:

#6
Rhade icons by

so_out_of_ideas
Reccer's note: Rhade is a very nice looking character to icon

#7
icons all seasons by

ascendant_angel
Reccer's note: AA's icons are always vibrant and colorful

#8
Andromeda Wallpapers by

angelus2hot
Reccer's note: Great blending of images and always with a dreamy quality that is very nice

VID RECS:

#9
An Andromeda Vid with Harper/Trance undertones
A new Andromeda vid always makes me excited but this one really caught my attention after about 20 seconds in where the editing really flows with the song in a literal way.

#10
Kryptonite a Dylan/Rhade vid with a Rhade POV/focus that I like by

jmtorres (The link on the post seems dead, but the link here on masterlist is still good)

#11
Revenge Beka/Dylan/Rommie love triangle with lots of kissing and shooting stuff. ♥

PODFIC REC:

#12
Title: [podfic] Like Legends by

margi_lynn
Fandom: Supernatural, Andromeda
Rating: General Audiences
Characters: Castiel, Seamus Harper, Tyr Anasazi
Summary: It's nice to know that there's someone out there who cares enough about the life of Seamus Harper to go through the trouble of saving it, time after time.

SUMMARY: if campy space-operas are your thing, you should check it out!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

From:

amathela

ANDROMEDA <3 <3 This show always hits exactly the right level of campy space opera-y goodness for me (especially the first couple of seasons) - plus, I adore Rommie so, so much.

colls

<333
I miss space shows

anniespinkhouse

Ooh. So many yummy things to explore. A few I didn't know about - and your original rec would have been early in my Andromeda discovery days. Thank you for this - and thank you for the rec <3