Book Girl Thoughts: My thoughts on what fandom stuff I'd miss while on an online break and other stuff

Happy Monday!

I took a week long online break, so I know I missed a lot of fandom stuff. So, this morning I was trying to get caught up. Some of things I saw, was that the Supergirl movie wasn't doing well at the box office. And it's also getting mixed reviews with more leaning towards negative. I'm still not sure I want to see it in the theatre, I might just wait for it to be released on DVD. And that's mainly because when I watched the trailer it felt like I was looking at another Guardians of the Galaxy movie. Although I love watching the Guardians of the Galaxy movies, I don't want to see a Supergirl movie masking as one. It just didn't feel like I was seeing anything different from a Guardians movie. Maybe the movie is better than what's shown in the trailer but for now I'll probably just wait for it to be released on DVD to watch it.

Let's see, I also saw where some of the cast from 9-1-1, Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. were at the Saving Lives Convention in Paris over the weekend. I love going to conventions, so hopefully the fans and the actors had a lot fun. From a few videos I saw, it looked like fun chaos.

(Photo Credit: Empire Conventions)

And finally, during my break, I watched a few movies and started a few shows that I have been planning to watch but never got around to it. I also watched a few episodes of Downton Abbey which totally rekindled my love for the show. It's been a while, maybe I'll rewatch the entire series and the movies. And throughout my weeklong break, I was also reading my book, Body and Soul Food by Abby Collette. I should be finished soon. To avoid reader's block, I have just been gradually reading a little bit everyday. I've also been trying to declutter and reorganize my reading nook. I really want to use it but I still have a bunch of stuff taking up space. So that's one of my projects. Aside from the watching movies and shows and reading and organizing, I was trying to find a new hobby. And one that I was looking into was crochet, it's something I want to try. I've been trying to find a beginner's kit but so far I haven't gotten one yet.

Well, that's just few a thoughts I had and wanted to share. I hope everyone had a good week. I can't wait to get back to posting.

Geek on a Budget: Trying to stick with my Essentials Only Challenge

This morning, I talked myself out of ordering two 9-1-1 Buck and Eddie (Buddie) bookmarks and two mugs: Buck and Eddie and Hen. I wish I'd also found mugs for Hen and Karen, Athena and Bobby and Maddie and Chimney but so far I didn't find any. Both of the bookmarks are so cute but I know I don't need anymore because I have plenty of bookmarks. As well as mugs. But I don't have any 9-1-1 merchandise other than that Preppi 9-1-1 First-aid Kit which I bought a couple of years ago when it was on sale. And since neither FOX (when the show aired on the network) or ABC (where the show now airs) ever released any (or any more in ABC's case) official merchandise, so a lot of fans have created their own stuff. And I've seen so many cute stuff, that I'd like to get.

And not to be forgotten, I also talked myself out of getting a Gilmore Girls Lorelai and Luke mug I saw. Other than the DVDs and a few books (Rory's reading list, cook books, etc.), I also don't have a lot of Gilmore Girls merchandise. But I so want all of the 9-1-1 and Gilmore Girls stuff I found this week. However, since I'm still doing my Essentials Only challenge, none of this stuff is clearly necessities. I just really want them. Overall, I've been really good with this challenge it's just when I see fandom stuff is when I really have to talk myself out of buying anything. This challenge has really helped me see that I want a lot of non-essential stuff. There's nothing wrong with buying non-essentials I just don't want to go over my budget which is what I would do if I bought all the stuff I keep finding.

When this challenge ends, I'm going to look over my fandom merchandise section of my budget and see if I need to increase it or keep it as it is. Because I do love getting fandom stuff but I'm just going to try to stay on budget. It's funny that I don't have a lot of Gilmore Girls and 9-1-1 stuff, despite them being two of my favorite fandoms.

Happy New Year!

I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year! And a belated Kwanzaa, Boxing Day and Hanukkah to all my readers who celebrate.

It's 2026, a new year full of new ideas, opportunities and experiences. However, before I focus on 2026, I wanted to think about last year. I was wondering how was your year in reading? Did you have any reading goals for 2025 and if so, did you meet them? My year of reading wasn't that great I only read and reviewed seven books but it was better than 2024 where I only read and reviewed three books. My reading goal was 100 books and in the past that would have been no problem to reach because I was reading hundreds of books but the last nine years I haven't been able to get even close to that. So, I'm going to continue my goal of 100 books and see how I do in this new year. My reading goals for 2026 is to continue to find, read and review interesting books. I have a tendency to buy a lot of books which is why I really just want to read more of my books. I also want to finish organizing my books, I still have to get another bookcase to put away the rest of my books that I wasn't able to shelve.

Now moving on to fandoms, how was your experience last year? For me, let's see, first, my local comic book store closed. It was sad because that was a place where all us comic book nerds went and not only bought comics but it was a place where everyone there shared this wonderful interest of comics and geek culture. I'm going to miss going there because the owner was this fun cool guy who treated all us as not just customers but friends. He never over charged or hiked up the prices for older books and merchandise. Everything was just fair and reasonably priced. The store had been open for years but the owner was older and wanted to retire. As of now, I'm not sure I want to go looking for another comic book store. I'll probably just buy my comics in the trade edition.

Another fandom related thing is, I joined two new fandoms, Heated Rivalry and KPop Demon Hunters. This show, Heated Rivalry turned out to be really good and the story and characters were interesting. I'm really looking forward to seeing how Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov's story will go in the second season. I was finally able to buy all the books in the Game Changers series by Rachel Reid and the author's two other hockey romance books. Not sure when I'll start reading this series but I'm hoping to start sometime this year. As for KPop Demon Hunters, I love this movie and the soundtrack. It's just a fun movie that follows a pop group who also fought against the supernatural. This was just a fun watch. I'm happy this will also have a second movie.

I love finding a new fandoms while still having interest in all my other usual group of fandoms. As for some of my usual fandoms, I loved Wicked: For Good as well as the soundtrack. I can't wait to buy the Blu-ray when it's released later this month. As for 2026 fandom goals, I hope to find more shows, movies and characters.

With that said, Happy New Year!

Bring Back Bobby Nash Petition (9-1-1)

I took a few days off from being online, and I returned to find out that a 9-1-1 fan has created a petition to bring back Fire Captain Bobby Nash. It was started a week ago and here's the link if you would like to sign. So far, there is already over 10,000 signatures and counting.

Ever since Bobby was killed off in the 9-1-1 episode Lab Rats (season 8 episode 15), there has been a very big and swift backlash to the decision to kill off this popular and beloved character. Fans have been speaking out and voicing their opinions a lot such as on the 9-1-1 official Instagram account, IMDb, sending ABC Feedback and writing their opinions on Twitter, their own personal blogs and other various social media.

So, I'm not surprised that there has been a petition created. It still makes no sense storywise to kill off Bobby. It will be interesting to see how this petition will go. Also, 9-1-1 fans would like it if fans would sign the petition and share it so others can sign it as well.

9-1-1 Fandom: Leave Feedback with ABC about the Eighth Season

I am so disappointed with last night's episode of 9-1-1 because to kill Bobby off for nothing more than shock value is unbelievably bad writing. And to have excluded Eddie from the big two-part episode is so ridiculous. I have so much more to say about this but right now I'm still too mad to write about it.

If you would like to contact ABC to leave feedback. Here is the link to ABC's Programming Feedback. You can also call, here is the phone number for the ABC Viewer Feedback: 1-818-460-7477.

Fandom: Ryan Guzman has been added to the Saving Lives Con 2025

It's recently been announced that actor Ryan Guzman has been added to the Saving Lives Con by Empire Conventions. It will be on Saturday and Sunday, May 3-4, 2025 in Paris, France. Ryan plays firefighter Edmundo "Eddie" Diaz on the TV series 9-1-1. I wish I could go to this convention, it seems like they picked a good group of actors (see the rest below) to attend.

Also, attending the event are actors: Aisha Hinds (Henrietta "Hen" Wilson - 9-1-1), Kenneth Choi (Howard "Chimney" Han - 9-1-1), Eric Winter (Timothy "Tim" Bradford - The Rookie), Melissa O'Neil (Lucy Chen - The Rookie), Lisseth Chavez (Celina Juarez - The Rookie), Adelaide Kane (Dr. Jules Millin - Grey's Anatomy) and Patrick Flueger (Adam Ruzek - Chicago P.D.). For more information about the event or to buy tickets (which some have already sold out), click here

Fandom: Aisha Hinds and Kenneth Choi will be at the Saving Lives Con 2025

I know this is a little in advance but actors Aisha Hinds and Kenneth Choi will be attending the Saving Lives Con by Empire Conventions. It will be on Saturday and Sunday, May 3-4, 2025 in Paris, France. Aisha and Kenneth play firefighters/paramedics Henrietta "Hen" Wilson and Howard "Chimney" Han respectively on the TV series 9-1-1. I love going to conventions or cons and I would love to go to this one, so I'll have think about it.

Also, attending the event are actors: Eric Winter (Timothy "Tim" Bradford - The Rookie), Melissa O'Neil (Lucy Chen - The Rookie) and Adelaide Kane (Dr. Jules Millin - Grey's Anatomy). For more information about the event or to buy tickets (which some have already sold out), click here

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Information about Buddie Week

I can't believe I nearly forgot to post that Buddie Week starts tomorrow, April 8th and will go until Sunday, April 14th. It's a week-long fan event to celebrate 9-1-1 characters Edmundo "Eddie" Diaz and Evan "Buck" Buckley's relationship, which is unfortunately still non-canon. Just for the record, I do want to them to be canon. However, canon or not, Buddie fans love Buck and Eddie and the story that has continued to be built up between them. Which is why we enjoy celebrating them. If you're interested in celebrating Buddie Week, feel free to join in and be as creative as you want.

I know that there is a fanfiction centered Buddie Week 2024 event but I think if you wanted to join that one it required you to have signed up for it. Which I believe is closed now since the event starts tomorrow. But if you missed the chance to sign up, please feel free to write Buddie fanfics if you want to and post them. As for me, I don't have those wonderful fictional writing skills, which is why I never participate in that event. So, I will be honoring the characters and their relationship through a variety of posts. Maybe something similar to how I celebrated my Poison Ivy Week. Despite, remembering at the last minute, I'm sure I'll have something to post for each day. I'm excited to see what I will end up posting because at the moment I have no idea.

So, who else is celebrating Buddie Week?

(9-1-1 season 2 episode 4: Stuck)

Video: Save Station 19 billboard for Stefania Spampinato

The Save Station 19 Campaign is really doing an amazing job. How cool is this? They got this billboard in Times Square to congratulate actress and director Stefania Spampinato, who plays Dr. Carina DeLuca, on her upcoming directorial debut for an episode in the seventh season. Stefania even shared the video in her Instagram stories. Below is a repost of the video from cam (Twitter: scrofantastic).

this fandom 👏🏼 we’re so proud of you @spampistefania ♥️ #SaveStation19 #Station19 pic.twitter.com/kmW5LbWDTX

— cam ❄️ (@scrofantastic) February 10, 2024

9-1-1 Fandom: Leave Feedback with ABC

Hey 9-1-1 fans!

I'm just popping in to see how everyone is doing with the possibility that the transphobic actress will be appearing in the seventh season. Before I logged out last night, I noticed some fans were saying you can go and leave feedback with ABC. Leaving feedback doesn't necessarily mean that this will get her fired. Perhaps it's a possibility, if they receive a lot of feedback. Regardless, it will let the network know that fans are not happy about the actress appearing on the show. Here is the link to ABC's Programming Feedback.

Edit to add:

The phone number for the ABC Viewer Feedback: 1-818-460-7477.

Fandom: Save Station 19 Plane and Update on the Petition

I forgot to write that on Wednesday, the Save Station 19 campaign organizers commissioned a plane with a "Save Station 19" banner to fly over The Walt Disney Television Studios. That was so cool and even some of the cast and crew of Station 19 were outside taking pictures and video of the plane flying over. The fans who were in the area and saw the plane also posted pictures and video of it.

This is the second big effort this fan campaign has put in place, the first was a billboard during New Year's Eve in New York City. I hope this really shows ABC (and any other interested channels or streaming services) that the fans are serious in trying to save this show. As for the update on the petition, it currently has nearly 65,000 signatures with only few 100 signatures to go to reach that number.

They say the sky is the limit.. well not to #SaveStation19!

RENEW STATION 19
#Station19 pic.twitter.com/qQHDnPYkjw

— Save Station 19 (@station19save) January 17, 2024

#Bestfans in the world#muchlove #station19 #bestfansever #bestfanarmy pic.twitter.com/8F9i8KCHt3

— Jason Winston George (@JasonWGeorge) January 18, 2024

Station 19 Petition Update

I have an update on the Station 19 petition as of now it has over 50,000 signatures and counting. I saw on Twitter that Station 19 fans would like it if more of the shows fans would sign the petition and share it so others can sign it as well. Fans have also been watching and rewatching the show on Hulu and posting about it. I really commend the drive and determination of the fans, they are really trying their best to save the show.

Fandom: Why do some fans care so much about how someone watches a show?

I can't stand when some fans try to tell other fans how they should be a fan. For instance, I saw where a fan posted this (I edited it to remove the show and ship): "when people think being a ___ fan means only watching it if ____ goes canon like if you like ___ cool okay I don't care but please don’t refer to yourself as a ___ fan as if you even watch the actual show it actually annoys me so much."

When Arrow originally aired, Laurel Lance/Black Canary was one of the main reasons I continued to watch the show. John Diggle and Thea Queen were the only other characters I liked. I didn't like this version of Oliver Queen/Green Arrow and I also didn't like Felicity Smoak and a lot of the other random characters that kept popping up on the show. The writing quality continued to go down each season, many of the storylines were terrible as well as focused too much time on Felicity or other random characters. Choosing to watch the show for Laurel, John and Thea didn't make me any less of an Arrow fan because I tuned in for those characters as opposed to all the other characters on the show. Which is why I don't let other fans speak for how I like or don't like something.

This type of fandom thinking makes no sense because there is no one way to be a fan or to watch a show. If you like only one or all the characters, a certain couple or all of them or none of them, certain seasons or all the seasons, etc. it doesn't change the fact that you are a fan. And no one should be able to define or determine why someone is a fan of a show. Why do they care why someone chooses to watch a show? They should watch a show their way and not worry or judge others for how they watch TV. Not everyone is going to like the same thing, so why expect people to watch TV the same way. Can't we just enjoy being a fan in our own way.

Fandom: 9-1-1's Buck and Eddie won third place in Battle of the Ships contest

Tell-Tale TV recently had a Battle of the Ships contest and Evan "Buck" Buckley and Edmundo "Eddie" Diaz from the 9-1-1 TV series were listed in the category Ship You’d Most Like to See Sail. In round 1, there were 20 non-canon couples and Eddie and Buck survived to make to it to the second round where the couples were whittled down to 12. And from there they made it to the third and final round where the couples were whittled down again to six.

Buck and Eddie did relatively well, they survived all three rounds but unfortunately didn't win first place. However they did win Third Place. First place was Wednesday Addams and Enid Sinclair from the Wednesday TV series. And Second Place was Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Organized Crime TV series.

I find it interesting that Buck and Eddie (or Buddie as the ship is called) continue to be one of the most popular ships. Especially in spite of the 9-1-1 Showrunner going out of her way to keep putting Buck and Eddie with random bland and boring love interest, especially the last minute ones they got in the sixth season finale, than with each other. I can't believe they would waste the amazing chemistry Buck and Eddie have. Regardless, that's not going to stop fans from continuing to ship them. Eddie and Buck have already been written to be each other perfect love interest, too bad the Showrunner and writers won't follow through with it.

(9-1-1 season 6 episode 13: Mixed Feelings)

Fandom: Congratulations to iCarly Fans for Carly and Freddie Going Canon

Happy Sunday and Congratulations to iCarly fans for Carly Shay and Fredward "Freddie" Benson finally going canon in the iCarly revival episode iMake New Memories (season 3 episode 3) on Paramount Plus. As happy as I am for Carly and Freddie fans, it's still a little bittersweet because I liked Sam Puckett and Freddie being together in the original iCarly series. They had this weird chaotic energy that I just loved so much.

While Carly and Freddie were never my favorite non-canon couple (at the time), that doesn't mean I can't be happy for the fans who have been waiting a long time for this to happen between Carly and Freddie. So to all of them, I say Congratulations. I truly love when fans get to celebrate.

(iCarly season 3 episode 3: iMake New Memories)

And not to make this about 9-1-1 but with so many popular non-canon couples finally becoming canon, it's also bittersweet that Evan "Buck" Buckley and Edmundo "Eddie" Diaz are still not given the chance to go canon. It's starting to make me feel like the 9-1-1/SpongeBob Squarepants meme (below) that I've also seen so many other Buck and Eddie fans have posted.

I know I've said this so many times but if either Buck or Eddie had been a woman then they would have already been together by the third or fourth season. But unfortunately non-canon straight couples are more likely to go canon than non-canon gay, lesbian, etc. couples which is so disappointing. But that's not going to stop me from posting about them and why they should be canon.

Anyway, again I want to say Congratulations to Carly and Freddie fans. It's been 15 year in the making but it finally happened.

Fandom: Buck and Eddie are the Top Ship on Fandom's List

Happy Monday (or 9-1-1 Monday)!

I hope you're having a great start to the week. This morning, I noticed something rather interesting, according to Fandom, Evan "Buck" Buckley and Edmundo "Eddie" Diaz (or Buddie as the ship is called) were the top ship from April 24-28. Although, this isn't the first time this ship has been #1, it's usually somewhere on the list of 20 (at least in one of the top 10 spots) but it just really struck me how popular this ship really is. I find it fascinating because out of all the ships out there, 9-1-1 has one of the most popular ships that usually appears on a lot of various fandom site lists.

You would think the writers would want to capitalize on it? For instance the writers for The Rookie recently made the very popular non-canon ship of Lucy Chen and Tim Bradford (or Chenford as it's also called) canon. It has been mentioned that the writers had not set out to make Chenford canon but they noticed the continuous and growing fan support for the all chemistry between the characters and it eventually became official.

Again, why wouldn't the 9-1-1 Showrunner and writers want to capitalize on it? Despite how good and amazing the official ships (Athena Grant and Robert "Bobby" Nash, Maddie Buckley and Howard "Chimney" Han and Henrietta "Hen" and Dr. Karen Wilson) are, they rarely if ever make it on any of these fandom lists.

If you have a big fan base for certain characters and those characters are currently the top ship from your show, why would you continue to waste it? Especially by constantly putting those characters in relationships with random and meaningless characters instead of something very meaningful together?

(9-1-1 season 5 episode 16: May Day)

Fandom Thoughts: Why don't fans talk about the Avatar movies?

Happy Monday! I had this fandom thought on my mind for awhile and wanted to post it.

I find it rather interesting that online I rarely see anything posted from fans about the Avatar movies especially since the latest one Avatar: The Way of Water is in theatres. The only thing that seemed to get mentioned is the constant "record breaking" box office numbers by the media. But I never randomly see any fan posts or comments about the characters, plot of the movies, fan edit videos, etc. It's as if the movie doesn't exist.

I like seeing what other fans are interested in and the Avatar movies don't seem to be one of them, at least online. I'm sure if I go searching for it, I'll probably find something. However, lately I have seen a lot of posts, comments, etc. about some of the following movies: Teen Wolf: The Movie (despite how divisive it has become, my thoughts on this movie later, it's getting plenty of attention online), Glass Onion (the Knives Out sequel), Titanic, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Star Wars movies, Woman King, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Top Gun: Maverick, Matilda the Musical, The Lost City, Wakanda Forever, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Black Adam and other DC Comics and Marvel movies, just to name a few.

From a fan perspective, it's kind of surprising that such big box office breaking movies don't seem to spark any inspiration and creativity with fans. Obviously, people are going to see the current Avatar sequel movie but there's no fandom interaction or engagement from it afterwards, which is very interesting.

Fandom: The Rookie Fans, Congratulations on Lucy and Tim's Romance

It must be nice being a fan of The Rookie TV series right now because two characters that fans have been wanting to get together for a long time, Lucy Chen and Tim Bradford are finally getting that chance to do just that. It must be nice when the showrunners and writers actually listen to fans and acknowledge the chemistry between two characters they initially had no plans in putting together.

(The Rookie season 5 episode 9: Take Back)

It really makes me wish the showrunner and writers for 9-1-1 were supportive and not dismissive of the amazing chemistry fans see between Edmundo "Eddie" Diaz and Evan "Buck" Buckley and took a chance by putting them together. This is a very beloved ship with two characters that fans love who care about each other very much and I've said this before that if either Buck or Eddie had been a woman, they would have gotten together either in the third or fourth season. Instead the showrunner and writers keep trying to introduce and force lackluster love interests for Eddie and Buck instead of letting them be together.

(9-1-1 season 3 episode 3: The Searchers)

I used to watch The Rookie when it first aired (back when Lucy was dating John Nolan) but I had gotten so behind on episodes I never went back. It's a good show, maybe I'll go back to it. I'm really happy for the fans because I've seen so many comments and posts about Tim and Lucy and how fans hoped they would get together. And I think it's cool to see fans celebrate something they had only hoped and wished would happen. As a 9-1-1 fan, it would really be nice to have that same opportunity to celebrate Buck and Eddie getting together. Maybe the 9-1-1 showrunner will see the positive reviews and fan excitement and celebration for Lucy and Tim and would consider taking that same chance for Buck and Eddie but I'm not holding my breath.

What are six of your current fandoms?

Let's see, I have a lot of fandoms but these six are probably at the moment my current ones: 

1. 9-1-1/9-1-1: Lone Star

2. Power Rangers

3. Step Up/Dance Movies

4. Grimm TV Series

5. DC Comics/Marvel Comics

6. Jem and the Holograms

Fandom: Have Fans Stopped Enjoying Things?

Lately, I feel like fans have lost the art of enjoying things. Fandom has gotten to a point where people just don't know how to have fun anymore. It seems like fans just seem to dislike almost everything they're watching, reading, etc., when did fans stop enjoying things? I think to enjoy something, it has to be something you're interested in and not watch or read something because it's popular or the current trend.

There are a lot of fans who say they don't like or hate a show but yet they still continue to watch it. I'm not talking about for instance if you're favorite show is having an off season or a few bad episodes and you're continuing to watch it (i.e. 9-1-1's fifth season), I'm talking about fans who hate watch shows. For instance, there are fans who say they hate the show Emily in Paris yet they continue to watch it. I don't understand that, it makes no sense. If you don't enjoy it, why watch it? I'm starting to think that the only thing some fans are enjoying is not liking stuff.

I feel like you don't have to watch or read something just because it seems like everyone else is. There are so many books, movies and shows you can choose from that you could be enjoying, why waste your time making yourself miserable watching or reading something you don't like? This is just my opinion but I don't see the point in watching something you don't like especially if you're not enjoying it.