I saw some Glee fans waxing nostalgic over Kurt and Blaine’s Dalton days, and it made me think of my own fandom “Golden Ages.” For Xena, it’s the period after Gabrielle becomes an Amazon, but before the rift between the two of them. I wish that period could have just lasted forever, and while I have never written much XWP fic, what little I’ve written is set in that period.

My Queer as Folk “Golden Age” is not strictly canonical, although I wish it was. In my imagination, it’s the time period after Justin has lost the bet in Season Four, but before Brian gets cancer, which in canon lasted for zero seconds, as in winning the bet, Brian finds out he has cancer. In my fantasy world, Justin’s back at PIFA, Brian’s at Kinnetik, and they have some time… months, years, as much as we can get… of their grown-up, non-monogamous, unconventional, yet SO MARRIED Season Four relationship, which is my favorite of all the seasons for how they are together.

In between Justin going nuts with a gun and Brian getting his ball cut off, I mean.

So… what is your fandom, and what is your favorite time period in either canon or imagination?