HAPPY BIRTHDAY PINTO BAR!
Today two years ago I created the Chatzy chatroom that has become known as “the Pinto bar” in fandom – a place for Pinto beans and AOS Spirk shippers to hang out and have fun. And fun we’ve had! Fun and fan fiction and porn – all the good things. Lots of laughter, but also tears, as we have come together to grieve for “Grandpa” Leonard Nimoy and Anton Yelchin.
We’ve discussed the meaning of life and gender and sexual identity. We’ve flown the rainbow flag in the bar, and many of us have added their personal Pride flags. We’ve shared pics of puppies and kittens and men in lingerie. We’ve played RPGs of the silly and the naughty kind with very many Chrises. We’ve sung together. We’ve held space for each other when terrible things happened in the world or life became almost too much to bear. We’ve grown together.
Thank you for that.Thank you for two wonderful years full of friendship and fannishness. Here’s to another great year in the bar – and beyond!