Battlestar Gallactica has a fervent following. So does microblogging posterboy Twitter. Fans of both have merged their loves into a single creative outlet—a social circle of fictional characters.
A group of related Twitter accounts appeared during the closing episodes of the most recent season of BSG and have remained somewhat active during the hiatus. In addition to commenting on their respective lives in character, they have replied to each other through Twitter. There is also a related account used to live-tweet the show, an act that doesn’t work out well for the subset who are also fervent about TiVo.
- galentyrol
- karlagathon
- billadama
- KaraThrace
- LeeAdama
- saultigh
- dannabiers
- leoben
- gaiusbaltar
- samanders
- toryfoster
- capricasix
- thefinalone
- cylonhybrid
- 1truecylongod
The use of social networking platform by fans (and critics) of famous and fictional people is nothing new, but it can be a entertaining way for people to share their enthusiasm. Not everyone sees the value of free advertising, as AMC demonstrated to similarly fervent fans of Mad Men.