'Ships passing in the night

This is fandom blabber that's not going to make sense to basically all my readers.

Reading the fanfiction recommendations on TVTropes usually just makes me sit back and go ...PEOPLE 'SHIP THIS? Like, why is the most popular pairing in Titan AE Korso/Preed? It doesn't make sense. Or why do whoficcers 'ship Doctor/Donna? She's the only companion you can't make a case for pairing him with. And, I mean, it gets worse. Shipping wars can tear a fandom apart.

Of course I shouldn't really say anything because I used to 'ship Jacen/Nen Yim back when I was ficcing in Star Wars.

But really, who in their right mind 'ships Trotsky/Stalin?

OH WAIT WE JUST MADE THAT ONE UP.

They're dogs! They're dogs in space!

So my friend Lydia and I have decided that we are going to find ourselves a Yuri's Night party to go to, come hell or high water, and if we don't then we'll throw our own, eat pizza and astronaut ice cream and mocktails, and watch space-themed movies and TV shows. There's a long-established Yuri's Night party in NYC, but it's 21-and-up, and we happen to be... nineteen. So yeah, that's unlikely.

But what I would really like to get ahold of is a copy of this cute little kids movie that will probably never see an american release. They're dogs! In space! Based on a true story! What more can you say about it?

Anyway, April 12th 2011 is the 55th anniversary of Vostok 1, and we are going to celebrate it one way or another.