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-//This isn't a typical //**AxaMonitor** //article. I had anticipated to provide news coverage of [[axacon_schedule|Axacon,]] the Axanar fan convention held here November 2-4, 2018 — or whatever reporting I could manage since I was summarily disinvited from the con after purchasing a ticket. That wasn't going to stop me; in the words of Captain Kirk in //Star Trek III//, "The word is no. I am therefore going anyway." I didn't know how it all would turn out, but I was determined to write about my experience no matter what. This is what happened, and why.//+//This isn't a typical //**AxaMonitor** //article. Instead, it's a personal reflection on my trip to cover [[axacon_schedule|Axacon,]] the Axanar fan convention in Atlanta in November — or whatever reporting I could manage since I was summarily disinvited after purchasing a ticket. That wasn't going to stop me; in the words of Captain Kirk in //Star Trek III//, "The word is no. I am therefore going anyway." I didn't know how it all would turn out, but I was determined to write about my experience no matter what. This is what happened, and why.//
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 ATLANTA —  **2018'S WORD** of the Year is "toxic," according to the folks at the Oxford Dictionary, who choose a word that sums up the zeitgeist of the past 12 months. It certainly describes a lot of what passes for conversation among Star Trek in warring camps over such things as canon, //Star Trek: Discovery// and Axanar. ATLANTA —  **2018'S WORD** of the Year is "toxic," according to the folks at the Oxford Dictionary, who choose a word that sums up the zeitgeist of the past 12 months. It certainly describes a lot of what passes for conversation among Star Trek in warring camps over such things as canon, //Star Trek: Discovery// and Axanar.
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 +We have the opportunity to do something about it.
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 +Rancor and hurt feelings and sundered friendships.
  
 That beleaguered production still appeals to many Star Trek fans That beleaguered production still appeals to many Star Trek fans