- dhobikikutti: Yuletide Bears: The Now That You've Uploaded Edition - The
TRUFAXCompletely Imaginary List of Reasons Why My Recipient Will Hate My Fic - - girlpearl: Pretty much exactly what I was talking about - And then Mel said that sometimes it's like watching a movie that was made 20 years ago, and how even if it's set in the future or in the past, in period costume and all, it still looks & feels like a movie made 20 years ago, and that with fandom moving so fast, you can get that over just a couple years or even months, sometimes. -
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lynns118: [in kirkspock] Discussion on Feedback - So, my question, what is your thoughts on giving feedback? What are your rules? If you think someone's story is badly written, are you comfortable telling them that? Have you ever responded to feedback in a negative way (whether you were the author or just another person who read the story). Or, as an author, what kind of feedback do you prefer? -- cruiscin_lan: Hey writers. Let me poll your brains. - For anyone who has ever written before, this one's for you. We'll be playing it fast and loose with definitions, so don't stress it too much. I'm just wondering what you write, why, and how. -
- zvi: Comment repost - I seriously don't understand why the presence of social justice meta, even a lot of it, even only tangentially related to what we usually think of as fannish [and, I think the Russophobia is actually pretty in line with what metafandom did Back In The Day, because the journaling systems have been part of the fannish conversation on metafandom from the beginning] is seen as in a zero sum with Old School navelgazing self-reflective meta. -
- jane_elliot: [in epic_rants] *sob*"I don't think anything on this list is less than 1000 words, so I hope everyone likes long fics."
This is not the first time I've seen something along these lines and it really pains me that these days a fic of 1,001 words can actually be called "long". - alias_sqbr: Gen, romance and a happy ending - what I'm really after is the characters going through a major positive change in themselves and their lives leading to a satisfying happily-ever-after ending(*). It's much easier to do this with a romantic plot, they're disproportionately involving and there's this strong cultural belief that finding your true love=happy ever after. -
- sheenaghpugh: Forgiving the Bastard - People differ, of course, in what they find unforgivable, and one woman's Forgivable Bastard is another's bete noire with no redeeming features. -
- queenzulu: I have two expectations: safety and respect. - I am sad that she will listen to her friends because that is far easier than taking responsibility for her actions. I am sad that most of the commenters will tell her that racist acts--as long as they are "jokes"--are okay. That silencing people who "dare" to be hurt by racism is okay. -
- ticcyyy: Srsly - If people have to be silent about these real issues in fandom because it upsets those who are having "fun" or because it hurts someone's feelings to have their grossly misguided and priviledged opinions challenged, that is so fucking backwards I can't even. People should NOT be afraid to speak up about issues that MATTER. -
- toft: I also love that it's been over an hour and I'm only halfway through - I really do think Yuletide is an amazing time to see fandom. It's just - you look at all this stuff, all these weird, specific requests for these weird, specific fandoms that people have, and there's so much imagination out there, so much love and creative desire. -
- cupidsbow: Narcissism and vidding - Anyway, I wonder if other vidders got started because they wanted certain stories; so they made them, and then rewatched them over and over (the way I used to watch my favourite SGA vids, now that I think about it). -
- lian: so, metafandom - There's just this sense of entitlement and disappointment in these posts that I don't quite grok, because I don't see mf in these strictly top-down terms. -
- Thursday, December 24, 2009
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- p_zeitgeist wrote in
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metafandom - December 24th, 23:02
- Ho! Ho! Ho!
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- sshg316 wrote in twilightenabler
- December 24th, 10:42
- Geek Love by SassenachWench
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- sshg316 wrote in twilightenabler
- December 24th, 10:35
- Reviving Fireflies
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- lasmke wrote in twilightenabler
- December 24th, 10:45
- Tuesday, December 22, 2009
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- inalasahl wrote in metafandom
- December 23rd, 21:33
- deird1: Mental Story Whiplash - You see, if I know what direction the story's heading in, I can sit back and enjoy the ride. Any more spoilery info will just... well... spoil. -
- penknife: Vidders, why so mysterious? - But if you're going to (very nicely) make your vids available for download from your website, could you please include some kind of summary? At least pairing or main character, and maybe some hint at "the point of this vid is"? ("... that John and somebody are very hot together"? "... that death and tragedy is tragic?" "... that Atlantis, like Camelot, is a silly place?") -
- xie_xie_xie: metafandom and its discontents - Nutshell: They aren't linking to much meta lately. Why? -
- facetofcathy: Fanlore log. - Lately, and I mean the last several months, the wiki is being edited by only three or four people on a regular basis, and their focus has been on 'zines. That's not of interest to me, and the project seems to be withering on the vine. -
- Monday, December 21, 2009
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- inalasahl wrote in metafandom
- December 22nd, 15:57
- lotesse: a note on the ongoing metafandom conversation - But I do think that - maybe since the big fails last winter/spring - the elision between fannish meta and oppositional work has become more complete than I'd like. I'd rather have something like [community profile] linkspam to give me thoughts about Russophobia, and keep metafandom for fic theorization. -
- skye: Archive of Our Own Vs. Fanfiction.net - I'm doing a comparison post between both sites and how they function right at this moment. Keep in mind that despite critique, I still like both sites. -
- farad: An interesting article- metafandom meets pro-publishing - The biggest reason I'm subjecting you guys to it is that the first half of it is about why the writers - and reading/paying market for this exploding new literary field - are straight women. You know, in case you want to be over-analyzed by academia about why we like to read hot m/m sex. -
- cluegirl: Thoughts Contingent on Reader Entitlement; the fandom edition - For Cod's sake, could we please put a little effort into remembering that the writer does not OWE us, the readers, anything more than A Story? And that if we get A Story, there is no contractual obligation under which it will have been written to our tastes, to our preferences, or even to our level of skill or comprehension? -
- silentauror: Thoughts on fic exchange feedback - On the same hand, it's the holidays and regardless of how well it came off, someone spent a lot of time and hard work on a story for someone, and is it really my place to come raining all over their parade? One the other hand, it was still posted in public, not emailed directly to the recipient, and obviously getting comments from readers other than the recipient is also a big part of an exchange like this. -
- fakeplasticsnow: [in idolmeta] SURVEY: Inspiration vs. Perspiration - 1. Look back to the fic that garnered you the most reviews. How long did it take you to write that fic? How does that compare with the average amount of time you take writing a fic?2. Does the trend apply to you too, then? Is the amount of time you take writing something inversely proportional to the number of reviews you get?3. If yes, do you agree that inspiration tends to eclipse effort exerted, in terms of what fic readers respond to? -
- 12/21/09 Homepage Spotlight
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- ljspotlight wrote in lj_spotlight
- December 21st, 9:38
i_hope_that
For many of us, the holidays can be kind of rough. If you're searching for a network of understanding friends, this ultra-nurturing community encourages you to express your heartfelt wishes and offer other members encouragement and acceptance. Not for the terminally snarky or emotionally-challenged, this is a good-spirited place to lend comfort and support.
- 12/21/09 Homepage Spotlight
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- ljspotlight wrote in lj_spotlight
- December 21st, 9:37
diygifts
Feeling crafty? If you've got a few last folks on your holiday gift list, this is a great place to seed your creativity and generosity. You'll also discover wonderful DIY tips to decorate your home and entertain guests. Offering a no-frills-no-skills attitude that welcomes the cash-challenged and arts-phobic, you're sure to get ideas and make friends in the process.
- 12/21/09 Homepage Spotlight
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- ljspotlight wrote in lj_spotlight
- December 21st, 9:36
cooking_club
A fun and friendly community dedicated to those who love to cook, whether you're a meat-and-potatoes type, an aspiring gourmand, and/or a vegan. In search of a brilliant dish to use up those weekly leftovers? Post your ingredients and you'll be whipping up a feast by dinner. You can also share favorite recipes. For Type A chefs, you can spice up your culinary repertoire with exciting cooking challenges.
- Sunday, December 20, 2009
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- lovelokest wrote in metafandom
- December 20th, 23:43
- ratcreature: random poll - if you've been in fandom a long(-ish) time, do you ever feel nostalgia for fandom how it used to be? ("Fandom" in this case intentionally vague as I just mean whatever form of fandom you were involved in the era you are nostalgic for.) And if so, for which time period? -
- katta: Some clues on how not to write deaf characters - The disability fanfic site has uploaded a bunch of stuff, so I've been reading quite a lot, and there are a couple of things that bother me. -
- box_in_the_box: WHY SUPERHERO COMIC BOOK CREATORS SHOULD NOT INTERACT WITH FANDOM: - It occurs to me that what we have here is a microcosm of the exact same sort of tension between entertainment media producers and consumers as exists in just about any other genre or medium now, in which the whole movement toward "the author is dead" has inspired a backlash from the authors themselves, who aren't content with telling stories so much as they want the power to dictate how their audiences should react to their works. -
- sailorptah: Sigh. - But other times? Other times the discussion, while it may have started in a fannish place, has left that context behind long ago. Which means that, unless you were involved with it from the beginning, it boils down to this: "People you have no connection to (except that you both use the same blogging service, and/or enjoy watching TV and writing about it) said something which sounds like it was ill-advised (although you can't say for certain, because until five minutes ago you were not even aware this conversation had taken place) and now you get to hear a deconstruction of why they were wrong." -
- cupidsbow: meta twitter? - Maybe all the huge discussions of the last two years have actually changed the face of meta, because we feel more comfortable in just using that language and making short comments, rather than having to scale up our meta thoughts into full-blown essays. -
- crabapplered: Metafandom needs to re-evaluate. - The point is, if someone wants to talk about the mechanics of chakra in Naruto, they don't really want people to pop up and go "pft! Chakra! Now there's some fine cultural appropriation in that series" -
- rubyfruit_pixie: Also I Am A Horrible, Horrible Person (And That's Okay). - And I can think and squee at the same time. The two are not mutually exclusive, and I really wish people would stop thinking that they are. -
- renay: PSA to Emerging FFXIII Fans: Don't Do Racist Shit! - If these are the actions and behavior I have to look forward to from fans of Final Fantasy XIII, so help me, I am going to explode in rage on a near-daily basis. I mean, this is Racism 101 stuff. -
- renay: An Interesting and Heartbreaking Addition to the Debate At Hand: SEXISM! - My bottom line, to him and everyone else: the problem stopped being just the icons when people started defending their usage with extremely problematic words. Stop using the icons, yes, and then come back, because you defended them and you have to fix that mess you made, as well. -
- justira: Time to discuss racism and humour! aka how about them mildly infamous icons? - The relationship between humour and kyriarchy is... pretty complicated. It's quite easy to fall into a trap here: attempt, with the best intentions, to deride things worthy of derision, and yet in making the joke end up perpetuating those same ills. -
- vi: Bingo in FF fandom - It isn't this specific instance (Sazh and fried chicken jokes) itself, but that it is part of a larger trend of representing non-white characters in stereotyped ways, and the reaction of white-privileged fans being told that it's Not Cool. -
- heebee: Anyone else finding the "ironic" fried c - Anyone else finding the "ironic" fried chicken and/or watermelon-themed Sazh Katzroy icons in poor taste? -
- Saturday, December 19, 2009
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- inalasahl wrote in metafandom
- December 19th, 21:35
- djin7: On Reviews, Concrit, feedback or flames, what not to do on the internet - However, if you do not want uninvited critical reviews mixed in with glowing, positive reviews? You must hand pick and select your audience to only people who will do your bidding, and instruct them to do so, whether it's to your best interest or worst. -
- solarcat: A Question about Default Icons (Or, It's Amateur Sociology Time! \0/ ) - What impact does a default icon have? Do we draw conclusions about users based on their default icon? -
- londonkds: The honeymoon between fandom and Dreamwidth faces its first test - It has been reported that Dreamwidth has received legal letters from Marvel related to the ever-controversial scans_daily community. -
- elf: [in scans_daily] Some Copyright Basics - The basic principles, from a non-lawyer perspective (i.e. do not quote me in court unless you are attempting a defense of "not guilty by reason of mental defect or insanity"): Copyright law is *psychotic.* -
- das_dingsi: Heads-up: You don't get to respect only the "good" trans people and still call yourself an ally. - When a person asks you to use a certain pronoun for them, you use it. When they say they are trans, you act accordingly and don't question their identity. The self-identity of the trans person overrides everything else. If you don't respect that, you propagate transphobia. -
- Oneshot: Soul Meets Body
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- thalia_csiny wrote in esmecarlisle
- December 19th, 16:13
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Title: Soul Meets Body
Author:thalia_csiny
Characters/Pairing: Carlisle/Esme, with mentions of Edward.
Rating: M/NC17
Category: Family & Drama. This also touches on Edward's almost pre-rebellion days.
Spoilers: None since this is set before Twilight.
Summary: While Edward battles with his own inner demons, Esme and Carlisle explores a new possibility for their friendship.
It’s not right what you’re doing. You’re only confusing her. You promised her to give her space, and time. This is only going to be seen as a push.
If you'd prefer, H E R E is the ff.net link.
- Juggernaut » by Frenchbeanz
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- uggyf wrote in twilightenabler
- December 18th, 23:59
- Bad Press » HappyWanderer
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- uggyf wrote in twilightenabler
- December 18th, 23:32
- Awake in the Infinite Cold » by quothme
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- uggyf wrote in twilightenabler
- December 18th, 23:08
- Love is Hell » by Kefe
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- uggyf wrote in twilightenabler
- December 18th, 22:49
- Reality and Other Inconveniences » by OhMyWord
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- uggyf wrote in twilightenabler
- December 18th, 22:22
- Friday, December 18,2009
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- p_zeitgeist wrote in metafandom
- December 18th, 23:21
- noracharles: International fandom, again. - When you are in a discussion about tensions between cultures and prejudices against certain nationalities, and how Westerners (hint: especially Canadians and U.S. Americans) are generally ignorant, dismissive and fearful of people from certain countries, don't reframe the discussion to be about your own nation and culture, erasing and dismissing the actual people from actual different countries than your own whom you are currently talking to. -
- branchandroot: untitled - Were 6A ever called capitalist pigs? Multiple times in every heated post? Were they referred to at every turn as Americans or San Franciscans as though that somehow explained why they were bad? -
- bell: one discussion leads to another - However, the main reason I wanted to make this exchange public was to ask anyone reading my journals, on DW or on LJ, to not stereotype Russians in a similar way in comments to my posts. I feel it is phobic language in its own right, and just as I am trying to do away with ableist, racist, homophobic, and cis-privileged language, I would like to do with terminology and references that does not respect the complexity of a given culture and nation. -
- cupidsbow: diigo vs delicious, and how to set up diigo - There are several reasons I have accounts on two social bookmarking sites. Mostly, I began by wanting a back-up site for my recs on delicious; but having now compared the functionality of diigo and delicious, diigo is the clear winner in nearly all respects. -
- facetofcathy: Historical AUs and race--my thoughts and questions and no real answers. - We seem to have some kind of unspoken fandom consensus on this with respect to women in historical AUs, where they get to achieve a level of awesome about equivalent to a Jane Austen heroine, but are never quite too unbelievably modern, but I can't really find the conversation about race in historical AUs. -
- amber: come and play in my sandbox. - This isn't a Beginner's Guide to Dreamwidth, nor is it a comprehensive list of all the cool stuff the site has to offer. It's intended to be useful for people who want to RP here, and assumes prior experience in using a similar website to do so. -
- noracharles: Call for contributor guidelines to metafandom, and for more dw meta - How would you as a reader like to be made aware of interesting meta posted to dreamwidth, including the sort not accepted by metafandom? -
- 51stcenturyfox: Let's talk about sex, baby - Sex means something, even PWP sex. -
- marina: untitled - Now, we all know (well, maybe you don't) that ever since LJ was bought up by a Russian company the wank in English speaking fandom over THE KREMLIN TAKING OVER has been utterly insane. I remember when it first happened, I remember the initial panic (yes, panic) and how many people talked about feeling like LJ was on the verge of being purged of all that was "non conforming", everything that was "problematic" content. -
- The Live In Position » by Saewod
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- uggyf wrote in twilightenabler
- December 18th, 21:50
- Caravaggio by meimei42
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- uggyf wrote in twilightenabler
- December 18th, 21:39
- Page Summary
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- metafandom — Thursday, December 24, 2009 — 2 comments
- twilightenabler — Ho! Ho! Ho!
- twilightenabler — Geek Love by SassenachWench
- twilightenabler — Reviving Fireflies — 1 comment
- metafandom — Tuesday, December 22, 2009 — 2 comments
- metafandom — Monday, December 21, 2009
- lj_spotlight — 12/21/09 Homepage Spotlight — 12 comments
- lj_spotlight — 12/21/09 Homepage Spotlight — 2 comments
- lj_spotlight — 12/21/09 Homepage Spotlight — 2 comments
- metafandom — Sunday, December 20, 2009 — 8 comments
- metafandom — Saturday, December 19, 2009 — 5 comments
- esmecarlisle — Oneshot: Soul Meets Body
- twilightenabler — Juggernaut » by Frenchbeanz
- twilightenabler — Bad Press » HappyWanderer
- twilightenabler — Awake in the Infinite Cold » by quothme — 2 comments
- twilightenabler — Love is Hell » by Kefe
- twilightenabler — Reality and Other Inconveniences » by OhMyWord
- metafandom — Friday, December 18,2009 — 2 comments
- twilightenabler — The Live In Position » by Saewod — 5 comments
- twilightenabler — Caravaggio by meimei42 — 3 comments
