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Results are in for the page format poll. ?format=light won by a reasonable margin, but /mobile was rather close. The results should be viewable to all if you're interested. murklin's bookmarklets will replace the URL with the tag of your choice, or it will remove the tag entirely.
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General Fandoms
Veronica Mars Kickstarter Project
The Veronica Mars Movie: crowdfuning - or fanf-funding - at its best?: Bertha Chin (blog) - "Frustratingly, fan agency always gets left out in arguments which purports concern that fans are being duped by studios and networks."
Veronica Mars and Kickstarter and our Brave New World: mistresscurvy (DW) - "SO. As most of you probably already know, the Veronica Mars Movie Kickstarter met its minimum goal of $2 million dollars in less than twelve hours. "
The Veronica Mars Kickstarter Problem, and ours: ST Vanairsdale (blog) - "Thomas is responsible for delivering not only a movie to his devout Veronica Marsfollowing, but also the tokens customarily promised to Kickstarter backers for their various levels of largesse."
The rape of James Bond: Sophia (blog) - "Men, if you’re feeling a bit queasy at the idea of so many beloved characters suffering rape – if you’re feeling creeped out by someone enthusiastically arguing in favour of them being raped because it’s too bad if it upsets you, it’s realistic… Well, hi. Welcome to the world of women."
Crossover fics between the top 20 tv fandoms on AO3: noseyhedgehog (blog) - "The new filtering displayed the top ten tags in certain categories, and one of those was Fandoms which made me want to map the crossovers between different fandoms. Tricky, but not too hard, I thought, and a great chance to try out Processing.js. As it turns out? Not quite so simple."
Non-Human Cosplay tips: Marie Sumner(blog) - "Creating your own cosplay outfit is a great challenge and can be a lot of fun. If you choose a character who is not human, you can really go the extra mile by following some of the following tips."
Fandom as LIberation: Red Hamilton (blog) - "They told me it was fantastic to get to know like-minded people and how they felt freer in a way to be themselves in the fandom than they did at their place of work. I have to admit that really struck a chord with me and I’ve found myself thinking of fandom as being a rather liberating experience."
Lifecycle of a fandom: Part one - The hype: Eleanor Musgrove (blog) - "The first stage, and therefore a fairly logical place to start, comes before your show even airs, or your book or film or comic strip is even launched. Let’s talk, Wanderers, about The Hype."
Notes for Interactive Storytelling Panel: alias_Sqbr (DW) - "I'm focussing on single person games like Interactive Fiction/Text Adventures, puzzle/RPG games with lots of story, visual novels etc. "
Transformative Works and Cultures Vol 12 : OTW (blog) - "TWC publishes articles about transformative works, broadly conceived; articles about media studies; and articles about the fan community."
Overthinking the 'Platinum' Age of TV: Matthew Wrather (blog) - "Wired was planning to feature a package of TV articles about what we have called the (second) golden age of television and what they’re calling the “Platinum” age."
Why the fearful hero is a good thing for video games: Becky Chambers (blog) - "When I think of the other protagonists we’ve seen in recent years, it seems that we’re in the middle of a cultural shift. Slowly but surely, we’re expanding our definition of what it means to be a hero."
Give a fan enough trope: Part 3 - Gender Tropes: fandomspotting (podcast) - "To discuss fandom’s use of tropes concerning gender and inherently gendered tropes! Stay tuned for genderbending, mpreg, seme/uke dynamics, jealous girlfriends, doting mothers/sisters/besties, Mary Sues, Gary Stus, and more! "
Omegaverse Genetics: Azriona (AO3) - "We all understand the whole male/female chromosome thing, right? (XX and XY) So how does it work in Omegaverse?"
What is meta?: nemo_r (DW) - "I wonder if meta could do with having more categories, or if there should be some better definition of meta, or maybe we should stop calling it meta entirely and pick something else!"
Reposting and You – a fandom etiquette discussion: fuzzytomato02(LJ) - "When you repost something, even if you put a source, and it now exists on your blog, you effectively steal someone else’s fandom currency. Those notes and reblogs that you get on the reposted content aren’t yours. You didn’t earn them. They belong to someone else. "
Repeat, Recapitulate, Revisions: what patterns can be seen in a writer’s work? : Kate Elliott(LJ) - "It is a truism that every reaction to a piece of art will be unique to the individual. One of the things I most love about the reading experience both as a reader–and as a writer listening to what readers have to say–is this diversity of reaction."
If I was a superhero: beccaelizabeth(DW) - "In high school doing GCSE Art & Design we had to do a final exam piece on 'myself'. Most people did a self portrait with mirrors and photos and skill. I collected some of my favourite comic heroine panels and did me as a superhero. Little bit of Starfire, little bit of Batgirl, some wings that looked really styling."
Not Telepathy: beccaelizabeth (DW) - "Superpowers I half the time convince myself I do not want: Telepathy"
Dear Fanwriters:beccaelizabeth (DW) - "1) Don't be afraid to tag your WIP abandoned if they are. It's kind of sad sitting there staring at fic for a year wondering if that 9/? will turn into a 10"
How do you define 'being in [canon name] fandom'?: failfandomanon (LJ) - "Is it about level of enthusement? Is it about willingness to discuss vs. not interested even if you love the canon? Is it about level of participation, discussion or fanwork or pure consumption? Is there any sense of exclusivity/non-exclusivity involved?"
Specific Fandoms
Buffy
Why Netflix thinks Buffy is a 'guilty pleasure' and why it's not: flavorwire (blog) - "To be clear, we’re talking about the (long-running, critically acclaimed, widely celebrated) television show, not the (important because it led to the show, but for no other reason and not terribly good in and of itself) movie.Buffy is a “guilty pleasure”? Say what now?"
Sex in the Buffyverse: you will get pregnant and die: Emmie Mears (blog) - "It’s no secret that “sex has consequences” is one of the biggest themes of Joss Whedon’s Buffyverse. From mystical pregnancies to unleashing the real Angelus, the show is often more likely to show something awful happening after a character gets jiggy than not. Today we’re going to look at some of those consequences."
Sherlock
Accents in Sherlock: Wellington Goose: (LJ) - "An introduction to the rich variety of British accents and an analysis of accents used in Sherlock. I explore the distinctive regional accents and of course the ubiquitous BBC pronunciation, what the accents can tell us about the characters."
The Sentinel
Canon Overview: The Sentinel: mab_browne (DW) - "The Sentinel was a cop/action show, with science-fictional/supernatural ‘extras’, that broadcast on the Sci-Fi channel from 1996-1999. As such, it featured a lot of car chases, explosions , gunfights and plot holes, but it also had a likeable cast with sometimes interesting chemistry – however you like to interpret ‘chemistry’."
Person of Interest
Person Of Interest ramblings:arduinna (DW) - "So as should be obvious from my (sadly few, so far) posts about Person of Interest, I'm in it for the Finch/Reese, which the show delivers in spades, and which makes me ridiculously happy. Watching John tell everyone he meets how much Harold means to him, while Harold is listening in, is just... ♥melts♥ But it does some other amazing stuff, too."
Person of Interest ramblings: arduinna (DW) - "Other than Finch and Reese, almost every other powerful person in this universe is a woman. And more than that, they're women with their own agency, their own agendas, their own reasons for being in this universe entirely separate from Finch and Reese."
Teen Wolf/Supernatural
Sunday Musings Teen Wolf Supernatural Life Art:cupidsbow (DW) - "There comes a point on a Sunday evening when not only have you had all the baths you usefully can, you've also done the laundry, cleaned, shopped, changed the linen, put fresh flowers in your vase, patted the dog, cooked a nutritious dinner, and answered the email from students panicking about an assignment. And then you look back the at the weekend and find yourself wondering, "Why did I get nothing done?""
A Game of Thrones
Meta Monday: Justice: justadram (tumblr) - "Today’s topic is justice in Westeros and medieval Europe. "
Tangled
Untangling the Princess: Sofa Afonasina (blog) - "Tangled was, above all, comfortable. Even the hair never actually tangles in anything, despite the title of the film! Unfortunately, gender issues are not comfortable, and that is the problematic I would like to address."
Les Miserables
Do you hear the people cry? Les Miserables and the affective audience: rebeccawilliamsblog (blog) - "I want to reflect more personally on the film and consider its affective impact on audiences in general, and on myself more specifically."
Wheel of Time
Wheel of meta part two: Is the Wheel of Time a feminist text? part 3: Katherine Keller (blog) - Article touching on rape/compulsion, Maidens of the Spear and the Green Ajah.
Supernatural
Dean and Castiel: not brothers in arms: butterflydm(tumblr) - " I feel like expanding on my view of why I liked Jensen implying that Dean and Cas are decidedly not a ‘brother-in-arms’ situation."
Anne Bronte
Anne Bronte also likes assholes: Noah Berlatsky (blog) - "Anne’s perfectly capable of romanticizing douchey behavior. She’s perhaps tweaking the family literary convention, but she’s not rejecting them. "
Results are in for the page format poll. ?format=light won by a reasonable margin, but /mobile was rather close. The results should be viewable to all if you're interested. murklin's bookmarklets will replace the URL with the tag of your choice, or it will remove the tag entirely.
Snag the Mod volunteering banners here, and there should be a few more variations up soon.
If you want to give feedback, volunteer, link us to meta or ask a question, comment to the volunteers post, the Questions and Things post, the screened post, or PM/email.
General Fandoms
Veronica Mars Kickstarter Project
fandom: veronica mars, topic: fandom, topic: creators, topic: money
The Veronica Mars Movie: crowdfuning - or fanf-funding - at its best?: Bertha Chin (blog) - "Frustratingly, fan agency always gets left out in arguments which purports concern that fans are being duped by studios and networks."
Veronica Mars and Kickstarter and our Brave New World: mistresscurvy (DW) - "SO. As most of you probably already know, the Veronica Mars Movie Kickstarter met its minimum goal of $2 million dollars in less than twelve hours. "
The Veronica Mars Kickstarter Problem, and ours: ST Vanairsdale (blog) - "Thomas is responsible for delivering not only a movie to his devout Veronica Marsfollowing, but also the tokens customarily promised to Kickstarter backers for their various levels of largesse."
The rape of James Bond: Sophia (blog) - "Men, if you’re feeling a bit queasy at the idea of so many beloved characters suffering rape – if you’re feeling creeped out by someone enthusiastically arguing in favour of them being raped because it’s too bad if it upsets you, it’s realistic… Well, hi. Welcome to the world of women."
fandom: james bond, fandom: asoiaf, character: female, character: male, topic: realism, topic: responsibility, warning: rape/non-con, warning: child abuse
Crossover fics between the top 20 tv fandoms on AO3: noseyhedgehog (blog) - "The new filtering displayed the top ten tags in certain categories, and one of those was Fandoms which made me want to map the crossovers between different fandoms. Tricky, but not too hard, I thought, and a great chance to try out Processing.js. As it turns out? Not quite so simple."
topic: ao3, topic: statistics,
Non-Human Cosplay tips: Marie Sumner(blog) - "Creating your own cosplay outfit is a great challenge and can be a lot of fun. If you choose a character who is not human, you can really go the extra mile by following some of the following tips."
fandom: cosplay
Fandom as LIberation: Red Hamilton (blog) - "They told me it was fantastic to get to know like-minded people and how they felt freer in a way to be themselves in the fandom than they did at their place of work. I have to admit that really struck a chord with me and I’ve found myself thinking of fandom as being a rather liberating experience."
topic: fandom
Lifecycle of a fandom: Part one - The hype: Eleanor Musgrove (blog) - "The first stage, and therefore a fairly logical place to start, comes before your show even airs, or your book or film or comic strip is even launched. Let’s talk, Wanderers, about The Hype."
topic: fandom
Notes for Interactive Storytelling Panel: alias_Sqbr (DW) - "I'm focussing on single person games like Interactive Fiction/Text Adventures, puzzle/RPG games with lots of story, visual novels etc. "
fandom: gaming, topic: narrative, topic: point of view
Transformative Works and Cultures Vol 12 : OTW (blog) - "TWC publishes articles about transformative works, broadly conceived; articles about media studies; and articles about the fan community."
topic: boys love, topic: fandom
Overthinking the 'Platinum' Age of TV: Matthew Wrather (blog) - "Wired was planning to feature a package of TV articles about what we have called the (second) golden age of television and what they’re calling the “Platinum” age."
topic: tv channels
Why the fearful hero is a good thing for video games: Becky Chambers (blog) - "When I think of the other protagonists we’ve seen in recent years, it seems that we’re in the middle of a cultural shift. Slowly but surely, we’re expanding our definition of what it means to be a hero."
fandom: gaming, character: hero
Give a fan enough trope: Part 3 - Gender Tropes: fandomspotting (podcast) - "To discuss fandom’s use of tropes concerning gender and inherently gendered tropes! Stay tuned for genderbending, mpreg, seme/uke dynamics, jealous girlfriends, doting mothers/sisters/besties, Mary Sues, Gary Stus, and more! "
topic: gender, trope
Omegaverse Genetics: Azriona (AO3) - "We all understand the whole male/female chromosome thing, right? (XX and XY) So how does it work in Omegaverse?"
trope: omega
What is meta?: nemo_r (DW) - "I wonder if meta could do with having more categories, or if there should be some better definition of meta, or maybe we should stop calling it meta entirely and pick something else!"
topic: meta, topic: organisation
Reposting and You – a fandom etiquette discussion: fuzzytomato02(LJ) - "When you repost something, even if you put a source, and it now exists on your blog, you effectively steal someone else’s fandom currency. Those notes and reblogs that you get on the reposted content aren’t yours. You didn’t earn them. They belong to someone else. "
fandom: fanart, topic: fandom
Repeat, Recapitulate, Revisions: what patterns can be seen in a writer’s work? : Kate Elliott(LJ) - "It is a truism that every reaction to a piece of art will be unique to the individual. One of the things I most love about the reading experience both as a reader–and as a writer listening to what readers have to say–is this diversity of reaction."
topic: writing
If I was a superhero: beccaelizabeth(DW) - "In high school doing GCSE Art & Design we had to do a final exam piece on 'myself'. Most people did a self portrait with mirrors and photos and skill. I collected some of my favourite comic heroine panels and did me as a superhero. Little bit of Starfire, little bit of Batgirl, some wings that looked really styling."
topic: superheroes, fandom: comics
Not Telepathy: beccaelizabeth (DW) - "Superpowers I half the time convince myself I do not want: Telepathy"
topic: telepathy
Dear Fanwriters:beccaelizabeth (DW) - "1) Don't be afraid to tag your WIP abandoned if they are. It's kind of sad sitting there staring at fic for a year wondering if that 9/? will turn into a 10"
topic: writing, topic: tagging
How do you define 'being in [canon name] fandom'?: failfandomanon (LJ) - "Is it about level of enthusement? Is it about willingness to discuss vs. not interested even if you love the canon? Is it about level of participation, discussion or fanwork or pure consumption? Is there any sense of exclusivity/non-exclusivity involved?"
topic: fandom, topic: question
Specific Fandoms
Buffy
Why Netflix thinks Buffy is a 'guilty pleasure' and why it's not: flavorwire (blog) - "To be clear, we’re talking about the (long-running, critically acclaimed, widely celebrated) television show, not the (important because it led to the show, but for no other reason and not terribly good in and of itself) movie.Buffy is a “guilty pleasure”? Say what now?"
fandom: btvs
Sex in the Buffyverse: you will get pregnant and die: Emmie Mears (blog) - "It’s no secret that “sex has consequences” is one of the biggest themes of Joss Whedon’s Buffyverse. From mystical pregnancies to unleashing the real Angelus, the show is often more likely to show something awful happening after a character gets jiggy than not. Today we’re going to look at some of those consequences."
fandom: btvs, topic: sexuality
Sherlock
Accents in Sherlock: Wellington Goose: (LJ) - "An introduction to the rich variety of British accents and an analysis of accents used in Sherlock. I explore the distinctive regional accents and of course the ubiquitous BBC pronunciation, what the accents can tell us about the characters."
fandom: sherlock, topic: language, topic: accents
The Sentinel
Canon Overview: The Sentinel: mab_browne (DW) - "The Sentinel was a cop/action show, with science-fictional/supernatural ‘extras’, that broadcast on the Sci-Fi channel from 1996-1999. As such, it featured a lot of car chases, explosions , gunfights and plot holes, but it also had a likeable cast with sometimes interesting chemistry – however you like to interpret ‘chemistry’."
fandom: The Sentinel, topic: hurt/comfort
Person of Interest
Person Of Interest ramblings:arduinna (DW) - "So as should be obvious from my (sadly few, so far) posts about Person of Interest, I'm in it for the Finch/Reese, which the show delivers in spades, and which makes me ridiculously happy. Watching John tell everyone he meets how much Harold means to him, while Harold is listening in, is just... ♥melts♥ But it does some other amazing stuff, too."
fandom: Person Of Interest, character: female, relationship: slash
Person of Interest ramblings: arduinna (DW) - "Other than Finch and Reese, almost every other powerful person in this universe is a woman. And more than that, they're women with their own agency, their own agendas, their own reasons for being in this universe entirely separate from Finch and Reese."
fandom: person of interest, character: female
Teen Wolf/Supernatural
Sunday Musings Teen Wolf Supernatural Life Art:cupidsbow (DW) - "There comes a point on a Sunday evening when not only have you had all the baths you usefully can, you've also done the laundry, cleaned, shopped, changed the linen, put fresh flowers in your vase, patted the dog, cooked a nutritious dinner, and answered the email from students panicking about an assignment. And then you look back the at the weekend and find yourself wondering, "Why did I get nothing done?""
fandom: Teen Wolf, fandom: Supernatural, topic: fanart
A Game of Thrones
Meta Monday: Justice: justadram (tumblr) - "Today’s topic is justice in Westeros and medieval Europe. "
fandom: asoiaf, topic: history,
Tangled
Untangling the Princess: Sofa Afonasina (blog) - "Tangled was, above all, comfortable. Even the hair never actually tangles in anything, despite the title of the film! Unfortunately, gender issues are not comfortable, and that is the problematic I would like to address."
fandom: disney, topic: gender
Les Miserables
Do you hear the people cry? Les Miserables and the affective audience: rebeccawilliamsblog (blog) - "I want to reflect more personally on the film and consider its affective impact on audiences in general, and on myself more specifically."
fandom: les miserables, topic: emotions
Wheel of Time
Wheel of meta part two: Is the Wheel of Time a feminist text? part 3: Katherine Keller (blog) - Article touching on rape/compulsion, Maidens of the Spear and the Green Ajah.
fandom: wheel of time, warning: rape/non-con
Supernatural
Dean and Castiel: not brothers in arms: butterflydm(tumblr) - " I feel like expanding on my view of why I liked Jensen implying that Dean and Cas are decidedly not a ‘brother-in-arms’ situation."
fandom: supernatural, fandom: supernatural: dean, fandom: supernatural: castiel
Anne Bronte
Anne Bronte also likes assholes: Noah Berlatsky (blog) - "Anne’s perfectly capable of romanticizing douchey behavior. She’s perhaps tweaking the family literary convention, but she’s not rejecting them. "
fandom: bronte, character: male
