Promptathon Round Up - Day Three!

[jamethiel]

Hi there! sansets has gone to bed and entrusted me with the prompathon round up for day three!

Fiction by fandom

Battlestar Galactica

lyssie: Untitled, BSG, Dee, arms

due South

cerriddwen: On Guard, due South, Diefenbaker, undercover, G.
cerriddwen: Journal, due South, Fraser, unwritten, G.
cerriddwen: 6:30 am, due South, Kowalski, routine, G.
kill_claudio: Frozen, due South, Victoria, 'Fire', G.


Firefly

enterincolour: To The Right, Firefly, Mal/River, dark and bright, G.
cerriddwen: Nova;novel, Firefly, Kaylee/River, heavens, PG.
cerriddwen: Galut, Firefly, Mal/Sheppard Book, Psalm 137, G.

Gilmore Girls

cerriddwen: Logic, Gilmore Girls, Paris/Rory, class

Green Wing

catwalksalone: Askew, Green Wing, Caroline, wonky, G.

M*A*S*H

quiesce: Downtime, M*A*S*H, Hawkeye/BJ, still, G.

Sports Night

quiesce: Good Things Come, Sports Night, Dan/Casey, cab, R.
quiesce: Double Back, Sports Night, Sam, return, G.
quiesce: Countdown, Sports Night, Sam R., return, G.

Stargate Atlantis

cerriddwen: Atlantean Morning Tea, Stargate: Atlantis, Teyla, tea, G

Stargate: SG-1

lyssie: Bar Scene, SG-1 Sam/Vala, Possession, PG13.

Studio 60

enterincolour: Applaud, My Friends, the Comedy is Finished, Studio 60, Matt-Danny, hours, PG

The Black Donnellys

roz_mcclure: Diner Opening, The Black Donnellys, Tommy/Jenny, morning. NC-17.

X-men (comic-verse)

buzzylittleb: Untitled, X-men (comic-verse) Rogue/Wolverine, tease, G.

Art by fandom

zellieh: Untitled, Stargate Atlantis, Teyla & John, Stickfighting. PG.

Other

None submitted.

Seriously, you are all AWESOME, AWESOME people. And, if you liked what you saw, feed the authors and come and play with us yourself! You know you want to!

Meta Collection Post

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Links to each meta topic will be collected here so that you don't have to trawl through posts to find what you are looking for. This post will be linked in the sidebar of the comm. Remember, if you are interested in a particular discussion you can use the Track This button to follow what's happening without having to refresh the post every few minutes.

Get ready to Meta!

( Friday )

( Saturday )

Meta: The Coming of a Closed Canon: Blessing or a Curse? (HP)

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MJ Panel Mod: Beth H.

Discussion space - the floor is yours...

Potential points to consider (not exhaustive, just to get you going):
Does the fact that you'll never get 'jossed' again make you feel more adventurous about what you might write?

How will you feel if your ship is firmly put out of action once and for all by death or dismembement or any other means? Will you ignore the canon and soldier blithely on, or will you bow to the will of JKR and move on?

Does the looming of The End mean you are considering your own place in the HP fandom? Do you still want to keep going even when there is no official new material coming out? Is there a difference between the closing of canon from a book source as opposed to a visual media source?

Do you think there will be any restructuring in the fandom as a result? What form do you thing it will take.

Meta: Cancelled!?! Gasp! Or how to keep the love alive once the series goes off-the-air

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MJ Panel mod: RoaringMice

Discussion space - the floor is yours...

Potential points to consider (not exhaustive, just to get you going):

Your show is cancelled. Do you cling or move on?

If you stay, what can you do to keep people's interest in the show alive? Run challenges? Hold viewing parties? RPG?

How do you bring new people into a fandom that's got nothing new to offer in terms of canon? How do you keep them there?

Do your own feelings towards the show change over time given increasing distance from the heady days of when you got a new episode every week to when the new shinies start to look increasingly attractive? What can you do about that? Do you want to do anything about it?

Yay festivities!!

[sage]

HEY EVERYBODY! Welcome to rat_jam weekend!!

Guess what! revbiscuit has made a DS vid special for rat_jam! (It's fantastic -- I keep watching it over and over -- and it's her first vid ever which blows my mind a little.)

We'll be opening the chatroom for the Viewing Party in about an hour, so in the meantime, check this out!

*puts on Kermit-the-Frog hat*

And now...to get you ready for 38 hours of viewing festivities, allow me to present the lovely and amazing revbiscuit!! Yaaaaaaaaaaay!!! \o/

...

Greetings, fellow rat_jammers. I am revbiscuit. I just wanted to say thank you for all the fics and vids I've enjoyed since I discovered fandom. In this spirit, I offer you my very first vid.

If you like it, go and thank the lovely lipstickcat, and especially the ever-so-patient taverymate, who gave me such comprehensive feedback that if I knew where she lived I'd send her my weight in chocolate. If it's a load of pants, it's because I either couldn't or didn't follow their advice. Needless to say feedback of any kind will be most welcome.

Music: Learning to Fly by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers.
Fandom: due South - Spoilers for the whole show.
Pairing: F/K, F&V friendship.
Summary: A journey of discovery (with bizarre stunts).

Download .wmv file (14.6Mb) from here or, if you prefer, you can stream it at my imeem page.

Just a word of warning: It does this little 'skip' thing with the title if you view it with VLC player. I have no idea why that is or how to fix it, but once it gets past the first second or so, it seems to be fine.

eta: Yes, this is the right post for leaving feedback on the vid for revbiscuit! Please comment & tell her how awesome she is!! \o/

Meta: Due South: How An Old Fandom Stays New

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MJ Panel Mod: mrsronweasley

Discussion space - the floor is yours...

Potential points to consider (not exhaustive, just to get you going.):

What's new in dS fandom these days? Pairings? Genres? Comms?

Where does the impetus come from and why?

How does dS manage to retain such a loyal fan following?

Is dS fandom really a shiny place to be or do old divisions still lurk? What impact does this have on new people finding the show/fandom?

Meta: Plot, Woe, Plot: Faking Forensics and Conjuring Crimes for Investigative Fandoms

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MJ Panel Mod: shihadachick

( Getting by without CSI: Faking Forensics and Crime Plots in fandom )

Meta: From Ten Seconds of Screentime to Ten Thousand Fanfics: Secondary Characters

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From Ten Seconds of Screentime to Ten Thousand Fanfics: How and Why Some Secondary Characters Take On a Life of Their Own

Modded at muskratjamboree by shihadchick and shayheyred; modded for rat_jam by the_antichris.

( Secondary characters: What is it about them that makes us tick? )

Kidfic and Smarm. Guilty Pleasures: why we love them, why we're embarrassed by them

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MJ Panel Mod: Dira Sudis

Discussion space - the floor is yours...

Possible points to consider (not exhaustive, just to get you going):

1. The inaccessability of non-obvious smut--where's the payoff?
2. Is our embarassment on this directed by our perceived notion of gender roles, given that fandom is possibly a mostly female space?

Meta: Teeny Tiny Fandoms

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Teeny Tiny Fandoms: The Hows, Whys and Wherefores of Promoting and Enjoying Your Obscure Obsession
Modded at MJ by: lamardeuse

( Teeny Tiny Fandoms )

Meta: House: which way is the show going?

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MJ Panel Mod: kassrachel

WARNING: POST AND/OR COMMENTS MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS. ALL US-AIRED EPISODES MAY BE DISCUSSED HERE.

( Is There A Plot Arc in the House? )

Meta: John Sheppard: Johnny, Are You Queer, Boy? (Don't Ask, Don't Tell.)

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MJ Panel Mod: mrsronweasley

Discussion space - the floor is yours...

WARNING: POST AND/OR COMMENTS MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS. ALL US-AIRED EPISODES MAY BE DISCUSSED HERE.

Is he or isn't he? What canon/subtextual evidence is there to support either side of the argument?

Meta: The English Language (or, "How People Really Talk")

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MJ Panel Mod: RoaringMice

Discussion space - the floor is yours...

Potential points to consider:

What gets your goat when you read dialogue? Is it different for different fandoms, different characters? Why is that?

What, to you, is authentic dialogue? Where can you find it?

How do you feel about ellipses? Do people really talk in full sentences the whole time?

How do you feel about people representing accent or dialect in dialogue? What works for you and what doesn't?

Does the wrong turn of phrase or choice of word for a character throw you out of the story?

Do people have more trouble writing characters from other cultures? Is this just a matter of idiom or is there more to it?

Callum Keith Rennie: The Man, The Myth, The Fandom

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MJ Panel Mod: helleboredoll

Download, delight, discuss

Meta: Ins and Outs of Sex in Greece and Rome

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MJ Panel Mod: Libitina

Discussion space - the floor is yours...

Meta: Ray Kowalski As Hero

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Modded by sageness

( Ray Kowalski as Hero )

Meta: I Ran a Secret Santa Three Times. This Is What I Learned.

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Panel Author: witchqueen

( I Ran a Secret Santa Three Times. This Is What I Learned. )

Meta: "Life on Mars" - Intentional Homoeroticism - a nod to 70s Cop Shows? Or more?

[jamethiel]

Modded by lozenger8

( 'Life on Mars' - Intentional Homoeroticism - a nod to 70s Cop Shows? Or more? )