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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?
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[personal profile] catwalksalone
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? )
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Teeny Tiny Fandoms: The Hows, Whys and Wherefores of Promoting and Enjoying Your Obscure Obsession
Modded at MJ by: [livejournal.com profile] lamardeuse

Teeny Tiny Fandoms )
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[personal profile] catwalksalone
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?
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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 [livejournal.com profile] muskratjamboree by [livejournal.com profile] shihadchick and [livejournal.com profile] shayheyred; modded for [livejournal.com profile] rat_jam by [livejournal.com profile] the_antichris.

Secondary characters: What is it about them that makes us tick? )
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[personal profile] catwalksalone
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?
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[personal profile] sage
HEY EVERYBODY! Welcome to [livejournal.com profile] rat_jam weekend!!

Guess what! [livejournal.com profile] revbiscuit has made a DS vid special for [livejournal.com profile] 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 [livejournal.com profile] revbiscuit!! Yaaaaaaaaaaay!!! \o/


...


Greetings, fellow rat_jammers. I am [livejournal.com profile] 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 [livejournal.com profile] lipstickcat, and especially the ever-so-patient [livejournal.com profile] 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 [livejournal.com profile] revbiscuit! Please comment & tell her how awesome she is!! \o/
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[personal profile] catwalksalone
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?
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[personal profile] catwalksalone
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.
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[personal profile] catwalksalone
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 )
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[personal profile] jamethiel
Hi there! [livejournal.com profile] sansets has gone to bed and entrusted me with the prompathon round up for day three!

Fiction by fandom

Battlestar Galactica

[livejournal.com profile] lyssie: Untitled, BSG, Dee, arms

due South

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


Firefly

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

Gilmore Girls

[livejournal.com profile] cerriddwen: Logic, Gilmore Girls, Paris/Rory, class

Green Wing

[livejournal.com profile] catwalksalone: Askew, Green Wing, Caroline, wonky, G.

M*A*S*H

[livejournal.com profile] quiesce: Downtime, M*A*S*H, Hawkeye/BJ, still, G.

Sports Night

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

Stargate Atlantis

[livejournal.com profile] cerriddwen: Atlantean Morning Tea, Stargate: Atlantis, Teyla, tea, G

Stargate: SG-1

[livejournal.com profile] lyssie: Bar Scene, SG-1 Sam/Vala, Possession, PG13.

Studio 60

[livejournal.com profile] enterincolour: Applaud, My Friends, the Comedy is Finished, Studio 60, Matt-Danny, hours, PG

The Black Donnellys

[livejournal.com profile] roz_mcclure: Diner Opening, The Black Donnellys, Tommy/Jenny, morning. NC-17.

X-men (comic-verse)

[livejournal.com profile] buzzylittleb: Untitled, X-men (comic-verse) Rogue/Wolverine, tease, G.

Art by fandom

[livejournal.com profile] 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!
[identity profile] the_antichris.livejournal.com
(Based largely on [livejournal.com profile] sageness' awesome instructions from [livejournal.com profile] out_of_con_txt.)

The chat will start at 6pm sharp Boston time with Mountie on the Bounty. The chat room will open an hour beforehand so people can get settled in, so we'll start inviting people from 5pm Boston time.

We're using an AIM chatroom managed through Trillian, so you'll need a) an AIM screen name (sign up here) and b) Trillian (download here).

Trillian instructions )

To get into the chat )

Setting up a chat room )

Miscellaneous stuff )




With so many people involved, we have to stick to the schedule like Ray to Fraser, so please have all your files ready or DVDs in the player beforehand. Five minutes before the hour, we'll all cue up the video and pause it at the same frame, then someone counts down and we all hit play at the same moment. Squee ensues! After the end of the first video, there's ten minutes or so free, and then we repeat the process with the second video. \o/

And don't worry - anyone who shows up late or whose computer crashes can ask for a timestamp and catch up.

And finally, unlike AIM itself, Trillian automatically saves chat logs, which is great for rereading the fun, but means it's a good idea to be careful how much personal information you give. (To view a chat history, either right-click someone's name in the contacts window and choose View Contact History, or go right to the text file, which lives in a subfolder in the Trillian folder.)

My AIM nick is theantichrisnz, and the others are thesageness ([livejournal.com profile] sageness), thecatthatwalked ([livejournal.com profile] catwalksalone), logophile13 ([livejournal.com profile] sansets), and jamethielbane ([livejournal.com profile] jamethiel_bane). At least one of us should be around at all times, so if you have a problem, get in touch with us or comment on the invitation post.

Oh, this is going to be so much fun. Like a con, but with more pyjamas! *twirls in barely coherent excitement*
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[personal profile] sansets
Day Two has us picking up the pace by more than a little bit! There were NINETEEN awesome pieces created today by 8 different artists and writers! *twirls them all around* And I just know that tomorrow is going to have even MORE awesome pieces! Don't forget to tell the creators that you liked their work!

Fiction (by fandom)

Rent

[livejournal.com profile] starletfallen: Honest Living, Rent, Squeegeeman, honest living, PG
[livejournal.com profile] starletfallen: Valentine's Day, Rent, Roger/April, paper hearts, PG
[livejournal.com profile] starletfallen: Through the Glass, Rent, April, watching, G
[livejournal.com profile] starletfallen: Enough, Rent, Alison/Mark, hold, G
[livejournal.com profile] enterincolor: Shalom, Rent, Mark-Roger, shalom, G
[livejournal.com profile] enterincolor: The Truth About Bohemia, Rent, Alison/Mark, bohemia, G
[livejournal.com profile] enterincolor: Considering, Rent, Alison/Mark, hold, PG

Sports Night

[livejournal.com profile] quiesce: Lesson Learnt, Sports Night, Dan/Dana, look but don't touch, G
[livejournal.com profile] quiesce: A Sure Thing, Sports Night, Dan/Casey, inevitable, R
[livejournal.com profile] quiesce: If at First (or Second or Third), Sports Night, Dan/Casey, persevere, G

Stargate SG-1

[livejournal.com profile] ana_grrl: Dissolution, Stargate SG-1, Cameron/Teal'c, earth, PG

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

[livejournal.com profile] enterincolor: Do The Wrong Thing, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Danny/Suzanne, hero worship, PG

Torchwood

[livejournal.com profile] etcetera_cat: Stopwatch - Torchwood, Jack, loss - G

X-Men

[livejournal.com profile] talk_back: Say - Xmen, Rogue/Wolverine, tease - PG13

Art (by fandom)

Heroes

[livejournal.com profile] thefannishwaldo: Icon, Heroes, Hiro/Ando, friendship, G
[livejournal.com profile] thefannishwaldo: Icon, Heroes, Mohinder, searching, G
[livejournal.com profile] thefannishwaldo: Icon, Heroes, Hiro, timely, G

Oz

[livejournal.com profile] wh1ps_scums: Sweet Hereafter, OZ- Beecher/Keller- "Sweet Hereafter" PG
[livejournal.com profile] wh1ps_scums: Broken, OZ- Beecher/Keller- "Broken" PG

Other

none submitted

And if you liked what you saw, come and play with us! We don't bite, I PROMISE! :o)
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[personal profile] sansets
Day One started a bit slow, but I have EVERY confidence that tomorrow the pace will pick up. After all, it takes TIME to create heartbreaking works of staggering genius! And the 5 pieces that were created today were WONDERFUL. Don't forget to tell the creators that you liked their work!

Fic (by fandom)

due South

Christmas, 1968, due South, Fraser, light, G by [livejournal.com profile] sprat

Rent

Of Childhood Illnesses and Bad Grammar, Rent, Mark and Roger, connect the dots, PG by [livejournal.com profile] enterincolor

Simple Rules, Rent, Alison, how to be a Grey, G by [livejournal.com profile] starletfallen

Pray to God He Hears You, Rent, Mark, how to save a life, Mark-Roger in the end, PG by [livejournal.com profile] quinby

Art (by fandom)

Nightwing Entangled, DC Comics, Ivy/anyone, sex pollen, PG by [livejournal.com profile] leyna55

Other

none submitted

And if you liked what you saw, come and play with us! We don't bite, I PROMISE! :o)
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[personal profile] catwalksalone
We've finalised the meta schedule. Included are both [livejournal.com profile] muskratjamboree and [livejournal.com profile] rat_jam exclusive panels. There's something for everyone from multi-fandom questions to character specific. Bolded titles means that essays or discussion questions have been submitted. For those panels where we have no specific meta, a post will be opened to allow free discussion on the topic. Please remember the rules of [livejournal.com profile] rat_jam and have a lot of thinky fun!

How it works: There will be posts posted at the times stated on the schedule. We will have a link in the sidebar to a 'collection point' where you can browse the topics to find what you want if you can't be there at the scheduled time. All posts will stay in place, but we cannot guarantee a timely mod response after the specified hour.

If you're suddenly struck by a last minute idea, never fear, just drop a line to thecatthatwalkedalone @ blueyonder dot co dot uk and we'll fit you into the schedule. The more the merrier.

Finally, mod help is still welcomed. It's a fairly easy job – the Track This button is your friend – so shouldn't interfere with your viewing/attempts to remember to eat, sleep, feed the cat... Just comment to this post and let us know what you're interested in.

Don't forget to check back to see what's new.

Thanks go to [livejournal.com profile] silverakira who did the hard html work for the [livejournal.com profile] muskratjamboree timetable which this is based on.

meta schedule )
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[personal profile] sansets
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns ABOUT THE PROMPTATHON, please place them in the comments of this post. Thank you kindly for your co-operation!
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[personal profile] sansets
To join the battle, all you need to do is pick a prompt from below (any prompt, even if it's your own) and write/vid/manip/icon/draw/whatever the most creative bit of whatever you can create! And remember - PLEASE feel free to vid or icon or manip or do something non-written. We love ALL kinds of creative output equally!

When you've written/painted/made it, paste it into the comments here. Once you've done that, you can post it wherever else you want.

You may enter as many times as you like, so long as each entry is completely separate (not a series of linked pieces). Also, please do not link to old work - this should be something new, produced for the challenge, based on one of the prompts.

THE RULES

1. It must fit in one comment, so the limit is 4,300 characters (there's no minimum limit). It can be part of a longer piece that you may post elsewhere, as long as it's something new and based on one of the prompts, but all we want here is the part that you are most proud of. If you make art, if it's larger than 350 px wide, please use a thumbnail linking directly to the piece (directly to the artwork, not a post or site). The thumbnail can be up to 350 px wide, and 300 px high, and should include as much of the art as possible. If it is a vidlet or something else requiring dowloading, like a fanmix, please post the link to where we can download. Feel free to post a teaser image, but please confine yourself to the artwork preview rules.

2. Important! Please use the subject line of your comment to identify the snippet, like so: Title, prompt, rating (i.e. Fandom, Pairing, prompt word, rating system of your choice). For example, I might write: "Staying Awake, One Tree Hill, Lucas/Nathan, rain, R", or "The Sun Has Gone Down, Crossover, Torchwood/Stargate Atlantis, Jack/John, under fire, for all ages".

3. You have one week – the post will close for new entries next Sunday, April 1, at midnight eastern standard time. PLEASE be certain to check the World Time Clock to verify the deadline time in your area.

4. Don't forget that these prompts are only written as character one/character two for convience, NOT because of any requirement to make it a relationship story! Gen and friend are very welcome here. They can be interpreted in ANY WAY, so just imagine the FUN possiblities. You can take one prompt and write it, draw it, icon it, fanmix it, AND vid it. (Although if you have the time to do all of that in the week that these prompts are open, I might just have to kill myself out of jealousy :o) And you can use the characters in a different way each time. Don't be afraid to think outside the box!

5. Please don't post anything but your creations or feedback/feedback replies (to individual stories) here. If you've got any questions or comments, please leave them on this post right here, NOT on this post that you are currently reading. We'd like to keep this purely for the creative output (and feedback on the creations - readers/voyeurs, please do show the writers/artists much love for their creative offerings).

The prompts are right here
Thanks SO much to [livejournal.com profile] sageness for coding and lending hosting space on her site!


The prompts using only one character were listed first, followed by the prompts for more than one character. ALL crossovers are under both fandoms, so you don't need to worry about looking in multiple places for your crossovers - those listed under Smallville are the same listed under Supernatural, if you are looking for prompts for a Smallville/Supernatural crossover.

Finally! Warning: ALL ratings are acceptable here, from the things that you would show your aged grandmother, all the way up to to the things that would make a sailor blush. Use your own discretion, and please label your stories, art, and other creative output accordingly.

Thank you kindly!

rules stolen from [livejournal.com profile] oxoniensis and her AMAZING porn battle
[identity profile] the_antichris.livejournal.com
Sorry to spam, but this is important. There's a locked post immediately below this with important information about the viewing chat. If you can't see it, that means you're probably just watching the comm and need to join.
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[personal profile] sansets
Our wonderful jam is only 5 days away! Please take this opportunity to refresh yourself on the rules so that we can have as wonderful a weekend as possible. But in the event that you need to find one of your friendly neighborhood mods, here is how we can be reached all next weekend. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need us for anything!

How to contact your friendly mods )

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