Oh. I saw a bunch of posts in here, and thought there might have been a kerfluffle. Thank goodness we were only consensing zombies. So much healthier.
I am not...I am not the damsel in distress. I am not some case. I have to work this. I've lived in a cave for 5 years in a world where they killed my kind like cattle. I am not going to be cut down by some monster flu. I am better than that. What a wonder...how very scared I am.
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
Bureaucracy 3: Oh, so now you want to be part of the SOLUTION?
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Liese S. - Sep 28, 2004 7:47:10 pm PDT #2282 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
msbelle - Sep 29, 2004 7:09:51 am PDT #2283 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
So, I currently watch something that doesn't have a thread (BB5, TAR, Nip/Tuck, Lost, Jack&Bobby,...) and I whitefont about it that night or the next day. cool?
§ ita § - Sep 29, 2004 7:12:13 am PDT #2284 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I whitefont about it that night or the next day. cool?
We need to decide on the time period is. Sumi says 14 days, I say 365.
lisah - Sep 29, 2004 7:28:22 am PDT #2285 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
We need to decide on the time period is. Sumi says 14 days, I say 365.
You mean continue to whitefont discussion about it for the next 365 days?
Nutty - Sep 29, 2004 7:32:17 am PDT #2286 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I think that, in general, we tend to discuss TV right after it's happened. It's not terribly common as yet that we even discuss previouslies. And it seems to me that we tend to err on the side of whitefont.
I think "a year" is hard to remember, for whitefonting purposes, and would suggest instead something that works along season lines. I definitely don't remember at what time of year I saw the ER episode in which Dr. Rocket got squashed by a helicopter, but I know that it was 1+ seasons ago.
-t - Sep 29, 2004 7:33:00 am PDT #2287 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I had the idea that it was whitefont for the current season. I'm not sure that there is practical difference between that and a year, though.
§ ita § - Sep 29, 2004 7:35:09 am PDT #2288 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm not sure that there is practical difference between that and a year, though.
That's pretty much why I said 365. Seasons vary in length, but they don't tend to be longer than a year.
Wolfram - Sep 29, 2004 7:51:35 am PDT #2289 of 10001
Visilurking
That's pretty much why I said 365. Seasons vary in length, but they don't tend to be longer than a year.
But sometimes, especially with reality shows like TAR and Survivor, they can be less than a year.
msbelle - Sep 29, 2004 8:14:31 am PDT #2290 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
ok so whitefont for a season and then it can be regular font is what peoiple are discussing? but there is no problem with whitefonting shows right away, right?
And as long as the shows do not have athread they can go in Natter?
This is basically how I've been playing, but I know some things get discussed out of whitefont before a full season has passed.
§ ita § - Sep 29, 2004 8:16:09 am PDT #2291 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But sometimes, especially with reality shows like TAR and Survivor, they can be less than a year.
I really didn't want to bring this up, but reality shows are different in that they seem to be news, and also not shipped to other markets.
Do we care to distinguish?
We make it a season, and if you're watching the show you know how long a season is, so the variables are accounted for. Or do we make it a day? Or two weeks?