Suela, Allyson: Did you learn stuff from running a fan campaign? (Over and above "Never gonna do THAT again".) It seemed to me, from the outside, that you were exercising organization skills, learning how to cope with/ignore prima donnas, learning how to get useful work out of volunteers even when they'd rather savage one another. Does it seem that way to you?
Oh, look at the pretties!
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Betsy HP - May 23, 2005 7:45:48 am PDT #7196 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Jesse - May 23, 2005 7:47:19 am PDT #7197 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Meanwhile, the general population thinks all of us are nutburgers.
That's the thing to remember. I sit here on the b.org, pointing and laughing at the people who seem so crazy, and then I remember...
Steph L. - May 23, 2005 7:48:42 am PDT #7198 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I wasn't serious. I knew that wasn't your intent.
Honestly? You didn't come across that way.
Not that I don't like a good flogging victim from time to time.
I'd prefer to be spanked for no reason at all than for problems in communication.
Kristen - May 23, 2005 7:52:15 am PDT #7199 of 10001
I wish you hadn't edited, Steph. Now I'm damn curious.
Person B is crazy for running a fan web site
As a Person B, I think I've already established that I think I'm crazy for doing it sometimes.
ETA: Most of the time.
DavidS - May 23, 2005 7:53:39 am PDT #7200 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Honestly? You didn't come across that way.
Sorry, I guess it does look like I'm calling you to account, but I was just trying to tweak you and deflate any potential misapprehension before it started. But all I did was promote chaos & confusion and denied ita her 'fuffle.
I'd prefer to be spanked for no reason at all than for problems in communication.
Duly noted.
DavidS - May 23, 2005 7:54:10 am PDT #7201 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I wish you hadn't edited, Steph. Now I'm damn curious.
You're crazy in categories 2 and 3.
Steph L. - May 23, 2005 7:54:50 am PDT #7202 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I wish you hadn't edited, Steph. Now I'm damn curious.
I can re-post; I just don't want anyone to think that *I'm* being all judge-y toward them. (I *do* think the Kittens are batshit crazy b/c of the don't-go-near-an-open-window insinuations, but beyond that, I don't judge people on their craxyness.)
Maria - May 23, 2005 7:54:55 am PDT #7203 of 10001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
That's the thing to remember. I sit here on the b.org, pointing and laughing at the people who seem so crazy, and then I remember...
This. I can't tell you the number of people (DF included) who actively worried about my sanity levels and mental health when they found out about my involvement in fandom? This is his first experience with it, and he still doesn't quite know how to deal. It's beyond his comprehension as to how I can be friends with certain individuals (that I met online) because of a TV show. But he trusts me, and we're both aware of what pushes each others' buttons, so landmines are avoided and we both end up happy.
§ ita § - May 23, 2005 7:59:45 am PDT #7204 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I work with someone who met his wife in a chat room. So I'm evidently less crazy, but more loserish -- he does have a spouse, after all. They are realer (usually) than invisible friends.
Which is to say, 'net activity is one thing -- lack of balance is another consideration in the hierarchy. So the basement-dwelling, inappropriately-attached folk should be bumped up a level.
Wolfram - May 23, 2005 8:00:50 am PDT #7205 of 10001
Visilurking
I can re-post; I just don't want anyone to think that *I'm* being all judge-y toward them.
I admire the caution, but I think it was pretty clear that you were objectively noting fandom levels, not giving a personal opinion on how much craxy is too much craxy. I was also sorry you deleted.