You whitefont that because I burst into tears every time I see it.
Make it go AWAY, Joss!
Yeah. He's my hero.
Mal ,'The Train Job'
Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier
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
Betsy HP - Jan 09, 2003 5:18:31 pm PST #2719 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 09, 2003 6:09:41 pm PST #2720 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Hey, it wasn't as bad as it could have been if Glowy Cordelia hadn't ascended and instead spent the start of this season spouting platitudes, banishing the world's ills, and macking on Angel. IJS
As one of the tape delay folks, I really appreciate the spoiler policy as it currently stands. I don't want to be spoiled for Buffy while discussing Angel, and the latter might not prompt me to discuss anything at all if I had to wait a week after each broadcast before reading the thread. But discussing the interconnection while making use of whitefont seems like it should work.
Lyra Jane - Jan 09, 2003 6:20:54 pm PST #2721 of 10001
Up with the sun
I think using spoiler font for anything that happened within the same month seems reasonable, but if someone really doesn't know about Cordy, they shouldn't be in a NAFDA thread. As for bureaucracy, hasn't our policy always been to white out the current season?
Katie M - Jan 09, 2003 6:45:26 pm PST #2722 of 10001
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
No. That started sometime this year - I actually think Matt's situation wrt UPN or WB or whichever one he doesn't get may have been what initiated it.
I'd like some sort of a time limit too. It's silly that we can't mention how Angel got out of the box on Buffy, etc.
Katie M - Jan 09, 2003 6:45:57 pm PST #2723 of 10001
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Oh, you mean white out in Bureaucracy! Yeah, I think that's right.
§ ita § - Jan 09, 2003 7:45:06 pm PST #2724 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
White fonting is really that much of a pain?
Katie M - Jan 09, 2003 8:33:40 pm PST #2725 of 10001
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Whitefonting once isn't a big deal. Whitefonted conversations are incredibly irritating to participate in, so I don't.
shrift - Jan 09, 2003 8:40:58 pm PST #2726 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
If people stop white-fonting in NAFDA threads about other shows, I will have to leave the Firefly thread. I'm on a tape delay for both Buffy and Angel.
If it's too much of a pain to white font for at least two weeks, then, well, bye guys.
Kat - Jan 09, 2003 8:43:56 pm PST #2727 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I guess I don't mind the white font at all and I don't know when I'm supposed to use it or not, so I just use it whenever I have a question aboaut whether or not it is appropriate.
Cashmere - Jan 09, 2003 8:45:43 pm PST #2728 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Personally I always live by "when in doubt, white it out"