I see now. But I'm still a little confused. If you don't get either show until months later, how does whitefonting Angel in Buffy, and vice-versa, help? Because we aren't whitefonting Buffy in Buffy, nor Angel in Angel, so if you go in there you are spoiled anyway. So what does it matter?
If every vampire who said he was at the crucifixion was actually there, it would have been like Woodstock.
Spike ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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
Anathema - Feb 18, 2003 8:18:15 am PST #4626 of 10001
Jonathan Will Always Be My Hero
PaulJ - Feb 18, 2003 8:20:17 am PST #4627 of 10001
"Buffy" and "Angel" are NAFDA threads, and are marked as such in the front page. Which means that there are North American matters being discussed in them, so non-americans who enter there do so at their own risk.
Of course, there are a number of non-americans who get the eps. through hideous copyright-infringing technologies and post there regularly.
§ ita § - Feb 18, 2003 8:21:51 am PST #4628 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
White fonting is for North Americans who may be delayed in one show but not on the others, not for UnAmericans.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Feb 18, 2003 8:23:38 am PST #4629 of 10001
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
Two different groups of people. One lot of white fonting (in NAFDA threads) is for Unamericans, the other lot is for Americans on tape delay.
Edit: majorly x-posty.
Steph L. - Feb 18, 2003 8:24:37 am PST #4630 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
One lot of white fonting (in NAFDA threads) is for Unamericans
No, we don't whitefont for UnAmericans. If they go into NAFDA threads, they know it's at their own risk.
Angus G - Feb 18, 2003 8:25:23 am PST #4631 of 10001
Roguish Laird
If you don't get either show until months later, how does whitefonting Angel in Buffy, and vice-versa, help?
That specific policy is not to help Unamericans, it's to help Americans who have seen one show but not the other.
t sigh It's all a bit confusing isn't it. God knows how I'd remember it all if I was a newbie.
t edit Incidentally, "NAFDA" stands for "North American Free Discussion Area." Except even freedom has its limits, as North Americans have unfortunately been learning lately.
PaulJ - Feb 18, 2003 8:25:52 am PST #4632 of 10001
It's complicated, living in a global community...
Am-Chau Yarkona - Feb 18, 2003 8:27:26 am PST #4633 of 10001
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
No, we don't whitefont for UnAmericans. If they go into NAFDA threads, they know it's at their own risk.
I'm getting muddled. I mean in non-NAFDA threads, don't I? Anyway, in threads for people there is whitefonting for one reason, and in threads for another lot of people there is whitefonting for another reason and it's all very confusing.
Wolfram - Feb 18, 2003 8:29:51 am PST #4634 of 10001
Visilurking
It's past the vote deadline for the movies thread -- could a Stompy create it? The majority vote-getter is "Buffista Movies 1: Who Doesn't Love Denzel?"
Personally I was hoping for Monkey, but LJ's right.
Also, does WUTW mean Friday night, Saturday, or Sunday?
amych - Feb 18, 2003 8:30:06 am PST #4635 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I'm getting muddled. I mean in non-NAFDA threads, don't I? Anyway, in threads for people there is whitefonting for one reason, and in threads for another lot of people there is whitefonting for another reason and it's all very confusing.
Mebbe so. The current discussion is of the NAFDA-thread whitefonting for the tape-delayed.
There should be no spoilery discussion in the non-NAFDA threads. Period. Stuff that gets whitefonted there is traditionally things like character names said in passing, but if there's real discussion of plot points, episode analysis, and so on, it belongs somewhere else.