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Polter-Cow - Apr 08, 2009 9:46:46 am PDT #3831 of 6786

What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

is he using magic powers to get people to hook up?

He is not, but he has a magic string of beads. Controlled by Zeus! Maybe.

I can sort of see ita's LoM rationale, since that show wasn't really SF most of the time, but Cupid is even less so.

almost anything we watch seems able to fall under the fantasy part of SciFi/Fantasy and a lot is getting dumped there.

Yeah, I'm not sure how Kings ended up in there. Is it because it's an AU? I thought it was more of a political drama like Rome or something.

megan walker - Apr 08, 2009 9:52:43 am PDT #3832 of 6786

"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Yeah, I'm not sure how Kings ended up in there. Is it because it's an AU? I thought it was more of a political drama like Rome or something.

A perfect example.

Jesse - Apr 08, 2009 9:56:21 am PDT #3833 of 6786

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I didn't realize there was discussion of Kings in Boxed Set.

§ ita § - Apr 08, 2009 10:13:59 am PDT #3834 of 6786

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

If you accept the PoV of the Cupid protagonist, he's a Roman/Greek god. Which falls into fantasy, no?

Kings is wobblier than that, but it is definitely an AU. It's either Boxed Set or Natter.

brenda m - Apr 08, 2009 11:12:25 am PDT #3835 of 6786

If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

I think you've nailed the current problem (for me) with Boxed Set--almost anything we watch seems able to fall under the fantasy part of SciFi/Fantasy and a lot is getting dumped there. Of course, YBSMV.

MyBS does not vary.

§ ita § - Apr 08, 2009 11:17:19 am PDT #3836 of 6786

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

almost anything we watch seems able to fall under the fantasy part of SciFi/Fantasy and a lot is getting dumped there

The procedurals? The cable dramas? The premium shows? The reality shows? The comedies? Perhaps more than you like is in there, but we went through a lot of agita to create threads for shows that don't fit. "Almost anything" is quite an overstatement.

-t - Apr 08, 2009 11:23:06 am PDT #3837 of 6786

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I was surprised to come across Kings in Boxed Set, but I get the rationale. Cupid, I don't know. It's kind of part of the premise that we don't know if it's Drama or Fantasy, isn't it?

msbelle - Apr 08, 2009 11:28:16 am PDT #3838 of 6786

I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I am bracing myself for a streaker to run through with a banner reading "Threads at Will" "One Show, One Thread". Baby Jesus is already starting to fuss.

Jessica - Apr 08, 2009 11:31:20 am PDT #3839 of 6786

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

FWIW, Kings will probably be canceled after its initial run is complete, so it won't be in BS for much longer.

§ ita § - Apr 08, 2009 11:32:05 am PDT #3840 of 6786

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

It's kind of part of the premise that we don't know if it's Drama or Fantasy, isn't it?

I'm not attached to it being there--it can go out to Natter too. I just wanted to share at least my rationale for continuing to discuss it there. It's like Life on Mars that way.

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