I didn't realize there was discussion of Kings in Boxed Set.
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Bureaucracy 4: Like Job. No, really, just like Job
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.
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Jesse - Apr 08, 2009 9:56:21 am PDT #3833 of 6786
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
§ 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.
Strega - Apr 08, 2009 12:00:14 pm PDT #3841 of 6786
Life on Mars seemed reasonable to me because my impression was that time travel (regardless of the mechanism) was pretty central to the show. I think Kings is fuzzier, but I can understand including it because of the AU.
With Cupid, the only fantastic element is that one of the characters has a belief system I don't share. And that'd apply to a lot of shows. What if he belonged to a contemporary religion and believed that he had to do an entertaining act of penance every week?
omnis_audis - Apr 08, 2009 12:12:37 pm PDT #3842 of 6786
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
I'm so tempted to ask the Stompies to temporarily change my handle to Streaker just to say:
"Threads at Will" "One Show, One Thread".Mind you, I'm not asking for it, just the image of a streaker in a text environment made me laugh. Plus, it's a slow day at the office.