If the book club thread opens now with spoilers allowed that has to me megaMEGAmega noted. And I still think the risk of accidental spoilage is too high.
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§ ita § - Jul 18, 2007 9:10:48 am PDT #41 of 6776
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Polter-Cow - Jul 18, 2007 9:13:53 am PDT #42 of 6776
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
If the book club thread opens now with spoilers allowed that has to me megaMEGAmega noted.
Absolutely. I'm afraid of someone hearing that we'll be discussing HP7 in BBC, seeing it's already open, jumping in, and finding out that Hogwarts gets nuked from space.
Atropa - Jul 18, 2007 9:14:59 am PDT #43 of 6776
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If the book club thread opens now with spoilers allowed that has to me megaMEGAmega noted. And I still think the risk of accidental spoilage is too high.
Yeppers. I mean, I didn't realize we were talking about opening the book club thread early with the intent of allowing spoilers until just now; who else might not be aware of the full context?
Nutty - Jul 18, 2007 9:23:44 am PDT #44 of 6776
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I guess, most of the people I've seen who know "spoilers" have actually read excerpts from the book. Which is -- not spoilers? I mean, they just read the book early. (Most of them, apparently, via meticulously photographed and posted pages.)
If the thread's to open for HP discussion, I agree it should go straight to HP discussion. I just -- thought that HP discussion has, in effect, already started.
(I should admit I don't have a dog in this hunt, so, if other people feel strongly about waiting till Friday, I don't mind.)
§ ita § - Jul 18, 2007 9:28:40 am PDT #45 of 6776
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Which is -- not spoilers?
The details I had would be spoilers if I'd gotten to watch tonight's episode of whatever before it was aired and you saw it--what's different about the book?
And where has the HP discussion started?
Nutty - Jul 18, 2007 9:36:26 am PDT #46 of 6776
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Several personal LJs; fandom_lounge has a designated discussion post. It's avoidable, for now, but I vaguely figured that if the New York Times is writing about leaked text, then the horses were in the process of leaving the barn.
And, were the Atlantic Canadians called spoily, seeing Angel episodes a day before hoi polloi? I thought they were just called "frighteningly clairvoyant" or possibly "awesomely gifted" and given their own discussion space.
Polter-Cow - Jul 18, 2007 9:37:06 am PDT #47 of 6776
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I guess, most of the people I've seen who know "spoilers" have actually read excerpts from the book. Which is -- not spoilers? I mean, they just read the book early. (Most of them, apparently, via meticulously photographed and posted pages.)
I...what? How is that not spoilers? The book is not out yet. Things that happen in it are, in fact, spoilers to most people.
esse - Jul 18, 2007 9:37:49 am PDT #48 of 6776
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
And where has the HP discussion started?
Outside of the board, on livejournal like whoa.
Dana - Jul 18, 2007 9:39:43 am PDT #49 of 6776
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
There's a link on the LJ portal to a spoiler discussion community.
Jon B. - Jul 18, 2007 9:44:23 am PDT #50 of 6776
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
And, were the Atlantic Canadians called spoily
I think we're getting bogged down in semantics. Let's call them shmoilers. Whatever you want to call them, they are something that people coming into the bookclub thread might not want to see. I didn't realize that shmoilers would be discussed in this consensed thread, and apparently others didn't either. So, like ita said, we better make damn sure that's clear.