I could see fic recs and notices that the X/Y Big Bang will start posting in February going here, but maybe the actual discussion/squee/gnashing of teeth could go over in fic. I have the same worry about discussions getting missed/overshadowed.

Also, though I hate to admit it, and I'm not sure why this is happening, a number of things that others find squee-worthy in fic are things that are starting to make me less than comfortable.

It's fine with me -- that's what the fanfic thread is for, right?

I'm happy either way. I've got Fic bookmarked too, so I won't miss anything if the fic talk moves over there. but I love the fic talk (though I do skim some of the squickier stuff) and I don't mind having it here.

Ugh. I just have this vision of us driving everyone else away from the fanfic thread.

Not only does no one post in there about SPN fic, the one time I did, it got resounding silence. I think most of the people there are categorically not SPN people.

Which isn't to say I'd rather run you guys out of a place than them, just that I don't think that when there's show fic ever overwhelms canon discussion. It's just something to talk about to pass the time when I don't have anything new to talk about Show itself.

Sorry.

Do the ficreaders in this thread read the fanfic thread?

I don't, but I don't read any fic other than SPN unless someone tells me to (hi, Perkins!).

The few times I've peeked in there recently, it's seemed pretty low on traffic, too.

Possible compromise: post links to recommended fics with appropriate warnings here, but with a note to discuss it in the fic thread, a la Press and Lightbulbs?

Do the ficreaders in this thread read the fanfic thread?

I do, and would.

I also have a knee jerk reaction against people being told (even very nicely, as they were here) that they are talking about something too much and they should go talk about it somewhere else though.

t /my issues, let me show you them!

Possible compromise: post links to recommended fics with appropriate warnings here, but with a note to discuss it in the fic thread, a la Press and Lightbulbs?

That's kind of what I was thinking.

I also thought I was whitefonting most of the salient fic points, so if I left out stuff that bothers you, Anne, I apologise. I only try and leave premise stuff (and emotional reactions, natch) in blackfont.

Not a problem, ita. It's just this has been on my mind and nagging at me, and I thought it was better to float the idea out there and see what people thought rather than stew on it.

Flatly, if we took this volume of SPN-only fic discussion in the offseason to the fanfic thread, we'd lose the regular posters there. Or they'd ask us to leave. Which, you know, major sore point around the place.

On season, I find it harder to judge. Volume here is generally pretty high when Show is on, with episode-related stuff, and I think fic mentions are more likely to get lost then than canon stuff. Also, I don't know about anyone else, but I'm paying less attention to fic then anyway, so I have less to say.