Also, Anne, I'm not seeing it as a demand. I'm seeing discussion of the right move to make.

I think what people are saying is that we talk about SPN fic a lot and if that talk were to move to the very low traffic Fic thread, suddenly it would seem like all SPN all the time and that might overwhelm users who are used to Fic being about all kinds of fan fiction.

I don't feel like we talk about about fic too much here while the show is running. There's bursts of activity, but I've never had trouble finding show discussion. But that's just my experience and as I said, I'm happy to have the SPN fic talk in here.

I don't feel like we talk about about fic too much here while the show is running. There's bursts of activity, but I've never had trouble finding show discussion.

In that case, then leave well enough alone and see what happens come 28 January? I do think that one of my issues with hellatus is that to me, it feels like active show time.

Also, in all of this, I had forgotten about the Boxed Set split. I apologize for having dredged up past bitterness.

that fic discussion has taken over here in a way that it hasn't previously, and I was voicing my frustration.

I think it has. Even when the show is actively airing. doesn't mean people can't use this thread for fanfic, just that I've noticed it.

That said, I still have raw feelings about getting kicked out of BS, so I'm not looking to repeat that.

I realize I'm a fic enthusiast, but this thread in particular is one where I'd think suggesting people might want to move along elsewhere is an extremely touchy issue.

If it ends up that fic discussion stays, I'd still like to know how others can be made more comfortable beyond ensuring active Show discussion isn't interrupted. Is it not just volume, but content? How do I edit myself? In timing and frequency, or topic (too in-depth on the D/C. Wincest? Slash deets?)?

I'd like to have my squee and my peeves, but I don't want to be a bull in a china shop either. Which maybe I have and for that I apologize.

If I'm not alone it would make sense that there is more fic talk in here than previously; I am more interested in fic than I was before, and SPN fic is my favorite.

Am I crazy to suggest fic-free weekends? I'm wondering how out of hand it would be if we only talked fanfic in here Monday-Thursday.

I've noticed it.

You've noticed discussion, or you've noticed show discussion suffering?

I know I'm guilty of the behaviour being discussed here, because I read a lot of fic, I talk a lot, and I talk about some of the fic I read. But I'd be really surprised to see a number of instances in which show discussion suffered, got derailed, or was drowned out because there was a thriving fic discussion going on instead. Each bout of discussion is usually pretty short and not happening on top of any other conversation.

You've noticed discussion, or you've noticed show discussion suffering?

I've noticed that it seems like at least half the posts here in the last six months have been fic, not show. Now it might be that we'd talk about the show no more if there weren't fic discussons going on.

I, personally, don't like posting show stuff in the midst of ongoing fic recs, squee and discussion because it feels like interrupting a conversation. But I've not been as frequent a poster in the last season so that's not a huge deal.

It's definitely a thread I skim because I default assuming that it's mostly fic talk, even when there might be show talk too.

Threads evolve. Threads about shows more than most, I'd guess.

I'd still like to know how others can be made more comfortable beyond ensuring active Show discussion isn't interrupted

Speaking for myself, I think that's all that's needed. Just a sensitivity to timing. People are good about knowing what to whitefont.

I did feel that the conversation upthread about Death's role in the show got cut rather short, and that's what prompted me to post something I've been thinking about for a while. To your point, ita, while it may not happen often, that instance just happened to hit a breaking point for me. It was as if Hec had come back to a thread looking forward to continued discussion of haircuts and instead found a string of cat macros.

Again, I apologize for forgetting that the Boxed Set move was a sore point for a lot of people and for therefore stirring up a lot of old bitterness. I will retract my suggestion and will do what I can to adjust to how the thread has evolved.