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[NAFDA]. This is where we talk about the CW series Supernatural! Anything that's aired in the US on TV (including promos) is fair game. No spoilers though — if you post one by accident, an admin will delete it.
Would it be possible to put the word, maybe in caps, you know,
FIC: So, this author, man. She's got the characters...
at the top of fic posts, to make it easier for skimmers and skippers? And for art posts maybe some warning on pairings that people are sensitive to? Like M/M, S/D, D/C or something. I want to look at pretty things as much as anybody, but with warnings I'd know not to click. It would be sort of like spoilers--would that be that a huge imposition?
Just the FIC at the start of fic posts would honestly make it easier for me to skip and skim the fic posts while still feeling like I wasn't missing show talk, personally.
I often forget to tag my BSG posts in the gaming thread but I would try.
Just the FIC at the start of fic posts would honestly make it easier for me to skip and skim the fic posts while still feeling like I wasn't missing show talk, personally.
Sorry to keep bringing up the ISSUES thing, but this reminds me of some of the stuff that happened in Box set before this thread got mandated, like the insistence that we start putting in jump tags when we were doing W&Ps of past episodes.
Can't we just agree to be more mindful of ongoing discussions on one side and skimming more on the other?
Why can't including "FIC" at the start of a post be seen as a courtesy to fellow board members rather than as an ISSUE?
Because I was speaking for myself, and I have issues with it, based on the history of the thread and the board as a whole.
Can't we just agree to be more mindful of ongoing discussions on one side and skimming more on the other?
I thought that's actually what we were discussing. I'm not stamping my feet to ask that fanfic be discussed in the fanfic thread. But when I am asked what would make the Supernatural thread easier / happier / less why bother, I think I should be truthful. Knowing that a post is about fic means I can read, skip or skim without feeling like I might be missing something about the show.
Being mindful would mean what different than the status quo? I mean, status quo can continue but my feelings certainly won't change.
What happens if someone forgets though, or wants to discuss both fic and show in the same post? Would other people be able to make them go back and add it in? Would separate posts be necessary?
It seems like a slippery slope to me, and honestly, starting down it would make me less comfortable here.
It'd be a hell of a courtesy. I'm not saying people have to, just that it'd feel like where we talk about the CW series Supernatural to me. I know we're all twitchy after the ugliness of Boxed Set and the creaton of this thread in the first place but it's currently feeling like show talk is secondary and if the people who love and want to talk about fic want to make it easier for show talk to thrive too, I am grateful.
And I would be grateful if we wait and see what it's like now that we've had this discussion, and after hiatus ends and there is actually show to talk about, before we start asking people to label and categorize their posts.
eta: this sounds harsher than I would like, but I can't think of another way to state it, because I personally really don't want to start down this path.