All Tim, All the Time.
Especially if he kills the monkeys.
Nothing says fun-nee like primate slaughter!

um.. I mean.. so... Allyson, I hear you're offering chocolate...

Can you explain a little more how that works?

The proposal says "dedicated to the works of Tim Minear-- past an future"-- I so prefer it this way, rather than a worship Tim in General, which seems like it has nothing meaty to talk about. So we could talk about his future shows, his past writing on X-files and other shows, Angel, Firefly.

I do see the merit in it being an all-purpose alumni thread, but I think enough people feel strongly enough that becuase Tim posts here, he should get his own thread.

All Tim, All the Time.
Especially if he kills the monkeys.
Nothing says fun-nee like primate slaughter!

Seriously. Could we can it with the monkey-slaughter talk?

I feel strongly that it should be a show and/or Collected Works thread, rather than a person thread.

I think I'm coming from a "Once Bit" by Firefly place. If the show doesnt make it, I'm sure Tim will have his sticky paws in other places. I'm sure he'll have his paws in other places, anyway, over the lifespan of the Buffistas.

I think the idea sprang because we have precedence in Links, with "Worship Tim Minear."

I feel strongly that it should be a show and/or Collected Works thread, rather than a person thread. It really bothers me, the idea that we worship the person rather than the content that person produces. Crosses that line in my brain that I don't like to cross.

Also, I wonder if it mightn't be wiser to do a Mutant Enemy Alumni Projects thread, and combine all talk of Joss movies/TV, the Drews, whatever Fury ends up doing, Jane on Gilmore Girls (and Gilmore Boy, whatever that show is called), as well as Wonder Falls. That's just a throw-out idea, because I want to suggest as many alternatives as possible before the ballot gets written.

Agreed with Nutty. We have never had a thread about one specific person. I appreciate that Tim's special because he posts here -- but if he never posts here again (you know, if his beagle permanently comandeers the keyboard or something), we would still have the thread, and I'm not convinced we want to set that precedent because the thread proliferation possibilities make even me anxious.

I'd have a very strong preference for a general alumni thread. We could break out Minearvana if Tim talk clearly took over the thread, much as the Buffy thread gave birth to Spike's bitches.

I think I'm coming from a "Once Bit" by Firefly place. If the show doesnt make it, I'm sure Tim will have his sticky paws in other places. I'm sure he'll have his paws in other places, anyway, over the lifespan of the Buffistas.

I think we're agreeing here. When I say I don't want the thread to be about a person, I really just mean that I don't want the thread to be about what Tim Minear wore to dinner and what he ate for breakfast and does he feed his beagles Eukanuba or Purina. Which is all very interesting, but a bit stalkerish. I would like an "All Tim WORKS thread all the time"...

I'm for a The Collected Works of One Master Tim Minear thread, myself.

I feel that work can be defined as loosely as "feeding beagles" and "killing characters".

We could break out Minearvana if Tim talk clearly took over the thread

I think we already have a culture of Minearvana.

Your Beagle May Vary and My-neer is in the FAQ.

I support Works of Tim Minear thread.

Do not want it mixed with the other ME alumns. I agree that it would be way too confusing.

I think we already have a culture of Minearvana.

Your Beagle May Vary and My-neer is in the FAQ.

Right. But I see no reason to believe we talk about him so much, and so much more than the other ME staff, that we need a seperate Tim thread. Start an alumni thread; break out Tim talk if it takes over.

Besides, if we start a Tim only thread, we'll have to do the alumni thread vote separately. Which just seems like a pain in the ass.