It's not cheating -- as the proposer, you get to word things. Sorry if I stepped on your toes by opening the discussion before you had your wording set.
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Voting Discussion: We're Screwing In Light Bulbs AIFG!
We open it up, we talks the talk, we votes, we shuts it down. This thread is to free up Bureaucracy for daily details as we hammer out the Big Issues towards a vote. Open only when a proposal has been made and seconded according to Buffista policy (Which we voted on!). If this thread is closed, hie thee to Bureaucracy instead!
amych - Aug 18, 2003 3:38:25 pm PDT #2773 of 10289
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
§ ita § - Aug 18, 2003 3:40:02 pm PDT #2774 of 10289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Don't forget casting spoiler rules -- I've already been spoiled here more than once for other shows -- one should be careful about that -- allowed? Whitefonted? What?
This sounds like a thread I might have enjoyed when I was an east coaster and didn't watch with TiVo. Well, okay, there's the proliferation thing too.
Sean K - Aug 18, 2003 3:40:16 pm PDT #2775 of 10289
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
That was very smooth and polished, Raquel. You'll go far in politics...
Sean K - Aug 18, 2003 3:44:16 pm PDT #2776 of 10289
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Don't forget casting spoiler rules -- I've already been spoiled here more than once for other shows -- one should be careful about that -- allowed? Whitefonted? What?
Interesting point, ita. Obviously, anything unaired is spoilery, and should be verbotten, but should summer casting rules apply?
(Generally, I'm a little curious about this, as it seems to me that genre shows like Buffy and Angel are the only ones for whom this is a big thing... I know there are occasionally exceptions, but it seems that spoilerness of cast changes is lessened to a certain extent in non-genre shows)
Volans - Aug 18, 2003 3:44:36 pm PDT #2777 of 10289
move out and draw fire
That was very smooth and polished, Raquel. You'll go far in politics...
Thankee Sean...but as I currently have pink hair, I'm guessing I won't.
ita, my proposal as stands is no whitefont, not casting, not plot, not which ads ran during the ep. Sounds like casting spoilers are a topic for discussion....
Sean K - Aug 18, 2003 3:48:35 pm PDT #2778 of 10289
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Well, if we're going no whitefont, it seems clear to me (though I am well aware that this might not apply to anyone else)...
If it's aired, free to talk about it. If it hasn't aired, it's spoilery, not acceptable to discuss.
Volans - Aug 18, 2003 3:50:16 pm PDT #2779 of 10289
move out and draw fire
ita's comment about the east coast and TiVo is well-taken, though...if it's aired on the East Coast feed but not on the West? Aired or not-yet-aired?
Steph L. - Aug 18, 2003 3:53:04 pm PDT #2780 of 10289
I look more rad than Lutheranism
if it's aired on the East Coast feed but not on the West? Aired or not-yet-aired?
In all our Jossverse threads (as well as Smallville, come to think of it), it's been considered "aired," and West Coasters just have to hie themselves out or else get spoiled.
Sean K - Aug 18, 2003 3:54:55 pm PDT #2781 of 10289
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Hmm... This is something I've struggled with myself. I've frequently avoided show threads on show nights due to East Coast watch and post.
What seems more inconvenient for people? East Coasters not being able to discuss a show for three hours afterward, or West Coasters having to avoid a thread for three hours before.
Personally, I think the only way to make the thread work is to keep restrictions to the barest minimum, and peeps wandering into the thread do so at their own risk. Otherwise, I think we're just setting ourselves up for bizarre convolutions that will just drive us all crazy.
§ ita § - Aug 18, 2003 3:55:16 pm PDT #2782 of 10289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That definition works well on a show by show basis, Steph. But it should be considered that if I don't get The OC (or Queer Eye, or MI-5) until the second showing, I'm out of discussing all TV shows for, like, four days a week.
Or four hours, if I just need this one show to be watched by me before I can go in.