Jim's earlier proposal, as it were:

To go right back, I would support any suggestion of a Veronica Mars thread. Not just cos it's ace, but because we should be discussing it: it's the first really convincingly post-Buffy (as opposed to sub-Buffy) show, it's nakedly Buffy-inspired, next year it will have 2 main cast Buffy alumni. It'll never be exactly because the only really real Buffy is really real Buffy and she's gone, but if we're going to be called Buffistas we should, surely, have a place to talk about VM.

I take issue with the "nakedly Buffy-inspired" bit (and that of course is an issue to be discussed ad nauseum in the hypothetical thread, not here (oh hell, here it is: Rob never watched Buffy, and he's only now watching Season 2, following Joss's comments on VM (...and my telling him to, heh))), but otherwise yay. It would be nice to discuss VM with the Buffistas in all their Googlicious wisdom. If you're looking for futher connections, the show's used a few Whedonverse directors, like Nick Marck.

Seeing as I can't use that thread even if it ends up existing, the only contribution to the community I can offer in the matter is to count the votes. So if you want me to, I will.

I love the show and even voted for it when we had the "informal poll" last year. I'm glad that more people have picked up on it over the summer and I definitely think it's worth discussing in it's own thread.

Rules call for four days of discussion and three days of voting, give or take a few hours. So voting should start first thing Monday morning. It would be most convenient for me if I can set up a ballot before I head for work on Monday, so how about voting starts 5:00AM Board Time (PDT), Monday Aug. 22? Any objections? Jim?

We also need a volunteer to count votes.

t edit x-post with Nilly.

ita -- can you set her up with the votes alias?

I do think the show lends itself to the kind of in-depth analysis we used to do for the Jossverse show, so I'm very much pro-VM thread. Can't keep up with the Natter, and I felt wee bit guilty about bubbling about it on Boxed Set, where it doesn't really belong. The only thing that made me wonder was whether the thread will get enough traffic, since not enough Buffistas appeared to be watching it due to its many scheduling conflicts--but I think enough people have picked it up over the summer that a thread will be worhwhile.

(Yay!)

If we get a VM thread, we may get to witness the first-ever dual-thread watch-and-post. That would be fun.

I could live with a VM thread. I'm in support of this.

P-C's Veronic Mars love got me interested in watching it this summer and I now understand his love. I would support a VM thread.

Aww, it was me?! I didn't know that! I'm glad you loved it.

If we do end up with a VM thread, it's going to fire off all my organisation reflexes. I'd really want a TV folder, for neatness's sake.

Except then that threatens to open a whole can of ugly worms.