'The Girl in Question'
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!
Vonnie has articulated a compelling argument and I have gone from waffling towards thinking a Supernatural thread would be best.
With apologies to SPN fans who like it all nuzzled up in the warm embrace of Box Set, I think a new playhouse for you would be great and you needn't squelch your squee.
Okay, pretending I understand media-fannishness beyond the squee factor, am I reading you correctly, Lee. Are the rest of the shows discussed in Boxed Set not now really very media fannish?
Well to me they are not, other than possibly Eureka, but again, that's why I asked my questions. I don't watch most of the other shows other than casually, so I just don't know.
The "media-fannish" thing is something I completely don't understand.
Given that, it seems like removing SPN from Boxed Set might result in a sci-fi thread that is called Boxed Set and a Boxed Set like thread that is called the SPN thread.
I'm sorry, Lee, I really don't see what you're seeing. Unless all the people who are talking about SPN unsub from Boxed Set, where the rest of the discussion is taking place, and only talk about all their shows in an SPN thread, what you are suggesting seems very unlikely to me. And it's not as though the threads are at cross-purposes--a SPN thread would be about SPN, and the Boxed Set would be about everything else, just as it was when Heroes left or when Lost got its own thread. I don't understand how Boxed Set would become dysfunctional somehow if SPN was moved to its own thread.
The "media-fannish" thing is something I completely don't understand.
I think I have a grasp on it, but I don't really see its relevance to this question.
I don't understand how Boxed Set would become dysfunctional somehow if SPN was moved to its own thread.
I never said dysfunctional. To me, it seems it would be different in tone as well as content. Maybe it doesn't to others. Maybe as it works out, it wouldn't to me either. I don't know. In any case, different does not equal wrong.
The "media-fannish" thing is something I completely don't understand.It also seems somewhat potentially subjective.
And to offer up my usual nonregular viewpoints, I always just assumed Boxed Set was for Sci-Fi/Fantasy discussions that didn't have their own thread. I didn't realize the media-fannish thing was an aspect of it at all until today.
The "media-fannish" thing is something I completely don't understand.
I agree with sumi. Does "media-fannish" equal squee and flail?
Cause I thought the Doctor Who whitefonted squee-and-flail seemed pretty dedicated. I look forward to squeeing and flailing when I actually catch up on DW.
Can anyone explain?
I've never understood what media fannish is. It is starting to look like I am far from in the minority on this.