If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.

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Bureaucracy 2: Like Sartre, Only Longer  

A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.

Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych


DXMachina - May 09, 2003 2:35:20 pm PDT #1576 of 10005
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

I don't see how it's fair enough that Tim gets his own thread. How could we possibly have any idea if Wonder Falls will last any longer than any other new show?

Courtesy to a long time member of the community, longer than most of us.


Sophia Brooks - May 09, 2003 2:35:21 pm PDT #1577 of 10005
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

A community dedicated to discussions of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Firefly with humor, intelligence and obsessiveness.

Currently this is our mission statement.

I guess the question is, do we want to include

1. Actual ME shows only (except those grandfathered in like Due South, Farscape, Smallville)

2. Actual ME shows only, plus Tim's because he's Our Near.

3. Actual ME shows, plus anyone else who has worked for ME in the past.

4. Anything else that takes our fancy.

I am actually happy with taking things on a case by case basis. If Natter becomes overwhelmed because Alias is the new black I think we should have a thread here instead of making people shut up because everyone else is annoyed. it is within our generic description.

I think by making the proposed Due south/Smallville/Stargate etc thread very fandom oriented, we wouldn't suddent;y start talking about the Gilmore Girls and dawson's Creek over there.


§ ita § - May 09, 2003 2:36:42 pm PDT #1578 of 10005
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Courtesy to a long time member of the community, longer than most of us.

Ayup.


Jesse - May 09, 2003 2:40:24 pm PDT #1579 of 10005
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

If it gets canned, the thread gets canned. Poof.

Because we don't believe in threads for shows not currently on the air?

(I'm trying to figure out what fake tag to use that I mean that in a light-hearted, jokey fashion.)


brenda m - May 09, 2003 2:40:44 pm PDT #1580 of 10005
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Just FTR, by fair enough I meant that it's a fair argument. I personally (as I think is by now clear) think one thread is enough until something comes along to demonstrate that it's not. I'm just curious to hear arguments in favor of adding two threads instead of one.


Dana - May 09, 2003 2:42:39 pm PDT #1581 of 10005
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Because we don't believe in threads for shows not currently on the air?

I believe in sticking my tongue out at you, missy. But don't give me strep.


Sophia Brooks - May 09, 2003 2:42:54 pm PDT #1582 of 10005
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

What if we call one new thread something like:

Tim's new Touched by a crazy person show AND if you want to talk about some of the other ME graduate prjects here is the place?


Lyra Jane - May 09, 2003 2:46:19 pm PDT #1583 of 10005
Up with the sun

If it gets canned, the thread gets canned. Poof.

What, the same way as we canned the threads for Farscape, Due South, and Firefly?

I agree that one thread would work as a starter, though maybe we should put Wonder Falls in the name for the Tim-shoutout factor.


Dana - May 09, 2003 2:47:58 pm PDT #1584 of 10005
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

What, the same way as we canned the threads for Farscape, Due South, and Firefly?

Due South was started after the show ended. Farscape is in reruns, starting from the beginning. Firefly has unaired episodes still to discuss.


justkim - May 09, 2003 2:51:07 pm PDT #1585 of 10005
Another social casualty...

FYI: Whedonesque has linked to Tim's posts from the other night.