Xander ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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
As long as we're consolidating, I think there being two fanfic-writing threads is one too many. I can see why there was a PPO thread on WX, but I don't think it's needed here. Make Bitchy Fic explicitly all-fandoms-represented-on-the-board, and that's one less thread, no?
Also, I could be in favor of a Tim thread and an everyone-else thread, but I'm not likely to watch Marti's show or the GG spinoff, so there's some self-interest there as well.
Make Bitchy Fic explicitly all-fandoms-represented-on-the-board, and that's one less thread, no?
Bitchy Fic is a totally different vibe/thing from PPO. PPO is, if anything, now the default bad Clexfic snark thread.
I dunno. They're both being used, but for completely different things.
Not as many of the old Smallvillistas are writing in Smallville right now, for one thing.
In terms of a ME alumni thread I like the idea of having "Where Do We Go from Here?" in the title like Allyson mentioned above, as a nod to the Buffy-esque origins. I'm cool with the idea of Tim's new show getting a separate thread out of consideration for one of our own, but the issue can probably wait until the show's close to its debut.
I really don't think there will be need for an actor-specific alumni thread... I mean, we've had Manchild, Scooby Doo, Valentine and a couple of American Pie movies without generating a huge amount of comment on the actors' work outside Mutant Enemy. I think they could comfortably share space with the writers' postgraduate efforts.
Possibly because I find the layers of funny in Touched By A Crazy Person: Wonder Falls and Other Post-Grad Projects a touch too amusing for my own good.
Oh yeah.
And just from what I've observed in the few months I've been on this board, I think alum projects (including those of the actors) will find the most appropriate home whether that is the occasional discussion in Natter, the aforementioned Post-Grad thread, or an obvious need for a dedicated thread.
The ratio of pilots to open slots this year is ridiculous. There are not that many slots opening, and the number of pilots under consideration is quite large.
Does discussion of pilot status and new (unconfirmed) projects take place in the spoiler threads? I just wondered...
When did the Firefly thread get created in reference to the time frame of the show?
The original Firefly thread was created on WX and I think created almost as soon as we knew that it was being filmed.
It seems like the Firefly spoiler thread could morph into a general A/TV Spoiler thread.
PPO is, if anything, now the default bad Clexfic snark thread.
Well, then that could go in the fanfic *reading* thread.
Aside from merging/closing/adapting the Buffy threads, I'd really rather not monkey with the existing threads unless there's a compelling need. Sure, Smallville and Due South could be merged, maybe some of the fic threads, etc., but right now, these threads are all in use and have their own tone and atmosphere. Why mess with that unless we really need to?
Why mess with that unless we really need to?
Why put strain on the database that's unnecessary?