Although, actually, I should make a disclaimer -- I didn't take part in the somewhat-heated (I hear) discussions which resulted in this thread's taking the place of separate threads. It may well be that there are rules and I just don't know them. That happens to me a lot. But I probably shouldn't be offering advice.
Just tryin' a little spicy talk.
Tara ,'Get It Done'
Boxed Set, Vol. 1: Smallville, Due South, Farscape
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much anything else that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Emily - Apr 12, 2004 1:31:11 pm PDT #5078 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Theodosia - Apr 12, 2004 1:52:23 pm PDT #5079 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Joan of Arcadia shows up here semi-regularly (also in Natter once in a blue moon). There are enough Arcadians here that you'll not be talking to an empty echo, anyway.
Dana - Apr 12, 2004 2:17:26 pm PDT #5080 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Yeah, there was a fair amount of resistance to this being a general TV thread, and it's not really designed for that.
A lot of shows get talked about in Natter. Alias, Arrested Development, etc.
Emily - Apr 12, 2004 3:11:40 pm PDT #5081 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Yes, but what was it designed for? I'm unclear.
Consuela - Apr 12, 2004 3:14:56 pm PDT #5082 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
It was designed to smoosh together the space opera & hoyay threads.
Dana - Apr 12, 2004 3:16:27 pm PDT #5083 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
This thread? As a combination of the Smallville, dS, and Farscape threads. Things like Stargate and Highlander are sort of grandfathered in, since they were topics of discussion in the dS thread already.
People's concern over a general TV thread was both in terms of the volume it could generate and in the nightmarish spoiler rules we'd need.
Emily - Apr 12, 2004 3:17:48 pm PDT #5084 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
So, like, sci fi OR slash? I'm just trying to get it clear, because every time I come up with a unifying theme I realize it doesn't really work.
§ ita § - Apr 12, 2004 3:19:35 pm PDT #5085 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There is no unifying theme, Emily. Just enumerated shows, basically, and a bit of drift.
Emily - Apr 12, 2004 3:24:04 pm PDT #5086 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Clearly I don't have a problem with it, being all over the SG & FS & SV & dS and, well, not really watching anything else (actually, my rule is something like "If shrift or Dana write it or rec it"*). But it seems like newcomers will always trip over it. Whichever.
(* Plus Stargate. Yeah, that doesn't work either. But I think they should write it.) (So really my actual rule is something like, "whatever I want to discuss, and then there's some stuff other people talk about that I skip over.")
§ ita § - Apr 12, 2004 3:26:55 pm PDT #5087 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The best guide is the thread header:
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much anything else that captures our fancy.
Although I'm the paranoiac that'd have written it like:
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much anything else that captures our fancy.