Meta

entrenous88 - friend-adding, friend-subtracting, and commenting for those of you who don't auto-friend back -- how do you approach getting to know or interacting with people who have added you but do not seem to comment

emelerin - *swoon* I love getting crushes on LJ people.

flambeau - feedback, getting replies to on response to feedback, whether to expect it, whether to be disappointed by not getting it

patosan in fm_alchemist - Ethics in FMA Fanart I feel that the matter of using artists' works for public purposes e.g Icons, livejournal layouts, website layouts, mood icons, etc witout their permission needed to be discussed in a friendly manner.

astrogirl2 - When I am the writer/producer of my own SF TV show...

circe_tigana - on new communities there is a community for everything and often everything is very obscure and silly

matociquala - The more I learn, the less I know. on editors, beta-readers, and target audiences

thete1 - Questions, Discussion Questions, And Meta Dump. on friendship pairings, love stories, and happy endings

profshallowness - Writing rarepairs and approaching feedback for it [non-HP specific response]

jennyo - Fandom's Hard Questions: A Series of Debates especially in LJ-based fandom, where there is no formalized etiquette and OT has been enshrined as no problem, what makes the newbie so...dangerous a population

fabu - Enterprising Women and newbies on Bacon-Smith, community changes, and newbies

dragonscholar in fanthropology - Fandom: Evolution How long have you been in fandom, and what changes have you seen happen to your fandom, other fandoms, and fandom in general over that time?

trobadora - On femslash, and why I rarely read it

ryokoblue - ascending the podium OCs, OOC, MSs - good storytelling and identifiable females

alyburns - A response to "Fandom Apathy" *can* fandom friendship -- exist if one friend moves on to another fandom and one remains behind?

kitzen_kat - Falling in love again - with fandom My initial thoughts were that finding a new fandom that you adore is similar to romance. [plus poll]

wisteria_ - Worst Episode Ever Fan culture really has gotten quite negative lately, though I'm sure it's always been that way -- the naysayers have just gotten louder.

tanacawyr - Things that make you go "Hm." I tend to prefer ignoring the actual actors.

v_voltaire - Failure of Superheroes I was thinking about villains and heroes, and I've had this theory for some time

Specific Fandom Meta

damned_colonial - Battlestar Galactica, world-building, and US cultural imperialism in BSG, I am constantly getting slapped out of the story by the gratuitous US-specific cultural artifacts [mildest of spoiler warnings - see comment below]

sisabet - Sexual Politics of Lana Lang 1 & 2

coffee_and_ink - 2004: My year in anime 1 & 2

buggery - Batman/Robin: Do you see what I see... But I don't think I know anyone believes that Bruce did have sex with more than one Robin [plus poll]

Humor, Meme, Links

gmth - "I need a beta!" From the "You've got to be kidding me" department

musesfool - just blame it on me, say i was shameless In your LJ, recommend five stories that always work for you [memefication of makesmewannadie's request - inquiry

rez_lo - link with comments to a discussion that touches on both the ethics of studying a community without the community's informed consent and the workings of Pierre Bourdieu's theories about social and cultural capital within that community

musesfool - links with comments to The unused Noam Chomsky-Howard Zinn commentary on the FotR:EE dvd:

Other

get_a_handle A community where those of a fannish bent who are interested in organization, productivity, and a smoothly-running life can trade tips, tricks, plans, and disaster stories.

fannish_parents A community for parents who are fans or vice versa, as well as fans who are interested in information about pregnancy, childbirth, parenting and related issues.