General Fandom Meta

swatkat24 - [untitled] - But what I don't understand is all this hostility towards celebrating a fictional holiday by fans in fandom. Again I repeat: fans. Fandom. This is how it goes.

7timesfate - Lost... - What different things have your various fandoms caused you to love? Do you want a certain car *just because* a character has it? Do you (as a *random* example) like purple just because, oh I dunno, Lex Luthor seems to be obsessed with it? :D I'm interested! Fill me in!

magnolia_mama - Ramble on PWPs and characterization - Every now and then I'll come across an LJ entry, or a forum post, in which the poster declares, often in all caps and/or supersized text, "I love smut." I'm always baffled whenever I see a post like this. My first reaction is usually to say, in my best Church Lady voice, "Well, isn't that special."

minim_cailbre - [Meta] The Shocking Truth About Fannish Communication - Frankly, usually when I see fannish communications* blow up, up to and including (but not limited to!) when I'm involved, there's been less-than-stellar behavior on all sides. And, considering how many of the people involved at any given moment in any given kerfuffle that crosses my radar are exceedingly talented writers, a shocking amount of miscommunication.

witchhazell in fanthropology - Fandom culture ("Bitch, please."?) - Is there a Fandom Culture or a People Who Observe Fandom Culture?

shusu - LJ: on announcing the sexual position of your fanfiction - Most of you know about my attitude about kinks and squicks: their dual nature, the necessity of including them in a label because people do have visceral reactions to them. That is part of my responsibility as a worker of words -- to acknowledge that words have power. // But pairings? Pairings are a different kind of warning to me -- this one might have fanon, this one might be schmoopy, this one might have angst. I can't tell a damn thing from a pairing label. It's the summary and title that will clue me as to how much it deviates from the fanon norm.

story645 - HP: sex - Death Eater orgies are fanon, Stockholm Syndrome is a staple of fluff, and shipping discussions are unavoidable. Why are we so obsessed with tab a/slot b?

On Writing/Creating

viciouswishes - I Write Because I... - When I sit down to write a story, my plotbunnies aren't just things that I don't see on the show, they're also things that I don't see in fanfic.

rahirah - The Care and Feeding of Writers - Keeping these simple rules in mind will enable you to prod YOUR writer into action by employing a careful blend of guilt, flattery and cunning!

kyuuketsukirui - Writing sex - Sometimes I'm really, really torn. I like writing sex. A lot. I don't think I could have told this story without it. The sex was essential to show what was going on in their relationship. But then I worry that people are only going to see the sex and not the rest of the story, that they're going to think because it's "a nice hot piece of slash" that it shouldn't be analysed or thought about.

Miscellany

cereta - [untitled] - Every so often, I see someone rant about people not putting disclaimers on their stories. You know the ones, where you say you don't own the characters, etc etc. [Poll]

chanond - Thursday, June 1, 2006 - How much attention do you give to the warnings for a fic? [Poll]