General Fandom

simargl_wings: Oh metafandom, why do you do this to me? — "So if you don't write gay porn, you are sexist? Right then, good to know. -_- // I actually do like m/m, it's just that I like f/m and f/f and gen (I'd really love a good action story with a complex plot and a lot of strong platonic relationships, but I disgress...). But that's not the point though. The point is, you shouldn't judge people by what they like and/or dislike, or what the write and/or don't write. The gender of the characters doesn't make a story bad. Why do so many people have so much trouble with this concept?"

mip_fic: Did someone say 'meta'? — "I've been toying with the idea of doing a weekly event - the Monday Meta."

paw_tracks: close to meta; maybe — "It's hard to explain, but I love those tiny details. Like Dean Winchester going to the supermarket, because I've never seen it and maybe I'd like to know what he'd pick out, how he'd act. Watching people react to daily situations gives you insight, you learn something about their character. They become human, filled out and 3D."

esorlehcar: [untitled] — "A picture is a moment in time caught by a camera, nothing more, and context is frequently everything. Interpreting the thoughts and feelings of the subjects based on a photograph is ludicrous -- it's difficult to do with people you know very well, let alone complete strangers who you only "know" through their public persona."

schemingreader: meta for cordelia_v for your birthday — "There are a lot of ways that people in fandom do relationship building. One way is to leave positive comments on other people's fan work. Another is to respond to positive comments in a friendly way. You can beta-read other people's fan fiction if you have editing skills. You can even make a name for yourself writing meta!"

schemingreader: Winning at Fandom: The Sequel — "In some measure, we are all big name fans—we know each other and we like each other and we value each other. Let's let go of the queen bee syndrome. BNFs deserve a lot of appreciation, but really, they don't deserve a lot of power. If we stop giving them power, they can't abuse it, and we can't feel bad about ways we merely think they've abused it either."

Polls, Questions, Etc.

minim_calibre: Writing: getting into unfamiliar headspaces — "So when something's so personal to you, like parenting, or religion, or politics, and you're trying to write a realistic and sympathetic character whose beliefs or practices are the opposite of your own, how do you go about it? What do you do to get yourself occupying that headspace? Do you have any tricks that you use to turn off the voice of personal experience?"

irisgirl12000: twinquiring minds want to know — "It made me wonder if people were more willing to read twincest (or incest in general) if a third person is present as a buffer."

lord_dingsi: Hmmm... comic comms / community pet peeves... — "Imagine there was some sort of "community central" for comic comms/journals -- like a hub or 'adress book', providing you with master lists, for example. // What are the features, you think, it ought to have to be user-friendly?"