March 15th, 2007

10:18 am

brooklinegirl 2007-03-14: muskrat suggestions!: "mrsronweasley did this awesome post on what she learned at her first con, just bullet-points of really helpful, informative stuff. I want this to be a meme! There are a lot of first-time con goers coming to muskratjamboree and pointers are fun and helpful! // So, here's mine. I started going to cons in 2004, with connexions."

cimorene111 2007-03-14: My Fannish World: "The Known Fannish World v.2 [DIAGRAM]"

siljamus 2007-03-09: On the Nature of the Lurking Beast: "When someone stays on the fringe or lurks in a fandom it’s probably not because they are creepy stalker-types, or because they want to prey on other people’s creativity, or because they are trying to steal ideas and concepts. It is much more likely that it comes down to the simple fact that they are having a fling, or just nurturing a slow burning romance with this particular fandom."

musamea 2007-03-13: To Meta or Not to Meta, That Is the Quagmire: "metafandom linked to an interesting essay by inalasahl about why she doesn't write meta. Which got me to thinking... why don't I write it? Or why don't I write it that often? Or why doesn't writing it seem that important to me, though heaven knows a lot of my opinions about certain characters were formed by reading meta in my early days in any given fandom?"

apetslife 2007-03-13: thinky thoughts: "I totally missed Meta Sunday over at Ethrosdemon's place, but I suppose one must take one's free time as it happens, so here, have some thoughts on fandom communication, and why it sometimes gets so wanky:"

madsciencechick 2007-03-13: [untitled]: "Ahh, fandom. Thank you for giving me an excuse to blather on and on on this fine Tuesday. Because I really, really, really hate the idea of WNGWJLEO, and I really, really, really love talking about fandom tropes that I hate."

rushin_doll 2007-03-13: Fanfiction as intuitional discourse: "In psychology a dichotomy is often set up between the "analytical-rational" model of thought and the "intuitive-experiential" model of thought. Traditionally academic discourse has been analytic in nature. It has strongly focused upon structural considerations and the delineation of predictive models (in the explicit "if X and Y, then Z" sense). Fanfiction can be be examined from the standpoint of intuitive discourse. That is, fanfiction can be used to discuss the same topics as traditional academic discourse, but it does so using intuitive discourse methods."

rexluscus 2007-03-12: Deep thoughts: "I mean, think about it - when you are talking to somebody, the only time you use their name is when you are either teasing them or pissed off at them. (I always know I'm in trouble with somebody when they start calling me by name.) So why does it sound so much more normal in fanfic? Or any fic?"

pghpatronus 2007-03-12: A Poll!: "1. Can a GenFic have romantic relationships as background characterization?"

musesfool 2007-03-13: if i were a sculptor, but then again, no: "lunabee34 wrote about POV, and this is one of those writing subjects I can talk about for hours. And I did in her comments. *g* I had to whittle it down slightly to fit in one comment box, so this is the unexpurgated version, with all the YMMV left in, because a vague disclaimer is nobody's friend:" [incidental spoilers for Rome]

( cut for possible spoilers in Heroes and FNL )