thisbluespirit: (writing)
My flist is still busy as a busy thing! I'm still not always terribly good at keeping up!

But here are some things going on that look good to me:

* [community profile] 100fandoms has opened on Dreamwidth (formerly long inactive LJ comm) - copy the table of 100 prompts, write a new fandom for each. (More details on the comm but it's pretty fun and laid back. As a multifannish sort, expect to see me posting the table any time soon. When can I resist these things? It'll be easy to combine with bingos & get me writing some of those 500 Prompts, right?)


* There's a new fandom meta newsletter started at [community profile] thisweekmeta.


* And [personal profile] corvidology is suggesting a "Stuff I Love" posting meme for February, which sounds like a good thing to me.


Also, for those into all things Holmesian, there is now [community profile] sherlockkinkmeme.

ETA: Oh, and, very importantly, [community profile] who_contest is also relaunching on Dreamwidth!
thisbluespirit: (margaret lockwood)
As I said, there's suddenly a lot of activity round here, with new comms born every minute, it seems. Here are some things I've spotted that seem potentially cool and relevant to people's interests:


* [personal profile] snickfic's friending meme is huge, and still very much ongoing.

* [community profile] meta_warehouse - for sharing fannish meta.

* [community profile] 100prompts - prompt tables (no specific pairing/fandom/character claims needed) in tables of 30 and 50, plus daily word prompts, and Friday challenges.

* [community profile] historium - a general comm & hub for all history fandoms (RPF and fictional). I've yet to promote it, but I've finished all the initial tweaking now & will do so presently. (Your mods are me and [personal profile] auroracloud and I'd be very happy if anyone else wanted to join us.)

* [personal profile] clachnaben is hosting a Magical Realism Commentfest - You know the drill, multifandom, also rec posting welcome.

(Looking at this, I realise my definition of magical realism is way narrower than theirs; I always had it pegged as like David Almond (Skellig etc) and Frank Cottrell Boyce (Millions, Framed) where it either it's not quite magic or it isn't but the real world has a magical effect in itself. I was a children's librarian and they are the only magical realism people I've read. At least, according to my maybe weird definition. But it seems to be more just magic in the real world? Which is an easier definition than "like these two Brit YA authors and I'll know it when I see it...")


(If you're interested in knowing about these sorts of things then the places to follow are chiefly [community profile] fandomcalendar, [site community profile] dw_community_promo and [community profile] fandom_on_dw.)


(This still isn't an introductory post. ;-p)
thisbluespirit: (b7 - deva)
It seems to be a Red Letter Day today. First off, Happy Birthday to:

[livejournal.com profile] meneleth, [livejournal.com profile] rosiedlotrfan, [livejournal.com profile] jaxomsride, [personal profile] whuffle, and (last but very much never the least) [personal profile] aralias! May you all have a wonderful time (and curses on the heads of all those who combine b'day and Christmas presents (well, unless they're really good ones))!


However, as at least three of them know only too well, it's also B7's Gauda Prime Day. *removes non-existent hat*

I've posted these two things before, including last year, but it only feels right to post them again now, because 2016. The vid is spoilery (as ever), but the meta is not. It's also short and I really do recommend taking a look, even if you don't know Blake's 7. Because 2016.


The Cave (S4 Vid by elviaprose).

Another Man's Freedom Fighter by The_Dancing_Walrus (G, 929 words. Meta.)


(For those who don't understand: I once wrote a non-spoilery guide to Blake's 7. It won't explain, because spoilers, but at least you know what I'm on about in the more general terms. Creaky old TV, as ever, in the even shorter version.)

I love that of all my fandoms, only two of them have a special day attached and one of them is an anniversary that's all about joy and hope and ridiculousness, and the other is... well, Gauda Prime Day. But sort of oddly bleakly hopeful anyway, I think.
thisbluespirit: (dw - eleven reading knitting book)
For [community profile] hc_bingo square "prostitution". Meta on the character of Frank Marker from Public Eye and how much he can and can't be said to prostitute himself (metaphorically at least).

(~1200 words. Non spoilery and hopefully accessible. No warnings needed that I can think of.)

Public Service? Public Eye Meta )

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