04 August 2014 @ 05:26 am
2014: Nomination Discussions (and other details)  
Nominations begin in a week, which is far, but it does mean we have more time to discuss them. Post what you're thinking about nominating in comments, discuss eligibility, offer up free spaces.

I have a couple of questions for people in the relevant fandoms:
1. Last year, some Tolkien fans indicated that they'd prefer to be split up into Silmarillion - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit (All Media Types), and The Lord of the Rings (All Media Types). Is that okay?
2. MCU technically includes Agents of SHIELD, do the AoS people want to be included with MCU? Not being included would prevent crossover pairings such as May/Romanov.
3. I'm planning to do comics by universe again, as that seemed to work last year.
4. There's no way that I know of to merge Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel: The Series without including the rest of Jossverse. Sorry. (Unless someone's fixed that since last year?)
5. The Star Trek tv shows can't be nominated as one either, not without including the new movies. Again, sorry, as this does cut down on crossover pairings, which are fun.
6. There is no six!
7. I can't think of a seven, but do let me know how you'd like your fandom nominated, especially things with multiple parts and/or adaptations.

Nominations will open at 5pm Pacific Daylight Time (all events will take place at 5pm PDT).

Last year, some lovely people made banners. Feel free to use them about the place for advertising purposes, should it strike your fancy. Or make more banners and post them here!
 
 
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Muccamukk: SGA: Fire Breather[personal profile] muccamukk on August 4th, 2014 02:55 pm (UTC)
The manga and original anime are different enough, as far as I know, to be nominated separately. I haven't seen Crystal, so I don't know about that. Maybe someone could mention it?

The general policy has been that fandoms that are pretty close to their film adaptions (Hunger Games, Harry Potter) are just nominated under "[Fandom Name] (All Media Types)."

Fandoms that have significant differences between adaptations. (such as A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones, or the original FMA animie and the manga) are nominated separately like so: Game of Thones (TV Show) and "A Song of Ice and Fire - G.R.R. Martin" or "Fullmetal Alchemist (2003 Manga)" and "Fullmetal Alchemist (Brotherhood and Manga)".

There seem to be two categories on AO3 at this time: Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon | Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon and Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon | Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (TV), but I don't know if the last one refers to the the '90s anime or the live action thing.

Sailor Moon fans: Discuss? How many categories would be useful to you?
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sirvalkyrie[personal profile] sirvalkyrie on August 4th, 2014 06:40 pm (UTC)
TV refers to the live action. The original anime, manga, musicals and live action are all distinct fandoms and were all separate on ao3 until a few days ago. Sailor Moon Crystal is so far very similar to the manga, but only three episodes have aired. It might be diverging as the last episode looked like a character that died in the manga is still alive.
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Muccamukk[personal profile] muccamukk on August 4th, 2014 07:55 pm (UTC)
Obviously my tag search failed in this regard.

In cases where there are multiple, distinct versions, I do think it's best to nominate them separately, and request the ones you want to work with. Otherwise matching doesn't always work well.
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