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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E.: this time i'm not leaving without you[personal profile] lieu on August 4th, 2014 04:47 pm (UTC)
The Percy Jackson AO3 tags are kind of a mess and I'm not sure how would be best to nominate them. As far as I can see, there are four different fandom tags that are being used right now: "Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types", "Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan", "The Heroes of Olympus - Rick Riordan", and "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)". The PJO and HOO books take place in the same universe and continuity with mostly the same characters and I would recommend combining them as one. The only problem I potentially see with going the blanket "& Related Fandoms - All Media Types" route is that the 2010 movie and its sequel have different continuity, plot, and characterization from the books and would be more akin to the ASOIAF vs. Game of Thrones split. On the other hand, I'd be surprised if anyone would nominate specifically the movie canon for a fest like this (but I guess you never know?). So anyway. Thoughts?
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Kay[personal profile] alliterate on August 4th, 2014 08:21 pm (UTC)
Yeah, I was thinking about this, too, and I agree that combining them as one makes sense. Obviously there are a lot of potential ships that are only relevant to one series or the other, but I could see, for example, someone wanting Annabeth/Reyna and being unsure whether to request PJO or HOO if they were split by title. I was wondering if it would be possible to lump the two books together in a way that excludes the movie canon, though? (Perhaps some kind of "Percy Jackson Universe - Rick Riordan" tag akin to the other "____ Universe - Author" tags on AO3 that work to lump together books in a shared universe that aren't necessarily all under one official title.) Then again, it looks like the "& Related Fandoms - All Media Types" tag was used last year, so unless it created some kind of problem, I'd think it would probably be fine. Like you said, it doesn't seem too likely anyone would specifically request PJO movie canon in this sort of fest.
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