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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Elleth: LotR: Galadriel - G[personal profile] elleth on August 5th, 2014 07:12 pm (UTC)
If I sign up requesting "all media types" hopefully I'd be open to getting something that was either book or movie. If I signed up offering the same, hopefully I'd be comfortable writing or drawing either

Yes, that's what I was thinking, too. Since "All Media Types" is an umbrella tag of its own, it feels like it should be inclusive of both on both sides, but you have a point with the potential conflict. AO3 does offer book-only and movie-only sections as well, and if anybody feels like they do need to be specific, it might be possible to keep these as a backup option? (I'm not sure what else could be done in this case - a mention of franchises with "All Media Types" in the FAQ so participants can make an informed decision?)

Edited 2014-08-05 07:14 pm (UTC)
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Muccamukk: LotR: Hope[personal profile] muccamukk on August 5th, 2014 08:27 pm (UTC)
I haven't been in this fandom in long enough that I'm sure you know it better. I kind of think that there isn't going to be a lot of conflict in Hobbit fandom because well... there's only one woman in the book.

Lord of the Rings, are people's pro and anti movie feelings that strong these days? I had the impression that everyone had more or less seen/read both at this point, and more of the pairings are book-verse anyway?

At this point, I'm leaning to letting it be "all media types" on the two that have film versions, and hoping that everyone works it out between them. All the Tolkein people were pretty reasonable last year.
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Elleth: LotR: Galadriel - G[personal profile] elleth on August 11th, 2014 08:31 am (UTC)
All things considered, "All Media Types" does seem like the best idea. I don't know any anti-movie people personally (for LotR; people are more critical about the Hobbit movies, probably both because they're newer and deviate from the book more), but as you said, book-based Hobbit fandom doesn't really open the possibility for f/f pairings.

I'm sure this is going to work out fine.
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