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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sirvalkyrie[personal profile] sirvalkyrie on August 13th, 2014 05:05 am (UTC)
Which other fandoms were you considering?
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speaking in tongues[personal profile] xenoglossy on August 13th, 2014 05:34 am (UTC)
The list currently includes Ever17, Sakura Wars, Bubblegum Crisis original and 2040, and maaaaaybe Princess Maker 4 (which has all the femslash potential but, uh, no English translation, at least not last I checked). Also possibly The Bell at Sealey Head by Patricia McKillip, which may be an even longer shot than Princess Maker 4 (I was considering nomming it for Yuletide, which seems like more the kind of exchange to ask for fic about little-known stand-alone fantasy novels, but I can't think what I'd want besides the femslash, so).

A lot of the more popular things I'd be interested in writing and reading have already been nominated, and in all honesty I could make a pretty solid signup out of what's in the tagset already, I'm just trying to decide if it's worth it to bother trying to nominate some of the weird tiny fandoms I've wanted more/any f/f fic for over the years.
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sirvalkyrie[personal profile] sirvalkyrie on August 13th, 2014 05:45 am (UTC)
You weren't kidding about rare! A visual novel, a video game series with only the fifth entry in English, an old anime and one of the best child sim raising series not available in English.

But still, even if it is a long shot I think you should at least try nominating one or two of them.
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speaking in tongues[personal profile] xenoglossy on August 13th, 2014 02:16 pm (UTC)
Yeah, I dunno, I guess I'll see how optimistic I'm feeling. Or if I manage to come up with anything that's less of a stretch.
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samuraiter[personal profile] samuraiter on August 17th, 2014 04:15 pm (UTC)
(As a fan of both the original BGC – one of the first DVD sets I ever bought, way back in the day – and Sakura Wars, I welcome this nomination.)
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speaking in tongues[personal profile] xenoglossy on August 17th, 2014 10:41 pm (UTC)
Well, as long as one other person is interested, it's worth a shot! Do you have particular pairing preferences?
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samuraiter[personal profile] samuraiter on August 18th, 2014 09:09 pm (UTC)
Anything from original BGC, and I am especially fond of Sumire from Sakura Wars. Really, I'd just be happy to see the series represented in any way.
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speaking in tongues[personal profile] xenoglossy on August 19th, 2014 02:46 am (UTC)
Cool! I was definitely going to do Sumire/Kanna from Sakura Wars. My BGC ship preferences, I fear, can largely be summed up as "Priss/everyone," so hopefully you don't mind that.
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samuraiter[personal profile] samuraiter on August 20th, 2014 12:45 pm (UTC)
I don't mind one bit. =) Go for it!
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