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viggomama
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 Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 12:10 am Post subject: new categories |
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| Is there a possibility of some more miscellaneous categories... possibly"The Island", "Flightplan" and "North Country"? I have works in progress for the first two and a complete North Country story.... |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 9:52 am Post subject: |
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if we could just have a catch-all miscellaneous within the miscellaneous, that would be helpful. That way, if there are just a few stories for a show/movie, they'll have a home and if that fandom grows, perhaps Robbie can give it a room of its own.
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One thing they could add and which I think would be a great addition would be to add the universes from games such as Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Warhammer etc...
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| Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 12:30 pm Post subject: |
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| NancyBrooke wrote: | | if we could just have a catch-all miscellaneous within the miscellaneous, that would be helpful. That way, if there are just a few stories for a show/movie, they'll have a home and if that fandom grows, perhaps Robbie can give it a room of its own. |
That was what I was thinking recently. I don't know how much hassle it'd be to add a general 'things-what-don't-fit-nowhere-else' category, but certainly I would use it if there was one. One of my main fandoms I write in I think I'm the only person in cyberspace writing it at the moment and the other's just started up, so doesn't have a home anywhere as yet.
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| SpaceWeavil wrote: | | One of my main fandoms I write in I think I'm the only person in cyberspace writing it at the moment |
And that is .... ?
I've just begun getting into Eureka fic; just reading as yet, but you never know ...
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| NancyBrooke wrote: | | SpaceWeavil wrote: | | One of my main fandoms I write in I think I'm the only person in cyberspace writing it at the moment |
And that is .... ?
I've just begun getting into Eureka fic; just reading as yet, but you never know ... |
Event Horizon. Got a couple of short fics and one WIP.
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FatiferousPoet
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I believe there is not a Misc. section on purpose (for that would cover everything under the sun), however if there are specific requests for specific shows/Movies - Scribe/Rob/Do would consider for a future upgrade.
They already know my want to write for Nightwing (in case the icon didn't give it away) but that's somewhere waaaaaay down the road for the future. Right now, I think there's a general waiting period to see how well the TV/Movies sections are going to do.
Site Admins - please correct me if I've spoken incorrectly or out of turn. 
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Yeah, I wondered if that'd be the case. Just the fact that my fandoms are all pretty obscure and I wouldn't think it'd be fair to ask for a category and all the hassle that entails just for me, if you know what I mean, I just wondered if there was any chance of a general one.
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| I have already made use of two of the miscellaneous categories surprised to find the "Sharpe" option.... I have also post in the Riddick category although the story isn't about Riddick but Vaako.... |
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FatiferousPoet
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I'm sure that if it's in the story of Riddick - meaning same time - same character base overall (even if Riddick isn't in it) it's fine. Or under the AU base.
In all honesty, I'm tickled pink at all the categories and possiblities. Makes me want to break out my DVDs and have another The 4400 fest watching the seasons out on print again.
Although I have a feeling over Thanksgiving weekend I'll be doing a lot of re-watching Smallville Season 1-5.
Sorry - Gotta love that show once you overlook some of the obvious goofiness (like season 1s villian of the week, clark's whining and lana's inability to do anything but portray a D.I.D.)
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dolarabee
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| Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 7:10 am Post subject: Re: new categories |
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| viggomama wrote: | | Is there a possibility of some more miscellaneous categories... possibly"The Island", "Flightplan" and "North Country"? I have works in progress for the first two and a complete North Country story.... |
Been meaning to reply to this for a while so sorry for the delay, but as you know, it's not like we've been dawdling.
There are so many movies and TV series we could have gone for. Ultimately, we had to choose a few (a whopping 69 so far - Ghetto, we pick that number just for you!) to start with, based on popularity for fanfic writers and readers alike. Of course I'm sure we will have missed some of your favourites but sadly that couldn't be avoided.
The idea is to give it some time and later on we'll reassess. Fandoms with nothing in will go and ones that people have shown interest for might come in. This is a work in progress. But I hope you understand that we can't simply put everything under the sun.
| NancyBrooke wrote: | | if we could just have a catch-all miscellaneous within the miscellaneous, that would be helpful. That way, if there are just a few stories for a show/movie, they'll have a home and if that fandom grows, perhaps Robbie can give it a room of its own. |
It would actually be me giving it a room. 
The problem with a "real" misc section is that there's no way to list the fandom the fic would come under. The way the database is set up, if the category doesn't spell out the fandom (because it would be called "Miscellaneous") the place left to mention it would be in the description field of the fic. You can imagine the melting pot that'd create and the only way to find, say Children of Men fics, would be to run a search on the search page because in the Misc category itself, it'd be all just listed by title or posting date, with no regards as to what fandoms the fics are for.
That's mainly why we didn't go down that route. Nobody would have a clue as to what's in there, short of riffling through the whole lot. It'd also make it rather messy for us to police.
| RJLCyberPunk wrote: | | One thing they could add and which I think would be a great addition would be to add the universes from games such as Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Warhammer etc... |
Yeah, we went for movies and TV series to begin with, leaving out games, books and comics. It would have made it too big an expansion. Maybe in future. I know some are really keen about a comics section.
I realise that Resident Evil and Silent Hill have been made into movies so they would qualify, but again, we had to limit the size a bit and these didn't make it this time.
| viggomama wrote: | | I have already made use of two of the miscellaneous categories surprised to find the "Sharpe" option.... I have also post in the Riddick category although the story isn't about Riddick but Vaako.... |
That's fine. Vaako is in The Chronicles of Riddick universe and as such has oh so the right to have stories all about him.
Seriously, stories of a given fandom don't have to be all about the main characters. The Movies/TV Series section runs the same way the Tolkien one does. When have we said no to LotR fics that centered on secondary or "barely seen" characters? Never - unless they didn't follow the guidelines. You'd rather write about Major Lorne instead of Colonel Sheppard? Go for it.
I hope this answers some of your questions for now. If not, just get in touch.
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SpaceWeavil
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 5:22 pm Post subject: Re: new categories |
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| dolarabee wrote: | There are so many movies and TV series we could have gone for. Ultimately, we had to choose a few (a whopping 69 so far - Ghetto, we pick that number just for you!) to start with, based on popularity for fanfic writers and readers alike. Of course I'm sure we will have missed some of your favourites but sadly that couldn't be avoided.
The idea is to give it some time and later on we'll reassess. Fandoms with nothing in will go and ones that people have shown interest for might come in. This is a work in progress. But I hope you understand that we can't simply put everything under the sun.
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Wasn't sure whether to email this question or ask here, but I thought since it might be something other people would think of asking, this was the best place.
If we have ideas for other fandoms that we'd really like to see a section for, do we email them to support, or will it be a case of when you guys are ready, you'll ask us here again like you did before? Just wanted to check rather than just emailing.
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dolarabee
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| Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 2:24 am Post subject: |
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I'd say this thread started off as a request for certain movies so why not carry on in the same vein? Of course people can e-mail Support but I'd say they can also post it here. When the time comes, I'll go over this thread to pull out all the suggestions/requests.
Thanks for the question, Space.
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SpaceWeavil
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Thanks Do!
I'll put in my request here then, for 'Brotherhood' (Showtime), if possible
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Don't forget that, here in Australia, we're not allowed to know anything about Brotherhood. Access to their website is restricted to US citizens only. Obviously contains it contains national secrets but it's not going to be good when each country start having their own little "intranets" - not exactly in the spirit of all of us who create things for the Internet in general.
So, if we did create that category, we might only make it available outside the US <grin>
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