Comment Meta

[amaresu]

Femslash Mini Meta fest was an utter fail this year. And I'm still not in a place where I could do it, so I purpose Comment Meta. And let's have it cover all things female and fannish. However you define those.

How it works

1. Post a meta topic in a top level comment. Use the subject line for the meta subject and expand as you want in the body of the comment. Or don't.

2. Repeat Step 1 for as many meta ideas as you have.

3. Comment on other meta topics.


It's kinda like a kink meme, only with meta. Feel free to browse the mini meta tag for ideas.

This is meant to be about as low pressure as it comes. Feel free to write on your own journal/Tumblr/blog and link back here. Respond with as little or as much as you want. This post will remain open indefinitely, so please track it if that makes things easier for you.

Comments

Re: femslash production

[cantarina]

I'd expect that for the f/f shippers I know, the ratio is highly skewed toward non-canon fans, but other femslash communities are likely to be different? I know that there are people who cross between the different f/f metafandoms, but I've never been able to be one of them. Maybe the canon vs non-canon shipping is a part of that? Hm.

Willing to help = willing to co-mod or willing to contribute?

Re: femslash production

[intransitive]

I think both - I've never co-modded or modded anything before, so I might not be amazing at it, but I'm definitely willing to try, and certainly happy to contribute!

I was also thinking about what someone downthread (or in another thread? I can't find it now) said, about how people engage with fandom as they're inspired to and it's something of an inexplicable process as to what draws people to what characters or fandoms. I do think that's mostly true, and that maybe folks who aren't into femslash can't really be "persuaded" into it. And the canon vs non-canon shipping is probably similar...

But I also think that creating more femslash (fic, podfic, meta, comms, etc) makes it more likely that people will find something they like. Plus, I know there are some people who just haven't seen awesome woman-centered fanworks promoted, who will love it and get into once they do. And I think that creating and reccing femslash fanworks/fandom is, like podfic, its own reward. Not something I do because I like the feedback or download counts (I do, but that ground's been covered well), but because I love it on its own and find value in the act itself.