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: The limits of "encouraging" femslash

[lea_hazel]

My fannishness is strongly dependent on cross-pollination. If lots of people on my dash are squeeing about the same fandom at the same time, I'll get into it. That's how Cinders happened. A pairing that never occurred to me could pop out in a prompt or a random generator, and if someone writes or draws it well, I'll start to see the appeal. If people float ideas for A/Us and tropes, it makes other people want to take those ideas and give them their own twist. So, while I'll always be drawn most to certain things, my experience in fandom is strongly shaped by what the people I hang with are into.

Someone just has to be the one to generate a new idea. Then people either take to it, or they don't. Sometimes you see a pairing or an idea ans go, "Huh, I never would have thought of that." But the idea itself is awesome, and it sticks.

It's also about pushing oneself. No, there are some things that I'll never be into, but I still like to challenge myself as a write. Often the results are more rewarding than I imagined. Sometimes I try to push myself and it doesn't stick, like when I tried to get into mainstream TV fandom femslash, or to slash the only two female characters in a dude-centric blockbuster. But, it's always worth a try.