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| User: | tinman_meta (180178) Tin Man Meta
Where canon goes to die. |
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| Name: | The Merry Old Land of Oz | |||||||||
| Theme: | A community for discussing Tin Man canon, fanon and fanfiction | |||||||||
| Location: | Central City, The O.Z. | |||||||||
| About: | This is a community for meta-discussion of all things Tin Man, but especially of fan fiction and fanon. Archetypes, literary and dramatic themes, tropes, world-building, character development, scripting, shipping- they're all fair game. We also welcome discussion about more traditional "meta" topics like fanthropology, fannish customs and conventions and fandom history and group dynamics. You can ponder, theorize, expound, question and rant. You can wax eloquent or pedantic or prosaic. We want to hear your witty and erudite thoughts! Community Guidelines -No spamming, flaming, personal attacks or any of that nasty stuff. Offenders will be warned the first time, suspended the second and banned the third. -Trolls are subject to summary banning with no warning. -No deleting comments. No, not even your own. -No disabling comments. This is diametrically at odds with the raison d'etre of this community. -Only mods may freeze threads or delete posts. If you posted something over which you're kicking yourself, do damage-control with an edit and an appropriately self-deprecating ETA notice. Then hold your nose and duck your head until it blows over. If you think the post is likely to cause serious offence to specific people, ping the mods*. We should not have to delete posts often. On the rare occasions that we do, we want to give those who have already commented in the offending post to preserve their comments via copypasta if they so choose. -Please use the community's default formatting in your posts. No big font, little font, coloured font, or scrolling font, and no all-bold, all-italics, or allcaps. Above all, no ~¤*¤~unique~¤*¤~ punctuation. -We want to read your forty page dissertation, but not on our flists. Put posts longer than a window's worth behind a cut. -Use tags liberally so that other community members can find and admire your scholarly musings! -Consult the mods* before posting Ads. Coupons are good for one post only. Tag you entry with "off topic: ad". A Word About "Character Bashing" and "Ship Bashing" Censorship is not one of our favourite things. In this community, members have free rein to express strong or unpopular opinions, so long as they do so in an adult way, as part of meaningful discussion. DG is a fictional individual. Her feelings don't get hurt when you say that she sucks, or that Cain would never be interested in a relationship with her. However, people expressing these opinions should be mindful of how they phrase their statements. Saying "I don't think ship X is plausible," or "Character Y was badly rendered," is fine. Even saying "Ship X/character Y is Teh Suck!" is fine. Saying "People who ship X or like character Y are morons," is not fine. The mods will be able to tell the difference, even if you use big words. Likewise, if you cannot see your favourite character shredded without bawling out the shredder, don't participate in those discussions. Not everyone shares the same interests, and some people express themselves in flippant ways. This doesn't mean they look down on you for your preferences. However, if you think a heated discussion is getting particularly personal or acrimonious, ping the mods*. If this rather liberal approach to polarizing content is abused, the mods will re-evaluate the policy. A Word About Fic Bashing In our travels through fandom, we inevitably come across some fanfiction that we really dislike. Usually, we'll just hit the back button and move on. The badfic becomes a fleeting, unpleasant memory that troubles us not. Sometimes badfic gets us thinking, and writing and ranting, and that's when all sorts of happy fun stuff begins to happen. This is great! However. When sharing your ranty fun with like-minded individuals (vis. the members of ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} tinman_meta), make sure that the particular object of your ire (to wit, the specific badfic that inspired your rant) is not identifiable in your screed. You don't have to hide the fact that you have a specific fic in mind, but you must omit any details that might allow members to guess the fic to which you refer and visit unpleasantness upon the author.Likewise, if you read a post discussing badfic and think you know which one the OP had in mind, do not go and visit unpleasantness upon the author. A Word About Silly Hats On Thursdays we wear silly hats. Contact* Do your pinging at tinman dot meta at gmail dot com | |||||||||
| Interests: | 95: adora cain, ahamo, airofday, alchemists, ambrose, americana, analysis, antoine demilo, azkadellia, beta, cain, canon, central city, character development, characterization, constructive criticism, crossover, debate, derivative fiction, dg, discussion, dorothy gale, elmer gulch, emerald of the eclipse, fairy tales, fan fic, fan fiction, fandom, fandom meta, fanfic, fanfiction, fanon, fantasy, fantasy archetypes, fantasy tropes, fiction, finaqua, folklore, gary stu, glitch, hank and emily, headcases, ice palace, jeb cain, l. frank baum, lavender eyes, literary analysis, literary tropes, literature, longcoats, mary sue, meta, meta-analysis, metafandom, mobats, mystic man, narrative voice, nitpickety goodness, northern island, npcs, ocs, oz, papay, papay fields, point of view, pretendy fun times, raw, realm of the unwanted, rpgs, ruth plumly thompson, sci-fi, science fiction, science fiction archetypes, science fiction tropes, scifi, setting and mood, silly hats, steampunk, subtext, television, television tropes, the famous forty, the o.z., the outer zone, the roborents, tin man, toto, tutor, unreliable narrators, viewers, wizard of oz, world building, writing, wyatt cain, zero | |||||||||
| Maintainers: | 1: verilyverity | |||||||||
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| Members: | 10: allronix1, bitterfic, blackletter, blade_girl, green_wing, leda_speaks, moony_blues, tksakura, verilyverity, voicebox79 | |||||||||
| Watched by: | 13: allronix1, bitterfic, blackletter, blade_girl, erinm_4600, leda_speaks, moony_blues, notebookpen, oddsbobs, queenoftheday, tksakura, verilyverity, voicebox79 | |||||||||
| Account type: | Free Patient | |||||||||
