I've noticed that people on my friendslist will occasionally make posts about a specific current AWZ episode when they have stuff to say about it (since they're all rational and smart people, that stuff generally consists of "WTF?" and "Who are these characters?" these days); however, there isn't always that much response on personal journals, so these posts just pop up as isolated venting here and there.
I think it would be nice if people had a more central place to discuss (or commiserate about) current eps, and this community is currently not being used for much other than the lovely
antiteb supplying us with spoiler translations.
So here's what I'm going to do: Following formats on other AWZ discussion forums, I'm going to post the current episode number and the spoiler summary for the ep (in German, because sorry, I'm not investing time in translating this stuff, lol) every day once the episode has aired, right here on
eskimo_kiss. Then people can discuss the episode in the comments, IF THEY ARE SO INCLINED.
I know many of you have given up watching, and frankly I personally have little to say on the current storylines, so I want to keep this a minimum-effort undertaking. There is absolutely no obligation - if you have nothing to say, that's fine. If you do, though, I think your opinions might generate a bit more interaction on the comm, and it's always cool to have some discussion (even if it only consists of bashing or ridiculing the current developments ;)). And whether or not the episodes suck, I always enjoy hearing you guys express your opinions!
I think/hope we're all grown up enough to not need specific rules for this, other than what's already in the
rules for the comm. Feel free to vent and criticise, but refrain from bashing fellow members, or actors. Snark is allowed and welcome; nastiness is not; stick to the ep of the day and keep it spoiler-free.
I'd also like to stress that
either German or English is fine. Sometimes you don't want to bother finding the right words for a comment in another language and that's perfectly okay; we have plenty of German and bilingual Eskimos around that I think it won't be a major hindrance to discussion.
Also, I'm usually up when the eps air, but I don't
have to be the one to make the daily discussion post; if I'm late or you have stuff to say, feel free to start it yourselves!
Have fun, or, er, don't hurt yourselves too much bagplanting!