: Tuesday, August 18, 2009
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yourlibrarian: Writercon Panel Write-Up -- Cage Match: Science vs. Magic - Kalichan discussed how in the Buffyverse the fact that canon is sloppy with its magic doesnâ™t keep the story from being compelling because magic is used as a metaphor in that show. However, normally the reader has to put too much effort into suspension of disbelief in fantasy stories where even the writer doesnâ™t seem to take it seriously. -- general_jinjur: untitled - expanded notes from writercon podfic program -
- yourlibrarian: Writercon Panel: Podfic 101 - There are maligned genres even in podfic, among them very short audiofics, because users feel frustrated in making all the effort to download, upload and playlist, only to have a short payoff during perhaps long activities. -
- yourlibrarian: Writercon Panel: Genre - On Saturday afternoon, Kristina Busse did a presentation from a paper she had written on Affect and the Individual Fan: The Role of Genre and Tropes in Writer Creativity and Reader Engagement. -
- yourlibrarian: Writercon Panel: Hurt/Comfort - Friendshipper then brought up how in h/c there are generally active and passive characters, and the favorite character is generally the one who is doing the suffering. -
- yourlibrarian: Writercon Panel: If You Build It They Will Come - Rec communities also make LJ a space that has some searchability, which itâ™s not set up for. People may start just by keeping lists of fic they like, but if those recs gain some traction there may be the development of a centralized and important rec community that can lead to exclusion. -
- rahirah: Writercon 2009: -ism in Fandom - 'Privilege' is a term that gets thrown around a lot in these discussions, and in this context, it's a word which may not mean what you think it means. It's not about individual people being mean, or being racists or homophobes or whatever. It's about the biases that are built into our society. -
- rm: WriterCon: *fail edition - Because no, you are not marginalized or oppressed because you are part of the dominant group and people who are part of other groups are stepping up to say that we want some damn consideration. -
- sheafrotherdon: OH EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE NO - So, the first introduction of a major character with a disability . . . and the disability will not be explored, or presented in a realistic manner... [SG Universe spoilers] -
- gnatkip: Canon het couples with extreme sexual dimorphism? - I've been thinking about this lately, the fetishization of the dainty woman and the hypermasculine man. -