All debates in fandom are circular (and cyclical, actually). I'd say the broad categories are: Critique: squee, constructive criticism, criticism, mockery, parody, betas, reviews; recs: nepotism, kink-indulgence, organisation & categorisation, warnings and ratings; judging; awards: the right to judge; ballot stuffing; popularity contests; BNFs; minions, private communities, invite only archives, grammar, spelling, canon interpretation, AU and crackfic, badfic. goodfic. longfic shortfic; mefic. youfic; a drabble is one hundred words; original writing is Better Than Fanfic Morally; art and morality; art and responsibility; censorship; incest, chan, slash: why we slash; why you slash, you freaks; transgressive slash; mainstream slash; passe slash; slash isn't saving the world; slash saved my life; real person slash; real person fic; personality rape; privacy theft; fan boundaries; constructed personalities; people as products; fan as consumer; fan as performer; the right to fan; fan in meatspace; public vs private fantasy; porn; fantasy vs fiction vs delusion; privacy; flocking; the performance of fandom; the performance of fannish identity; (genfen, hetters, slashers, vidders, writers, artists, readers, lurkers, RPGers, tinhats, wankers, wankas, cult of nice, mean girls, betas, reccers, archivists); tribalism; shipping, -istas (redemptionistas, evilistas); the Woobie; Mary Sue, who are you; female characters; fannish misogyny; privileging characters over real women; racism, sexism, classism; Where America Is Headed; fandom as international community; constitutional rights; internet privileges; legality; copyright; plagiarism; commerce; self-policing; border-policing...
Heh. I wouldn't worry about it! Just talk about what you're interested in. But there is the metabib here (http://community.livejournal.com/metabib/5398.html), the symposium"> and the newbie guide (http://community.livejournal.com/newbieguide/3535.html) if you're interested in mining the collective mindscape. There's also the wank_wiki (http://wiki.fandomwank.com/index.php/Main_Page) and you can search metafandom from the main page (scroll down).
And now I have to sit on my hands because I want to make a semantic relational database omg (http://www.visualthesaurus.com) and it will only make me sad and frustrated like a thwarted megalomaniac or similar.
I never feel that what I have to say necessitates said form.
That's completely different to the way I write. The form the words take and what the words are are inextricably linked in my mind. They are a complete, um, concept thing! :D I am trying to explain it but it is a bit like trying to explain how you think to another person. The important part gets lost in translation. Hm. I may be back.
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Heh. I wouldn't worry about it! Just talk about what you're interested in. But there is the metabib here (http://community.livejournal.com/metabib/5398.html), the symposium"> and the newbie guide (http://community.livejournal.com/newbieguide/3535.html) if you're interested in mining the collective mindscape. There's also the wank_wiki (http://wiki.fandomwank.com/index.php/Main_Page) and you can search
And now I have to sit on my hands because I want to make a semantic relational database omg (http://www.visualthesaurus.com) and it will only make me sad and frustrated like a thwarted megalomaniac or similar.
I never feel that what I have to say necessitates said form.
That's completely different to the way I write. The form the words take and what the words are are inextricably linked in my mind. They are a complete, um, concept thing! :D I am trying to explain it but it is a bit like trying to explain how you think to another person. The important part gets lost in translation. Hm. I may be back.
(http://trickster.org/symposium/)