Fandom Wishlist - Snowflake Challenge #6

[logicgunn]

Things that I wish existed in fandom:

1. A way to know if the people who don't leave kudos enjoyed your fic (seriously, did you like it, hate it, something in between?)

2. A comprehensive list of fandom terms (what the heck is the difference between a fest and a bang?)

3. A high res 1920x1080 McShep desktop wallpaper

4. A random fic generator that recs a fic to you based on you ticking boxes with what you're in the mood for

5. A beta reader sign up page

6. A Stargate Atlantis specific forum or hangout place

Wade x

Comments

[lightbird]

Ooh, I like #4. That's a good one.

[logicgunn]

Thanks! I would like to just be given a fic to read sometimes.

[summerstorm]

Well #4 would fucking rock.

There used to be a beta comm on lj but idk how popular it was. Yuletide has a beta sign-up post but that's yuletide-specific.

Would fanlore help with 2? I wonder. A bang tends to be more of a everyone writes a long (10k-15k+) story and then artists get assigned to it. A fest can be an exchange or it can be prompts you pick up or it can be comment fic...

[logicgunn]

Sometimes I just want to read a fic, I don't want to choose one, you know?

I didn't know fanlore existed, it's brilliantm just what I needed. :)

[goddess47]

For #6: There's a SGA discord out there, but I don't participate in that... Chat isn't my thing, is all, I mostly just hang out on LJ, DW and I have a group of folk I hang out with elsewhere.

If you're not friends with popkin16 do that immediately... tell her I sent you. But she knows where *everything* SGA related lives and can help you get set up. She's here on DW and she's on Tumblr with the same name.

[logicgunn]

Popkin was my first SGA buddy. :) She's awesome! I'm not sure I'm down for chatting, but I like comment conversations.

[unavee]

Ooh. Now I want #4. The closest thing I have right now is doing a lot of filtering on AO3? I search for a tag I'm in the mood for and then start clicking ticky boxes to exclude anything I don't want. I read this post last year and use a lot of the search tips on it to get a list of fic to browse through.

[logicgunn]

AO3's filtering is great, but sometimes I wish it would just choose me a fic rather than give me a list. There are so many fics, and that's a great thing, but even filtered down I get a list a mile long.

[esteefee]

the mcshep everyday tumblr does recs. I would say it's also the most active SGA community right now if you aren't into the Discord concept.

we had interest in the mcsheppers comm going for a while, but then we lost the tipping point again. the fandom is so small.

I will make you a mcshep hi-rez wallpaper and post it on mcsheppers. :) any specific requests for it? I can try to accommodate.

[logicgunn]

Oh my gosh, you are the best! My only request is nothing explicit cause my laptop is viewable by everyone. x

[esteefee]

ha! nah, I don't do the sexy manip thing. I'll take a high-res screen shot or two and see what's up.

[esteefee]

here you go! em_kellesvig and I had a blast doing it.

[logicgunn]

I'm utterly blown away, thank you! It's just brilliant, and it's so good to have a background that isn't overly stretched and pixillated!

[tarlanx]

I'm sorry I don't have time to create a new wallpaper right now but you might like one of these older ones:

http://www.davidhewlett.co.uk/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=224&page=1&sort=dd

[logicgunn]

These are delightful, thank you!

[melagan]

Seconded! These are fantastic.

[tarlanx]

Thank you :)

[tarlanx]

Thank you :)

[melagan]

#6!

[logicgunn]

I know there's a discord, I joined it, but I'm lurking cause I'm terrible at talking in chats. I get so nervoud.

[melagan]

I'm crappy at discord. mcsheppers looks like it could be a good option though.

Say a topic were opened once a week - ie What did you love about Rising?

That would be easy enough to do. It's not quite what you meant, but it could be a beginning.

[logicgunn]

That is a brilliant idea. That would be fun to join in.

[alexcat]

#2 Fanlore Glossary should help a little.

[logicgunn]

Oh, yas, that's exactly what I need, thank you.

[excellente]

I love the idea of a random fic generator like that! Bonus points if there was an ability to mark fics as "read" or "seen" or something, and maybe some way to indicate whether you liked the fic that could then be used to improve selections? So many possibilities!!

[logicgunn]

One that could learn from your feedback would rock. Tis but a dream at the moment. One day.