More about the tagging thing (now with a poll) + season 8 comics fics

[ruuger]

You all probably think that I have some weird fixation with tagging (and you would be right - I did once work as a librarian, after all), but here's yet another post about the tagging thing.

First, since a few people have asked me about it, I've now added a 'Season 8' tag to the community for those who want to post stories that use the new comics canon. If you have already posted Season 8 stories, I would love if you could go back and tag the posts accordingly with the new tag.

Because not everyone has access to the comics as they are released, please mark any comics spoilers clearly (preferably including which issues of the comics the story spoils) in your author's notes and try to avoid including spoilers in your summary, etc.

And just as a general reminder, by tagging your stories yourself, you save a lot of time for us mods, so read the previous posts about tagging if you haven't already. Any other questions, just ask me.

To make full use of this modpost, I would also like to hear your opinions about some (mostly tagging-related) community issues

[Poll #985016]

Oh, and because I also love statistics, looking at our tags list, the most popular characters in this community so far have been Spike (44 stories), Buffy (29 stories), Angel (22 stories), Giles (20 stories) and Xander (16 stories). The only characters in the tag lists still without any stories are Eve, Hamilton, Jasmine and Amy.

Comments

[mabus101.livejournal.com]

As Barb said, I'm trying to err on the side of caution. I don't want to make any trouble here. Initially, I just didn't think it was realistic to have the characters in question stay single indefinitely just because their canon ships were dead or with someone else, if they had any at all.

The story is dealing with themes like redemption, forgiveness, peace and war--that sort of thing; I don't expect any ship to take up more than a small fraction of the fic as a whole. There won't be any overt sex between the characters--especially not Xander and Illyria, who are slated to take the whole fic to actually get together. Basically, they serve symbolic purposes for the characters involved--the parts we've begun to see are Xander's extreme reaction against demons since Buffy's death and Illyria's struggle to live in the human world without the humans who initially helped her adjust.

I think I'll post the next section (once it's been betaed). Individually, I think this part is within boundaries--it's just that it brings a little focus for the first time to where I'm going with Xander and Illyria. After that's out, it should be clear what this is about and why it's important to the story as a whole. If any of the mods think it'll become a problem in the future, I can move the story then. Sound okay?

[shinodabear.livejournal.com]

That sounds fine. I trust that you know what you're doing. You're pretty much a veteran, even if this comm is still a baby. :)

[mabus101.livejournal.com]

*amused* If you say so. *has been ficcing less than a year*

[shinodabear.livejournal.com]

Wow! I'd never know it.

[mabus101.livejournal.com]

*points to LJ* There's a few pieces there lately about my history as a writer. I haven't quite gotten to the fanfiction part yet, but I went through a several-year hiatus when I didn't write anything. Before that, no fanfiction even when I was writing, and not much of anything else, not that got finished anyway.

[shinodabear.livejournal.com]

Writing is a weird process. You limited by a lot of factors, in terms of developing the right scenes from your head to the paper/screen, the words you choose, the time you have, annd yet you're limitless in what you do. But when you hit that slump . . . there's nothing to pull you out. Temperamental, I'd say.

Though, like was mentioned in your LJ, roleplaying, is a valid writing/fanfic form. At least, to me anyway. Whatever gets the muse going.