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Just some ranting
Aug. 14th, 2019 08:01 pmI just saw a Good Omens big bang post at tumblr. Requirement only 5k I think, not really Big Bang but whatever. I may or may not have started a fic that will exceed that and thought it might help me actually finish the fic because I've stalled on it a bit while doing other things.
Upon reading the many, many, rules I decided against signing up (2 days left to do so, details at the tumblr, https://goodomensbigbang.tumblr.com/)
1) It's on tumblr which is a clusterfuck at organising this sort of thing. I did it once for a Black Sails Big Bang and missed an important post because notifications only work on mobile and mods weren't bothering to @ people nor email them. LJ and DW are superior mediums for this sort of event
2) You MUST have a beta. If you do not have a beta you WILL be assigned one. I don't know how they're going to find enough willing betas to fulfil that or why they're insisting on it. Having a beta does not guarantee a fic will be readable, free of spag errors, or inoffensive. This, which was always a ridiculous rule (you can just set up a sockpuppet journal or secondary tumblr account and be your own beta, or say you've got non-fannish roommate betaing?) has gone from LJ/DW events but been resurrected like an unwanted zombie
3) None of this, or that, or the other, even where some of things seem impossible or highly unlikely in this fandom (incest in Good Omens? Couldn't one argue all angels and demons are siblings anyway?I kind of want to write that now). Some LJ/DW events have rules about content but the amount here seemed in line with Tumblr purity
4) You will make a slideshow of your fic for potential artists to view. IDK...slideshow? Like, Powerpoint? Do most tumblr users who whine if they have to use email or an rss feed or a desktop computer and not their mobile app for every single thing even know what Powerpoint is? I write extended outlines/story treatments for Big Bangs along with brief summary, but never have I seen such a bizarre requirement.
5) There's an understandable rule that if you miss your first author checkin you're out. However there's a bizarre and oddly worded (I think, as with the troublesome Black Sails Big Bang, all of the mods are ESOL which can lead to some awkward miscommunications) rule that if you check in a day late after that there's a five minute penalty on claiming things...but only artists claim fic, authors don't claim? This made me lose faith in the endeavour but I still peeked at the schedule
6) The schedule; this happens with all Big Bangs. Do you want to wait months to post the finished fic? Sometimes you just want to put the thing out there, especially if it's been written and edited three months ago.
7) It's on TUMBLR.
And that was a rant which I posted because I felt like ranting a bit and weren't we all going to use DW more including mini rants and quick yay posts instead of a) putting them on tumblr and/or b) not posting?
And while I'm ranting, here's another 'oh tumblr' rant from a post I saw today.
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Upon reading the many, many, rules I decided against signing up (2 days left to do so, details at the tumblr, https://goodomensbigbang.tumblr.com/)
1) It's on tumblr which is a clusterfuck at organising this sort of thing. I did it once for a Black Sails Big Bang and missed an important post because notifications only work on mobile and mods weren't bothering to @ people nor email them. LJ and DW are superior mediums for this sort of event
2) You MUST have a beta. If you do not have a beta you WILL be assigned one. I don't know how they're going to find enough willing betas to fulfil that or why they're insisting on it. Having a beta does not guarantee a fic will be readable, free of spag errors, or inoffensive. This, which was always a ridiculous rule (you can just set up a sockpuppet journal or secondary tumblr account and be your own beta, or say you've got non-fannish roommate betaing?) has gone from LJ/DW events but been resurrected like an unwanted zombie
3) None of this, or that, or the other, even where some of things seem impossible or highly unlikely in this fandom (incest in Good Omens? Couldn't one argue all angels and demons are siblings anyway?
4) You will make a slideshow of your fic for potential artists to view. IDK...slideshow? Like, Powerpoint? Do most tumblr users who whine if they have to use email or an rss feed or a desktop computer and not their mobile app for every single thing even know what Powerpoint is? I write extended outlines/story treatments for Big Bangs along with brief summary, but never have I seen such a bizarre requirement.
5) There's an understandable rule that if you miss your first author checkin you're out. However there's a bizarre and oddly worded (I think, as with the troublesome Black Sails Big Bang, all of the mods are ESOL which can lead to some awkward miscommunications) rule that if you check in a day late after that there's a five minute penalty on claiming things...but only artists claim fic, authors don't claim? This made me lose faith in the endeavour but I still peeked at the schedule
6) The schedule; this happens with all Big Bangs. Do you want to wait months to post the finished fic? Sometimes you just want to put the thing out there, especially if it's been written and edited three months ago.
7) It's on TUMBLR.
And that was a rant which I posted because I felt like ranting a bit and weren't we all going to use DW more including mini rants and quick yay posts instead of a) putting them on tumblr and/or b) not posting?
And while I'm ranting, here's another 'oh tumblr' rant from a post I saw today.
( Read more... )
