TWoP Friends!

[deelaundry]

nightdog, asynca, sara, fiddy, perspi, kiwi, et al.

Your opinions on Sara M shutting down the House Fanfic discussion thread on TWoP?

I'm ANGRY but not sure how to complain/protest.

Maybe we should just go to the Meet Market thread for our discussions, since there is no restriction on what you can say there.  Here's part of the top post on page 3369:

Snuggle, you really need to take care of yourself! I know you are, but you musn't skip breakfast! [/mum] I know adjusting to a gluten-free lifestyle is hard work, but it does get easier. (Just watch the french fries at Outback Steakhouse. The seasoning has gluten. As do many soy sauces.)

YES, THAT DESERVES TO BE ON TWOP WHEREAS DISCUSSION OF HOUSE FANFIC DOES NOT!

8:35 pm US Eastern Time:  I just emailed Sara M.  She hasn't replied to my emails in the past, but we'll see.  Here's what I said:

May I ask for more clarification on why the House Fanfic Discussion thread was closed?  The discussions there were great and high quality, leading to (I believe) improved House fanfic, and thus a greater enjoyment of House as a show for those of us who feel fanfic is an intrinsic part of the experience.

Your post indicated there are other places to discuss House fanfic - but the very few I've seen can't match the camraderie and intelligent spirit of the House TWoP forum.

11 pm:  Sara actually replied.  It's a bullshit answer, but seems rather conclusive.  So, anyone got a clue where these "so many other places" to discuss House fanfic are?

Hi Dee,

TWoP is not a fanfic site, so there's no reason for a thread about fanfic to be there.  
There is a thread to post links to your own stuff (as long as it's not own your personal 
site) or recommendations to other people's stuff, and I think that's enough.  Last year 
there were some problems with people going way off topic in the fanfic thread and that's 
why it had to become recommendations-only.

There so many places out there to discuss fanfiction and House fanfiction; I'm sure 
you'll find one that suits you.

Sara

Comments

[perspi.livejournal.com]

So I'll reiterate, maybe housefic_pens, but if you think that's more of a workshop spot rather than a discussion group, might I suggest we start something ourselves?

One idea: a community, just for random-ish musings on Housefic in particular, with links to the deeper discussion sites like Housefic_meta or Housefic_pens. What do you think?

[nightdog-barks.livejournal.com]

I'm willing to give housefic_pens a try, and if that doesn't work I think it might be a good idea to start something ourselves.

It seems there should be a forum that's not as serious as housefic_meta but not a workshop-only comm either -- that's what the "October/Housefic" thread felt like to me on TWoP (a nice cross between the two) and maybe that's why I liked it so much.

Maybe something like a "pop" Housefic comm. I don't know.

Why do I suddenly feel like Judy Garland, with Mickey Rooney standing beside her, saying "We can put on a show and save the school!"

Heh!

[silsbee329.livejournal.com]

Why do I suddenly feel like Judy Garland, with Mickey Rooney standing beside her, saying "We can put on a show and save the school!" Oh my god, you almost made coffee come out my nose. Too funny!

And, I think you all are on to something with the new comm idea.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

housefic_pens says it includes "discussion of the show, characters, and actors in relation to writing fanfic." I haven't seen much, but maybe that's just because we haven't been active on it! Let's try it, and if it doesn't work we can do our own.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

housefic_pens says it includes "discussion of the show, characters, and actors in relation to writing fanfic." I haven't seen much, but maybe that's just because we haven't been active on it! Let's try it, and if it doesn't work we can do our own.

[pwcorgigirl.livejournal.com]

Popping my head in to express my disappointment at the closure of the thread at TWoP. It was fun, friendly, intelligent and a great place to learn.

I'm also one of the mods at housefic_pens and we'd welcome discussion of various aspects of writing. That's an area we were planning to move into soon. (I have a discussion topic on AU kicking around in my head I was going to launch as soon as real life stopped biting my heels for a moment.)

Y'all come on over!