seperis | Jul. 28th, 2009

So it's almost August, and

general_jinjur and I are prepping (and by that, I mean, I am just re-reading the rules and she's off being innovative) for the Fourth Annual DVD Commentary Challenge.

Short version

The challenge runs from August 1st to October 1st, in which readers have the opportunity to write a DVD commentary on another writer's story. There will be two posts, author permission and commmentator sign-ups, both of which will go up on Saturday, along with the rules and regulations (of which there are few; I am a fan of minimizing).

All fandoms, FPF and RPF are welcome and wanted. The challenge is open to all fandoms. There are no limits to the number of stories you may write commentaries for.

dvd_commentary is where commentaries will be posted; feel free to browse and see what this is all about. An index was created here by

general_jinjur, along with links to significant posts.

We've had kind of epic responses the last three years, so we're both hoping this year will continue to top out.

ETA: Corrected the below. I swear I had a coherent thought here and then it went--wherever it was. Sorry,

general_jinjur. I--really don't know what was going on with that one.

Author Permission

We require author permission for DVD Commentaries of their stories. If an author wants to be commentaried, please add your name to the author sign-up page. There will be a post for author sign-up, along with some small changes we're making to future procedures for this.

Commentator Sign-Up

See above--if you want to do a fic and the author hasn't given blanket permission, please contact the author.

General

More information will be posted on Saturday, August 1st. Feel free to browse the index, see waht people have done and are doing, and get an idea if this is something you want to do. I will say, these are incredible fun to read when completed, almost as much fun as writing them. The links to 2008's rules are in the index for reference.

So. Saturday August 1st, we'll get this thing going. If you have any questions, you can ask here or wait for Saturday for the complete announcement and rules.

Most importantly, have fun! This is pretty much my favorite challenge of the year. New to me fic, commentaries, and HTML. You really cannot beat that combination.

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If you don't send me feedback, I will sob uncontrollably for hours on end, until finally, in a fit of depression, I slash my wrists and bleed out on the bathroom floor. My death will be on your heads. Murderers
. -- Unknown, on feedback
BTS List
That's why he goes bad, you know -- all the good people hit him on the head or try to shoot him and constantly mistrust him, while there's this vast cohort of minions saying, We wouldn't hurt you, Lex, and we'll give you power and greatness and oh so much sex...
Wow. That was scary. Lex is like Jesus in the desert.
-- pricklyelf, on why Lex goes bad
LJ
Obi-Wan has a sort of desperate, pathetic patience in this movie. You can just see it in his eyes: "My padawan is a psychopath, and no one will believe me; I'm barely keeping him under control and expect to wake up any night now to find him standing over my bed with a knife!"
-- Teague, reviewing "Star Wars: Attack of the Clones"
LJ
Beth: god, why do i have so many beads?
Jenn: Because you are an addict.
Jenn: There are twelve step programs for this.
Beth: i dunno they'd work, might have to go straight for the electroshock.
Jenn: I'm not sure that helps with bead addiction.
Beth: i was thinking more to demagnitize my credit card.
-- hwmitzy and seperis, on bead addiction
AIM, 12/24/2003
I could rape a goat and it will DIE PRETTIER than they write.
-- anonymous, on terrible writing
AIM, 2/17/2004
In medical billing there is a diagnosis code for someone who commits suicide by sea anenemoe.
-- silverkyst, on wtf
AIM, 3/25/2004
Anonymous: sorry. i just wanted to tell you how much i liked you. i'd like to take this to a higher level if you're willing
Eleveninches: By higher level I hope you mean email.
-- eleveninches and anonymous, on things that are disturbing
LJ, 4/2/2004
silverkyst: I need to not be taking molecular genetics.
silverkyst: though, as a sidenote, I did learn how to eviscerate a fruit fly larvae by pulling it's mouth out by it's mouthparts today.
silverkyst: I'm just nowhere near competent in the subject material to be taking it.
Jenn: I'd like to thank you for that image.
-- silverkyst and seperis, on more wtf
AIM, 1/25/2005
You know, if obi-wan had just disciplined the boy *properly* we wouldn't be having these problems. Can't you just see yoda? "Take him in hand, you must. The true Force, you must show him."
-- Issaro, on spanking Anakin in his formative years
LJ, 3/15/2005
Aside from the fact that one person should never go near another with a penis, a bottle of body wash, and a hopeful expression...
-- Summerfling, on shower sex
LJ, 7/22/2005
It's weird, after you get used to the affection you get from a rabbit, it's like any other BDSM relationship. Only without the sex and hot chicks in leather corsets wielding floggers. You'll grow to like it.
-- revelininsanity, on my relationship with my rabbit
LJ, 2/7/2006
Smudged upon the near horizon, lapine shadows in the mist. Like a doomsday vision from Watership Down, the bunny intervention approaches.
-- cpt_untouchable, on my addition of The Fourth Bunny
LJ, 4/13/2006
Rule 3. Chemistry is kind of like bondage. Some people like it, some people like reading about or watching other people doing it, and a large number of people's reaction to actually doing the serious stuff is to recoil in horror.
-- deadlychameleon, on class
LJ, 9/1/2007
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Fan Fiction is John Cusack standing outside your house with a boombox.
-- JRDSkinner, on fanfiction
Twitter
I will unashamedly and unapologetically celebrate the joy and the warmth and the creativity of a community of people sharing something positive and beautiful and connective and if you don’t like it you are most welcome to very fuck off.
-- Michael Sheen, on Good Omens fanfic
Twitter, 6/19/2019
Adding for Mastodon.
-- Jenn, traceback
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Jul. 28th, 2009

and this is why getting up in the morning can be worth it

2009 DVD Commentary Challenge

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