so fandom is energetic, yes?

...so I take it fannish hot topics are something people maybe think about once in a while, eh?

Reading the responses is sometimes like living the old flamewar, but in that way where you kind of want to call up that person you called a cocksucking whore and say 'Oh my God, do you remember when I called you a cocksucking whore because you liked James Potter more than Snape? CRAZEE!" And you know, laugh.

The really hard part is, I see at least ten things I suddenly, violently want to do meta on and can't.

Something I actually have had a half-assed desire to do is organize meta. Yes, I know there are people doing this, but something closer to del.icio.us, but with better summaries and a group of pre-created tags to use as well as more specific ones.

To put this on the table; I am anal and not overly fond of change. The header I use on my fic is very similar to the first header I learned to do in alt.startrek.creative. It's had some changes with time, fandom, and laziness, but the basic format hasn't left me, just like some habits created in non-livejournal space haven't either. Tagging is one of those things that make me ridiculously excited on a wide variety of levels. What drives me nuts is the inconsistency. When searching del.icio.us, we indulge our conformity with wild and crazy leaps of individuality--HA EVERYONE IS DOING RONON/TEYLA BUT I SHALL CALL THEM EMMAGEN/DEX which when you are in the middle of trying to find every Teyla story out there, is like waving a red flag.

And totally own it up--who doesn't want to be the inventor of the Next Awesome ACRONYM?

In any case, if you missed my appeal last night or still have a Hot Fandom Topic to add, please go here so Syne and I can add it to the list. For those of you who have, thank you very much. It's been fascinating reading.

Comments

[druidspell.livejournal.com]

Oh god yes, really organized del.icio.us tagging for the motherfucking win! If I weren't so backlogged trying to tag the stuff I've read recently, I would be tempted to direct you to mine to see the awesomeness of my anal-retentiveness.

[seperis.livejournal.com]

*laughs* I know the feeling. I decided to index my webpage and fic in one and--wow. Gah. I'm doing the same with my recs del.icio.us, but I have that privatized, but I was getting *deeply* anal and kind of scaring myself with the tagging.

[cathalin.livejournal.com]

Oh god, how embarrassing. I thought I was limiting myself, and when mine posted, it was like a fricking BOOK. *hides face from internets in shame*

LOL, I tend to be an observer and not a participant in most things, and I guess I had a few things I needed to share. *g* The other fandom I actively participate in is very small, and I know *way* too much about the actual crazy shit that people do. (Though most of the people are wonderful, truly). Apparently it has been building up...

[tropes.livejournal.com]

The greatest linguistic invention out of any fandom ever must be Snupin. It's like Snoopy, but with snarky buttfucking.

[swordage]

What I find amazing is that, as of when I looked at the comments, no one was trying to attack anyone else. It was just people presenting hot topics without getting preachy or aggressive about them. I love that yes, we can all be adults about these things, even though they obviously push our buttons.

tagging

[astrophelstella.livejournal.com]

Consistency in tagging is a tricky business. I guess the reason I decided to go with Emmagen & Dex is that I wanted to be internally consistent with my McKay and Shepard tags. :) I am sorry if it irritates people, though.

Re: tagging

[seperis.livejournal.com]

*heh* I doubt it. I keep a runnign mental list of the tag variations. Every search is an adventure!