What's that? Some new fandoms at last? Let's hear about them!

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

Word on the street is a few of you are very excited about your new fandoms. I hope that means you've got follow through and are going to pimp them to the crowd. Now is your chance to volunteer!

As always, reminiscing about old fandoms is also welcome. Got your own version of my Inevitable Smallville Renaissance?

Got a hot topic to discuss? Mod a discussion yourself if you want to, demand suggest someone else do so if you prefer. Feel free to just brainstorm topics too, as I will allocate more time if there's a lot people want to cover.

Got a character that everyone would love if they only knew them? Or someone we already love but would enjoy being reminded about? Got a vaguely fannish game to play?

Please volunteer in comments to this post, or @ or DM me on twitter.

Last year we experimented with "two minute pimps", ie low pressure starter pimps, maybe for first timers who've never presented before, or for little tidbits you want to introduce but don't think you can put together a whole presentation on. Please do think seriously about whether your two minutes is going to morph into ten or fifteen, in which case you should snag a proper slot, but if you've got something that's around five, say, then let me know and I'll measure the slot needed for the hors d'oeuvre platter.

Please also feel free to think outside the box – we've had a couple of quite "different" presentations the last couple of years, in the form of historical/literary primers, art and audio presentations, etc, all of which were wonderful, and warmly received. The official g/t definition of fannish content is "friends and fellow fans will be interested in seeing/hearing this", so if you're not sure please do ask.

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Pictionary -- shihadchick
Pub Quiz -- china_shop
Black Sails -- arysteia
Cagney and Lacey (and a touch of 80s nostalgia) -- arysteia
Critical Role (the new campaign) -- labellementeuse
The DnD Renaissance (was it inevitable? ;-p) -- labellementeuse
The Silmarillion -- jocondite
Miss Sherlock -- stickmarionette
Saturday night vidshow -- maudlinrose
Sunday night vidshow -- meelie
Steven Universe -- chruskit
Star Trek Retrospective -- mab_browne
Buzzfeed: Unsolved -- shihadchick
Lucifer -- dewey3067
Points Novels -- kiwisue
So you want to PRINT that fic as a book/zine -- tyellas
So we're going to have Worldcon in Wellington in 2020 -- tyellas
Jurassic Park 3 -- blademistress

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Potential Discussion Topics:

Early days on pillowfort from early adopters
How do you fandom crush? -- china_shop

Comments

[mab-browne.livejournal.com]

Okay, so this is the year for the Star Trek retrospective - at this point I see this as working out to a brief history of a NZ fangirl ie me, plus a 'this is why Kirk/Spock are an Ur-slash couple' presentation. That part will need careful negotiation with my eldest who has certain technical skills I will need. Wish me luck.

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

I DO WISH YOU LUCK!!! ALL THE LUCK IN THE WORLD.

[mab-browne.livejournal.com]

I detect some enthusiasm for my task. :-)

Also, can I request a Blake's 7 vid if any of the vid show organisers can find an appropriate one, in honour of Jacquie Pearce who passed away this week.

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

Omg, Servalan! I saw that. Will do. I also saw a fabulous tweet about her fucking a Russian priest which I will try to track down for you.

I am indeed enthused. I loved your Thirty Years Before the Mast so much, and Thirty Years in the Captain's Ready Room will be just as great. I did Star Trek For Noobs when STXI first came out, but I'm very much an intermediate person on the timeline.

[mab-browne.livejournal.com]

I have begun negotiations and it looks like her terms will be reasonable. So far, so good.