Virtual Hub 2020
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Welcome, friends. You are in our pockets, on our screens, and in our hearts.
This post will serve as the Virtual Hub for online get/together 2020. Bookmark this one, and I’ll keep it updated with changes as they happen. Old hands will know that the scheduled timetable often blows out because we can’t stop talking, but I’ll try to keep the anchor points solid so that you can pop in as and when you want to. Lay in provisions, kick back with an espresso martini (or aperitif of choice), and enjoy. (And please pardon any technical glitches.)
1) What technology do I need? How will it work?
We will be meeting on Zoom. Open it up on your laptop or your tv and you’ll be ready to go. You will be sent a private link, which is the only way to join the stream.
The stream will be view only during presentations, which may be in the form of video or powerpoint type slides, with presenters talking into a microphone. There will not be video of the hall, the presenters, or the general attendees, at this point.
You can interact with what’s going on -- comment, ask questions, just squee -- by tweeting at the community twitter handle @get__together. Note the two underscores, a hark back to the days of livejournal’s lack of dashes, and a horrible name squatter who didn’t even use their journal. :-) The feed will be projected on a second screen so that everyone in the hall can see your tweets, and the extremely online among us will no doubt respond to them.
2) What other interactions/activities will there be?
We’ll flip to two-way at lunchtime so that we can have a good chat and catch up. I’m thinking Saturday will be a general all purpose gossip session and 2020 stitch and bitch, and maybe on Sunday it could be more fandom/con focused. We’ll see how that goes.
Pub quiz will go ahead in all its glory on Saturday night. We’ll be eating pizza and working together in table groups, you will all be one virtual team, and can make yourselves dinner and cocktails in the comfort of your own homes. There will be a two-way invite for this too, so you can hear the questions and the screams of agony. We’ll mute the hall during deliberations though, so you can all collaborate remotely. Answers will go into a gdoc for submission.
Discussion panels will be listen only, unfortunately, as they’re hard enough to moderate in person, let alone with tech issues as well. Tui (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
labellementeuse) will be modding however, so I will be acting as roving Australian (and Extended Aotearoa) Ambassador, and picking up any questions/comments from twitter.
Vid shows should be able to live stream, but we’ll stick a playlist in the gdrive folder as a back up.
3) Day 1
Anchor Point: 1pm NZ, 10/11am AUS^, 7pm CHICAGO*: LUNCH AND LIVECHAT (90 minutes)
Anchor Point: 6pm NZ, 3pm AUS: Pizza and Pub Quiz (Saturday night)
* Don't forget it's the day before in Chicago. So Friday not Saturday, Saturday not Sunday.
^ Lol, apparently DST kicks in on Sunday, just to further complicate things in Oz.
3b) Day 2
Anchor Point: 12.30pm NZ, 10.30am AUS^, 7.30pm CHICAGO*: LUNCH AND LIVECHAT (60 minutes)
1.30: 2020 The Year Fanfic Tropes Took Over Mainstream Fiction (sixth_light)
2pm: Witcher TV v. Games (blademistress)
2.30pm: Because That’s What Heroes Do (arysteia)
3.30: Discussion Panel 2 (labellementeuse)
Anchor Point: 4.30pm NZ, 2.30pm AUS^, 10.30pm CHICAGO*: Closing Vid Show (Sunday Night)
4) Great! I’m sold! How do I sign up?
Please copy/paste the following mini-template into a comment reply to this post. If you don’t have a surviving livejournal, then anon is fine, just put your user name in the subject line. Don’t stress if Frank the Goat screens your reply, I’ll come through and unscreen everything promptly.
Then go make sure you’re following @get__together, and maybe set up a list column for it in tweetdeck where you can see all replies.
Welcome, friends. You are in our pockets, on our screens, and in our hearts.
This post will serve as the Virtual Hub for online get/together 2020. Bookmark this one, and I’ll keep it updated with changes as they happen. Old hands will know that the scheduled timetable often blows out because we can’t stop talking, but I’ll try to keep the anchor points solid so that you can pop in as and when you want to. Lay in provisions, kick back with an espresso martini (or aperitif of choice), and enjoy. (And please pardon any technical glitches.)
1) What technology do I need? How will it work?
We will be meeting on Zoom. Open it up on your laptop or your tv and you’ll be ready to go. You will be sent a private link, which is the only way to join the stream.
The stream will be view only during presentations, which may be in the form of video or powerpoint type slides, with presenters talking into a microphone. There will not be video of the hall, the presenters, or the general attendees, at this point.
You can interact with what’s going on -- comment, ask questions, just squee -- by tweeting at the community twitter handle @get__together. Note the two underscores, a hark back to the days of livejournal’s lack of dashes, and a horrible name squatter who didn’t even use their journal. :-) The feed will be projected on a second screen so that everyone in the hall can see your tweets, and the extremely online among us will no doubt respond to them.
2) What other interactions/activities will there be?
We’ll flip to two-way at lunchtime so that we can have a good chat and catch up. I’m thinking Saturday will be a general all purpose gossip session and 2020 stitch and bitch, and maybe on Sunday it could be more fandom/con focused. We’ll see how that goes.
Pub quiz will go ahead in all its glory on Saturday night. We’ll be eating pizza and working together in table groups, you will all be one virtual team, and can make yourselves dinner and cocktails in the comfort of your own homes. There will be a two-way invite for this too, so you can hear the questions and the screams of agony. We’ll mute the hall during deliberations though, so you can all collaborate remotely. Answers will go into a gdoc for submission.
Discussion panels will be listen only, unfortunately, as they’re hard enough to moderate in person, let alone with tech issues as well. Tui (
labellementeuse) will be modding however, so I will be acting as roving Australian (and Extended Aotearoa) Ambassador, and picking up any questions/comments from twitter. Vid shows should be able to live stream, but we’ll stick a playlist in the gdrive folder as a back up.
3) Day 1
Anchor Point: 1pm NZ, 10/11am AUS^, 7pm CHICAGO*: LUNCH AND LIVECHAT (90 minutes)
Anchor Point: 6pm NZ, 3pm AUS: Pizza and Pub Quiz (Saturday night)
* Don't forget it's the day before in Chicago. So Friday not Saturday, Saturday not Sunday.
^ Lol, apparently DST kicks in on Sunday, just to further complicate things in Oz.
3b) Day 2
Anchor Point: 12.30pm NZ, 10.30am AUS^, 7.30pm CHICAGO*: LUNCH AND LIVECHAT (60 minutes)
1.30: 2020 The Year Fanfic Tropes Took Over Mainstream Fiction (sixth_light)
2pm: Witcher TV v. Games (blademistress)
2.30pm: Because That’s What Heroes Do (arysteia)
3.30: Discussion Panel 2 (labellementeuse)
Anchor Point: 4.30pm NZ, 2.30pm AUS^, 10.30pm CHICAGO*: Closing Vid Show (Sunday Night)
4) Great! I’m sold! How do I sign up?
Please copy/paste the following mini-template into a comment reply to this post. If you don’t have a surviving livejournal, then anon is fine, just put your user name in the subject line. Don’t stress if Frank the Goat screens your reply, I’ll come through and unscreen everything promptly.
Then go make sure you’re following @get__together, and maybe set up a list column for it in tweetdeck where you can see all replies.
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Date: 2020-09-28 03:34 am (UTC)Current favourite fandom: Harry Potter
Current OTP (or OT3 etc): Hannibal/Will
One true undying, always returning, forever fandom and/or OTP: Hannibal/Will
Fandoms cruelly cast by the wayside: due South, Bandom, Hockey fandom, C6degrees. I read widely, even for stuff I haven't seen the canon (which is most of it)
My favourite tropes are: Bonded together by crime/a shared secret! Enemies to lovers
My most hated tropes are: COFFEE SHOP AUS, Muggle AUs, High school AUs
The best fic of all time is: A Deeper Season by lightgetsin and sahiya
The best vid of all time is:Glitter and Gold by Vordeel
Three characters that represent you in some way (no explanations, let us figure it out): RayK, Geoffrey Tennant, and Cordelia Naismith-Vorkosigan
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Date: 2020-09-28 03:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-09-29 10:09 am (UTC)- K/aworldinside (lazily not logging in)
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Date: 2020-09-28 03:36 am (UTC)Current favourite fandom: I have descended back into Supernatural and the pits of fiery Winchester Hell. Can I also say my fandom is Jensen Ackles? BECAUSE IT TOTALLY IS.
Current OTP (or OT3 etc): Um... Sam/Dean (please do not tell the children who will shame me for my deviance) and classic J2 (before they were grown up married men with children)
One true undying, always returning, forever fandom and/or OTP: Apparently Supernatural (a fact that is as shocking to me as it will be to you)
Fandoms cruelly cast by the wayside: Black Sails, Smallville, Popslash, Merlin (but I will likely come back to it as I always do)
My favourite tropes are: I will literally die for you levels of need and devotion, hurt/comfort, first times that are messy and complicated, desperate kissing with hands everywhere because there is so much NEEEEEED.
My most hated tropes are: A/B/O, excessive schmoop, fade to black sex, stan levels of OOC dialogue i.e. my fave is a perfect angel
The best fic of all time is: Poisontaster's Lightverse (https://archiveofourown.org/series/339889) - I hate having to choose one blehhhhhhh
The best vid of all time is: Bironic's Starships (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTGdGKEEiYE) - this was hard but it ALWAYS makes me happy.
Three characters that represent you in some way (no explanations, let us figure it out): Kevin Tran, Baby (the Impala, not Jennifer Grey), Evie Carnahan.
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Date: 2020-09-28 03:51 am (UTC)Current favourite fandom: supernatural
Current OTP (or OT3 etc): Sam/Dean
One true undying, always returning, forever fandom and/or OTP: Sam/Dean
Fandoms cruelly cast by the wayside: l i s t e n I still love Merlin and Black Sails a lot I haven’t left them I promise
My favourite tropes are: we must resist our desperate need for each other
My most hated tropes are: kidfic
The best fic of all time is: I don’t do favourites, choosing is hard 😭
The best vid of all time is: uhhh I don’t wanna pick but okay, Falling For The First Time (https://archiveofourown.org/works/176669) (SPN) because it always makes me happy
Three characters that represent you in some way (no explanations, let us figure it out): Jack Kline, Bobby Singer, Anne Bonny
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Date: 2020-09-28 07:59 am (UTC)Current favourite fandom: Mo Dao Zu Shi + associated versions and spinoffs
Current OTP (or OT3 etc): Lan Zhan/Wei Ying <3 <3 <3
One true undying, always returning, forever fandom and/or OTP: Look, probably due South tbh
Fandoms cruelly cast by the wayside: uh, as a serial monogamist this list could get long, but: DAAS, Avengers, Supernatural, SG1, due South/C6D and Harry Potter are probably the biggest ones. Also, I'm not out of hockey fandom yet, sorry non-sportists :P
My favourite tropes are: just pile the angst, h/c and eternal pining on, please. It's not a slowburn if they catch feelings before 50K words, fight me
My most hated tropes are: college/high school AUs (most AUs really), and that thing where every pairing apparently needs a kid to punctuate their relationship
The best fic of all time is: And Never Been Kissed by thehoyden & twentysomething
The best vid of all time is: the *other* Glitter and Gold, by grable424 and djcprod - I'm not being contrary, that thing is an editing masterclass
Three characters that represent you in some way (no explanations, let us figure it out): Wei Wuxian, Jake Peralta, Matilda Wormwood
its chruskit/oz!chris
Date: 2020-09-28 09:21 am (UTC)Current favourite fandom: Vorkosigan (can you call that current?)
Current OTP (or OT3 etc): aral vorkosigan/everyone
One true undying, always returning, forever fandom and/or OTP: les mis
Fandoms cruelly cast by the wayside: hockey fandom that isn't cbj, riverdale
My favourite tropes are: friends to lovers, oops i'm bisexual i guess, ANGST
My most hated tropes are: deaging, fluff
The best fic of all time is: World Ain't Ready
The best vid of all time is: Deep Fried Turkey
Three characters that represent you in some way (no explanations, let us figure it out): Eponine, Stevie Budd, Eowyn
RE: its chruskit/oz!chris
Date: 2020-09-30 03:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-10-01 12:12 pm (UTC)That Turkey took so much from me
Re: its chruskit/oz!chris
Date: 2020-09-30 06:22 am (UTC)Aw, that was my pick a couple of years ago. :-)
RE: its chruskit/oz!chris
Date: 2020-10-01 01:27 am (UTC)And Chris wins the internet. Also my Arthur icon is a chicken not a turkey but close enough, right?!
meelie doesn't surf (or remember her login pword)
Date: 2020-09-28 10:12 am (UTC)Current favourite fandom: wow why you gotta start with the hard q's?? why you hating?? currently probably star wars or random anime fandoms that have lots of fic but i haven't watched the canon
Current OTP (or OT3 etc): i....have been reading a lot of comfort gen? like, crossovers and time travel or whatever where THINGS GET FIXED
One true undying, always returning, forever fandom and/or OTP: hmmm (cheats and looks at last registration) haha last year i also opted out of this q. I AM FICKLE
Fandoms cruelly cast by the wayside: supernatural? i read some SGA this year so i guess we aren't forever done
My favourite tropes are: time travel AUs
My most hated tropes are: prostitute AUs, healing cock etc
The best fic of all time is: disentanglement by rageprufrock
The best vid of all time is: okay i just spent almost an hour watching some vids to determine scientifically that the best vid of all time is Dantes Prayer by killa
honorable menton to 'Superstar' by here's luck
Three characters that represent you in some way (no explanations, let us figure it out): cheating again from last year -
Jake Peralta (brooklyn 99)
John Mulaney (technically a real human!)
George (dead like me, ah early bryan fuller, so formative)
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Date: 2020-09-30 10:33 am (UTC)Current OTP (or OT3 etc): LWJ/WWX
One true undying, always returning, forever fandom and/or OTP: I revisit lots of my favourite stories when i'm not obsessed with a new fandom
Fandoms cruelly cast by the wayside: See above, but I have most recently left Teen Wolf
My favourite tropes are: AU, soul bonds, pining
My most hated tropes are: deathfic, gen
The best fic of all time is: the gen (YES I KNOW) story where Jim secretly knows vulcan
The best vid of all time is: i only really watch vids at cons so everything i like is old but maybe the best non favourite is dr who handlebars
Three characters that represent you in some way (no explanations, let us figure it out): oh god i don't know
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Date: 2020-09-30 11:21 am (UTC)Current favourite fandom: I’m watching a lot of Criminal Minds? Don’t really have one, been revisiting a bunch of old ones during pandemic, brain doesn’t want to watch new things (new things scary, old trash is safe). Hockey fandom, still.
Current OTP (or OT3 etc): see above
One true undying, always returning, forever fandom and/or OTP: to copy from last year, but yeah, Sentinel, Professionals, Due South and Smallville might be the biggest/longest-standing. Teen Wolf and Harry Potter becoming a staple of periodic revisiting the fic too.
Fandoms cruelly cast by the wayside: I circle back around to most of them eventually. And the ones I don’t I tend to just forget.
My favourite tropes are: marriage of convenience, fake dating, found families, I don’t know, lots of them, that’s why I like fic
My most hated tropes are: most of the time it’s about the execution, not the trope.
The best fic of all time is: the epic that the person reading this is going to write about my next OTP? Eh, worth a shot. How about Ghosts by Torch cause it got me into slash? Ok, Chicago’s Most Wanted by Speranza. But I’m changing my mind as I type.
The best vid of all time is: stop making me have to make choices. Right now...Sisabet’s Bad Romance vid.
Three characters that represent you in some way (no explanations, let us figure it out): Anne Shirley, Mike Nelson (MST3K), David Rose
talitha78 intro
Date: 2020-09-30 10:57 pm (UTC)Current favourite fandom: The Untamed/MDSZ, Chinese dramas in general
Current OTP (or OT3 etc): Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian
One true undying, always returning, forever fandom and/or OTP: Steve/Bucky from Captain America, Clark/Lex from Smallville, Kirk/Spock from Star Trek
Fandoms cruelly cast by the wayside: Supernatural
My favourite tropes are: Found family, mpreg, kidfic, angst, hurt/comfort, love at first sight
My most hated tropes are: songfic, fake dating, unhappy endings
The best fic of all time is: I will always remember Rhiannonhero's "Orbiting" series (Clex, Smallville) for introducing me to slash and starting me on this decades-long fannish journey.
The best vid of all time is: I can't remember the title or the vidder, but it was a Smallville vid that I watched way at the beginning of my time in fandom, when vids were in RealMedia and 4mb. It just lit up my brain and started my obsession with vids.
Three characters that represent you in some way (no explanations, let us figure it out): Baby Yoda, Nie Huaisang from The Untamed, Gus from Psych
RE: talitha78 intro
Date: 2020-10-01 01:21 am (UTC)It wasn't "The Different" by bonibaru was it? Because it still upsets me to this day that I cannot have that vid in front of my eyeballs ;______;
Also hi! I don't know if you remember but we hung out at Wincon in Chicago (Francis and I were rooming with Ali) :)
Re: talitha78 intro
Date: 2020-10-02 03:44 am (UTC)Wincon!!! Wow, that's going back to the vault for me. I remember it as a really good time, but the details are hazy. I'm glad I got to meet you, at any rate. :)
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Date: 2020-10-02 03:55 am (UTC)Oh that name sounds familiar!
Haha yes I spent my first day in bed with alcohol poisoning so I hear ya on hazy details :)
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Date: 2020-10-01 01:24 am (UTC)Re: talitha78 intro
Date: 2020-10-02 03:45 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-10-02 03:54 am (UTC)I am loving it! I’m back on the Suoernatural train but planning on doing Festivids as well :)
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Date: 2020-10-01 02:59 am (UTC)Current favourite fandom: Am reading the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries with one eye out for something new in Rivers of London or Astreiant...
Current OTP (or OT3 etc): Rathe/Eslingen (B/D in disguise of course)
One true undying, always returning, forever fandom and/or OTP: Bodie/Doyle, of course!
Fandoms cruelly cast by the wayside: I don't really cast aside, but I don't read much in Buffy these days
My favourite tropes are: partners to lovers
My most hated tropes are: mundane AUs; character assassination;
Three characters that represent you in some way (no explanations, let us figure it out): Ray Doyle, Zoe Washburn; Faramir
Vid: another vote for Starships
Story: nope, can't do it!
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Date: 2020-10-01 03:22 am (UTC)Public Display Name: twitter: @lmwdewey LJ: dewey3067 DW: Dewey
Current favourite fandom: m/m romance novels, favouring fantasy/paranormals right now for escapism
Current OTP (or OT3 etc): my forever three: Jim/Blair, McShep, Fraser/RayK.
One true undying, always returning, forever fandom and/or OTP: see above: Sentinel, Atlantis, due South
Fandoms cruelly cast by the wayside: too many to count, some being H5O, Doctor Who, Marvel, Nightrunner, White Collar…
My favourite tropes are: friends to lovers, found family
My most hated tropes are: stupid misunderstandings that go on for far too long
The best fic of all time is: don't make me choose!
The best vid of all time is: this is another impossible question!
Three characters that represent you in some way (no explanations, let us figure it out): I'm cheating and using last year's: C3PO, Tilly (ST:Discovery), Aziraphale
Thank you for making this available! I'll pop in and out over the days. Not sure I can commit to pub quiz Saturday night, so maybe don't put me on the team but I'd love to view if I'm around.
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Date: 2020-10-01 09:10 am (UTC)*sob*
Please let me come play anyway? I have missed the lot of you over the last few years.
- missiedith
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Date: 2020-10-01 09:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-10-01 09:27 am (UTC)*waves* How's it going?
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Date: 2020-10-01 12:02 pm (UTC)Current favourite fandom: mdzs et al.
Current OTP (or OT3 etc): wangxian
One true undying, always returning, forever fandom and/or OTP: SciFi (will always read star wars/star trek au)
Fandoms cruelly cast by the wayside: so so many!
My favourite tropes are: i'm not too fussy, will read most things
My most hated tropes are: chatlog fic, highshool au (i'm coming around to coffeeshop au's very slowly)
The best fic of all time is: honestly, i've no idea & no idea how i'd narrow down the masterful fics down to just one
The best vid of all time is: sorry, i'm not very vid knowledgeable, the only one I can ever remember is Starships thanks to the pretty visuals & nicki minaj singing
Three characters that represent you in some way (no explanations, let us figure it out): Geeze, this is hard. um, The Piemaker, Ouyang Zizhen & Glimmer/Entrapta
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Date: 2020-10-02 02:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-10-02 03:44 am (UTC)