One month to go!!!

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Well! It's only a month till get__together, so it's about time I get off my ass and post some of the things I've been promising for ages. I've been holding back because I wanted to say something *witty*. But guess what? It's not happening. Too busy, too tired.

So let's take a cue from Nike, and Just Do It..

First things first:

It's time for formal registration. Not because this is an exam or anything, but because... it's fun. And then it feels real. And then I'll go tidy up the home theatre at Stately Luthor Manor and vacuum the guest rooms, because I know you're all coming. Plus start shopping and menu planning...

So please fill out the Registration Form. Remember, it's *not* an exam. There are no right answers. Some of these things I would just like to know (because you are my luckless prisoners, bwa ha ha ha). Some will help in organising activities. Some are just funny. Some (hopefully) will start to make you excited. Because hey. One month to go!

Secondly, the Fandom Intro template:

Again, this is not a zero sum game. Wanna include something not on the list? Please do. One of these suggestions doesn't apply? Leave it out. Wanna do it all in reverse order standing on your head? Feel free. These are just things I'd really like to know about your fandom, and things I think will be useful for the rest of us to get an inkling about before you start waxing lyrical during forums/discussions. And if we pick up your donated fics and get stuck in. And if we need to buy a clue during Pictionary. And...

Thirdly, technology:

There are *scratches head* three VCRs, three DVDs, and a data projector here. If you've got it, I'm pretty sure we can play it. Don't not bring it and be sorry. There are three computers, all with internet access. The house is looped for wireless if you have a wireless connector on your laptop. Do bring the appropriate cords for your laptop if you want to plug it into anything. I'm using PowerPoint (or, y'know, some such) for my Fandom Intro, because I thought it'd be cool. And also because I'm supposed to master it for work, and Clex Appeal is more fun to practise on than Roman Architecture.

Oh!!! I have the technology to build a man a robotic body to copy from VHS to DVD. So bring blank DVDs as well as blank CDRs if that seems like the sort of thing you'd be interested in...

And finally, I think we're done. For now. Inevitably as soon as I post I will think of something else. Never mind. We have time. Rome wasn't built in a day. [/Bo Jo Kent platitude]

Registration Form:

Please cut and paste into a post of your own to the comm. If you don't have an LJ, cut and paste into a comment to this post. And if you can, please use your default icon.

Preferred first name:

My primary fandom:

My secondary fandom:

OTP forever:

I'm doing the fandom intro for:

Someone else is introing my fandom but I have something else planned/I totally have something else planned too/I intend to just lap up the slashy goodness [delete as applicable]

I'm staying at Stately Luthor Manor/I live here and I'd like to sleep in my own bed/I made my own arrangements [delete as applicable]

My $15 is winging its way to you via paypal/by cheque/I'll pay cash when I arrive [delete as applicable]

Tea/Coffee/Milo [you have the idea by now]

Trim milk/Full fat

Coke/Sprite/(Diet)/Juice

Cornflakes/Rice Bubbles/Weet Bix

White Toast/Brown Toast

Marmite/Vegemite/Jam

I'm a vegetarian/I'm allergic to/I don't/won't eat:

My definition of slash is:

I like slash because:

I discovered slash by:

My bullet proof kink:

My major league squick:

The Fandom Intro Template:

Please let me reiterate one more time. These are things I am interested in hearing. This is not a straight jacket. Mix, match, shake and bake. And obviously don't post anything now, just start working on your pitch. Assuming you haven't already done it. :-D

Fandom (explain the scenario/universe if it's not immediately obvious)

OTP (show us pics, you know you want to)

Other characters as necessary (show us a picture and tell us who they are?)

Evidence of the HoYay (clips, screen caps, quotes, magazine articles, complicated analogies and literary allusions?)

Pathetic attempts by TPTB at HoNay

Fandom specific vocabulary/abbreviations/terminology

The typical fandom cliche

The so fanon it's canon rule

The all time gayest episode ever, the one Mormons would recognise

The mysterious question the answer to which divides the fandom

The massive huge flame war that broke out that one time

The stories/authors you must read before you die

Websites/LJ comms to check out once I've converted you to the true faith

Etc etc etc. Go nuts. One last thought: Please compile a dvd or video of your clips rather than fast forwarding and rewinding madly on the day.

My registration form...

[china_shop]

( all about me )

(no subject)

[sinden.livejournal.com]

( for mine is an evil registration )

And here's one I prepared earlier...

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

Registration Form:

Preferred first name: Victoria

My primary fandom: Smallville

My secondary fandom: Classics (Alexander; Iliad)

OTP forever: Lex and Clark

I'm doing the fandom intro for: Smallville

I totally have something else planned too

I'm staying at Stately Luthor Manor

I'm collecting the cash! ;-p

Tea

Trim milk

Sprite (Diet)

I don't eat: Carbs. Shut up! Il faut souffrir d'etre beau.

My definition of slash is: A same sex relationship observed in the subtext to a work.

I like slash because: It's hot. It's (as a rule) much better written than het romance/erotica. It's hot. The most important/interesting characters and the most important/interesting relationship in a given work are generally both men/between two men. It's fucking hot.

I discovered slash by: When I was an innocent schoolgirl (seriously, this was before the internet!) I picked up a badly photocopied complilation (which I later learnt to identify as a zine) at a friend's house. Said friend was quick to explain it was her elder sister's. It was about Blake's Seven. And shock! Two male characters were having sex (I'm pretty sure it was the now legendary Log of the Hellhound). Eons later I discovered the internet (how did I live without it?) and looked up The X-Files, which was my favourite show. I accidentally surfed into the Mulder/Krycek Romatics' Association. I read a story and was horrified. I read another one, just to make sure. I was hooked.

My bullet proof kink: Fast cars (OT3??? Lex/Clark/Ferrari). Grim peril. Ruling the world. The control freak in a partnership bottoming.

My major league squick: Eroticised sexual violence. It's Not. Fucking. Sexy. It's a crime. Ridiculously OOC behaviour justified as AU. It's not interesting. It's lame. Unless it's a spoof. But that's a different story.

Registration

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( My big fat registration )

I live on the second floor

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( if you hear something late at night... )