Calls for Papers 2011

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

What a fantastic response to the Awesome Ladies booty call. You rock mightily yourselves, ladies!

So then. It's comparatively early days yet, but it's never too early to start hatching plots. So start thinking about any other presentations you might like to make. No commitment required now, but if you've got an idea you'd like to call dibs on, do it here, and avoid the rush. Also, if you have a suggestion you'd quite like someone else to take on (no guarantees) add that to the list too.

Basically there are a few categories here (no hard and fast rules):

1) Show Pimps -- is there an awesome new show (or a magnificent old one) that everyone should be watching? Let us know! Put together a few clips, or a basic primer (powerpoint, picspam etc) to advertise and convert the masses. [This includes media other than tv shows, natch.]

2) Ship Manifestos -- is there an OTP (or OT3 or...) that is oppressing fandom fairly leaping off the screen? Do likewise.

3) Panel Discussions -- everything you wanted to know and were afraid to ask. (You don't have to moderate, though you can if you'd like. Just chuck your questions down.)


American Idol
Authority, The
Bandom
Bandom (Gerard Way)
Bandom (MCR)
Bandom (The Like)
Being Human
Better off Ted (Phil/Lem)
Boston Legal (show)
Boston Legal (Alan/Denny)
Captain America/Iron Man
Daily Show (Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert)
Daily Show (show)
DC Comics
Doctor Who (new)/Torchwood (Captain Jack)
Doctor Who (classic)
Due South
Fastlane
Fast and Furious
Flashpoint
Full Metal Alchemist
Generation Kill
Glee
Hardcore Logo
House
Josh and Drake
Make it or Break it
Media Fandoms
NCIS
Nip/Tuck (Sean/Christian)
Outrageous Fortune
Pegg/Frost
Pop
Pretender, The
Professionals, The
Psych (show)
Psych (Gus/Shawn)
Scrubs
Sentinel
Six degrees of Canada
Smallville (Clark/Lex)
Smallville (show)
Soaps
Sport RPS Tennis (Roger/Rafa)
Sport RPS Rugby Pretty Boys
Sport RPS Soccer
Star Trek (TOS)
Star Trek (TNG)
Stargate Atlantis (show)
Stargate Atlantis (Sheppard/McKay)
Starsky and Hutch
Superman/Batman (movie)
Supernatural
Torchwood (Janto)
White Collar


Current Offers:

arysteia -- Marvel Comics (The X-Men)
arysteia -- The New MCU (The Avengers)
blademistress -- Alicia/Kalinda (The Good Wife)
blademistress -- Troy/Abed (Community)
china_shop -- Archer
cross_stitchery -- Rizzoli and Isles
cross_stitchery -- Suits
stickmarionette -- Sports RPS (Football OT3)
shihadchick -- Sports RPS (Hockey)
alasen -- Hawaii 5-0
aworldinside -- Fringe
china_shop -- [something something popular vs rare pairings something]*
vaudevilles -- [something something debutching staunch women something]**
arysteia -- [something something manpain + women in fridges something]**
alasen/meelie -- [something something naming conventions something]**

* discussion
** presentation --> discussion

Highlander -- China and I were talking about how odd it was no one's ever done such a classic fandom (for which several of you have worn the t-shirt to g/t!). Any old school fans want to cross this one off the list at last?

Re accommodation: dewey3067 has done a great job organising rooms at the Brentwood, which apparently are moving fairly fast, as predicted. The full details of the current group booking, including pricing etc, are in the last comment on that post, which will be edited to reflect current status. Go check it out, and confirm your details as appropriate. If you need to add yourself, please move quickly.

Comments

[shihadchick.livejournal.com]

...I might do something for more sports RPS as well? I SWEAR I WILL ACTUALLY BE PREPARED THIS TIME.

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

LOLZ. Which sport? Hockey?

And yes, as a senior teacher, I have heard every excuse and am not impressed. ;-p

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

Can someone do Suits? I have been hearing stuff but there's no way I'm bothering to pick up a new fandom between now and November, so ... If anyone out there is ~feeling it?

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

PS, also, this Marvel almost-a-virgin is super excited for the Avengers pimp!

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

Cross-Stitchery is a possible here, depending. *fingers crossed*

[alasen.livejournal.com]

If you need it (and no one else wants to pimp it), I'm happy to bring the h50 clip show I showed at sinpoz.

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

Cool. It certainly sucked me in, though actually watching the show beat that back out fairly fast. Seriously, the plot holes... ;-p

[the_antichris.livejournal.com]

Whoo, Marvel comics! I am in love but wretchedly uneducated.

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

Exactly my target audience. And also my profession and vocation. ;-p

[vaudevilles.livejournal.com]

Me three.

[dewey3067.livejournal.com]

Regarding Highlander - I have never actually seen any of it. My education is obviously sorely lacking!

If no one wants to do a pimp maybe we could at least have it as one of the lunchtime shows. (or has this been done before? if so - nevermind)

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

Heh. You are now certified One of Us. It's already scheduled. ;-p

[stickmarionette.livejournal.com]

My football thing will (mostly) be a ship manifesto for my newly reunited OT3. Also contemplating a show pimp of sorts for Phoenix Wright, but still trying to work out how to pimp a Nintendo DS game. *g*

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

Can you keep it reasonably brief then? (I'm starting out a little tougher this year on repeat-fandoms, though I'm bound to relax the rules once I see how the timetable's filling out... ;-p)

Huh. I know nothing of Phoenix Wright, other than that it somehow has (or had until recently?) the biggest and most legendary kinkmeme in existence. Which seems all the more amazing now I find out it's a game and not even an anime as I had assumed... *boggles*

[mab-browne.livejournal.com]

I have seen all of two eps of Highlander and some Methos heavy vids. I find it enables me to read the fanfic quite adequately. :-p


I'd be happy to pimp the 2000 show, The Invisible Man. It has slash potential, OT3 potential, and when it's good it's rather fun. (When it's bad it's painful, but that's tv for you.)

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

I've read some fic too, though not a lot, based on having seen Season 1 when I was 16, *g*. I'd just really like to see it get the fan treatment, y'know?

Ha ha ha, I watched S1 of I-Man too. When I tried to watch S2 on dvd last year I couldn't believe how horrific it was. But do it for the lolz. And tell us which are the good eps so I don't have to take pot luck.

[mab-browne.livejournal.com]

Also, would it be worthwhile discussing how the new downloading laws will affect people - will behaviours change, are people on a watch and see approach, etc. Not that I download, but I've certainly benefitted from those who do.

[china_shop]

Good idea!

And yay to the I-Man pimp, too! Pru and I tried to watch it, enjoyed the start and gave up before the end of season 1 because it was just sooo bad. Does it get better again?

[china_shop]

I vote for a lunchtime ep of Highlander as well as (if poss) a pimp. ETA: And seconding the vote for a Suits pimp.

I'm going to pimp Archer, because no one seems to have heard of it and it's awesome.

And I was thinking of running a discussion on rare pairings: the trials and advantages of shipping the non-obvious. Also, if there are any other vidders coming, I'd love a huddle about vidding.

We're still a couple of months out, right? What's the bet you (and several others) have a new fandom by early Nov? *g*

[morebliss.livejournal.com]

Yay for Archer pimpage! Let me know if I can help, and by help I mean sit on your couch and cry with laughter while watching it with you.

[morebliss.livejournal.com]

If I don't do Grant Morrison (as it were), I might talk just about the Killjoys universe. IDK. I'll keep pondering.

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

Well, I for one would love to see Grant included, but if not can you please make sure you keep to the fictional universe and not the RL one? Then you can go in a mainstream slot, and we avoid double-ups. :D

[vaudevilles.livejournal.com]

I'm keen to do something about the de-butching of staunch women on the tellies and the sad lack of eye-candy for me that results. But it'd be short, sweet and, of necessity, not cute enough *haz woe*

And I'm jumping on the Kalinda/Alicia bandwagon with large happily dancing boots.

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I WANT TO HEAR THIS!

[missiedith.livejournal.com]

I just want to make sure it'll be ok for me to come along to Get Together this year. I've pretty much retired from fandom and don't want to make anyone feel like they have an outsider in their midst cramping their style. Let me know! As much as it would be awesome to see you all and catch up, I'll understand if you think I should catch up with you all some other time.

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

Oh, don't be silly! We know you well and have done for years, you're hardly an interloper.

Go check out the accommodation post and make sure Dewey can fit you in. I know she wants you.

Discussion topic idea - Social media

[dewey3067.livejournal.com]

This got long, but basically maybe a discussion topic on Social Media and how it is evolving and the impact on us as fans? Or not. (I would not be heartbroken if you feel this has been done before or there is no time.) Possible subtopics:

Fracturing fandom? LJ,twitter,tumblr, facebook, google+, blogs ... Swirly thoughts about how fandom is evolving, from long lengthy discussions on email lists at a relatively few places to an explosion of information across all sorts of sites. Also – I used to feel like I knew most things that went on in my fandom but now with so many places I have a kind of background anxiety that I'll miss out on something! But different sites have different media – clips, art, audio that can be lots of fun... . (and how the hell does Tumblr work/ what is it good for?) So basically – where is everyone and what do they recommend?

RL and fan identity mindmeld? And how the diversity it makes it all more public/ harder to keep RL and fan-self separate online if twitter and facebook etc. logins can be used to comment everywhere and by anyone. Or does anyone want it to be separate? (maybe branching into Google+ and site name requirements – and My name is me (http://my.nameis.me/) and how our identity is what we define not what others define) Sort of what we've discussed before wrt "are you out with your fandom activities?" so you may not want to revisit it.

Interacting with TPTB on Twitter etc Also – I get the feeling that even more fans lately seem to have entitlement issues, maybe from having direct conversations with TPTB on twitter and blogs? Maybe from bring-back cancelled shows campaigns that seemed to work? Or book writer's blogs where they have back and forth discussions on character developement. Should fans have direct influence on the way a show/book evolves? Is it good to humanize TPTB or are we better off not looking behind the curtain at the Great and Wonderful Oz?

Re: Discussion topic idea - Social media

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

I think we have covered para 1 quite often, though I wouldn't be averse to someone explaining to me just how the hell tumblr works -- have one, don't know what to do with it, *g*.

I'd probably chuck these on the orphaned questions list (ie one discussion session, several questions) if that's okay with you?

GENIUS IDEA (tm meelie)

[alasen.livejournal.com]

After a discussion i just had with meelie, we would like to run an interactive discussion on the order of names in pairings (eg. charactera/characterb)

who decides the order of names in a pairing? why that order? is there a consensus? given various characters, everyone give us their examples of what the pairing names should be. DEATH MATCH!!!! meelie will make a fake fandom scenario and we can challenge the audience to blindly make up the the appropriate pairing to see if there is an overwhelming trend

Re: GENIUS IDEA (tm meelie)

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

This is hilarious and awesome. I wholeheartedly look forward to it. But because I am a curmudgeon I have fixed ideas. Ha ha ha, lol.

Why isn't it November yet? Stupid rugby.

Rugby/Every Other Activity in New Zealand

(and I mean that in the old school fandom way...)

BECAUSE ALASEN CAN'T EXPLAIN IT GOODMAKING

[meelie.livejournal.com]

duuuuude! genius pairings discussion idea is genius!

Re: BECAUSE ALASEN CAN'T EXPLAIN IT GOODMAKING

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

Meelie/Alasen!

No, wait. Alasen's taller. Alasen/Meelie.

[aworldinside.livejournal.com]

Happy to do a Fringe pimp or a Hawaii Five-0, or both if need be. Fringe is the better show but a little light on slash, however H50's levels of slashy subtext are astronomical, and Alex O'Loughlin is very pretty, but plot can be sketchy.

... and I see there's another offer for H50. Anyway, happy either way. :)

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

Heya. Yeah, I think we've got H-50 covered. Al's pimpfu is legendary. Do you still wanna do Fringe? How long do you want? 15-20 mins?