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sid_guardian2024-06-04 09:30 pm
Poll: comm posts & future discussions/picspams/etc.
china_shop and I have been tossing around alternatives to keep things humming, and we thought we should consult with you all. ♥Ideas we've had so far:
- Parallels: a series looking at some of the parallels and resonances between the cases of the week, on the one hand, and the drama's overall themes / Shen Wei's, Zhao Yunlan's, and Ye Zun's journeys on the other. Posts could point out one or more parallel(s), and people could talk about more in comments.
- Polls: anything from serious questions about canon interpretation to choosing favourites to complete silliness. These could be either proper Dreamwidth polls or makeshift text polls.
We both really enjoy and value having discussions, picspams etc. here and just overall revelling in our Guardian love, so we definitely want to keep having regular posts on the comm. Which means it's important to know what you all want more of, and what you'd be willing to sign up to post about. (Unfortunately, we can't commit to making all the posts ourselves!)
Please close your eyes and take a minute to think about a) what kinds of posts you'd like to see on
sid_guardian, and b) what kinds of posts you might be interested in making for this comm. And then let us know! There are no wrong answers! It would really help us to know. ♥My favourite kinds of sid_guardian posts are:
eye candy / picspams
5 (31.2%)
light, playful discussions with lots of speculating
8 (50.0%)
meaty meta where we dig into canon
5 (31.2%)
something else you've forgotten (see comments)
0 (0.0%)
all of the above
7 (43.8%)
In terms of subject matter, I'm interested in:
characters (specific or generally)
15 (93.8%)
ships (specific or generally)
8 (50.0%)
worldbuilding
14 (87.5%)
politics
8 (50.0%)
themes
12 (75.0%)
canon
10 (62.5%)
post-canon possibilities
8 (50.0%)
AU possibilities
7 (43.8%)
fanworks
13 (81.2%)
other
1 (6.2%)
I'm most likely to engage with:
eye candy / picspams
3 (18.8%)
light, playful discussions with lots of speculating
6 (37.5%)
meaty meta where we dig into canon
2 (12.5%)
something else you've forgotten (see comments)
0 (0.0%)
all of the above
3 (18.8%)
it 100% depends how busy I am
12 (75.0%)
I'd be willing to host one or two (more) posts that are:
eye candy / picspams
2 (50.0%)
light, playful discussions with lots of speculating
2 (50.0%)
meaty meta where we dig into canon
1 (25.0%)
something else you've forgotten (see comments)
1 (25.0%)
all of the above
0 (0.0%)
I have an idea for another discussion series or other type of post:
ETA: Oops, we forgot to include an option in the poll - if you'd be willing to host polls, let us know!
Any other thoughts, suggestions, etc.? Please comment!
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I feel like I'd also enjoy posts that are just "let's talk about this case of the week/arc" without necessarily requiring connections to the themes of the show?
Ooh, that's a great idea! And really good point about different people having different levels of familiarity with canon -- I forget that sometimes. *g* Do you think we'd need a quick "here's what happens in the case" or can we rely on people remembering enough?
(Thanks so much for your thoughts! ♥)
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Oh! Yeah, that wasn't what I'd gotten at all, possibly because I assumed a short meta post would only have one question in a poll! So it wouldn't be using anything up, since it'd be just going "hey, here's this meta element and some options about how to interpret it; which interpretation do you favor?"
Do you think we'd need a quick "here's what happens in the case" or can we rely on people remembering enough?
Going "to situate you, this thing we're talking about happens after X but before Y" might be useful for beats like "this is how much ZYL knows about SW right now"? Beyond that I think that a quick (e.g., one-paragraph/couple-sentences) reminder of the broad strokes of a case would probably be enough. The meta would remind people about the specific elements that are being discussed, after all!
(aka, I think it could potentially be useful but, depending on how the meta is written, the meta might already provide enough of a framework.)
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*nodnod* So (just to clarify) are you thinking something like my post about Guo Changcheng's broadcast, or even more cut down?
The meta would remind people about the specific elements that are being discussed, after all!
Hm, I think I've got a little confused. In terms of posts about cases of the week, are you referring to meta in the comments/discussion? Or are you envisaging meta in the body of the post? (When you said 'posts that are just "let's talk about this case of the week/arc"' above, it made me think of very bare-bones posts as kind of launching-off points.) /sorry if this is overly pedantic!!
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In terms of posts about cases of the week, are you referring to meta in the comments/discussion? Or are you envisaging meta in the body of the post? (When you said 'posts that are just "let's talk about this case of the week/arc"' above, it made me think of very bare-bones posts as kind of launching-off points.)
Possibly what you think of a very bare-bones post is something that I'd still consider meta? Because I'd assume those posts wouldn't just be a summary of the case without any analysis/commentary at all, y'know? (The poster would have thoughts to share, I'd imagine! Even if they made them brief!) So long as there's any interpretation of what happened, or comments about "[thing] was really cool to me because [reasons]", I start categorizing things as meta.
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