Fandom questionnaire...

[tencrush]

Random questions that have been on my mind lately:

• Why do fanfic writers write to prompts and challenges and such? If you need a prompt, isn't that already a basic signal that there's something up with your creative juices? (I'm not being shitty here, I genuinely want to know why people do this.) Also, am I the only person who more or less assumes, upon reading the words "prompt table" that a fic will be on the mediocre-to-shite end of the spectrum? Also, why do people throw "plot bunnies" at each other? If you couldn't write it yourself, isn't that more or less a hint that the idea, in and of itself, doesn't have legs? And why are they called "plot bunnies" and am I the only peron who reads those two words and wants to kill?


• Who are the Jantomafia? Where do they hang out? I hear talk of them a lot. Are they like the Barrowmafia? I mean, I know I've met one or two people who are quite vehemently pro-Jack/Ianto (I can't even bring myself to write the smooshphrase more than once), but would those people automatically be in said mafia? Or is there like a membership thing? Am I on their shitlist for saying I think it would be a logical progression for the characters and make for more interesting telvision if they split up? Do they even have a shitlist? No, seriously, where do they hang out?


• I still think Ianto's going to DIE. As you were.


• Part of me kind of likes theemptywriter, first of all because I think it's good that people get all this anti-Moffat sentiment out now, years before his episodes hit the screen, and I know the whole thing will run out of steam by then. Secondly because I love watching five people constantly telling each other how right they are to hate someone for no real reason. And also because they're all twelve. And love Rose. There's something really cute about them that makes me want to pinch their cheeks and punch them in the face in equal measure.


• I want to pimp ninja_teaboy around the houses again, but I don't really have a legitimate reason for doing so. I'd issue a fic challenge if it weren't for point one up there. And, really, I'm wondering if perhaps less is more when it comes to membership. But on the other hand, I've read some good stuff that I'd love people to post there, but I've been too busy to comment and say "Hey! Bring this over to my pool, I like it." Am torn. Need quality input. Have no idea how to achieve it. Grrr.


• Shitty photomanips are shitty. Maybe I should take up making them myself? Just for luls? If I did, would people come into my journal and go "Whew! Hawt!!!" Because otherwise I'm not doing it.

Comments

[ximeria.livejournal.com]

I don't know about the mafia, but it wouldn't come as a surprise.

As for challenges/prompts? I like doing them every once in a while. Though to me, those are generally writing exercises to see where a word might take me. I could just as easily come up with the word(s) myself, but I have fun letting friends come up with them. A real prompt table I've only made use of once and that was for a drabble100 stint. Fun, but not something I'd do again anytime soon.

Plot bunnies are a different thing for me. I don't mind being inspired by friends when we talk about plot ideas, and ask if it's not my own idea, if I might use it as inspiration or if they intend to write it themselves. My own plotbunnies? Are mine! *laughs* If a plot idea isn't good enough for me to sit down and write it myself, then it's probably just as well. It's why I'm not very good at fic exchanges, such as secret santa projects. I'm good at writing what my recipient is interested in, but I stink at making my own request. I keep getting sidetracked by ideas for new fics *g*

Yes, people would do that if you made manips. Ages back, when in Smallville and friend and I did that, as an injoke and people... sent nice feedback. Sarcasm/irony/parody really doesn't work on some people.