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[case]

Community Rec Post

Come rec your favorite DW communities! For those of us who are either new to DW or looking around for more comms to join, let us know you're out there and awesome. Admins/mods, go ahead and pimp your stuff!

I've divided it up onto categories so people can more easily find what they like:

Fandom
Fandom: General
Fandom: Video Games
Fandom: Movies
Fandom: TV
Fandom: Books
Fandom: Animanga
Fandom: Western Comics
Fandom: Webcomics
Fandom: Celebrities/RPF
Fandom: Music
Fandom: Specific Genre
Fandom: Roleplay (original character RP goes here, too - "RP" as the fandom)

Other-Than-Fandom
OTF: General
OTF: Layouts, Icons, Etc
OTF: Writing & Art

For example:
lj_refugees would go in "OTF: General."
roleplaysecrets would go in "Fandom: Roleplay."
science_fiction would go in "Fandom: Specific Genre."
fanlore would go in "Fandom: General."
Comms about Game of Thrones/ASOIAF could go in both "Fandom: Books" and "Fandom: TV."
Comms about Zutara would go in TV; Sansan would go in Books and TV like GoT/ASOIAF.


Copy/edit/paste the text in the box below into the appropriate thread! (Optional, but some sort of description would help.)
<b>Community:</b> <user name=COMMUNITYNAMEGOESHERE> <b>Fandom:</b> (if applicable) <b>What's it for?</b> <b>Why's it awesome?</b> <b>Other comments:</b>

(Note: This is communities only. There will be a friending meme for personal LJs on Friday!)

Comments

[case]

If anything needs deleting, let me know here. Let me know if there are any categories I missed that need to be added, too!

[asecretchord]

Where do comms that center around a specific pairing go? Fandom:Specific Genre or Fandom: General?

Thanks, Case. You're awesome, as always. :)

Fandom: General

[fscom]

Re: Fandom: General

[(Anonymous)]

http://bestthingever.dreamwidth.org/
http://fancake.dreamwidth.org/
http://fan-flashworks.dreamwidth.org/
http://fanart-recs.dreamwidth.org/

Fandom: Video Games

[fscom]

Re: Fandom: Video Games

[laceblade]

I <3 ffvii, please join and talk about FF7 with us!

Fandom: Movies

[fscom]

Re: Fandom: Movies

[asecretchord]

Community: snape_potter
Fandom: Snarry. Harry Potter
What's it for? Those who ship the Potions Master and the Auror
Why's it awesome? Excellent, excellent mods and tons of art and fic
Other comments: 18+ comm. We have explicit stuff there. Moderated membership; you must have an age statement in your journal to join.

Fandom: TV

[fscom]

Re: Fandom: TV

[(Anonymous)]

http://derekstiles.dreamwidth.org/

Fandom: Books

[fscom]

Re: Fandom: Books

[asecretchord]

Community: snape_potter
Fandom: Snarry. Harry Potter
What's it for? Those who ship the Potions Master and the Auror.
Why's it awesome? Excellent, excellent mods and tons of art and fic.
Other comments: 18+ comm. We have explicit stuff there. Moderated membership; you must have an age statement in your journal to join.

Fandom: Animanga

[fscom]

Re: Fandom: Animanga

[tasogare_n_hime]

Community: grandstream
Fandom: Last Exile
What's it for? Anything Last Exile related.

Fandom: Western Comics

[fscom]

The Authority

[boundbooks]

Community: theauthority
Fandom: The Authority
What's it for? Anything at all related to The Authority! Midnigher/Apollo, Jenny/Swift, gen, news about spin-offs, etc!
Why's it awesome? Superheroes are awesome. :D
Other comments:

Fandom: Celebrities/RPF

[fscom]

Re: Fandom: Celebrities/RPF

[erinptah]

writingthewall - for meta and discussion about RPF. Multifandom, has had some really interesting comparative talk about how different fandoms operate.

punditfic, andthatstheword, thosestoriesplus, punditkink - assorted fake news/punditry comms. (In spite of the name, Punditfic is more fake news oriented; the pundit-focused writers mostly congregate in Those Stories Plus.) There's also a fandom primer with more comms listed.

roleplayreport - one fake "Stephen"'s views on LJ, DW, and the roleplayers thereon.

Fandom: Music

[fscom]

Re: Fandom: Music

[turlough]

angelsandkings - general bandom comm
bandom_meme - bandom prompt meme
tothetune - unofficial newsletter for everything My Chemical Romance (mirror of LJ comm)
mychemicalromance_daily - My Chemical Romance daily pic comm
mikeyway_daily - Mikey Way daily pic comm (mirror of LJ comm)

Fandom: Specific Genre

[fscom]

Re: Fandom: Specific Genre

[firefly99]

Are there any comms out there for general pop music sharing and discussion? I don't mind comms focusing on specific genres within that (e.g. Korean pop, British indie, girl bands, a specific producer, etc.) but I really want somewhere focused on music discussion/criticism/sharing rather than on fanfic/fanart.

Fandom: Roleplay

[fscom]

Re: Fandom: Roleplay

[zombiesocks]

It's not exactly a community, but zombiesocks has a list of DWRP games and dressing rooms!

I (the lazy maintainer!) have been pretty busy for the last month or two but I plan on updating later/tomorrow, just in time for app_this_plz this Saturday! So if I'm missing anything, throw links at me. ♥

OTF: General

[fscom]

Re: OTF: General

[monanotlisa]

metaquotes

OTF: Layouts, Icons, Etc

[fscom]

Re: OTF: Layouts, Icons, Etc

[erinptah]

Community: dreamscapes and dreamwidthlayouts
What's it for? Layouts! The first is for submissions to become new site styles; the second is more general, and takes things that wouldn't meet the standard for official styles. (These aren't necessarily quality standards! Fixed-with layouts, for instance, aren't made official because of accessibility reasons.)
Why's it awesome? DW's style system is kind of a pain to wrangle. Here you can find gorgeous layouts that other people have already wrangled for you.
Other comments: If you have a layout in progress and need advice or feedback, see style_system.

OTF: Writing & Art

[fscom]

Re: OTF: Writing & Art

[vickyblueeyez]

Community: add_a_writer
Fandom: (if applicable)
What's it for? An add me/friending comm for writers

Fandom: Webcomics

[fscom]

Re: Fandom: Webcomics

[gloss]

Community: pose_as_a_comm
Fandom: Homestuck
What's it for? Profile page says: Fic, art, reaction posts, IDE/theories, and meta all very much welcome here.
Why's it awesome? Because Homestuck, that's why.

[lucifuge5]

fancake - Multi-fandom fic rec comm (a la crack_van where recs are done by theme. The current round is all about pimping Comfort fics.

fanart_recs - Multi-fandom fanart rec comm.

[citrinesunset]

Nevermind, posted in wrong spot...

Master List of Masterlists of communities

[(Anonymous)]

Not a rec exactly, but old_man_of_hoy, has been maintaining a masterlist of masterlists of communities here:

http://old-man-of-hoy.dreamwidth.org/7782.html

No guarantees of quality but might make it easier to find communities based on your interests.

Currently contains links to:


Age of Sail Communities by sharpiefan

Animanga Communities by old_man_of_hoy

Bandom Communities, Graphics & Layouts and other topics by turlough

Creative Writing by sharpest_asp

Disability-Related Communities by trouble

Doctor Who-Inclusive Communities: active & inactive by evilawyer

F/F Communities by ein_myria

Gaming Fandoms by vangirl

Harry Potter Communities by boundbooks

Japanese and Korean related interests by mickeylover303

Jossverse Communities by ruuger

Music Communities by dingsi

Original Fiction Community List by delight

RPs on Dreamwidth by ketsu

Stargate SG-1 Comms and Feeds by paian

Stargate Atlantis Comms and Feeds by kate

Vampire Communities by dingsi

[vickyblueeyez]

Community: http://www.dreamwidth.org/latest
Fandom: (if applicable)
What's it for? View the latest public posts on dreamwidth.
Why's it awesome? Great to find new things.
Other comments: Sometimes it bothers users when strangers drop in and comment on their random entries so if you do it, it's a good idea to tell them you came from DW Latest.

[everythingshiny]

decent masterlist of some comms :
http://thecoffeehouse.dreamwidth.org/671.html

[northern]

Community: choralmusic
Fandom: N/A
What's it for? Sharing stuff about choirs. It's fine if you sing yourself or just like to listen.
Why's it awesome? It's fun to see what other people do and what they sing.
Other comments: Needs more members and more posts.

[xdawnfirex]

*oops, posted in wrong spot*

[roeskva]

Community: tokra_tunnels
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
What's it for? Fans of the Tok'ra
Why's it awesome? Because the Tok'ra are cool!


Community: sam_and_martouf
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
What's it for? Sam/Martouf/Lantash shippers
Why's it awesome? Sam and Martouf/Lantash are cute together! Come ship them with us!
Other comments: Sister site to http://samandmartouf.livejournal.com

Community: tokra_kree
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
What's it for? Challenge community for fanworks focused on the Tok'ra
Why's it awesome? What's not to like about Tok'ra fic/art/vids?
Other comments: Sister site to http://tokra_kree.livejournal.com

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[(Anonymous)]

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