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⌈ Secret Post #537 ⌋

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No. That's exactly what I was thinking about. Really. It would be workable if you had some of the writers who were tired of that kind of fic to come on board to start it off and then it might be successful.

The only problem I can think of is that people might see it as some sort of 'elitist' thing and get upset. Or maybe the idea of moderating submission might rub some people up the wrong way.

I still think it's a good idea.

It's something I would leave to readers rather than exclusively to writers, if you keep it as a recommendations list with benefits then any screams of elitism carry far less weight.

I would see it working like this: Ten people get together and organise a rota for watching the heroes_slash and heroes_fic communities. Each person has three days each (and someone gets 4 occasionally) when they must read, or at least skim, every new story on the communities. Anything that is in-character and of sufficient quality, in their opinion, is put on the recommendations list and/or archived (depending on permission from the author). Three days of effort for a month of pay-off, it seems like a decent investment.

Obviously there would be problems with different people's opinions of character and quality, but if you can organise ten people with similar tastes then it should work (similar concept to trusting friend A's recommendations, but not friend B's).

This. Someone please do this.

I'm prepared to be an eleventh member, and do the organisation part (and the rec list for the 31st, to save arguments). I'm quite happy with admin duties like organising the rota, and making sure no-one is scribbled in for days when they are on hiatus/have exams/otherwise engaged.

I'm less inclined to volunteer as a regular reviewer though, since I suspect I'm relatively forgiving over characterisation, and I'm not into confrontation (discussion yes, heated 'ur doin it rong!' debates, no thank you).

If anybody wants to have a go at it, let me know (either reply here or send me a PM).

I think this is a wonderful idea. Especially the part about it being more or less a rec list.

The only problem is setting it up. You need to find people who agree on a certain characterisation, preferably without advertising for them on general communities (because that would be wankbait, pure and simple).

PMing the people you think might be a good fit is the only way to drum up interest without advertising in the comm's.

It's a really good idea and you seem level-headed enough to set it up and avoid wank (in as much as that is possible). I'd offer to help but I too am far too forgiving on characterisation to be anything but a hinderance. I hope it gets off the ground, I think it's needed.

Hmm, I'm not sure who I'd approach though. Most people who express a preference are either ranting (not always coherently) or adding a "WORD" to a rant, and I'd rather know more about their specific wants before assembling a group (I am going to have to paraphrase the A-Team opening credits, this is not debatable).

Maybe those of us who are forgiving but have limits should set one up? It would at least be some help.

And then if it does work, those who want more stringent guidelines can clone the set-up and make their own.

I agree with the above poster who says that you seem level-headed and I think that in practice it might not be that hard to find a group that has similar views on characterization. It'll probably have to be forgiving by the very nature of the thing.

It's a shame that it might cause a fuss if you posted it in any of the main comms because I know you'd have no shortage of volunteers then. Then again, I'm not sure how you'd avoid any wank that would be coming because you're going to have to announce it at some point anyway. This little thread here is no doubt being missed by plenty of people who would be interested.

Perhaps the people to approach would be the people who comment on fic? I'm completely willing to volunteer to help out myself if you find yourself lacking in manpower.

This being called level-headed is going to go to my head, lol.

Help would be amazing as far as I'm concerned, consider yourself in. =)

I know it will have to be announced at some point, but I think it should be easier to control any damage that follows "These are the fics we recommend, updated regularly!" than "We need reviewers! But only if your characterisation parameters = our characterisation parameters!"

I'm debating contacting everyone who agreed with secret 121, but then I wonder exactly what they consider to be IC (I genuinely have seen people ranting that Sylar = sociopathic rapist, no exceptions. I found that just as disturbing as Sylar = fluffy bunny). Hopefully there will be a lot of interest, my ideal world situation would be small teams of readers (maybe 3 or 4), so the recommendation post consists of the stories everyone agrees on, and then each reviewer's also ran.

I think I'll set up a public post in my journal for ironing out the details of how this could work, just for ease of use.

Ah I'll head over there then. I hope some of the anons do too, I know I've seen a lot of comments now and in the past that support this idea.

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