fandomhigh_ooc | Spotlight on Fandoms [AKA: PImp Your Fandom!]

Hands up how many people own/read/have seen a book, DVD, or game that they would never ever have considered except for this game? *raises hand* I actually own a TON of stuff I never would have even looked at, simply because the characters in the game were just That Awesome.

Fandom Spotlight is your chance to get even more exposure for your fandom!

Given how many fandoms are represented in game, there's a good chance that at least half the people playing aren't familiar with yours. But the longer people play, the more that changes.

You innocently start playing with someone from a fandom you don't know and next thing you know you're ~~infected~~ intrigued. Unless you can get your hands on the source material, AND find time to ~~devour it obsessively~~ read/watch/play it, you'll only ever have that tiny taste.

Coming from the other side, it can be hard when only a handful of people in the game know your canon. If you want to do plot with those who don't, there can be a heck of a lot of infodumping, and it means you have the constant, naggging knowledge that there are people in the world who don't know how AWESOME your fandom is!

Spotlight on Fandom is way to change all that!

Each week, one or two players will get to pimp their fandom to the whole game. You can talk about any aspect you like: plot, your character, other characters you'd like to see in the game, the creators, history, future speculations. It can be as long as you like, from endless saga to brief overview.

These will be posted each Sunday, giving people a chance to squee, boggle, or ask lots of questions. One of the only provisos is that any major spoilers that haven't made it into the game: 1) Go behind a cut and 2) Be clearly labelled as such. If in doubt, cut and warn.

What we need from you

Volunteers! Sign up in this post if you want to do a Fandom Spotlight for your fandom (or fandoms, if you have more than one character).

If you share a fandom with another player/s, then there will need to be coordination between you to work out who will write/post what.

Here is a list of the fandoms which have already been done. There was another post in which people had voluntered to do a spotlight, but we're going to start fresh this year.

If you previously volunteered in the old post and you're still interested in doing a spotlight for your fandom, please sign up again in this post.

To make things easier for my poor brain, please volunteer from the journal of the character whose fandom you're signing up to do.

When do we need it?

Every Sunday, the all powerful RNG will be consulted to make the call as to which two fandoms from the list of volunteers will be selected for the following week. A post will go up announcing them (and if you absolutely can't make it that week, just let me know on the post).

Questions? Comments? Volunteers?

YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE OCD.

There is now OCD. Please commence commenting.

[with much love to Monster, who originally came up with this and ran it, and from whom I stole a bunch of words, for she is far awesomer then I.]

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Ask it here!

If you want to do your spotlight next week, let me know here. If more than two, the RNG will decide all!

Veronica Mars can go next week!

Re: I can do it next week!

surferboy-09er.livejournal.com - 2008-01-06 01:10 (UTC) - Expand

I can do one on Empire Records next week. There are no 'E' fandoms on the current list. My obsessiveness demands that this should be fixed.

Then please do so! Sign up with the character journal for the relevant fandom.

Feel free to volunteer for every character you play - including alumni!

Wizards of Waverly Place! 'Cause it's awesome. ;)

Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Sign me up!

I totally will volunteer for Nightrunner. Because it's not like I haven't been trying to pimp people into it for years already or anything. :D

Oooh, ooh, mee!

For Lamb and for Pirates, please :D

Re: I WANNA VOLUNTEER!

vkandis-son.livejournal.com - 2008-01-05 23:28 (UTC) - Expand

likeguidelines.livejournal.com - 2008-01-05 23:38 (UTC) - Expand

ONE TREE HILL FTW!

gobrookeyourself - 2008-01-06 17:14 (UTC) - Expand

wanna-be-lucas.livejournal.com - 2008-01-06 17:18 (UTC) - Expand

Mage Storms trilogy!

*signs self up*

Josie + The Pussycats!

V for Vendetta! Movie AND book because any fan of either/both will tell you they are kind of different.

Books of Doom.

Sorry. *ahem* YOU SHALL CHOOSE BOOKS OF DOOM. SO SAYS DOOM.

I'd luff to do a spotlight on The Poisonwood Bible.

Women of the Otherworld

Princess of Thieves

It! But the book, not the miniseries. Miniseries is nightmare inducing.

((And, oh dear god, not this week. Oops. Let's try it in the right section, perhaps.))

I have another 'E' fandom with Star Trek: Enterprise!

Wicked and Son of a Witch (mostly that second one) need some pimping, I think.

...and did you know that this whole topic just made me think of someone I might want to app at some point. *facepalm*

Daughter of the Lioness!

And Narnia, of course :D

Xenosaga! Even if it'll probably break my brain trying to explain it.

W-Juliet! Because it's just too much 'awwwww' fun not to.

I can help with the 'E' deficiency problem with Eureka SeveN. Or with filling up the 'P's, since the Japanese title is 'Psalm of Planets Eureka SeveN'. Either one is fine with me!