Notes from the due South panel

[luzula]

Here are some notes from the due South panel! Under the cut is a list of currently active communities and challenges in the fandom, and also ideas from the panel about what people would like to do in the future.

Comments

[sageness]

Woohoo! This is great. You already know this but just in case others drop by:

[desireearmfeldt]

Oo, I was hoping that the C6D Midsummer exchange would happen this year...I would definitely be interested in participating, if it does. (Hello, mergatrude. :) )

[sageness]

You should go tell her! http://mergatrude.dreamwidth.org/196952.html

[desireearmfeldt]

Done. :)

[kinetikatrue]

Something I need to contact the ds_flashfiction mods about is the possibility of there being one more round of the dS Intentional Badfic Challenge, since the first one was held in 2006 and the second in 2009. Having a third round in 2012 would be an awful lot of fun!

And if the dS and C6D Big Bang ran again, I would certainly attempt to play - that story has to get finished eventually, right?

Overall, though: \o/

[mizface]

I WHOLEHEARTEDLY APPROVE OF THIS IDEA!!!

[mergatrude]

I ran the last one, and would TOTALLY be into running/co-running it again! I am sure the mods would be fine with that.

[malnpudl]

*ALL THE SHINY HEARTS*

Also: I ran across something in HP Snupin fandom that I thought could be fun in dS/C6D -- a "fun time activity book" created by lots of fen for each other to play with. It included quizzes (canon, fanon, fandom and fanworks, etc), crossword puzzles, mazes, mad libs, word search puzzles, paper dolls, coloring book pages, connect-the-dots art, that sort of thing.

[spuffyduds]

Oh that's an adorable idea!

[ria_oaks]

Lol that's really cute! Is it something that'd just be a PDF where we all download and print it out ourselves? Or does someone actually make them and mail them out zine-style? Either way, sounds cool! I like the colouring book pages idea esp.

[malnpudl]

The Snupineers did a PDF file that included all the activities and games, with answers to the puzzles at the very end.

And I know! Coloring book pages! Awesomeness, right? :-D

[mergatrude]

I keep meaning to revive the ds_profiles comm. /o\

At the moment I am reccing for crack_van, so I will try to do this in May.

Also, you are AWESOME!

[luzula]

I keep meaning to revive the ds_profiles comm. /o\

As long as you're not feeling it like an unpleasant obligation, you know? I mean, the ds_profiles comm still exists as a resource, even if we don't revive it. Or we could do a round of it now and then, and not feel like it has to be a continuous thing.

Also, I am enjoying your crack_van recs. You are also awesome. : )

[ride_4ever]

This was my first-ever dS panel at my first-ever fancon, and I've reread this follow-up post several times over the years without making a comment about the enduring pleasure of revisiting this post. Soooo...<3 to the mods of this panel and <3 to the BP con comm!

[luzula]

Oh hey, I'd almost forgotten this post. Looking back, I love the enthusiasm happening in the comments. : )