So I guess my question boils down to, really, do discussions have to involve fic in some way or could they be more general Young Wizards stuff that might just as easily go at the other comm except for how I like *this* one?
That's flattering to hear! Basically: I'm not going to kick you out if you post this kind of stuff here, and it certainly lends a different perspective to those kinds of discussions [for example: I probably wouldn't have written a pornlet in youngwizards ;)]. I think there's an argument that even posing the questions you want to ask in a *ficcer's* community, as opposed to a general discussion community, is going to produce a discourse that is fundamentally distinctive. From this perspective, any question has a relationship to fic and ficcers, just in terms of the way we approach a question; and you're obviously more interested in that discourse (which I totally appreciate.)
On the other other hand: What I probably should do is put this question to the community, and if I think general discussion is becoming so frequent as to be spammy (say, if non-fic related discussion posts outnumber actual fic and fic discussion posts in any given day), or until people express desire for change to me, I will do that. Until then, go nuts!
And, well, yeah, that is the kind of discourse I prefer, because my brain always functions in the 'what story can I tell about this?' mode, even when the question is something like '... okay, why does this cover art totally fail for you?'
That's flattering to hear! Basically: I'm not going to kick you out if you post this kind of stuff here, and it certainly lends a different perspective to those kinds of discussions [for example: I probably wouldn't have written a pornlet in youngwizards ;)]. I think there's an argument that even posing the questions you want to ask in a *ficcer's* community, as opposed to a general discussion community, is going to produce a discourse that is fundamentally distinctive. From this perspective, any question has a relationship to fic and ficcers, just in terms of the way we approach a question; and you're obviously more interested in that discourse (which I totally appreciate.)
On the other hand, poor unloved youngwizards!
On the other other hand: What I probably should do is put this question to the community, and if I think general discussion is becoming so frequent as to be spammy (say, if non-fic related discussion posts outnumber actual fic and fic discussion posts in any given day), or until people express desire for change to me, I will do that. Until then, go nuts!
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And, well, yeah, that is the kind of discourse I prefer, because my brain always functions in the 'what story can I tell about this?' mode, even when the question is something like '... okay, why does this cover art totally fail for you?'
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