Tag Set reopened

Oct 04, 2013 13:40

The tag set has been reopened for vetting. As it was unclear which problems should go in the form, the form will remain closed and all problems should be noted in the comments of this post ( Read more... )

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dudski October 4 2013, 21:49:39 UTC
Given the characters nominated, I don't see how most of them would have been subject to rejection under Spider-Man (Ultimateverse).

Aaron, Ganke, Gwen, Jefferson, Jessica, Judge, Kate, Maria, Mary Jane, May, Miles, Rio, Tandy, and Ty - 14 of the 22 characters currently under "Marvel Ultimates" - are all inarguably valid Spider-Man (Ultimateverse) characters.

Of the remaining eight, none are primarily from Spider-Man titles, but Johnny made a huge number of appearances in Ultimate Spider-Man titles, Carol and Susan made more than a handful, Janet seems to have made a few, and Monica and Sam both appeared in UC:SM when Miles briefly teamed up with the Ultimates last year. The only characters who, as far as I can tell, have never appeared in an Ultimateverse Spider-Man title are Wanda and Pietro.

I have no idea who was nominated where originally, and I don't expect that ALL of the characters other than Wanda and Pietro were nominated under Spider-Man, but of the 22, very few would have been out of the question.

ETA: While "Marvel Ultimate Universe" or something similar would be the more appropriate title if you were leaving them merged, I really do wish that you would separate them back out because of the IMMENSE complications merging will bring to offers and requests. If Character A has made 15 appearances in Ultimate Spider-Man titles and 200 appearances in Ultimateverse titles overall, offering them in a merged/umbrella fandom requires a significantly larger canon knowledge than offering them in the originally nominated fandom would have.

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nomadicwriter October 4 2013, 22:37:59 UTC
If Character A has made 15 appearances in Ultimate Spider-Man titles and 200 appearances in Ultimateverse titles overall, offering them in a merged/umbrella fandom requires a significantly larger canon knowledge than offering them in the originally nominated fandom would have.

That's an extremely good point. For instance, Johnny Storm has had a significant number of appearances in Ultimate Spider-Man, but prior to that he was one of the main cast in the Ultimate Fantastic Four comic. If the fandom is widened from Ultimate Spider-Man to including every single Ultimate Universe comic ever published, then somebody could quite reasonably request a story based on Johnny's role in Ultimate Fantastic Four - a comic that nobody actually nominated, and that people planning to offer to write Johnny in the Ultimate Spider-Man fandom are likely to be completely unfamiliar with.

It would be a real mistake to leave these fandoms merged - they definitely need to be separated, or a lot of people originally intending to offer the characters will be completely unable to do so.

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