So not kidding.

[theeverdream]

Who wants to co-mod a Flan community with me?

SGA authors come up with some freaking fantastic sentences about Sheppard's hair, and a one-a-day (probably less frequent but still regular) quote thing must be an interesting idea to more people than just me, right?


... Right?








Or, I could be insane.  *cough*

But really, I would be up for it.





AND SPEAKING OF INSANE:

How are Sean Maher and Matthew Bomer not long lost brothers?


ALSO:

What is the difference between a crossover and a fusion? I have a vague idea but am not really sure.

Comments

[gaffsie.livejournal.com]

The hair is popular, but I'm not sure if the fandom is big enough to support another John/JFlan community. What would it entail exactly, anyway?

Simply put, in a crossover two canons collide, and in a fusion one canon serves as only a backdrop to the other canon's characters.

[theeverdream.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the feedback :)

I had been thinking for a while that in a lot of stories I read, there are really funny references to John's hair, and I'd wanted to compile a quote list to be able to re-read them myself. Then I thought, if I'm going to the trouble, why not share? I'd need a co-mod only because I would be likely to not be regular with things - i.e. I could compile quotes in a Google doc or something and the other person could post to the comm. And then we could open it up for picspams or original hair funny ficlets or something too.

BUT. I was thinking about it more as I was falling asleep. And, I am not sure I actually am okay with this idea. At first I just thought of it as comparable to how rec comms/posts use quotes from a story (and I would of course include title/author/link). But then I realized that those posts are including the quotes specifically to direct readers to the stories, whereas I would be using the quotes to create something funny that people could come to my comm to get, by using other people's content.

And I could ask permission, of course, but I think in general that would be a lot of work for probably not as big of a payoff as would be worth it, so unless someone has a great new idea or lots of enthusiasm for this, I'm just going to scrap the concept.


canon/fusion:
That's sort of what my vague idea was... I sort of feel like I'm missing something still, though. And I don't know why.

[calcitrix.livejournal.com]

I dunno that a quote a day is do-able? Maybe picspam plus icons plus...hmmm....

Yeah, crossovers. Like, (sadly) I'm doing a lot of fusions for my art bingo card in which the SGA cast become the crossover characters because it's easier funnier to draw John and Rodney as Kirk and Spock rather than meeting Kirk and Spock, which would be a regular old crossover. But a fusion is a kind of crossover. Just to confuse things.

[theeverdream.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think once a week or something, and being supported by other content would definitely be a good idea.

But see my reply to gaffsie for more of my thoughts.


I *think* I understand your second paragraph. Heh. Being tired all the time kinda makes my comprehension skills go down the drain.

John and Rodney act like Kirk and Spock respectively but look more like Spock and Kirk respectively... how are you drawing them?

[calcitrix.livejournal.com]

Ah. I get your idea better. Even though I can't think of any John hair comments off the top of my head (hee...top of my head).

Anyway, for my ST reboot I'm just drawing the SGA cast in the new costumes and positioned on the bridge of the Enterprise to show that Rodney stepped into the role of Spock, Zelenka is Chekov, or however I decide to do that. I think artwork is easier or at least different from fic in that I don't have to consider much more than a momentary comedic effect or whatever I'm going for.

But actually I'm working on a High School Musical fusion right now (no srsly) and the SGA cast is singing and dancing in the cafeteria and admitting their secret hobbies, a la the "Go With the Flow" song from the movie. But the scene is on Atlantis, so it's a fusion. I guess.

[theeverdream.livejournal.com]

I've never seen High School Musical but I do know the basic gist and I think that'll be pretty neat. And I can't wait to see the ST one! (Assuming you'll share it, but I think you will?) :)

[iwasanartist.livejournal.com]

Crossovers involve characters from a different fandom crossing over into another, whereas I think fusions are just a cross-over of ideas. Like, if we found out Sheppard was actually a wizard in the way that the people in the Harry Potter series are wizards, but those people or related schools are never mentioned, that would be a an SGA/Harry Potter fusion.

Sidenote: I once read a fic where John actually was Harry Potter all grown up and run away, and that was just about the weirdest thing.

[theeverdream.livejournal.com]

Hi! :)

I think that makes sense. Thanks.

Harry Potter-John... that's a really crazy idea. Sounds interesting!