Regarding Fic Recs

[mosylu]

So one of the things I love (lovelovelove) doing on Tumblr is recommending other peoples' fic. Over there, it's pretty easy, just slap that reblog button.

But I'm not sure what to do here. Put up linky posts? Do one-by-one fic recs? Do a sort of fic digest at a specific time each week? Crosspost my reblogs? (That one seems particularly fraught to me; far too easy for it to look like I'm reposting as my own or trying to take credit, which is 180 degrees removed from the whole point of recommending fic.)

If you are reading this and you have an opinion (particularly if you are one of those whose fic I like to share), let me know. Especially especially if you've logged more time on DW or other LJ-style sites than I have, and you know some of the unspoken rules or longstanding traditions.

Comments

[mosylu]

Le sigh. The shipper wars have been there in the Flash fandom from the beginning. From BEFORE the beginning, in fact. The Barry/Caitlin ship famously set sail when someone on twitter saw the casting announcement of Candice Patton as Iris West and in the next tweet they had proclaimed that Snowbarry was their ship of choice. Mind you, this was before anyone of the main cast besides Caitlin and Cisco had had any interaction with each other on screen. And then of course if you liked Iris you were contractually obligated to despise Caitlin, because there can be only one good woman in any show, ever. I was able to support both women and write Killervibe and Westallen for a few years, but after season three, the screaming Caitlin-hate reached a fever pitch and I had to disengage from about 90% of the fandom for my sanity's sake.

Anyway, didn't mean to spill fandom history all over you. Hooray for fic rec communities! I would love to be your co-mod if you want, and I can work on it here while you focus on the Secret Santa, which sounds like such a job of work. I just might check in with "o dear how do" every once in awhile.

[elperian]

Oh I meant I created the TRCN community over here! therebelcaptainnetwork But if you want to co-mod with me here on that, that would be ah-mazing (my co-mod on tumblr has had to take some personal time and I'm running things mostly solo right now).

I do remember the Bary/Caitlin vs. Barry/Iris shipwars but those were the stupidest and I like to pretend they didn't exist :P I loved all the core characters enough on their own.

[mosylu]

Absolutely, count me in! I've joined up and subscribed already.

(And that shipwar is somehow still going. Still. I . . . ????)

[elperian]

I can't believe how little self-control I have :P But thank you for helping me with the comm! I've made you a mod + unmoderated posts.

Somehow the HP ship wars are still going. It never ends :/