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Faith-orientated ficathon?
10 Sep 2007 07:24 pmETA: Current availability seems to be in January, so it's looking like an end-of-Jan deadline, with writing taking place mid-Nov to Jan.
In the case of the gift-exchange, should this be settled on, the format would be matching people according to fandoms, with everything else being an optional prompt (so, for instance - "Fandom: Carnivale (matched on basis of this), Prompt: Iris Crowe & birth rituals;" "Fandom: X-Men comicverse, Prompt: Magneto & crisis of faith, Ororo Munro & giving thanks;" "Fandom: DSN, Prompt: Kira & childhood, Kai Winn & penance, Sisko & being a father." The writer would not be obliged to write for the characters specified if they do not wish to, as they would be matched on the basis of the fandom.
I hope that this clarifies things for people - do let me know if it looks like this will cause a lot of problems/ any other better ways of doing it!
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I'm interested in running a faith-orientated ficathon, and would like to judge the level of interest before I go ahead and set it up.
What would this ficathon be about?
There isn't enough fic out there celebrating the faiths of all our favourite characters. For that matter, given recent world events, there isn't enough understanding out there of other people's beliefs, full stop. In this fic challenge, you'd write about a character's relationship to their faith. It doesn't have to be something we see on-screen, and they don't have to be uber-religious. We're not all going to write about Shepherd Book, for instance - but how did Mal Reynolds lose his faith? Inara was lighting candles in a temple in Serenity - how does she relate to her beliefs? President Bartlet's faith is well-explored, but what about Zoe's, or Ellie's? How does Sisko square his own religious beliefs with being declared an Emissary of another people's faith? For that matter - how does Lister feel about being Cloister?
This would be a ficathon where we look at faith - lightly and irreverently, or deeply and with warmth - and see what part it plays in the lives of our favourite characters.
What would this ficathon involve?
Well, currently, showing an interest! The thought was to run an ideas-based gift exchange, along the format of: "I'd like to see birth rituals/thoughts, with characters X, Y, and Z from fandom A, or characters F, G, H, from fandom I, or any characters from fandom K" The options would be clarified a little, of course, and it would depend on how many people signed up.
Isn't writing about religion scary?
Well, I won't bite! Fandom seems terrified of even breaching the subject, and that is just unnecessary. Come write about Sayid or CJ or Kira Nerys. We'll all be doing it, right alongside.
Where is my handy poll?
Right here!
[Poll #1053102]
Please leave thoughts etc in the comments, I'd be interested in seeing what people think!
xposted to IJ
In the case of the gift-exchange, should this be settled on, the format would be matching people according to fandoms, with everything else being an optional prompt (so, for instance - "Fandom: Carnivale (matched on basis of this), Prompt: Iris Crowe & birth rituals;" "Fandom: X-Men comicverse, Prompt: Magneto & crisis of faith, Ororo Munro & giving thanks;" "Fandom: DSN, Prompt: Kira & childhood, Kai Winn & penance, Sisko & being a father." The writer would not be obliged to write for the characters specified if they do not wish to, as they would be matched on the basis of the fandom.
I hope that this clarifies things for people - do let me know if it looks like this will cause a lot of problems/ any other better ways of doing it!
***
I'm interested in running a faith-orientated ficathon, and would like to judge the level of interest before I go ahead and set it up.
What would this ficathon be about?
There isn't enough fic out there celebrating the faiths of all our favourite characters. For that matter, given recent world events, there isn't enough understanding out there of other people's beliefs, full stop. In this fic challenge, you'd write about a character's relationship to their faith. It doesn't have to be something we see on-screen, and they don't have to be uber-religious. We're not all going to write about Shepherd Book, for instance - but how did Mal Reynolds lose his faith? Inara was lighting candles in a temple in Serenity - how does she relate to her beliefs? President Bartlet's faith is well-explored, but what about Zoe's, or Ellie's? How does Sisko square his own religious beliefs with being declared an Emissary of another people's faith? For that matter - how does Lister feel about being Cloister?
This would be a ficathon where we look at faith - lightly and irreverently, or deeply and with warmth - and see what part it plays in the lives of our favourite characters.
What would this ficathon involve?
Well, currently, showing an interest! The thought was to run an ideas-based gift exchange, along the format of: "I'd like to see birth rituals/thoughts, with characters X, Y, and Z from fandom A, or characters F, G, H, from fandom I, or any characters from fandom K" The options would be clarified a little, of course, and it would depend on how many people signed up.
Isn't writing about religion scary?
Well, I won't bite! Fandom seems terrified of even breaching the subject, and that is just unnecessary. Come write about Sayid or CJ or Kira Nerys. We'll all be doing it, right alongside.
Where is my handy poll?
Right here!
[Poll #1053102]
Please leave thoughts etc in the comments, I'd be interested in seeing what people think!
xposted to IJ