We're Open and an announcement
Sep. 8th, 2015 08:45 amAll fics in, all pinch hits done. Now your mod gets to collapse for 2 minutes before
yuletide starts.
When I first started this exchange, I planned to alternate it with a kids tv exchange, either winter/summer, or every other year. Then I got tapped to help run Yuletide and people really liked the idea of a kidlit exchange, so I ended up running that three years in a row. But now it's time. Next summer instead of fic corner, I'll be running that kids' tv exchange, which is unnamed as yet (put your suggestions in the comments).
Eligible fandoms will include cartoons and live action shows aimed at kids or teens. It will definitely include the precursors to dedicated kids tv networks (such as Full House and Boy Meets World), but I'm not sure where the eligibility rules will come down on something like BtVS where the main characters start in high school, but graduate less than halfway through the series.
When I first started this exchange, I planned to alternate it with a kids tv exchange, either winter/summer, or every other year. Then I got tapped to help run Yuletide and people really liked the idea of a kidlit exchange, so I ended up running that three years in a row. But now it's time. Next summer instead of fic corner, I'll be running that kids' tv exchange, which is unnamed as yet (put your suggestions in the comments).
Eligible fandoms will include cartoons and live action shows aimed at kids or teens. It will definitely include the precursors to dedicated kids tv networks (such as Full House and Boy Meets World), but I'm not sure where the eligibility rules will come down on something like BtVS where the main characters start in high school, but graduate less than halfway through the series.
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Date: 2015-09-08 01:48 pm (UTC)I don't know if the exchange needs a different name, and even if it does, I'd prefer it stayed here instead of splitting into a new community. (Sesafic street?)
Note re: Kids TV exchange--I recommend leaving out Buffy. One, I don't think it was "kid focused" as much as being about unlikely heroes in a horror setting, and two, Buffy is not an under-served fandom. While the fic-corner exchange allows large fandoms like Harry Potter, I'd prefer that, in the case of questions about qualifying, mega-fandoms could be left out.
BtVS is not listed on Wikipedia's list of children's shows.
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Date: 2015-09-08 02:17 pm (UTC)I'm inclined to keep it here. There's no point in my trying to remember another set of passwords.
I'm looking at it as a companion to fic corner, which does allow teen books. The problem is that there isn't a clear dividing line for tv shows, when one gets to that age. And I can't start using that list as a reason to reject shows, because it only took me two tries to find a show from my childhood that wasn't listed. So the questions I'm pondering are is this limited to tween and under or teen and under, and if the latter, how do I define a "teen" show. No decisions will be made for a while, though.
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Date: 2015-09-08 04:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-09-08 10:03 pm (UTC)