Welcome

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Welcome to buffyversemeta. The aim of this community is to get more meta essays about the Buffyverse posted and so we can all enjoy discussing the ideas raised.

The Metathon will work as follows:

1. Week 1: people post ideas for subjects for meta essays.
2. Week 2: members sign up and commit to post an essay on a particular subject on a particular date.
3. July 2007: The essays are posted here.

Further details:

Suggesting Subjects

• Subject ideas can be posted by anyone, whether they intend to write an essay or not. The point is to get as many ideas as possible.
• Any individual can post as many subject ideas as they wish.
• All subjects must be related to the Buffyverse in some way, beyond that there are no limitations on what is a suitable idea.
• Make your suggestion in a comment to the subject list post. There is no time to waste so please start suggesting right away, we need as many as possible before June 18th.

Sign Up

• You should become a member of the community before you sign up. (Membership is open and unmoderated. Join here.)
• You may sign up to write as many essays as you wish.
• Sign-up during the week of June 18th-24th
• To sign up, pick a free date from the date selector by replying to that comment. Then pick a free subject from the subject list by replying to that comment with the date you have already picked.
• If the subject you wanted is already taken, you may write it as a second essay and post on the date the original person chose. It would be appreciated if you also sign up for and write another essay that no-one else has chosen. (This is to ensure a wide range of subjects are covered.)

Posting Your Essay

• Essays may be posted here, or on the writer's own journal with a link posted here.
• All essays must be posted in public posts with comments, including anonymous comments, turned on.
• All essays must be posted with the appropriate headers, tags and format for the convenience of future readers.
• The writer undertakes to read all comments on their own essay and reply if appropriate.

Please feel free to pimp the community far and wide.

Subject List

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This post contains subject ideas for meta essays. Please post as many ideas as you wish in the comments.

To Suggest a Subject

All subjects must be related to the Buffyverse - that is the world created by Joss Whedon in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. This currently covers the TV shows and the S8 comics, but not other comics, tie-in-books or the film.

Suitable subjects might include:

• Considering individual characters, their motivation and character.
• Discussing the detailed ideas behind plot points.
• Discussing overall themes or season arcs.
• Fandom trends and behaviours, providing the essay has particular reference to the Buffy fandom and how the Buffyverse subject matter itself affects that behaviour.
• Anything else at all. Basically the sky is the limit as long as it is clearly related to the Buffyverse.

To suggest a subject idea, simply add a comment to this post. One subject per comment. Remember, anyone can make a suggestion even if they don't intend to write an essay. If you do intend to write an essay, please be sure to suggest at least two or three subjects (in separate comments) so we all have a wide range of choices.

Ideas should be no more than a sentence or two long - the idea is to stimulate the writer into writing an essay, not dictate exactly what they write or write the essay for them. Think of them as questions on an exam paper. Only more fun to answer.

There is nothing to prevent you eventually signing-up to write an essay on a subject you yourself suggested, but all subjects must be suggested here first.

There is no final date for suggesting subjects - keep them coming.

To Claim a Subject

Subjects can be claimed from Monday 18th June.

You should first have reserved a date from the date selector.

Then reserve your subject by adding a reply to that comment stating the chosen date.

If the subject you wanted is already taken, you may still write a second essay. Simply add a comment that you will be doing so to the subject. You will have to post on the date chosen by the original taker. (Please be sure to delete your 'taken' comment from the date selector unless you decide to use it for another essay.)

You may sign up for as many essays as you wish.




Please do not add any comments to this post that are not actual suggestions for essays or comments claiming a subject to write. All questions and general squee should be on other posts. Anything else will have to be deleted.