attention: admin post!

[rhythmsextion]

Hey everyone. Just your friendly neighborhood co-mod sticking a nose in for a moment. Please bear with me.

First thing: I've been doing my best to keep up-to-date on the memorifying of fics posted here, but I'm well aware of the fact that I can make mistakes. And frequently do. If you notice anything memorified incorrectly and/or missing, etc. please let me know (e-mail: rhythmsextion@gmail.com) and I'll take care of it as soon as I can. Seriously, I'm an anal completist when it comes to this sort of thing and I know I miss things and it bugs the hell out of me, so give me a nice poking or something and I'll love you forever. Oh yes.

Secondly: I've been contemplating starting up a challenge community that's similiar to anothergrape except that it'd be operated bi-weekly, open to anyone and everyone in the community who's willing to participate and would not be judged, but instead merely stand as a way to get people inspired into writing the hot gay Irish man action. I brought this idea up with a few people recently and was pretty much persuaded into bringing it straight (heh) into u2slash instead of creating a whole new community.

However, before deciding on whether or not to go through with this, I'd like to see if anyone is really interested or not. I mean, I don't want to start up something that no one's gonna give a damn about, right?

So. My question to you all is...

[Poll #661620]


Please feel free to add a comment to this post if you have anything to add or input regarding this. I'm open to any and all suggestions and opinions.

Thanks, everyone!

Comments

[izzybeth.livejournal.com]

the hot gay Irish man action

see, this is why you're the co-mod. you rule the universe.

[rhythmsextion]

*snerk* Well, I figured I had to distinguish it from Canadian man action, natch.

[themegs.livejournal.com]

"Anal completist?" You complete anally? heee

[rhythmsextion]

Ha. I so do. Or, I want to, at least.

[occula.livejournal.com]

I always get all enthusiastic when there's a challenge community/new trend/thing, and then the person who came up with it gets tired of it after three posts, or the community never launches, or ... so it's hard not to feel less enthusiastic and more cynical with each one, you know? Despite the fact that each one is originated by a different person or persons, so it's really not fair. Um, I meant to say, I'll play.

[rhythmsextion]

Right, I know. And I'm exactly the same way. I've already got a load of challenge ideas thought up and I'll always be more than willing to take people's suggestions to make sure it keeps going. That's also partly why I want to make it bi-weekly instead of weekly. So I don't run out of ideas, if that makes sense.

[occula.livejournal.com]

Yeah, absolutely. Plus, of course, nothing's necessarily going to run forever anyway. A nice reasonable stretch would be great as long as it goes. Just, you know, more than three or four, please? :-)

[rhythmsextion]

Right, right. I'd really love for it just to take off and go wild and I'm hoping that the challenges I come up with will enable that. Trust me, I want it to last as badly as you do if not moreso.

[alternatending.livejournal.com]

I LOVE your icon.

No rLY!

I love that show too. Dammit for it being OVER! *tear*

[rhythmsextion]

Hee! I have to admit that I've only ever seen the first two seasons and bits of the third and then I lost interest. But, sometimes Bono just begs for the taunting. Heh.

[alternatending.livejournal.com]

I would have died to see Bono in an episode. Oh. Wow.

[lardencelover.livejournal.com]

Great icon.

[rhythmsextion]

Thanks. :-)

[lardencelover.livejournal.com]

And another! Are you the funny icon genie, or what?

[rhythmsextion]

Actually, I think that it's more that I've far too much time on my hands. Or something.

[eyesmakeacircle.livejournal.com]

Would love to see another challenge set up get going. I think it really would benefit everyone.

*cheers*

[rhythmsextion]

Well, whatever you vote now doesn't have to be set in stone or anything and no one will be required to participate at any time. I just want to know if there's an interest is all. :-)

[rhythmsextion]

HEE. Thanks!

[bonoffee.livejournal.com]

Yup, sounds good to me, can't promise regular writing myself because well, I suck at the moment, but I'm always open to trying out new stuff and of course reading all the amazing stuff here! I just wish my writer's block would hurry up and bloody move.

[rhythmsextion]

HEE. I'm right there with you, yo. But, I'm hoping inspiring challenges will help people pull themselves out of the writer's block slump. :D

[rummyjoe.livejournal.com]

Back in the day, I was on an X-Files mailing list, and we'd do periodic challenges. They weren't regularly scheduled or anything, but the Mod would give a few elements (ended up being spoilers taken out of context, but a lot of people didn't realize. heh), and anybody who wanted to play would play. It turned out really well, and we'd get some touching stories and some screamingly hilarious bits from the same "assignments".

my .02: You could have specific pairings for some challenges, and for others you can just assign specific objects or places or themes or whathaveyou and they can write whomever they want. Just mix them up and don't have them necessarily all be the same format, is what I'm saying. It would probably keep more people interested over time.

And for some reason I'm picturing you doling out the challenges like so:

Professor Plum Bono in the Billiard Room with a double-ended dildo

I have no idea why.

[rhythmsextion]

I may have just busted out laughing at that. Seriously. I'm touched, I tell you.

My thoughts on the challenges is that they're going to be very open and unspecific for the most part. Like... for instance, like having an OOC challenge in that one character does something hugely out of character and you build the story around that. Or, a fic that focuses on Harleys or something like that. I also want to do a genderfuck challenge at some point. Pretty much anything and everything will go. I don't know if I ever want to narrow it down to pairing just because that may really limit the people interested, you know? But, hell, I may change my mind. We'll see. :D

[rummyjoe.livejournal.com]

I blame Queer!Bono's plum colored shirt. ;)