Post by wordy on Oct 3, 2011 13:39:28 GMT 10
Board Update
by ubiquitous
It's been a jam-packed couple of months on the board, and here's a quick run-down of what's been going on.
Tortall has been superbusy, with fangirling of Sarai ♥ , The Jon Appreciation Thread, and Aly Love. Canon Week saw us looking at Under-appreciated Parts of Canon, Canon Couples and Favourite Character Interaction. We also got our ship on in OTP?, and put on our crazy slash goggles on with the Wyldon/Stefan thread, and then got even crazier with threads like If Tortall were Middle Earth.... and If Tortall were Harry Potter.
Emelan was only slightly less wild, with discussion of Briar's Tattoos and Dedicates as Pirates. We looked at the history of Lark and Rosethorn in Why were they at Discipline?, characters that Crept up on you... and The Circle as Teachers.And threads such as Diversity in Emelan and Tris: perfect anti-heroine or cliché? got everyone thinking.
Provost's Dog bore some thought too, with threads like Beka's Gift, Beka's Alternative Life and Favourite Animal in PD generating fun and interesting discussion. Up and Coming started going a bit mad for Mastiff with members discussing Mastiff Theories and Tammy's Mastiff Tour - 2011. There was discussion of ARCs? and Future Concepts for upcoming books.
Writer's Circle asked the hard questions, with threads like Morally Grey Characters, What sort of prompts inspire you? and What puts you off reviewing?. Then we really got our hands dirty with threads like Pet Peeves and Character Death, before looking at neater things like Perspectives and Titles. The launch of the Goldenlake Podfic Archive also saw the board get into Podficcing, and August saw the creation of the Podfic Wishing Well, for those wanting to create podfic, or have their fics podficced. Finally, we charged our creativity, with threads such as Aspiring Writers and Good Writing.