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femmeremix2014-03-18 02:55 pm
theladyscribe) wrote in femmeremix2014-03-18 02:55 pm
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Wild-Card Discussion
I've had several questions regarding the possibility of the Wild-Card, so I thought it would be a good idea to start some real discussion of it.
I see it working like this:
To be a wild-card remixee, you must still meet the three-or-five rule in the qualifying fandoms, but the stories that count do not have to all be in the same fandom. For example, let's say you've written two 500-word stories with women in Supernatural and one 500-word story in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Woo-hoo, you can sign up to be remixed by a wild-card participant! If you do meet the requirements for regular qualification, you can still sign up to be a wild-card remixee, but you are not required to do so. Furthermore, you can still be matched on the fandoms you qualify with even if you sign up for the wild-card.
To be a wild-card remixer, you are agreeing to potentially be assigned an author with whom you do not share any fandoms. For example, you only read/write Battlestar Galactica, but you signed up for the wild-card and were assigned someone who has only written Star Wars! You have two options: you can either research the fandom and try to access some of the canon and then write your remix, or you can remix blind and use only the author's works as the source for your story, whichever works best for you.
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Thoughts? Questions? Concerns?
I see it working like this:
To be a wild-card remixee, you must still meet the three-or-five rule in the qualifying fandoms, but the stories that count do not have to all be in the same fandom. For example, let's say you've written two 500-word stories with women in Supernatural and one 500-word story in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Woo-hoo, you can sign up to be remixed by a wild-card participant! If you do meet the requirements for regular qualification, you can still sign up to be a wild-card remixee, but you are not required to do so. Furthermore, you can still be matched on the fandoms you qualify with even if you sign up for the wild-card.
To be a wild-card remixer, you are agreeing to potentially be assigned an author with whom you do not share any fandoms. For example, you only read/write Battlestar Galactica, but you signed up for the wild-card and were assigned someone who has only written Star Wars! You have two options: you can either research the fandom and try to access some of the canon and then write your remix, or you can remix blind and use only the author's works as the source for your story, whichever works best for you.
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Thoughts? Questions? Concerns?
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I kinda think you have to require them to sign up as wild card remixers, just to make sure there are enough people willing to cover everyone who signs up without enough stories in a single fandom. At least for the first year.
I'm open to discussion as to whether people who only qualify as a wild-card should be allowed to request to write specific fandoms or must be assigned as a wild-card.
... This one, I think they should be allowed to also list specific fandoms, if it's possible to do both on the sign-up sheet. Or is it not possible to do both?
I also think it'd be easier if you have more than three stories to pick from. I'd like to have at least 7 stories to choose between if I might know nothing about their fandoms or characters. (I'm okay with all 7 being drabbles, mind you). I might be able to work with 5. But if there's only 3, my chances of defaulting go waaaaay up.
(edited to add second comment)