ADMIN POST: The Mission Report Challenge

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

Okay, this comes from an idea by nudaydreamer and it's like, three--three!--cool challenges in one! As she puts it:

I'd love to see a Mission Report Challenge. We all know some crazy shit happens on those other worlds, and authors could choose to a) write a (pornalicious?) Report That Will Never Actually Be Filed Because Elizabeth Would Freak Out And Such, b) write a euphemistically suggestive report that leaves those of us with dirty minds quite clear on what happened, without being explicit, or possibly c) take another author's story and write a report of type a or b for it.

Everybody got that? See, it's kind of a Document Challenge and it's kind of a Remix and it's kind of Classified and Porny--or not; it's a festival, really. Now to clarify about option c)--if you choose to write a mission report of somebody else's story, we'll ask you to credit them, but we won't require you to ask their permission Edited to add: and get their permission, or check the links below. HOWEVER, if you want to opt OUT of option c)--i.e. tell people that they can't write a mission report of your story or stories, even with credit--please leave a comment in this post ASAP. Edited to add: link to new opt-out post below! We WILL ask challenge respondents to check before posting that the writer hasn't opted out of the challenge. Edited to add: Merryish reminds me to say that it is, of course, perfectly acceptable to write a mission report on one of your own stories!

It's August 21st; stories will be due on Monday, September 4th, Labor Day, at midnight.


Edited to add: Freezing comments here: click here for a policy clarification, opt-in, and opt-out posts are above.

Comments

(frozen) Re: It's not the permission... it's the remix

[monanotlisa.livejournal.com]

I have this vague dislike for looking like one of the drive-by commenters who add nothing but WORD! or YEAH! to a pre-existing discussion edging towards wank, but on the other hand, I've found few statements as clear and concise as yours.

As a former mod of the largest BtVS/AtS Rec List with plenty of kerfuffles, I'm generally wary of discussions such as these because people tend to drag in leftover baggage from earlier grudges. Popular communities or lists, especially those run by the most well-known fans, are easy targets precisely because of their size and the diversity -- read: inequality -- of their members. Always a chance for one or the other fan to either start or at least promote a wankfest.

In this case, however, I found the worries voiced by others perfectly legitimate and some comments to kyrdwyn second critical response rather snide and inflammatory.

/0.02€