Snowflake Challenge 2020 11
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shadowhiveChallenge #11
In your own space, recommend a fannish or creative resource. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
Ok, so when I think of fannish resources what first comes to mind are wikis. A lot of the biggest fandoms now have wikis and they are so incredibly useful. Most, no doubt, will be well known.
Wookieepedia is the Star Wars wiki, which covers the films, tv shows, books and comics. It’s such a useful and fascinating resource
The Arrowverse wiki is for th3 arrowverse, Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl and The Legends of Tormorrow. I’d always keep the site open when I was watching episodes
The TARDIS is the Doctor Who wiki, with stuff related to The Sarah Jane Adventures, Torchwood and the audios too.
Memory Alpha is for the various Star Trek series
Xenopedia is for Alien and Predator
All of these follow a similar format and are all incredibly useful resources. Even if you don’t write for them, they often give fascinating insights into the specific fandoms and behind the scenes stuff.
Back in the lj days people did these things called primers, with a main comm being bandom primers. A primer would be information about a band, usually full of pictures and links to interviews. It would include bios and histories on the band so would be useful. Unfortunately most of these are both out of date and, as with much things from this time, photobucket have screwed up the images sadly.
I also did three primers myself on Madina Lake, The Blackout and Bullet For My Valentine, if anyone is interested.
In your own space, recommend a fannish or creative resource. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
Ok, so when I think of fannish resources what first comes to mind are wikis. A lot of the biggest fandoms now have wikis and they are so incredibly useful. Most, no doubt, will be well known.
Wookieepedia is the Star Wars wiki, which covers the films, tv shows, books and comics. It’s such a useful and fascinating resource
The Arrowverse wiki is for th3 arrowverse, Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl and The Legends of Tormorrow. I’d always keep the site open when I was watching episodes
The TARDIS is the Doctor Who wiki, with stuff related to The Sarah Jane Adventures, Torchwood and the audios too.
Memory Alpha is for the various Star Trek series
Xenopedia is for Alien and Predator
All of these follow a similar format and are all incredibly useful resources. Even if you don’t write for them, they often give fascinating insights into the specific fandoms and behind the scenes stuff.
Back in the lj days people did these things called primers, with a main comm being bandom primers. A primer would be information about a band, usually full of pictures and links to interviews. It would include bios and histories on the band so would be useful. Unfortunately most of these are both out of date and, as with much things from this time, photobucket have screwed up the images sadly.
I also did three primers myself on Madina Lake, The Blackout and Bullet For My Valentine, if anyone is interested.
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Date: 2020-01-21 05:15 pm (UTC)Though admittedly I just went and lost all that time I saved getting utterly lost in Wookiepedia.
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Date: 2020-01-21 06:22 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2020-01-21 06:58 pm (UTC)Oh yeah, I’ve definitely had moments like that myself! Or when I’ve gone on tv tropes too
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Date: 2020-01-22 08:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-01-24 07:33 am (UTC)I miss primers, they were useful too.
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Date: 2020-01-24 12:01 pm (UTC)Me too! Damn lj and damn photobucket