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I suppose I shouldn't just bitch and then not talk about alternatives, right? If you saw my post yesterday, you might gather that I have a thing about fic awards. But

larielromeniel ran across a good alternative:

Holiday Recathon 2008

It's multi-fandom. (Doctor Who, Torchwood, Iron Man, Supernatural, and others) And despite the name, the fics don't have to be holiday themed.

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OOOH.

Though if I actually took the time to go over and rec fic, it'd probably all be by you or [Bad username or site: shinyopals / @ livejournal.com]. Which always makes me feel like I'm just recing my friends! (This would be your major problem with fic awards, wouldn't it?)

Yeah but if you're friends with people because you like their fic....chicken/egg, no? Most of the people on my flist who are fic writers I friended originally because I was enamoured of their writing and wanted to bask in their magical glow.

That's definitely a good point, and one thing that probably makes recs a bit different.

I think the problem with fic awards is that they can become a sort of... self-congratulatory thing for the most popular circle in fandom, which sort of invalidates their purpose. Though I don't want to speak for [Bad username or site: mrv3000 / @ livejournal.com]'s issues with them. :D

I'm not sure there is a "most popular circle" in this fandom--it's so huge. There's maybe circles who think they're the most popular, heh.

Gotta say, I'm getting a bit tired of some of the smug "Oh well I looked at the nominees and they suck" remarks cuz, well, I'm nominated? So, like, ta, I guess I suck?

It's art. It's largely subjective. Popular/not popular, sucking/not sucking is really rather relative.

Congrats on being nominated! I really haven't paid much attention to the current DW fic awards, to be honest. My issues are more with fic awards in general.

Though it CAN certainly be nice. I had an old Harry Potter fic I wrote something like four years ago just get nominated for something, and I won't pretend that didn't give me a momentary thrill.

Honestly if people were better about reccing on their own, and leaving comments and reviews and such, things like this wouldn't give me such a thrill. Talk about something directly related to how many friends you have and how popular as a fandom personage you are: comments and reviews.

I try to rec something new on my other journal at least a few times a week because its important to do that, I think. And it's nice to find an author you really like and then be able to see what *they* like because chances are you'll like it too.

So I'm definitely going to go over and rec some stuff. And yeah I'm sure it'll be the same stuff I've recced a million times before, but I rec it not because it's from my friends, but because I really think it's some of the best writing by anyone, anywhere, ever and if it can get more exposure, (and I honestly think it could all use more) then I'm not going to be fussed that the authors are on my flist and that I talk with them a lot about writing and that we're in a bit of a mutual admiration society with one another.

I think that Frances was talking about *just* me or

shinyopals, which wouldn't even be branching out to the rest of her flist. And it feels a little too cliquish because the 3 of us discuss writing with each other all the time.

Yeah, that's always a problem. Feels a bit... What that term for when you give a family member a job or promotion? I'm drawing a blank for some reason. :D

Nepotism?

That's it! Mwah.

We could have the "

goldy_dollar,

mrv3000 and

shinyopals fic awards"... ;-) We could even make sparkly graphics ~~in MS Paint~~ for the winners! *Nods*

*Generally ignores fic awards for the sake of own sanity*

Oh, good! Because yesterday I thought of a fic that I never saw pop up on any communities, but was totally excellent and more people should read it. *goes to rec*

Yay!!

Now I'm wondering if I should link you to it, or wait until The Great Unveiling. ~~Also whether everybody already knew about it, and I just didn't because I don't have the author friended, or something. Hmm....~~

The Great Unveiling would be good. :D

Thanks for linking to that Recathon. I am hopeful that I will find something new. I'll admit that XF fandom spoiled me. When I was first active in fandom, there were a couple of really great rec sites that updated regularly. I miss those rec archives. (Of course, I am totally unwilling to put in the sort of work that would require myself, so I will just *sigh* and whine.)

I know - there was one multi-fandom rec archive I loved. If something got mentioned there, you knew it'd be worth your time to read.

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