Seeing dawn from the wrong side

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Five BSG characters have been nominated so far for the blasters_wands exchange. One of them is Jake the dog. I'm kind of curious now what the requests are going to look like. (Fandom & character nominations are currently open if anyone's looking for something to do. All science fiction, fantasy, and horror fandoms are eligible, and it's a multimedia exchange, so you don't have to be a writer to participate.)

I've been marathoning Due South fic lately, and one of the things I've been noticing is just how prevalent certain themes and tropes are. (Particularly in the porn. Biting, for example.) I suspect that's true in every fandom, but I notice here more than in, say, Stargate. Probably because I read a wider array of pairings in Stargate (and possibly in part because I don't read McShep). I expected a certain amount of cross-pollination, but the extent of the influence is kind of interesting. (There are also noticeable patterns in the errors that annoy me. In Stargate, it's mostly things like having officers threatened with dishonourable discharge under DADT; in Due South it's mostly errors related to Canada. Which is natural given the premise and settings of each show.)

Fall television season is nearly upon us, but there isn't really anything I'm especially excited about. I'll probably give Revolution a try since it's our new sci-fi offering, and I may watch Elementary. I'm not exactly in desperate need of more television to watch, but is there anything else people are excited about?

Also, I really need to get on a better sleep schedule.

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I can't decide if I'm gonna participate in the blasters&wands or not --- I like the premise in theory, but something about the unspoken expectations have me wondering *shakes off mod hat*

I'm going to check out Revolution and maybe Elementary (not sure about that one yet)
I don't really need new TV unless it's IN SPACE

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Yeah, there are a few things the mods there have said that have me a little concerned too. Particularly around what they're saying about prompts and genres. It seems like it should either be about science fiction/fantasy/horror fandoms, or it should be about science fiction/fantasy/horror prompts and stories, and they seem to be kind of mixing the two, and I think that's going to make it overly complicated. Plus I want to know how many prompts we're going to have to work with for each request. So for me I think it will depend on what the sign up form looks like (and how much time I have).

I'm not sure about Elementary yet either. I might watch the first episode and see how it goes. Actually, my attitude toward Revolution is pretty much the same--watch the first couple and see if it catches my interest. (Having looked further, I think I might also take a look at the show about the apartment building full of people who have made deals with the devil, just to see what they do with it.)