Squee Fest!

[amalnahurriyeh]

Over at three_weeks_for_dw, erda had a really cool idea for the fest: that there should be MOAR SQUEE. Basically, that most DWenizens are srs bsns thoughtful folks who write all sorts of cool critiques of canon...but that it's also fun to flail, SO LET'S DO SOME FLAILING!

I was wondering if anyone here would be up for doing a Day! Of! Squee! here at philedom for the festival. We could designate a day when we would all post squeeful things, or people could claim days and topics and post for them. It wouldn't have to be deep or well-organized: just a statement about why a thing is awesome. Could be a character, a ship, a season, an episode.

Any interest? Any claims?

Comments

[amalnahurriyeh]

And I tentatively claim Season Six. Because I'd be a bastard if I claimed Mulder within thirty seconds of posting. And I can post any day or on a central day, whatever.

[yvi]

Oh, that sounds awesome. I'd claim Krycek/Marita, with some picspam and squee.

[amalnahurriyeh]

Awesome! Do you prefer the "we have one day with INFINITY SQUEE!!!!!" model, or a schedule, or a post-your-own type deal?

[yvi]

I think I'd like to have it all on one day.

[amalnahurriyeh]

Sweet. Is there a particular day or day-of-the-week that works for you? Or doesn't work at all?

[yvi]

Nope, everything's fine.

[littlegreen42]

I'd love to take part. But I'm kind of confused by the whole thing. I've been reading over the posts at three_weeks_for_dw, and it all seems very chaotic -- I'm just trying to make sense of it right now.

I'm not sure what I want to claim right now.

[amalnahurriyeh]

LOL, it is definitely confusing. I think the idea is that there's nothing centrally organized in a serious way--just that, for three weeks

1) people make content
2) that they don't crosspost
3) and folks playing along/following the tag feed make an extraspecial effort to go and comment on other people's posts and keep some sort of cheerful site-wide vibe going
4) because DW is teh ossum!!!1!

And that's about it. Frankly, I'm just thinking of this as an excuse to build community here, enliven the fandom, yadda yadda yadda.

When you figure out a topic for squeeage, just yell it out! I'm certain we all have distinct enough things to adore that everyone should be able to find something...

[littlegreen42]

I was thinking of claiming Mulder, but I see you're thinking of that, too. So if you decide to claim Mulder yourself, I'll claim Season 1.

[amalnahurriyeh]

No, do it! Having the mod do it feels wrong, somehow. ;)

If we're gonna do it all on a central day, is there a day or day-of-the-week that works well for you in the next three weeks?

[littlegreen42]

Okay, I'll claim Mulder!

Any day in the next two weeks should be fine; after that I may be too busy.

[wendelah1]

Maybe I could squee some about the Season Two Scully abduction arc? Hell, I have been writing a fill-in novella for it for five years. I must like it a little.

[amalnahurriyeh]

I don't know if I could squee about the abduction arc. I feel like it's more a crawl-into-corner,-cry type feeling. ;) But, yeah, it's a cool place to get fixated.

If we're gonna do it all on a central day, is there a day or day-of-the-week that works well for you in the next three weeks?

[wendelah1]

All next week is terrible. The following week is much better. I'm working Monday and Saturday.

[colebaltblue]

I'd love to a squee-ish meta about Scully being a good role-model for Women In The FBI. But I do not feel worthy since I actually still owe you a story *ducks and hides* (it's being worked on, honest). I don't know when I want, but if you'll let me - I'd love to do it!

[amalnahurriyeh]

Psst--I still owe [Unknown site tag] her fic, too. So we're equally defaulty.

Do it! We'll probably pick a day not next week, but the week after, so we have a little time to prep...

[heartequals]

I just joined this community like 30secs ago -- can I still join in squeeing?!

[amalnahurriyeh]

ABSOLUTELY! IT'S A SQUEE FOR ALL!

Normally I am calmer than this, I swear.

[heartequals]

Yay! Thank you!

CAN I TALK ABOUT SKINNER?

[amalnahurriyeh]

OF COURSE YOU CAN TALK ABOUT SKINNER

Never apologize for being EASILY EXCITED ABOUT THE X-FILES. THEY DESERVE IT.

[heartequals]

It's really hard for me to be calm about X-Files, I apologise.

[ml_griffonnage]

I would squee! for Beyond the Sea, probably my Favorite Ep Evah.

Any day is fine, with a little warning...

[amalnahurriyeh]

Sounds great! It's a really stunning ep.

I ended up proposing next Wednesday, May 5th...that's okay?

[ml_griffonnage]

Yes, next Wednesday is perfect. I'll have something ready!

ML