Day 17: That's Very Meta

[wendelah1]

I know I said this yesterday, too, but I promise to have the points from the Fight Club added and the totals updated by tomorrow afternoon. My brain is just too fried tonight. OKAY?

Your assignment for May 11 is to post a meta of at least 300 words to your journal, and make a post linking to it on philedom (10 points). Three hundred words? Piece of cake!

Meta doesn't have to consist of "thinky thoughts" in an essay format. The best meta I've ever read for The X-Files is a work of fanfiction: Livia Balaban's "M. Luder: King of Seti Troopers Fanfic." A cartoon can be a meta, so can a filk. But if your talent lies in the thinky-thought direction, bring it on.

Here is another priceless bit of X-Files meta.



The original went down when AOL Hometown closed down but here is a Waybacked link.

Don't forget, if you have posted anything to any of the earlier challenges since Amal's last update, or if anything you've posted has not been counted yet, please let me know in a comment to this post so I can include it in your totals.

Promises, promises.

Comments

[ninamazing]

OMG the Relationship Episode Guide! I was just looking for that the other day; thanks so much for posting the Wayback link. Genius. :)

[wendelah1]

Hee! You are welcome. Has someone made a page for it at Fanlore, I wonder?

[heartequals]

For some reason, it never occurred to me how super ridiculous and shippy the 7th season is until just now, after reading that meta. Hoo boy.

[rustingwillpowr]

I think I'm going to leave the meta to you professionals. Also, you are doing an excellent job with the posting. Still, maybe we should send Mulder and Scully to investigate Time Warner Cable. There could be a poltergeist mucking up the works.