Snowflake Challenge: Day Four

[tangeriner]

In your own space, create a list of at least three fannish things you'd love to receive, something you've wanted but were afraid to ask for - a fannish wish-list of sorts. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your wish-list if you feel comfortable doing so. Maybe someone will grant a wish. Check out other people's posts. Maybe you will grant a wish. If any wishes are granted, we'd love it if you link them to this post.

1. I would love a Rictor/Shatterstar first time story written for me, because guh.

2. A sorta, I dunno, standing-offering to look at/beta Rictor/Shatterstar fic. It's such a small pocket of fandom, and so different from how it was in popslash (where I had several enthusiastic sounding boards or people suggesting fic ideas). I do get nervous sometimes about my stories!

3. Icons! Of stuff I like! (See profile).

4. I want to know more about vidding! What are your favourite vids that totally define vidding for you? Are there any Vidding 101/Vidding for Beginners resources floating around? Which programs are the best to use?

5. Suggestions for new conventions to attend! Any fannish ones I should add to the schedule? I'm headed to Otakon in Baltimore in August 2013, and I've been to San Diego Comic Con, but what others would you suggest!

6. Art for any of my fic, because art is awesome!

Comments

[nan]

Oh man, Otakon! It is a lot of fun. :3 I also really enjoy AWA (I used to go every year but can't really afford to anymore, boo).

[tangeriner]

I've heard good things about Otakon, so I'm very excited. I'm road tripping down with some friends. And wow, Atlanta seems to have a lot of awesome conventions. Thanks!

[nan]

Atlanta loves them some cons! I've never been but I've heard a lot of good things about Dragoncon and it's got a much broader range of stuff. :3

[tangeriner]

I literally even checked to see how close AWA and Dragoncon were, because the idea of a 10 day long geek convention extravaganza sounded like the best thing ever. Alas, a month apart. :(

[green]

http://permetaform.livejournal.com/166861.html
http://permetaform.livejournal.com/150126.html
http://xf-fanfilm.livejournal.com/920.html

those are the ones I used back in the day when I was getting used to vidding. you can find out a LOT by reading the vidding memories. what program you use depends on your OS. The big ones are Adobe Premiere and Final Cut Pro, but I always love Sony Vegas. They take some time to get used to, of course, but it's totally worth it.

[tangeriner]

Thank you so much!! This is exactly what I was looking for. ::determined to make a vid::

[green]

It can be really frustrating at first.

the number one rule is SAVE OFTEN. lol

[tangeriner]

haha. I will keep that in mind! Thanks again!

[elmyraemilie]

There's a teeny-tiny slash con called Tribal Forces that takes place every April right around tax time. It's held outside Philadelphia. It has a little focus military and pseudo-military fandoms like the Stargates, The Sentinel, etc., but there are many other fandoms on board as well. I'd recommend it to anyone.

[tangeriner]

Oh, wow, that sounds like the neatest thing ever. And it's kinda close-ish to me, too. Squee. Thank you so much for letting me know about it and the recommendation!

[sharpiefan]

From snowflake_challenge... Someone else was asking about vidding, back on Page 1. will have to go and see if I can find the post - she got a lot of links given her...

Here, in a couple of replies to kate's Day 4 wishlist post.

Hope that helps you out a bit?

[tangeriner]

Oh, brilliant, it totally does! Thank you for making the connection!

[sharpiefan]

You're very welcome - I've only recently got into vidding myself. There can't be too many fanvids out there, after all.

Good luck with your efforts!

[tangeriner]

Thank you! I can't wait to get started!

[alafaye]

I know everyone is all "Anime Boston" but! in New England, there's a 3 day event called "Connecticon" and it. is. amazing. So many fandoms and people and love--it isn't just anime or slash or gaming. If it has a fandom, someone is there doing it! I've been to panels on Japanese tea ceremonies, tea in general, history of comics, fan works, alchemy, steam punk, swords, etc.

It, as the name implies, takes place in CT! Usually at the beginning of summer. We're constantly adding in new people and discovering new things!

[tangeriner]

Oooh, this convention sounds so good, and has the bonus of being drive-able! I love multi-genre cons, but suffer from a lack of local ones. Thank you so much for recommending it!

[alafaye]

Not sure if you were planning on it this year, but if you do go, whatever year, make sure to book early! ...they sell out of hotel rooms really fast!

[tangeriner]

Ah, thank you for the heads up. Hotels always seem to be the big challenge! :D

[nestra]

AMV's vidding guide. It's exhaustive, so you can decide if that's a good or bad thing.

[tangeriner]

I'm always a big fan of exhaustive, so good thing for sure! Thank you so much!

[jet]

I would *love* to look at any Rictor/Shatterstar fic, but I don't have any canon knowledge besides X-Factor. I keep telling myself I'm going to read X-Force...and the stuff with Monet...someday...

As mentioned above, Dragon*con is pretty amazing! I can give you tips if you'd like any.

[tangeriner]

Oh, yay, thank you! I'm not super concerned about canon knowledge ... most of my nerves come from, "does this sound like them? Am I going too overboard here?" X-Force is actually a decently entertaining read once it hits the Executioner's Song. The introduction of Monet (Phalanx Covenant) and early Gen X is excellent. So I would recommend both, should you find the time.

Mostly with Dragon Con I wonder about things like hotels. How early should one book? Is it fiercely competitive? And the panels, are they mostly focussed on professionals (like SDCC), or are there fannish panels, too? And what is the weather typically like (most of my costumes are made for Canadian weather ... my Avatar the Last Airbender costumes has fake fur haha)?

[jet]

I will read it...someday. XD What all has Monet been in? I can probably figure out the issues if I sit down with wikipedia/google for a while, but if you happen to already know that would be awesome!

Rooms are indeed super-competitive; the main hotels sell out literally within hours of the room block becoming available. There are cancellations that you can grab, of course, and a lot of people looking for roommates to save money (dunno if that's a concern for you, but it's pretty expensive.) There are a lot of both professional and fan panels! I usually stuck to the fan panels, since I hate waiting in lines for the big panels. There are panels for EVERYTHING. They have about 20 programming tracks running. The weather is...hot. Usually about mid-80s F, and the south is HUMID. Warm costumes should be fine standing around inside in the air-conditioning, but I would not recommend fur-lined costumes if you're going to be moving between hotels to get to panels.

The website just has basic info, but you can get a lot more useful stuff from the dragoncon comm, and the wiki they link.

[tangeriner]

The very first Monet appearances were the Generation Next arc of the Phalanx Covenant (Uncanny X-Men #316, X-Men #36, Uncanny X-Men #317 and X-Men #37). She was in all of Generation X, which ran to issue 75. Then she appeared again in New X-Men 128 to 131-ish (Terry, Jamie, Rictor and Monet were all part of the X-Corporation Paris Branch). Then it's just X-Factor. She's the newest of the X-Factor characters so her history isn't as long as, say, Rictor.

And yay, thank you for the extra info on dragon con. That's exactly what I was looking for. I find the hotel thing to be the most stressful part of a large convention (I literally had to book my hotel for this year's Anime North while checking out of the hotel for last year's Anime North).