Hiding fandom in the underwear drawer since 1977

I'm cross-posting from wingedflight21  's LJ that the newly reconstituted Narnian Fanfiction Revolution (thanks songsmith !) is having movie re-watches and re-reads and you can read all about it on the NFFR Forum and on Winged's journal here.

So, the Narnia Fic Exchange will be winding up soon.  I've really enjoyed so many of the stories.  Anon commenting is available, so do check them out.

In the Bujold community, Hedda62 just posted Further Up and Further In, a Betan Survey/Narnia cross over to fill the prompt:  You know all those Betan survey ships that go into wormholes and don’t come out? They go to Narnia. It's so much fun.  I really enjoyed it.

In recognition of some real ugliness and other things, lady_songsmith has started a new Comm, Marvelous Things Beyond Reckoning to promote the stories that celebrate "the diversity of vision in Narnia and the richness of the world."  Huzzah.  PM her with questions and suggestions. 

The ugliness, more on that briefly, below, underscores how much I miss the Narnia Fanfiction Revolution community which had at its core a celebration of diversity and creativity.  It was that rare thing in the Narnia fandom, a community that did not tolerate intolerance.   Maybe, given that the films are over and the fandom is contracting again, there is no need for it and so its demise will pass unremarked.  Still, I miss it.  I know the technical skill to transfer the old site to the new server is beyond me and I really don't know anything about forum management.  If anyone has any thoughts on this -- is there a need for it, if so where, who, and how -- I welcome your thoughts.

I've been trying to write but have been badly distracted.  First, I managed to fall into a rabbit cage on to cement and now have bruises and cuts on both legs, knees, feet and one arm.  I have been Battered by bunnies.  School also started and so that is always a stressful time of year.  huzzah for a long weekend.

Second, I had a unsigned, anonymous review to I love not man the less but nature more.  Over the last day, I've been tinkering with a response.  There's a little more here, under the cut.  Please be warned -- this anon review and my discussion that follows contain horribly homophobic language bracketed by smileys.  If being labeled horrible things due to sexual orientation is triggering, stop now. 

( How did I become the poster child in the Narnia culture wars? ) 

NFFR just posted 5 stories for their 2010-2011 fic contest.  They are all awesome and well worth a look.  Do go check them out!  Really, when you see what is here, it is so much a cut above the usual.  There's voting in a contest for your favorite as well.  Thanks to the awesome authors who wrote!

And another thing, if I'm receiving ff.net notifications, they are coming at least 24 hours late.  It is completely screwed up, so I really do not know who has seen it or who has seen my replies or really any communication that is ff.net related.  It is really bad and has been going on for 10 days now.  So, my apologies and I will find things if they are in reviews, though I have go looking for them, and may spot PM,s though those are getting lost too. 

( ED in Narnia -- Brand name, Laspian, generic name, cilandil )

I guested on AsCast #9 last week and the episode just went up with a terrific interview with   ilysia_039  At the end of the podcast, I did a Fandom 15, covering stories mentioned on Episode 9 of AsCast and others I've found.  These are stories that have come to my attention over the last month or two, stories through NFFR, my usual wanderings or  that seemed especially appropriate in light of  our Dawn Treader discussion.  It’s by no means all-inclusive but an awful lot of the ones I discussed and rec'd and mentioned are ones you all wrote!  Funny that.  I included stories by ilysia_039  be_themoon  autumnia elouise82 edenfalling   animus_wyrmis  and  anastigmatfic 

 
You can see the whole entry here, but among the ones I discussed and rec'd:

( Pushing the F List )