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[scripsi]

I just realised that as I had two questions for April 2 and I only answered one, I’m a day behind on my questions. But as not all of my dates are filled, I will continue to post once a day. I hope no one minds.

icecoldrain asked: If fictional worlds were only a dimension away, which world(s) would you visit?

Narnia. I would love to meet a talking animal and I’d really like to have tea with Mr. Tumnus.

And to change the subject, let me rec a few communities to you. Go, check out, and join.

beattheblackdog Writers beating depression one word at a time A writing support group for people who suffer, or have suffered, from depression.

calufrax Welcome to Calufrax, a fanfic rec comm for A Teaspoon and an Open Mind. This community aims to highlight the best of the fanfic available at the archive across all eras of the show and in all genres. A Doctor Who reccing community. I have found a lot of fics I wouldn’t otherwise have found, here.

myth_fan A community for fans of myths, fairy/folk tales, and urban legends in classic and modern media. A very new community, but there has already been some interesting posts.

sopennydreadful Fiction community for Penny Dreadful TV series. Not much happen here right now, but I’d love it to live a little.

terror_scifiA community for gothic, sci-fi, fantasy, and horror lit/vid appreciation.

whitechapel_itv In Whitechapel, history isn't dead, it’s deadly. I loved this show and it’s a pity it’s gone.

If you have any community recs I would love to hear about them!

Comments

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

Those all sound like wonderful communities.


Gabrielle

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

Yes, very nice ones! :)

[dancingdragon3.livejournal.com]

Thanks for reccing us!

And I've already had to join one the other comms, very cool list.

When I first read Narnia, I had the same reaction. I really need to reread those...

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

My pleasure. :) I find both very enjoyable!

I need to re-read them too. I recently realised I have only ever read them in the Swedish translation and translation, even good ones, are never as good as the original. (With the exception of 50 Shades of Grey. Evidently the Swedish translation has much better language than the original...)

[dancingdragon3.livejournal.com]

Wow, that does not surprise me about 50 Shades, lol!

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

So true. I read it just to know what it was really about. I thought it couldn't possibly be as badly written as everybody said, but I found it was worse...

[chelseagirl.livejournal.com]

Joined the Penny Dreadful fic community. I don't think I'll actually fic this, but I'd like to see what comes along storywise.

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

I hope there will be a bit more in it when the new season comes. :)

[the_rck]

ithurtsmybrain is old and hasn't updated in forever, but the prompts that are still there are pretty amazing. The idea was that participants periodically submitted lists of characters from a variety of fandoms, and then the moderators randomly paired them up and challenged people to write fics about those pairings. I think it was intended to be shippy, but I tended to take it as more gen oriented simply because some of the pairings didn't work for me any other way (some did, of course). I haven't actually written any of these, but trying to figure out how some of them could work is a lot fun for me. I'd say that more than 95% of the prompts never got fic.

tumblr_refuge is a meta discussion group for folks who are in fandoms active on Tumblr but who want discussion. All posts are locked by default, but joining is pretty easy. I haven't seen a new post for a while now, but when posts do come up, there're generally a lot of comments. I think the community originated in Sherlock fandom, but it's not limited to that.

whatwasthatbook is a community for people to post about books they know they read once but for which they can't recall the title or author. Some books come up fairly regularly. Some books get identified quickly. Some never do. This is the sort of community that works better with more people reading the entries. I find it fascinating to see what things stick in people's memories about what they've read. Books from the last thirty years are more likely to get identified than older books, but some older books get identified, too.

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

Thank you! They all sound great!

[brunettepet.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the community recommendations.

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

My pleasure!

[snogged.livejournal.com]

YAY! Narnia!
That would be a cool place to see.

Thanks for sharing the community recs.

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

Yes, wouldn't it? :)

My pleasure!

[nienna42.livejournal.com]

Can I go to Narnia with you? I have wanted to meet Reepicheep since I was seven.

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

Please do! :D I love Reepicheep too!

[m-findlow.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for the rec for beattheblackdog. Really pleased that people are finding our little space where they can chat and find a friendly ear, plus have some fun writing challenges. :)

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

My pleasure! :)

[liadt]

Thanks for the whitechapel_itv rec even if it is rather dead!

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

My pleasure!

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, I love some these comms! Three of them I don't know though...may have to check them out!

*HUGS*

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

A god comm is a great find! :D *hugs*

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

YES to Narnia! Those books were my first fantasybooks I read, and then that old old tv-series... So much love!

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

My father read them to me when I was seven and I've loved them ever since. :)