RainbowFic Questions & Suggestions August 5th - 13th

[silvercat17]

(dates are approximate)

This is the place for any questions or suggestions you have for rainbowfic , rainbowlists , and rainbowlounge . This includes 'how does this work?', 'does this supply or style count for this?' and 'what are the limits on this?'

There are a good amount of things that have fuzzy limits or definitions and that's okay. You're allowed to use your judgement of how to use a list, supply, style, etc. But I also want to acknowledge that not everyone is comfortable with ambiguity and that some people need more concrete answers. So this is where to get those (and then it'll be added to the appropriate page). But there are no tag/prompt/writing police here (I don't have energy for that shit)

Anyone can answer (please, if you've been here longer, jump in and help). Please take time to check what the different rainbowlists pages say because they might have the answer, but don't be afraid to ask something that seems obvious: it may be that I need to clarify a description or q&a. Checking the tags on rainbowfic to see how something has been used is also a good way to get answers, or at least precedent.

I'll check these posts at least once a week and I'll be using these as a resource to find things that need to be added or improved in the q&as.

Edit relevant to discussion at hand:

- Mosaic current definition: A piece that is a crossover between canons; you may write a crossover with a media source, but this may not be your canon - it must either be AU or a very minor aspect of the main canon, since we're not a fanfic comm

- Collage current definition: Borrow another person's canon; be sure to ask first!

Neither have any q&as or comments related to them that I'm finding. Somebody could go through the tags to see what people have done, but that'd be a serious time commitment

Comments

Re: Fan content for Crossovers (Mosaic)

[silvercat17]

I've seen older mosaics with fandom characters in an original setting, interacting with original characters.

Re: Fan content for Crossovers (Mosaic)

[bookblather]

I know which ones you're talking about and they were for a specific challenge. Generally speaking we set the comm up to support only original characters and as much original worldbuilding as possible, unless, of course, for a specific challenge. I personally would prefer to keep this a comm for original works only.

Re: Fan content for Crossovers (Mosaic)

[silvercat17]

Agreed! It's hard enough to find communities that have real support for original works (I am admittedly biased since that's pretty much the only thing I write)