Meanwhile...
Dec. 4th, 2008 03:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fangrrl_squeesA couple of months ago, although I really do know better, I blew the dust off my membership at Outpost Gallifrey doctorwhoforum.com - mostly because I wanted to see what takes up time on the costuming forum.
Since then, I've stuck entirely to the costuming and conventions areas, with the occasional peek at the Big Finish threads to read reviews of the stories I can't afford at the moment and indulge in a bit of wistful sighing.
This morning, I decided that maybe I'm just a big ol' scaredy-cat and ventured into the more active areas - such as the ongoing fanwank that is Who Will Be The Eleventh Doctor.
Ow.
Ow. Ow. Ow.
I'm sure most of the members are lovely folks in person, but I think![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jblum nailed it nicely on the head with it's just so much easier to be an asshole when you're online.
I think I'll stick to face-to-face contact with the fans. I definitely need more of that. Heck, two of the best conversations I had the entire weekend at Chicago TARDIS were in the shuttles going to and from the convention.
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In other news, the previously-stalled DW Costuming Reference Archive of Dooooom project might be getting un-stalled. I've dropped a fresh line to the brains behind prydonacademy.com with some questions, concerns and suggestions re: building and maintaining such a site and I'm hoping that we can get the skeleton version bashed out and online in time for Gallifrey One.
The idea is a good one but it could be a hell of a lot of work to put together, so I'm hoping I can mine the members of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
dw_cosplay and various other communities to provide good, solid information for the benefit of others. The more contributors that are found, the quicker we'll populate the site.
Granted, I can't ever imagine there being much call for, say, Ian Chesterson cosplay, but a few screengrabs and some pointers about gent's clothing in the early 1960s might make someone's day!
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Speaking of Gallifrey One, I really want to make a new costume for it but, er, I'm broke and none of my ideas match my current fabric stash.
I might break my no costumes I have to explain to people rule and resurrect the Lucy-Saxon-as-The-Master idea, as I think the stuff I currently have in my stash could cover most of it. It'd mean untangling the blond wig again, though, ugh. Ideally, I'd buy one in a warmer shade (the Von Pinn wig is a bit too platinum for my blotchy, reddish self) but if I had the dosh to drop on wigs, I'd be dropping it on fabric, instead.
...and so much for "If I make my target weight, I'll do Emma Peel in leather" resolution. I'm *close* to my target weight, but not the target *shape* (no exercise! Bad fangrrl!) and I certainly don't have the money for all that lambskin. Maybe in time for San Diego Comic Con, if I make it down there...
Since then, I've stuck entirely to the costuming and conventions areas, with the occasional peek at the Big Finish threads to read reviews of the stories I can't afford at the moment and indulge in a bit of wistful sighing.
This morning, I decided that maybe I'm just a big ol' scaredy-cat and ventured into the more active areas - such as the ongoing fanwank that is Who Will Be The Eleventh Doctor.
Ow.
Ow. Ow. Ow.
I'm sure most of the members are lovely folks in person, but I think
jblum nailed it nicely on the head with it's just so much easier to be an asshole when you're online. I think I'll stick to face-to-face contact with the fans. I definitely need more of that. Heck, two of the best conversations I had the entire weekend at Chicago TARDIS were in the shuttles going to and from the convention.
***
In other news, the previously-stalled DW Costuming Reference Archive of Dooooom project might be getting un-stalled. I've dropped a fresh line to the brains behind prydonacademy.com with some questions, concerns and suggestions re: building and maintaining such a site and I'm hoping that we can get the skeleton version bashed out and online in time for Gallifrey One.
The idea is a good one but it could be a hell of a lot of work to put together, so I'm hoping I can mine the members of
dw_cosplay and various other communities to provide good, solid information for the benefit of others. The more contributors that are found, the quicker we'll populate the site. Granted, I can't ever imagine there being much call for, say, Ian Chesterson cosplay, but a few screengrabs and some pointers about gent's clothing in the early 1960s might make someone's day!
***
Speaking of Gallifrey One, I really want to make a new costume for it but, er, I'm broke and none of my ideas match my current fabric stash.
I might break my no costumes I have to explain to people rule and resurrect the Lucy-Saxon-as-The-Master idea, as I think the stuff I currently have in my stash could cover most of it. It'd mean untangling the blond wig again, though, ugh. Ideally, I'd buy one in a warmer shade (the Von Pinn wig is a bit too platinum for my blotchy, reddish self) but if I had the dosh to drop on wigs, I'd be dropping it on fabric, instead.
...and so much for "If I make my target weight, I'll do Emma Peel in leather" resolution. I'm *close* to my target weight, but not the target *shape* (no exercise! Bad fangrrl!) and I certainly don't have the money for all that lambskin. Maybe in time for San Diego Comic Con, if I make it down there...
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Date: 2008-12-05 02:13 am (UTC)You're well out of it -- that place will completely hollow you out. The only reason I'm on there regularly is sheer ingrained force of habit and being bored out of my skull at work. You're right about face-to-face fandom being such an antidote to all that -- but prolonged exposure to online BS makes it way too easy to forget that!