#fan research

[citruscon]

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[fanfic-thesis]

Another Quick Question:

If you were, was there anything you were disappointed about when you started the series?

(At first I was completly taken aback that Season 1 Morgana was not yet the evil counterpart of Merlin.)

[sylvrndoodles]

[inthemiddleofmybackswing]

GUYS my girlfriend MADE this for me for christmas!! with her own two hands!! she even wired the chevrons to light up and i’m so impressed and happy and just wanted to share it with the world

[shadowspellchecker]

Sherlock Holmes Research Links

Because apparently I must bibliograph everything. Yes, bibliograph isn't a word. It is now.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

I hope you take this as the compliment it is intended to be, but you strike the same chord of irreverence-as-love, jokes-to-showcase-sencerity that I get from Chuck Tingle, and I adore both of you.

You have bestowed the greatest honour upon me.

[swficreference]

Introducing the Star Wars Reference Wiki!

Introducing the Star Wars Fic Reference Wiki, a wiki for fic writers by fic writers!

The Star Wars Fic Reference Wiki is intended as a way for fic writers and other fanwork creators to easily look up pertinent information without having to slog through dense paragraphs or comb through categories with dozens or even hundreds of entries with few indicators of what the pages are. Do you want lists? Do you want tables? Do you want easily digestible bullet points? We've got 'em!

We build pages from common questions we or other fic writers have, such as:

All these fics incorporate events from Jedi Apprentice, but what really happened to Obi-Wan Kenobi in Legends?

How do the stories in Revenge of the Sith and The Clone Wars mesh together?

Which characters are LGBTQIA+? Who are some LGBTQIA+ creators who have worked on a Star War? How about a timeline of LGBTQIA+ people and content?

BBY/ABY, BrS/GrS, BFE/AFE... what's the difference between these and all those other calendars? What calendar do characters use before the Battle of Yavin?

What are some idioms or kriffing swears this character could use to sound more Star Wars-y?

Does the GFFA have its own version of a grilled cheese sandwich with tomato soup?

What could be used as a pack animal in one of the many, many deserts?

Why does this fic call him "Yan" or "Glamnor" Dooku? Is her full name Padmé Amidala Naberrie or something else?

How many costumes does Padmé wear? What about other SW costumes?

What are some canonical design options for a Kiffar OC's facial tattoo?

Are these the droids you're looking for?

Are you constantly losing those handy tumblr posts compiling useful resources? We have a permanent page for that!

(Swears in light mode; LGBTQIA+ characters in dark mode)

We've only recently started building the wiki, and are creating new pages all the time! We'd love help or suggestions for new pages. Have you never edited a wiki before? No problem! We have a tutorial for that. Are you not super confident about your English? No worries! Other wiki editors are here to help! We have a Discord server for the wiki, and side channels for things like SW fic recs and general fan chat.

Thank you for initial brainstorming and showing us there was an interest in and audience for this wiki, from us (facingthenorthwind and immithrax) to you: @nimata-beroya, @cacodaemonia, @elismor, @genericficerblog, @seth-shitposts, @takadasaiko, and @virusq!

Many hands make great wikis, so please, come on over and join us, and check back to see what new things we have in store! If you find our pages useful, we'd also love if you could spread the word, so other people can make use of the resources we've worked hard to create.

[malamilkbeats]

Full robo design detail for Edgar

What a cutie pie

The way his face looks was inspired by very talented @bigintorobotsrightnow !! I just love how cute his eyes were drawn!

Lineart:

[alexisnotstraight]

!!!

[fanhackers]

Help a Researcher

Leigh Ingram, a student at the University of Ottawa, in Canada, is completing a Master of Information Studies. The proposed research for their thesis is on information seeking behaviours in the fanfiction community, with a specific focus on how AO3 users search through the archive and use the embedded search functions on the website.

This study has received ethics approval for an anonymous online survey, followed by a few interviews. The survey will remain open for approximately 6-8 weeks depending on the volume of response. Following completion of the research, the intention is to share the anonymous data collected and potentially submit an article to Transformative Works and Cultures for consideration, so any findings will be shared with OTW/AO3. 

Survey takers must be 18 or older to take part. If you would like to learn more about the study you can review its consent form, which contains the researcher's contact information.

[citruscon]

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[fanfic-thesis]

Day 8 & 9 Fanfic Bachelor's Thesis

I had not much of an interesting progress the last two days. I set up the word document for the thesis, but besides that I mostly did housekeeping stuff.

I hope I can actually start writing this weekend. But theoretically there is still a lot of textwork to do beforehand. I am excited for it, as it actually interests me. But it stresses me that it will take a lot of time.

Further, I still have to figure out how to illustrate some of the data I gathered on AO3 directly. And I need doing that without falling in that rabbit hole called "reading the Merlin fanfics" because if I am on AO3 anyways ...

[heilos]

You know you're invested in your own project when your world building doc is making you do hardcore hyperfixation levels of research into actual history What do you mean I'm now an overnight expert in furniture, clothing and dietary habits for this very specific civilization that would be so silly hahaha

[subzeroparade]

The Left and Right Hands of the Divine

[shadowspellchecker]

Sherlock Holmes Research Links

Because apparently I must bibliograph everything. Yes, bibliograph isn't a word. It is now.

https://www.maproomblog.com/2016/08/an-online-map-of-every-british-rail-line-ever/

[rb9]

it’s so painfully obvious to me that some of y’all have been here for all of about 5 minutes. tf u mean ‘now max knows what it’s like to not have the fastest car’. my guy had the fastest car for like 2 seasons in his whole career. the rb13 literally exists ??