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[skygiants]

genarti is the LEAST HELPFUL PERSON EVER. I would just like to announce this now.

Because when I mentioned to her, like an idiot, that I thought it would be excellent if there was a fic-and-art exchange centered around female characters from Fullmetal Alchemist along the lines of the extremely awesome atla_ladyfest that the equally awesome meredyd set up last summer . . . instead of doing the helpful thing and reminding me that I am terrible at organization and have no time this summer and am terrified of self-promotion and all those things that go into doing a fandom fic exchange thing, she said, "I WOULD CO-MOD. Also the community name fma_ladyfest is open! :D"


So, uh. I guess . . . um, I guess this is a preliminary interest-gauging post to find out if anyone else thinks it's a good idea to set up a summer--->fall exchange focused on The Ladies of Fullmetal Alchemist: Look, Female Characters Are Seriously Awesome, Sometimes Especially When Hanging Out With Each Other.

Are we completely on crack? Should we really consider doing this?

I guess the two are not mutually exclusive . . .

[Poll #1594519]

Feel free to point people here if you think they might be interested/have helpful thoughts, by the way. And any helpful suggestions would be seriously welcome.

Comments

[oneechan19.livejournal.com]

Okay, my choices are weird, but I'll explain: I'd really really love to do it (aka consider participating) but I would probably suck at it (aka probably cannot participate).

[skygiants]

Permit me to disagree, I think you would be awesome at it! And I mean, it is not like my story for atla_ladyfest was the best thing since sliced bread - I feel the main criteria for participation (if we do this, A BIG IF) would be 'love and appreciation for the FMA ladies' and that is something I know you can do. :D

[dynastessa]

My choices were also weird!

See, I would totally participate but I don't know enough about FMA (or remember as much) to be able to contribute confidently.

So theoretically I support! But I probably can't participate. And my knowledge might as well be nothing! But I also generally encourage the existence of more ladyfests!

[skygiants]

Basically I just want to respond to this by reminding you that if I remember correctly you were considering watching Brotherhood. *coughs*

[dictator-duck.livejournal.com]

CONSIDER MY INTEREST GAUGED.

At "high". :O <3

[skygiants]

YOUR RESPONSE HAS BEEN TALLIED AND WILL BE DULY WEIGHED.

[aamalie]

I can only just sit here, stare at this idea and make *_______* faces at it.

[skygiants]

*______* faces are definitely encouraging! :D

[areyoumymemmy.livejournal.com]

I am ALWAYS in support of more ladyfests! And I think it is always good to do things that one is a wee bit afraid of!

Of course, aside from pure LADYFEST glee, I'd just make sure that actually doing this is not going to be more stress than enjoyment, and that the timing works for you, since August is pretty busy, right? With work and D*C and other things?

[skygiants]

These are EXTREMELY VALID POINTS ALL, which would be the main reason not to do it, I think (well, that or if there was zero interest.) We've been talking about timing - August and September are super busy for me, and we'd have to arrange it so the brunt of organizational stuff fell after D*C and after my big work conference respectively. But I thiiiink we can work out a schedule that will work and not turn us into stress-panicked pillbugs.

[jezrana.livejournal.com]

I a) am generally all in favor of more ladyfests but b) have only a passing familiarity with FMA, and c) am not opposed to becoming more familiar with FMA, perhaps by watching it!, but d) cannot say whether or not that would result in my being able to partake in your hypothetical ladyfest. But yay ladyfests!

[skygiants]

I won't lie, my secret hope is that if we do go forward with this, people will be ~inspired~ as we were by meredyd and make FIVE MILLION MORE ladyfests. Which ladyfests? ALL OF THEM.

(Also re: being not opposed to becoming more familiar with FMA, I would recommend you see my comment to dynastessa! >.>)

[izilen]

Here via meredyd. I love this idea and would definitely (most probably, barring disasters) participate!

[skygiants]

:DDD yay! That is definitely encouraging.

[schellibie.livejournal.com]

Here via Meredith! I loooooved participating in the ATLA Ladyfest and I will DEFINITELY participate in this!!

Also, uh, I've been meaning to ask you, as I love your fic and agree with you wrt EVERYTHING about FMA... is it okay if I friend you?

[skygiants]

Yay! :D That is EXTREMELY exciting to hear. \o/

Also, that is completely and 100% okay and I would love to friend you back!

[rawles.livejournal.com]

I cannot stress enough HOW MUCH THIS IS THE GREATEST IDEA and I fully support its existence.

Though, I accepted long ago that participating in fic exchanges is more stressful and unpleasant for me than anything else, so I probably would not be able to actually join in.

I will EYEHEART MASSIVELY FROM THE SIDELINES THOUGH.

And I have run exchanges previously so if you need any help, etc. I would be happy to offer that as well!

[skygiants]

Validation of the idea and massive eyehearting from the sidelines is ALWAYS WELCOME. :D :D :D

And the offer is absolutely appreciated! I have a feeling we may be asking for advice if nothing else, since, uh, we're both kinda new to this.

[bravenewcentury.livejournal.com]

Here via meredyd, and I only voted 'yes, you guys should do this and I would consider participating!' because there was no option for BEST IDEA EVER OMG I WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE PAST IF NECESSARY.

So, yeah. I am slightly keen on this idea. I will also make a tentative offer to maybe help with matching people up or prompt sorting or whatever turns out to be necessary, because although I don't have buckets of free time I would like to see this happen SO MUCH.

[skygiants]

\o/ AWESOME. Hopefully we will not be making the sign-up procedures so complicated that time machines will be necessary . . . but as aforementioned we're kinda new to this, so, uh, YOU NEVER KNOW. *laughing*

And thank you so much for the offer! I have no idea how much help we may need yet, but offers of assistance are very much appreciated.

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

I totally love the idea. (Of course, I run the fmagiftexchange and would've been happy to have an ALL GIRL ISSUE, but maybe later in the year, since I still need posts from the LAST exchange.)

I will be happy to throw this up on my LJ. I think you should TOTALLY put it up at fm_alchemist, too.

[skygiants]

Yay! :D (My response to this is MORE LADYFESTS. *__* If this happens and then fmagiftexchange has a lady-centric issue, EVEN MORE EXCITINGLY BETTER.)

Extra pimping for this poll: ALSO AWESOME. :D :D :D Thank you! I think we're gonna wait to post it up at fm_alchemist until we're further along in the organizational process, but once we've got a comm set up and everything, you can bet we will be pimping it out everywhere despite the fact that I am terrified about pimping stuff out.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

i'm thrilled at the very idea of an fma lady fest

[skygiants]

:DDDDD yay! I am so excited by people getting excited for this.

[a-big-apple.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes, yay! Though if that particular timing is bad/busy for you, why not move it to a different time of year? Unless all times are bad/busy, in which case, I'm right there with you. ;) But I would totally participate.

[skygiants]

Well, both genarti and I are big participants in yuletide, so we want to make sure we don't overlap too much with that, as well as NaNoWriMo and other big writing enterprises - so in other words, all times are basically bad/busy, yeah. :D And also I have a feeling that if we waited too long, I'd turn chicken and it would never actually happen. >.> Hence the full-speed-ahead momentum!

[escalove.livejournal.com]

Here via meredyd and rawles' flist, and just wanted to say I totally support this venture wholeheartedly and would totally participate.

Also, I just realized that I was your recipient for atla_ladyfest and if this fest could possibly give me something even half as good as that then I fully support it.

[skygiants]

Dude, thank you! That is extremely awesome to hear. Also if this happens you totally deserve some credit, because writing fic for you for atla_ladyfest was SUCH AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE that I clearly wish to repeat the whole thing. :D (Except with bonus responsibility and terror, ahahaha.)

[anat-astarte.livejournal.com]

This is an awesome idea! I totally support this! :D

[skygiants]

Yay, thank you! MORE SUPPORT \o/ \o/ \o/

[elle-white.livejournal.com]

I fully support this idea and I'd love to participate!

[skygiants]

Yay! EXCITING. I am so pleased by all this support, you don't even know!

[heyyoitsmj.livejournal.com]

Here via meredyd, I think this is a fantastic idea! I loved participating in atla_ladyfest and would love to be a part of this one as well!

[skygiants]

:DDDDD thank you! This is EXCEEDINGLY EXCELLENT news. (Also, man, perfect icon for this!)

[arefadedaway.livejournal.com]

YES YES YES I CANNOT EVEN TELL YOU HOW MUCH I SUPPORT AND ADVOCATE THIS EXISTING.

Unfortunately I'm not sure right now if I'd be able to participate or not, BUT I want this ladyfest to happen with ALL MY HEART. <333

[skygiants]

Oh yay I am glad! Support and encouragement in any fashion is awesome, whether or not you can actually participate. :DD

[strandedthought.livejournal.com]

*would definitely participate*
Here via evil_little_dog and love the idea. The ladies need more love.


Come September, I'm going to have many a sleepless nights with my sister's baby arriving (and us living in the same house).

*edit because this needs a lady icon*

[skygiants]

Yay! Sleepless nights: obviously perfect for writing fic about overwhelming lady-awesomeness.

[bob_fish.livejournal.com]

This is a great idea! The ladies of FMA are awesome but it's quite rare that we see them interacting with each other rather than with the boys. (That sounds naughtier than it did in my head XD). For a start I would like to know how Rebecca and Maria's ice cream truck road trip from the East to Central went. Rebecca would either be an awesomely entertaining person to be stuck on a long journey with, or you'd want to throw her from the truck. XD

[skygiants]

Yeah, I love the boys too, obviously but I always want more fanfic about the ladies hanging out, since we don't get very much of it in canon! Oh man, if we go ahead with this I would hope for so much Rebecca fic. Rebecca and Maria! Rebecca and Hawkeye and Gracia girl's night! Rebecca giving Winry terrible advice! (Or . . . AWESOME advice?) Rebecca and Madame Christmas!

[lacewood]

Anything that encourages more FMA fic, especially for the ladies, is A+++ AWESOME :D I don't quite think I'll be able to write for it, but I'm 300% for reading everything (and pimping?)

[skygiants]

We are ALL ABOUT encouragement from the sidelines . . . especially encouragement that involves pimping the challenge out. :D (I'm in the process of making a banner now, spamming people, for the purposes of! IT'S VERY EXCITING.)

[ningicoco.livejournal.com]

Linked here by meredyd, and I LOVE THIS IDEA SO MUCH. And if this ladyfest does happen, I would love to participate!

[skygiants]

Oh yay! :D :D :D (I spent the last weekend poking around with banners, so . . . it is looking likely, at this point.)