If you haven't seen these yet, there is currently a lot of discussion surrounding the MEFAs:
Ratings and MEFA Eligibility at the official MEFA community and
tome_awards , an unofficial community set up for discussion of these changes.
Apart from that, you might also want to hop over to
tolkienawards , a community for discussion and planning of a new all-encompassing Tolkien fanfic award program, which
zhie has set up! \o/ Volunteers and suggestions are always welcome!
And yesterday was also the International Day of Slash, which I was dragged into and where I at least managed to write 4 ficlets, though both
zhie and
lalaith_raina wrote ten times as much. /o\ You can find all our responses to the challenge here: International Day of Slash 2012
And not only was there IDoS, I also got wonderful news yesterday in a mail from Turbine, where the event CoA proposed was officially accepted by Turbine for their Summer Fun events in LOTRO, which means we'll get official advertising and prizes from Turbine. :D
THIS is going to be amazing. Ell will prance around in his favourite purple dress with the flowers stitched onto it, wearing his flowers in his hair and holding his giant (non-magical) flower in his hand while handing out prizes to people who try to be just as beautiful as him but will invariably fail. Oh, life is so hard when you are as beautiful as Ell. ;_;
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Ratings and MEFA Eligibility at the official MEFA community and
Apart from that, you might also want to hop over to
And yesterday was also the International Day of Slash, which I was dragged into and where I at least managed to write 4 ficlets, though both
And not only was there IDoS, I also got wonderful news yesterday in a mail from Turbine, where the event CoA proposed was officially accepted by Turbine for their Summer Fun events in LOTRO, which means we'll get official advertising and prizes from Turbine. :D
THIS is going to be amazing. Ell will prance around in his favourite purple dress with the flowers stitched onto it, wearing his flowers in his hair and holding his giant (non-magical) flower in his hand while handing out prizes to people who try to be just as beautiful as him but will invariably fail. Oh, life is so hard when you are as beautiful as Ell. ;_;
Entry originally posted to DW: http://esteliel.dreamwidth.org/420939.ht

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also omfg Ellonur please this is why Gwyndir doesn't want to be a judge he'll be in his hole.
No holes for you, how about that pretty moss-colored dress instead? Or, oh! We'll dress you up as a kitten!
You'll come as a giant flower then? :D
Melanie, Gwyndir is totally going to be a flower now, we just need to find a proper mask for him to fit the theme.(:D How about that Venetian-themed mask Feor linked the other day?)
http://mefas.livejournal.com/309296.htm
Whatever, I am looking forward to Zhie's and being able to nominate and vote without feeling as if I am treading on eggshells.
Edited at 2012-07-02 09:58 pm (UTC)
Someone called the discussion "drama" yesterday - this is really the first instance of "drama" I have seen in all of this.
The amazing thing about fandom is that nothing ever ends. Fandom is the community - and if the community wants awards, there will be awards. The Tolkien Awards aren't the MEFAs, but they are all about celebrating the community and creativity.
Indeed. There is a difference between people feeling passionately about something and drama.
The Tolkien Awards aren't the MEFAs, but they are all about celebrating the community and creativity.
They would have more credibility since they are all-inclusive.
Edited at 2012-07-03 07:19 am (UTC)