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"Quantum Leap" Screening for Fans (1991)

The "Quantum Leap" Screening for Fans was an event created for fans by Universal Studios.
It took place February 25, 1991 at the Hitchcock Theatre in Universal City. 
It was created to thank fans for their support of the show, and as a celebration of the show moving from the Friday Night Death Slot to its former glory on Wednesday nights. 
Three hundred fans were in attendance. It is unknown how these fans were chosen.
Also in attendance were Donald P. Bellisario, Deborah Pratt, Dean Stockwell, and Scott Bakula. 
The episode shown was "8 1/2 Months" which featured Bakula as a woman who was pregnant and giving birth. 
Afterwards, there was Q&A session and an autograph session. 
A similar official promotion event that year was Leap Week.
==Fan Comments==
==Further Reading==
* the screening is mentioned at The Quantum Leap Frequently Asked Questions List
* The Observer v.1 n.2
==References==
Category:Quantum Leap
Category:1991 Events
Category: Industry
"Said" Is Not a Four-Letter Word

"Said" Is Not a Four-Letter Word is an essay by Arduinna.
It is part of a set of essays (Essays: Rants and Rambles) about fiction writing:
* Variety Is the Spice of Life, and I Need Some Tums
* Purple Fanfic's (total lack of) Majesty
* Epithets: Fandom's Designated Hitters
* Said Is Not a Four-Letter Word
==Excerpt==
Category:How To
Category:Fanfiction Meta
Category:2004 Meta
Category:Meta on Fansites
"Slash Fiction" by Janet Lees Price

"Slash Fiction" is a January 1989 open letter by Janet Lees Price.
It accompanied Paul Darrow’s letter, "Unwortham's Lies", an open letter both of which were printed in Avon Club Newsletter #35. These were reprinted in Federation Archives in February 1989. Both letters were written in response to Open Letter by "Name Withheld By Request" by Ann Wortham.
Both letters were a major part of The Blake's 7 Wars.
==Some Context==
Janet Lees Price, along with her husband Paul Darrow, was a frequent attendee at fan conventions and spent some time socializing with fans. Several of these fans wrote slash fiction under pseudonyms, and they had been very careful to keep these pseuds separate and away from the actors.
==Response to Earlier Comments==
Janet Lees Price's letter was in response to the editorial introduction to the "Name Withheld Letter" that had been written by the editor of The Federation Archives, Linda Terrell. Darrow claimed that Terrell had been spreading rumors that she was trying to ‘control fan fiction.’ Like Paul Darrow’s letter, Price raised the topic of slash fan fiction, even though the editor, in her newsletter had not mentioned the genre. Price proceeded to out a fan who she had had prior social contact, referring to this fan by her legal name. Price also questioned the use of pseudonyms.
From a December 23, 1988 letter by Price sent to Annie Wortham and "cc., to all fan newsletters" (it includes some statements that were used in the January 1989 letter): 
From another letter by Price: 
==Janet Lees Price's Letter==
==Comments from Linda Terrell==
==References==
Category:Meta in Print
 
Category:1989 Meta
Category:Blake's 7 Meta
Category:1989 Open Letters
Category:Blake's 7 Wars
"Sour Grapes": The 1986 Stick Figure Auction Piece

Sour Grapes is the name of a 1986 meta drawing by Pamela Rose.
It was created as a pushback to comments regarding discussions about why it was okay for fans to sell fanart for profit but not fanfic. Rose submitted the drawing as a piece to the 1986 IDICon fanart auction.
Ultimately, this drawing was the what inspired the 1992 novel Arabian Nights.
==From the Author's Introduction to "Arabian Nights"==
==Fan Comments==
===1993===
From a fan in 1993 (seven years after the art auction, and the year "Arabian Nights" was published):
===1996===
==References==
Category:1986 Fanart
Category:The Professionals Art
"T'hy'la", Seriously

"T'hy'la", Seriously is a 2002 essay by Laura Goodwin.
It is embedded in a post at alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated.
==Some Topics Discussed==
* The Roddenberry Footnote
* T'hy'la
* Kirk/Spock
==From the Essay==
==References==
Category:Star Trek TOS K/S Meta
Category:Fanfiction Meta
Category:2002 Meta
Category:Meta on Usenet
"That Would Never Happen in My Fandom"

"That Would Never Happen in My Fandom"' is a 2009 essay by Merlin Missy.
==Series==
This essay is part of a series called Dr. Merlin's Soapbox.
==Some Topics Discussed==
* "Why, when someone brings up a problematic aspect with the series in question, does it elicit such quick, vehement, and negative responses?"
* some typical responses to criticism about a show are not helpful, such as "It's just a TV show!" and "You have too much time on your hands," and "You can find a problem like that in any show, so why are you complaining?" and "If it bothers you so much, stop watching."
* fans are, by definition, VERY invested in their shows 
* our love of shows, flaws and all, feel like it might reflect upon us as persons, and reflect upon our own fanworks
* fans don't like to hear criticism about their shows, and they tend to want to kill the messenger
* we want our idols to be perfect, and it's disappointing when creators of our canon lose their way or make mistakes or are tone-deaf, or worse, outwardly offensive
* sometimes it's best to step away from your fandom and think about something else
* do your own research about people's statements about a show, understand the context
* comments on The Shield
* don't assume bad intent when a fan comments about problematic content and portrayals
* accept that your fandom might have issues, and strive to do better
 
==From the Essay==
 
==Fan Comments==
 
==References==
Category:Meta on Fansites
Category:2008 Meta
"The Cutting Board's" Admin Discussions

"The Cutting Board's" Admin Discussions is a series of three posts made by Carolyn Claire, moderator of the fanfic discussion site, The Cutting Board.
Stargate Atlantis was the focus of the community, but the essays and discussion are applicable to all fandoms.
The discussions touch upon many aspects of fannish concrit of fanworks, hurt feelings, posting etiquette, the visibility of fic, differing motivations of readers and writers, privileging readers over writers and vice versa, motivation, and the minefields of fannish personal interaction. 
To read more about these posts in context, see Wank.
==The Three Posts==
* (April 17, 2005)
* (April 24, 2005)
* (March 14, 2006)
==="Things we learn heading West"===
This discussion took place after the comm's topic of the fic Hindsight by Rageprufrock and the strong feelings this discussion created.
==="A little clarification"===
This discussion also took place after the comm's topic of the fic Hindsight by Rageprufrock and the strong feelings this discussion created. It began a week after the first admin post on this topic.
==="Comment Confusion"===
==References==
Category:2005 Meta
Category:2006 Meta
Category:Meta on Journal Sites
Category:Fanfiction Meta
Category:Stargate Meta
Category:Concrit & Feedback Meta
"The Learning Curve": Hypertext, Fan Fiction, and the Calculus of Human Nature

"The Learning Curve": Hypertext, Fan Fiction, and the Calculus of Human Nature is an essay by Mary Ellen Curtin.
This essay is a slightly longer version of the paper Mary Ellen Curtin presented at the M.I.T. conference "Media in Transition," October 9, 1999.
The work discusses several fanfics, but focuses on The Learning Curve by raku.
==Excerpts==
Category:Star Trek TOS Academic Commentary
Category:1999 Academic Commentary
Category:Fanfiction Meta
"The Nausea Effect": Star Trek Lives!

"The Nausea Effect": Star Trek Lives! is a 1975 essay by Sharon Ferraro.
It was printed in Spectrum #21.
The topic was Star Trek Lives!, an enormously influential book by Jacqueline Lichtenberg, Sondra Marshak, and Joan Winston which had been published just four months previously.
==Some Topics Discussed==
* comparing the tone of the book, and the authors themselves, to a Mary Sue, even going so far as to closely word its opening sentence from the first line from A Trekkie's Tale
* the essay's author refers to Joan Winston, Sondra Marshak, and Jacqueline Lichtenberg as "the three of her"
* the book treats fans like breathless 13-year olds
* the last chapter of the book, the one that talks about fanfiction, is too focused on sex
** Ferraro dislikes the quote chosen from The Daneswoman because it focuses on Damion and Spock in bed, rather than Damion's strength in chess or as a captain of her ship
** Ferraro dislikes the quoted scene from either "To Seek Thee Out" and "From Whatever Distant Hill," both stories by Judith Brownlee in Eridani Triad: "An actual sex act. Great. Why this scene... as an example of fan fiction? Why not another scene where T'Pell [sic] shows her smarts?"
** Ferraro dislikes the quote used from Surak Plays: "Again, the scene is one of the few sexually orientated scenes in the 3 plays. As a representative quote, why now one of Surak's scenes -- that was the point of the whole drama -- the pon farr/marriage bit was the secondary and weaker plot."
* the book's content might be okay in a fanzine, but in a for-profit book, "... it exposed our most vulnerable side to the harshness of ridicule of the reading public."
==From the Essay==
==References==
Category:Star Trek TOS Meta
Category:1975 Meta
Category:Fanfiction Meta
Category:Meta in Print
Category:Perspectives on Fans
"The Truth We Both Know": Readerly Desire and Heteronarrative in "The X-Files"

"The Truth We Both Know": Readerly Desire and Heteronarrative in "The X-Files" is an academic paper by Robin Silbergleid published in 2003.
The journal is "Studies in Popular Culture, Vol. 25, No. 3, pp. 49-62."
The author self-identifies as a fan.
==About==
==Some Topics Discussed==
* The X-Files
* MSR
* while it does not use the term, the paper discusses curtainfic, calling it "married fic"
* babyfic
* fanfiction and how some was written to fight back their own fears and desires 
* that perhaps Chris Carter finally "got Mulder and Scully together" because of fan pressure
* explains how the The X-Files first season was not long after Dan Quayle's indictment of Murphy Brown and single motherhood, and how The X-Files portrayed cloning, genetic engineering, and illicit reproduction as central subjects 
* the statement that "a review of the awards [given by other fans] shows that although MSR stories were written as early as 1995, MSR did not become the dominant category until some times in late 1996 or 1997." Significantly, such timing corresponds with the increased threat to Scully's reproductive capacity, as the 1996 1997 (fourth) season..." 
* mentions Jori Remington's "Christopher Ryan Scully" series, the vignette "Birth: Ocean," MUCH about Iolokus and some about its sequel Syadiloh
==Excerpts==
 
==References==
Category:2003 Academic Commentary
Category: X-Files Academic Commentary
"This was good, but I thought it could use some work..."

"This was good, but I thought it could use some work..." is an essay by Arduinna.
It has an ironic typo on the title page: "This was good, but I thought it could ise some work..." ;)
The essay was posted to Essays: Rants and Rambles.
For additional context, see Timeline of Concrit & Feedback Meta.
==Excerpts==
==References==
Category:1999 Meta
Category:Concrit & Feedback Meta
Category:Meta on Fansites
"Twin Peaks," "Quantum Leap" fans are undeniably devoted

"Twin Peaks," "Quantum Leap" fans are undeniably devoted is a 1991 news article by Bob Wisehart. 
It took the all-too-common derision and "look at the weirdos" approach that is common in journalism. 
==Some Topics Discussed==
* good fans and bad fans
* Twin Peaks and Quantum Leap
* fan campaigns
==From the Article==
==Fan Comments==
 
==References==
Category:Twin Peaks
Category:Quantum Leap Meta
Category:1991 News Media
"WAR 101" or "So you wanna be in a FK War?"

Dianne DeSha's ""WAR 101" or "So you wanna be in a FK War?"" was written as an addendum to Susan Garrett's "War Tutorial" in response to numerous questions that had not been addressed in the earlier essay.
It covers posting and player etiquette, with general advice about the commitment that anyone playing in a war is taking on.
Topics covered:
* Post it right!
* Have a big mailbox!
* (Private) e-mail is your _friend_!
* Collaborate with others.
* Be flexible.
* FK Wars are _not_ particularly gory.
* Get permission!
* No killing! (Or bringing over! ;-)
* Respect "dibs."
* Participate in the war as *yourself*--only better [g]
* The point is really _not_ who wins.
Category:Forever Knight Meta
Category:Forever Knight Wars
Category:Meta on Fansites
Category:1998 Meta
"Want so BAD"

"Want so BAD" is a SKZ-RECORD song.
By the 31st of December 2023, HAN and Lee Know's collaborative song "Want so BAD" surpassed 5 million views on YouTube, having been uploaded on the 14th of October 2023, reportedly making it the fastest Stray Kids track to reach that milestone.
On episode 8 of 2 Kids Show, HAN & Lee Know partially sang Want so BAD after discussing its creation.
==Fandom==
A fan translated several bubble messages in which Han answered questions about the song and its production.
===2min===
One Stray Kids fan, likely a 2min shipper, was said to have used AI to replace Han's voice with Seungmin's, and had edited Seungmin into the cover art, replacing Jisung. This rubbed other fans the wrong way, and they called for people to report the now removed YouTube .
===Minsung===
Shippers have lovingly joked that this was their coming out (as a couple) song, fueled by the fact that the album cover for the track featured images of just the two of them plus some typography and art. One of the images included could be interpreted as suggestive of a kiss, as they are both wearing lipstick, but Han's is somewhat smudged out of place. It actually occurred during a game where they were to try putting on lipstick while driving bumper cars; and Han smeared the lipstick when he bumped into Lee Know. Context for the photo is not given on the album cover. Another image is from their "Peporo Date" as fans call it.
One fan made a Video Essay about the song, implications of its release, and album cover.
Due to the color scheme, pink and green, it is common for Minsungers to share images featuring those colors, with a caption like 'Minsung is everywhere!' There was a fair amount of discussion, including polls, on who was 'pink' and who was 'green'.
====Proof Against Fanservice Accusations====
Some fans took the editing out of the song from the re-stream, on 05 May 2024, of the 31 March 2024 fanmeeting as proof that Minsung is not fanservice.
Some blamed the fact that initially, HAN and Lee Know had looked up the lyrics on a staff member's phone, thereby accidentally advertising a phone other than the one they are contracted to.
==Fanworks==
===Crochet===
====Han Quokka/Leebit====
* by LIKE_DOMINHO, published 15 January 2024
===Fanart===
* by ORIORIORIO_888, published 14 October 2023 (Minsung)
* by yuo0914_, published 14 October 2023 (Minsung)
* by konsomeaji62, published 15 October 2023 (Minsung)
* by moatoons, published 15 October 2023 (Minsung)
* by jelloheartsx, published 12 December 2023 (Minsung)
* by shark_doodles, published 10 January 2024 (Minsung)
* by HanR00, published 11 January 2024 (Minsung)
===T-Shirts===
* by plcreates, published 04 January 2024 (Minsung)
==References==
Category:Stray Kids
"We need more 'X'" Y'all can't even handle 'Y'

"We need more 'X'" Y'all can't even handle 'Y' is a phrase often used to make brief commentary about how fandoms at times call for more of a certain type of character or media, yet have either displayed a lack of nuance about or previously widely condemned a character or media that already falls into that category.
Examples of the meme tend to be found more frequently on Tumblr and Twitter, with examples from 2021 and possibly earlier. Many of the usage examples in fandom tend to focus on female characters:
While others focus commentary on queer media or fandoms:
Or on specific plot points in a show or series:
In the comments, reblogs, or replies of the post, especially on wider reaching posts, people tend to add the character(s) from their fandoms who they feel are subject to regular criticism, despite matching the desired 'X' expressed in the first half of the phrase.
==Criticism==
If a version of this phrase gets shared often enough on social media, there will likely be pushback or criticism in the form of justifying why the 'Y' example used in the second half of the phrase is not a good version of 'X', or angry and vitriolic responses attacking the original poster for the position they took. 
For example, this response to the She-Ra phrase above:
Or this response to the phrase referencing traumatized teenage girls:
==Examples of other uses==
Courtney from Total Drama is often the subject of this meme within the fandom.
==Resources==
==References==
Category:2020s Memes
Category:Memes
"What do you need?"

"What do you need?" is a piece of Friends at the Table fanart by courbet-nft. It depicts a fan-favourite conversation between Kalvin Brnine and Gucci Garantine from the show's eighth full season, PALISADE, and was posted only four days after the episode featuring that scene aired.
The piece is not officially titled; the title for this page comes from the quote with which the art was captioned on Tumblr, a line that Gucci says to Brnine during the conversation the art depicts. Also accompanying the quote is the artist's description of the scene: "Podcast moments that knock the fucking wind out of you."Post by courbet-nft (Aug 15, 2023). Tumblr. (Archived version)
==Reactions/Reviews==
Very shortly after the art was posted to Tumblr, other Friends at the Table fans began reblogging it with glowing tags. Many also mentioned their emotional reactions to the canon scene the art depicts, and some tagged it with shipnames for Brnine/Gucci.
==References==
Category:Friends at the Table Art
Category:2023 Fanart
"Women in SF: Image and Reality": A Criticism

"Women in SF: Image and Reality" - A Criticism is an essay by Jennifer Bankier and was printed in The Witch and the Chameleon #2 in November 1974.
It discusses the panel "Women in SF: Image and Reality" that had been held at the most recent Worldcon.
The panel's moderator was Sue Wood. Panelists included Katherine Kurtz and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro.
See the second page of the DisCon II programming for its place on the schedule: 
==Excerpts==
==Fan Comments==
One of the panelists, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, commented in The Witch and the Chameleon #3: 
==References==
Category:1974 Meta
Category:Meta in Print
Category:Science Fiction MetaCategory:Sexism & Fandom Meta
Category:Panel Discussions, Notes & Transcripts
"You Mean Everyone Brought Potato Salad?"

"You Mean Everyone Brought Potato Salad?" is an essay by Merlin Missy. 
It has the subtitle: "Knowing What Your Audience Is Bringing to the Table Is Half the Battle."
The title is a line from "Witches Abroad" by Terry Pratchett.
==Series==
This essay is part of a series called Dr. Merlin's Soapbox.
==Topics Discussed==
* fanfiction
* cultural and social expectations and filters
* fan works as transformative
* "Fanfic writers have the luxury of knowing what the audience is bringing to the picnic. If the readers already have cups, forks, spoons, knives and napkins, all they require are plates, food and drink. Reading in an unfamiliar fandom is much like lining up for potato salad without any utensils: it can be done, but it's messy."
==An Earlier SORT OF Similar Essay==
Slash Fiction is Like a Banquet ("The Hummus Essay") is an essay written by Arduinna in early 1999 in response to a mailing list discussion about the rash of very similar, often very short, stories being posted at the time.
This essay, and Merlin Missy's "Potato Salad" essay touch upon similar topics and use food analogies, but have different conclusions and focus.
==Excerpts==
 
Category:Fanfiction Meta
Category:Meta on Fansites
Category:2007 Meta
"You gave me no choice": A queer reading of Mordred’s journey to villainy and struggle for identity in BBC’s Merlin

"You gave me no choice": A queer reading of Mordred’s journey to villainy and struggle for identity in BBC’s Merlin is a 2015 academic article by Joseph Brennan.
It was published in "Refractory: a Journal of Entertainment Media."
==Abstract==
==Some Topics Discussed==
* Merlin fanfic trailers
* Merlin (TV series)
* Merlin/Arthur, Arthur/Mordred
* slash photo manips
* "Reading Character: Mordred-as-Villain"
* "Reading Character: Mordred and the Magician/Warrior Archetype"
* "The Arthur/Merlin/Mordred homosocial triangle"
* the article has a fan's photomanip: "The Coming of Mordred, Merlin/Mordred slash manip. By chewableprose" embedded in the text
* there are links to some explicit manips, there are mentions and descriptions of other manips
* mention of a 2012 work titled Breaking in a New Knights by endless_paths, also a LiveJournal artist, depicts Arthur entering Mordred ‘from behind.’ The accompanying text: “Who needs merlin when you have knights”
* lots more about motivation and characterizations in Merlin
==Excerpts==
==References==
 
Category:2015 Academic Commentary
"You know I wouldn't want it any other way..."

"You know I wouldn't want it any other way..." is an essay by Emily Shore posted to LiveJournal.
It was written in response to current fannish discussion on some other LiveJournal accounts, particularly one on this journal (now deleted) and On narrow genre tastes, female characters, and a wider variety of books.
It focuses on female characters in popular culture, and has an emphasis on The X-Files.
==Excerpts==
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Category:2007 Meta
Category:X-Files Meta
Category:Meta on Journal Sites