The Fanfiction Lounge's *bold topics* index!

[Venia Silente]

Welcome to the "Bold Topics Index":
The (I hope) all-compasing "comprehensive" list of everything that has been seriously, notoriously, densely, or jokingly discussed in the Fanfiction Lounge!

Lounge regulars, beware! :embarrass

⚠ Current Update: FFL Topics 2009 finished​

This thread is intended to be a functional index of "bold topics", the name given to the short conversations about Pokémon, fanfiction, and writing in general that populate the Fanfiction Lounge.

If you don't want to read my absurd exposition just [alink id="actual_list"]click here[/alink id] and you will jump to the Lists of Bold Topics.​

"Fanfiction Lounge"? What is that? Where do I sign?

The "Fanfiction Lounge" Thread (FFL for short) is a thread dedicated to discussions related to writing here at PokéCommunity. As its description says, "this thread is for being off topic and is just basically the DCC of the Fanfiction Forum. But go ahead and share ideas! You can rant, review, explode, advertise your fic, etc! Have fun!"

At the FFL, registered members can query and receive help in such diverse topics related to fanfiction and writing in general as how to pick a title for a chapter, how to develop your Trainer's Pokémon's personality, or how can you name the limbs of Latios/Latias (other than "forepaw"). Yes, if you're looking for help to develop your fanfiction, you can always count with the Lounge and its members!

But, as the name says, the Lounge is also a lounge, a place where members reunite and discuss all sort of topics in a relatively lighthearted manner, as long as it contributes to writing. As such, strange... "conversations" can popup sometimes. These are what we FFL regulars call "bold topics".


"Bold topics"? And what are these?

A bold or bolded topic is, essentially, a selected topic of conversation that drives the FFL for a while.

This is how bold topics are born. Sometimes, a specific topic emerges that dominates, or influences, the conversations at the Lounge. It may be a question that one member presents to the others, or a real-life event that may have an impact in our writing, or, sometimes, a random thought that escapes our brainjars and somehow reaches beyond our keyboards. FFL members have grown accustomed to denote such topics of conversation by bolding them (with the [b]...[/b] tag, hence they acquired the name: "bolded topics".

Nowadays, most serious (and non-serious) conversation at the Lounge is carried over as a series of bold topics.


So... if I can follow those "bold topics" I can find various information, right? Sounds easy!

Well... no.

Due to the nature of the conversations in the FFL, searching for a particular topic of conversation can be quite a difficult and daunting task for new members or for people who have little experience with the Lounge's style. Despite having most of the answers, the way Lounge conversations occur make searching for single terms exceedingly difficult.

The sheer size of the thread makes using the "Search This Thread" utility less efficient that one would want it to be to look for very specific topics (try to search for "drunk" or "Latios", come on). This also leads to topics iterating and repeating themselves every once in a while, with new members or new facets of discussion, without a proper "memory" of what has been discussed, discovered or debunked before.


That sounds like a neatly organized mess. So what can I do? And where do you fit in all of this?

The key word here is procrastination. Mine, mostly...

After a quick question (a bolded topic, accordingly) that I posted about how the FFL members perceived the utility of bolded topics, I decided to take some time and think what could be done to help the situation. The general consensus was that bolded topics were useful, but very difficult to find and follow.

Thus... to help both new users and respected regulars, and everyone in between, to (re)familiarize themselves with the Lounge activities, keep tab on the trends of conversation, and efficiently search the information they want, I compiled an evolving (and one day comprehensive, I hope) list of all the bolded topics that have populated the Lounge during the first half of the year 2009. If things go well this list should evolve to cover many more topics, both older and newer.


That's cool, man, but, hey, how do I find what I want, say, like information on how to make a Sentret hold a flamethrower for my new, soon-to-be-movie fic?

Well, you can always just run through the list and see if there is something that calls your attention.

Or you can search this index to locate specific topics or trends of conversation. To help your efforts I have provided some keywords that will accompany each item, so you can do an inline search (F3 or CTRL+F in your browser) and quickly gather some possible posts of interest. For example, searching for the keyword "canon" will quickly present you with posts relating to:

• the development of personalities for unexplored canon characters
• aspects of canon Pokémon or moves capitalization
• how an author can, but should not, defile canon
• ...and more canon stuff.

Three separate lists are provided, according to the seriousness and specificity of the different conversation topics.

May this thread help you retain your sanity while you navigate the Lounge Dimension...

»Brought to you by Solovino.​

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TABLEOF CONTENTS

1. [alink id="boldindex_1"]Topics Index 2009 (in this post)[/alink id]
   1. [alink id="boldindex_1_1"]Part #1[/alink id]
   2. [alink id="boldindex_1_2"]Part #2[/alink id]
2. [alink id="boldindex_2"]Insanity Index 2009 (moved to new post due to wordcount)[/alink id]
3. [alink id="boldindex_3"]Announcement Index (moved to new post due to wordcount)[/alink id]
4. [alink id="credits"]Credits[/alink id]

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"General" Bold Topics 2009

(Jan 01 2009 to Dec 31 2009)

This list comprises the so-called "bold topics", as well as some topics that are not "bold" but were interesting enough that would become "boldened" or "bolded" later. Here several subjects related to Pokémon, fanfiction and writing in general can be found.

The list is sorted chronologically, links to the relevant discussions are provided, as well as an indication of when did the discussion begin and an approximate idea of how long did it last.

[a id]boldindex_1_1[/a id]First Half (Jan 01 to Jun 30)

• "In your opinion, what makes the first paragraph of a fiction good, or otherwise draw you in?" (Dragonfree; carried from the previous year)
• First Post 2009^{(by UTC)} (Lucario lvl: 100; Jan 01 05:12)
• "AH-HA! Has anyone ever put a Wobuffet in their stories before?" (DGExe; Jan 4, occasional, ~2 pages, fanfic character)
• "Have any of you put a Sentret in any of your fics?" (Aurincha; Jan 4, ~2 pages, fanfic character)
• "Your characters decide to have a nice, rousing game of Dungeons and Dragons. What characters do they play, and which one is the Dungeon Master?" (Valentine; Jan 4, D&D session in-character speculation)
• "Have you ever set a fanfic in the past or future? If so, how many years in either direction was it set?" (Katherine; Jan 5, ~3 pages, story timeline)
• "If you're characters were a race in the World of Warcraft, which might they be? You can even speculate which professions they would seek mastery of if you wish to go that far." (Post Office Buddy; Jan 5, in-character speculation)
• "Which literary technique do you like to add to your stories? How about read in other people's work?" (Valentine; Jan 6, literary technique narrative fanfic)
• "Have you ever given a character in one of your fanfic's a handicap or put them in a special situation that was very difficult for you to write about?" (Katherine; Jan 7, fanfic character attribute)
• "Has anyone put a Persian in their fic that WASN'T Giovanni's pet?" (Elite Overlord LeSabre™; Jan 9, fanfic character)
• ↑ "Has anyone put a Buick in their fic?" (Elite overlord LeSabre™; Jan 9, fanfic decoration)
• "Canon or original: which kind of character do you like to write most about? How about read? Okay, then why for each?" (Valentine; Jan 12, ~2 pages, writing fanfic character speculation)
• "How often do people use either Latias or Latios used in fics?" (Skunter; Jan 14, Lati@s writing fanfic character)
• [a id]ff_soundtrack[/a id]"If you could have a soundtrack for your fan fic(s), what would be on it?" (The Jack of Hearts; Jan 15, ~2 pages, fanfic)
• "What are your characters favorite food(s)?" (Blue Screen of Death; Jan 15, fanfic character speculation)
• ↑ "What would your characters wish for if they found a genie?" (Blue Screen of Death; Jan 15, fanfic character speculation)
• "What are your characters' LEAST favorite foods?" (Valentine; Jan 16, fanfic character speculation)
• "Do you think much about giving your characters starsigns? If so, which ones are they born under?" (Valentine; Jan 16, fanfic character speculation)
• "How much of your own characteristics and habits do you put in your characters, most importantly the protagonist(s)? How so?" (Aurincha; Jan 16, writing fanfic character)
• "In general, how long (in chapters and pages) are your fan fictions?" (The Ebon Blade; Jan 19, fanfic character length)
• "Do your fan fics consist of your own characters Gym leaders and Etc.?" (txteclipse; Jan 22, writing fanfic world characters original)
• "What is the most common thing happening in your fan-fictions?" (Knyaz Vladimir; Jan 25, fanfic)
• "Other then Pokemon, where do you take your inspirations, style, and ideas from. (Such as other television shows, movies, books, etc.)" (The Ebon Blade; Jan 25, writing fanfic)
• "When writing about canon characters from the main cast of the series, how loose of an interpretation is permissible before you're better off writing with your own OCs?" (Scarlet Weather; Jan 28, writing fanfic original canon)
• "What's the minimum length for a prologue?" (バクフーン/Bakphoon; Feb 3, fanfic length)
• "When writing in first person POV, does the character's speech need quotes around it if he is speaking to the reader?" (txteclipse; Feb 3, writing fanfic style)
• "How "connected" should/must the Prologue be to the story?" (solovino; Feb 4, writing fanfic)
• "Do the Pokemon you use in your fics have any meaning?" (The Ebon Blade; Feb 4, writing fanfic)
• "Have you ever positioned a plot twist so that the only hints it would happen was vague foreshadowing?" (F.F. Giratina; Feb 7, writing style)
• "What is a good length for a one-shot?" (F.F. Giratina; Feb 7, fanfic length)
• "One of your characters gets drunk, what did they drink?" (Blue Screen of Death; Feb 7, fanfic character)
• "Have you ever modified a Pokemon's appearance (Pikachu with black fur, Gastrodon with one horn, etc.) exclusively for your fic?" (F.F. Giratina; Feb 20, writing fanfic original)
• "Be honest. If you find a fic with chapters only four pages long, do you prefer to sit down and read that as opposed to a fic with chapters ten or more pages long? Also, what's the maximum number of pages you can tolerate before you want to move on to something shorter?" (Valentine; Feb 21, writing fanfic style length)
• "Do you write sequels to your fan fictions?" (The Ebon Blade; Feb 22, writing fanfic)
• "Do you write side stories to your fan fictions? -- Not direct prequels/sequels" (solovino; Feb 22, writing fanfic)
• "What's your stance on the subject of "made-up" moves for fan fictions? Not the perfectly plausible "commands" that just didn't make it to the game–learnset, but the more specific, original and/or complex movements, like let's say, PASBL–style "Signature moves"." (solovino; Feb 22, writing canon original)
• "Where do your stories take place - any regions that you use, or make up, or neither? And are they set in the present, past or future?" (bobandbill; Mar 5, original fanfic world building timeline)
• "If you were to replace any part of your story, what would it be?" (Knyaz Vladimir; Mar 5, fanfic writing)
• "Mary Sues. Let's face it. We've probably all had 'em. What were some of yours, and how were they Mary Sues?" (Valentine; Mar 6, writing mary sue character)
• "Have you ever used a joke in any of your stories that only you or a few friends understand?" (Blue Screen of Death; Mar 6, writing inspiration)
• "Astinus has gone mad. What are your thoughts on this, and where do you suppose her sanity went?" (bobandbill; Mar 14 lounge leisure and insanity)
• "What happened to you loose screws?" (Aurincha; Mar 15, lounge leisure and insanity)
• "Your character has a LiveJournal. How about giving us a sample entry?" (Valentine; Mar 18, character original, first *actual* bold topic on a while because of [alink id="orgy_revival"]FFL Orgy Revival[/alink id], post #9242)
• "Have you ever tried to read up on your family history, like, follow you're family tree back as far as you can and see who you were related to? If so, has it ever inspired you to write?" (Katherine; Mar 18, writing inspiration)
• "Have you ever written a part of a story and liked it, but when you read over it again you hated it and changed it completely?" (Katherine; Mar 19, writing inspiration)
• "How does one write a relationship where one half of the couple sees the other half as a "security" without making the relationship sound like an unhealthy one?" (Astinus; Mar 28, not a bold topic per se, but hey, it's Astinus about love; writing relationships)
• "what is the music that you would use in your fanfiction, if any!?" (Knyaz Vladimir; Apr 4, fanfiction soundtrack, post #9318, see→ [alink id=ff_soundtrack]If you could have a soundtrack...[/alink id] )
• "what's your take on capitalization rules when it comes to moves?" (Valentine; Apr 5, non bolded but hey, it's Valentine; fanfic writing)
• "Do you get nervous when first starting out in a new fandom?" (.Ozymandias; Apr 9, almost two pages, fanfiction writing)
• "Have you ever written any stories involving criminal Pokemon gangs, whether they are canon-based or made up (e.g. Team Rocket, Cipher, Team Imgoingtothrowapieinyourface, etc)?" (bobandbill; Apr 13, fanfic writing canon original)
• "I have every single detail, sibling, age, Pokémon and relationship thought through. Does anyone else do that?" (Aurincha; Apr 13, non-bolded, later bolded, fanfic writing)
• "Is there such thing as too much detail?" (Katherine; Apr 16, fanfic writing)
• "When you read something that is clearly bad!fic, how do you respond? Do you ignore it and try and obliterate it from your memory, leave a helpful review or maybe a flame?" (.Ozymandias; Apr 18, reviewing)
• "Uh...what do you do when you need to hand in a narrative assignment in a week and a bit, but you've got writer's boredom block?" (Ninja Caterpie; Apr 19, non-bold, later bolded, writer's block)
• "I have a Farfetch'd character who doesn't come with a leek..." (Astinus; Apr 20, writing canon)
• "How useful is FFnet in terms of feedback?" (Aurincha; Apr 20, reviewing)
• "What are your hopes for your best fanfic (ether written or yet to be) in the long run? After it is finished?" (Orange_Flaafy; Apr 20, fanfic writing)
• "Do you prefer having huge plot twists that hit your readers like a runaway train over having smaller, tamer plot twists throughout the whole story? Or does it depend on story?" (.Ozymandias; Apr 21, fanfic writing)
• "Choose a reviewer you'd want to review your fic:" (Aurincha; Apr 22, reviewing styles)
• "When you write something for the first time (slash, action, romance etc), how do you go about doing it? Do you spend a lot of time researching the subject, how other writers handle it, or do you just dive right in and give it a go?" (.Ozymandias; Apr 27, writing style)
• "What kind of technology do you think that they'd have in the 1800's? Around the time where there would be trains but (probably) no electricity? Or do you think they would have electricity at that point?" (Mira; Apr 28, non-bolded, later bolded, Pokémon world technology)
• "If your fanfiction would become a series or movie, would you change something?" (Knyaz Vladimir; May 01, development)
• "What do you hate most in fan-fictions?" (Knyaz Vladimir; May 03, fanfic writing style, quite a broad topic, see Valentine's reply right below)
• "Gasp! Plot bunnies are on the attack, but you've got a brainchild to save! How do you keep from wandering off onto those other stories and leaving a poor abandoned fanfiction neglected and in the cold?"" (Valentine; May 03, writing)
• "Heh, I suggest Astinus an idea thread where you can get your ideas critique, like the one in Serebii, but she said the people can do that in the lounge here. So far no one is doing that...:X" (Bay Alexison; May 05, idea thread lounge)
• "If something happens IRL to make you stop writing, how do you get back into it?" (.Ozymandias; May 9, real life)
• "How do you decide on titles for your stories?" (txteclipse; May 10, fanfic writing)
• "If your story is going in arcs or whatev, do you plan out how each chapter will go ahead of time or go with the flow?" (Lash; May 10, fanfic writing style)
• "Guys, I got a quick question. How you think a Pokemon's type is determined?" (Bay Alexison; May 19, Pokémon evolution)
• "Hmmm...would it be entirely out of place to have a real school (as in learning 2+2= fish, not Pokemon school) and Pokemon video games(obviously NOT named after their real life counter parts) in a fic? :/" (redjacketalchemist; May 25, non-bold, commented about, Pokémon world)
• "What's your least-favorite genre, and why?" (txteclipse; May 30, ~3 pages, reviewing and reading)
• "How far do you guys go when imagining your characters?" (txteclipse; Jun 04, character development)
• "What is your view on using NPCs and lesser known canon characters in fanfiction?" (Sparkling Dragon; Jun 12, , ~2 pages, fanfic character development)
• "Is there any genre/mood/literary device that you just can't bear to read?" (F.F. Giratina; Jun 20, reading literary devices)
• "Do you prefer to write at night or during the day?" (Lash; Jun 21, writing style)
• "How much time do you people spend on the Writer's Lounge? Is it an important (time-wise) part of your PC XP?" (solovino; Jun 21, lounge members)
• "In terms of cliche ridden stories, or stories that are otherwise unoriginal, what is the greatest detractor for you, when reading those types of stories?" (Feign; Jun 22, ~2 pages, fanfic reading)
• "What the heck should I call the limbs of Latias and Latios?" (txteclipse; Jun 22, Lati@s character writing)
• "Do you prefer to write fanfiction or original fiction? Why?" (Sparkling Dragon; Jun 26, writing canon original)
• "Have you ever written a fic that you were confident of that never got posted? If so, why? Do you think you will ever get back to it?" (Lash; Jun 27, fanfic writing)
• Good and bad canon authors (Valentine; Jun 27, non-bolded but quite commented, writing canon original, regularly commented across ~3 pages)
• "When creating your main character, what part of that character (might) resemble you the most? (looks, personality, life experience etc)" (Feign; Jun 27, character development)
• "Do you establish a dialogue with your reviewers?" (Citrinin; Jun 29, reviewing)
• On "Easter Eggs" (Bay Alexison; Jun 29, non-bold, sunsequently discussed, ~2 pages)
• "Do you plan your fics or just bash at the keyboard? If you do plan, how?" (walaska; Jun 30, fanfic development)

...Guess what? CHARLIMIT!!!! -- :P
Continued below at [alink id="boldtopics_1_2"]List Part #2[/alink id]

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[Feign]

Very awesome list I must say. I was surprised you included a second section, about announcement and snippets. But again, nice job. ;)

 

[Venia Silente]

created (ha ha! you thought some 100-so pages would stop me!!!)

[a id]boldindex_1_2[/a id]Second Half (Jul 01 to Dec 31)

• "What is your greatest weakness as a writer, whether in fanfiction or in general? (Other than writer's block)" (Citrinin; Jul 02, fanfic writing)
• "How much inspiration for your story do you get from your day-to-day lives?" (Citrinin; Jul 04, fanfic writing)
• "...how long do you guys like to make your chapters?" (Citrinin; Jul 09, chapter length writing, non-bold, later bolded, trying to get the FFL out of its [alink id="feign_freud_insanity"]latest insanity[/alink id])
• Discussion on Feign's CYOA ("Choose your own Adventure") Fic (Feign; Jul 10, fanfic development, other members post sporadically)
• "How do changes in the real world effect your writing?" (Lash; Jul 13, on fanfic writing inspiration, first bold topic in a LOT of pages)
• "Do you do TV Tropes-crawls, in which you browse articles on TV Tropes for hours on end? If so, do tropes appear in your fanfics (consciously or not)? And if so, share with us a few memorable ones." (Valentine; Jul 14, on fanfic inspiration and *warning* TVTropes...)
• "...I don't know how to start the story" (EmeraldSky; Jul 14, about mystery entry for a contest)
• "When you're writing and releasing a fanfic/story, do you usually post your current finished chapter and then start writing, or wait a couple days before the release to start writing the next?" (Lash; Jul 15, fanfic writing release schedule)
• "Are you paranoid with your writing?(i.e. don't like other people to know what you're writing until you're done or forever) If so, have you ever written in a cryptic code or any variation thereof?" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Jul 15, fanfic writing, author privacy, real life)
• [a id]ash_theory[/a id]"Has anyone seen the Ash's comma theory? If so, what do you think of it?" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Jul 15, famous fandom theories)
• "What is a good example of a sentence you can write up now that would make the best scholars cry?" (Feign; Jul 16, writing style and grammar)
• "Whose your favorite Author/Poet/Writer and why?" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Jul 16, ~5 pages oftenly discussed, writing authors)
• "About how long is a typical one-shot fic?" (Gizamimi Pichu; Jul 16, non-bold, sporadically discussed, on fanfic length)
• "Does your culture's iconography play a role in your writing? If so, what symbols and/or meanings do you explore/exploit?" (solovino; Jul 17; ~3 pages, fanfic cultural inspiration)
• "What level of involvement do you have with your characters?" (Sparkling Dragon; Jul 17, ~3 pages, character inspiration)
• "What is your grammatical pet peeve? (I assume everyone has one grammar mistake that they just don't like seeing)." (Feign; Jul 18, writing grammar)
• "Do you frequently use Internet Slang and or Emoticons in your daily Internet life? Such as IMHO, OGM, ect." (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Jul 18, slang and writing, real / virtual life)
• "How much have you improved since your first Pokémon fanfic? In which ways did you improve the most? Do you still retain some of your early weaknesses?" (Citrinin; Jul 19, writing improvement)
• "Do you ever intentionally or unintentionally have product placements in your fics?" (Feign; Jul 19, fanfic elements)
• "Do you like crossovers? What is it about crossovers that you like/dislike? What fandoms were in your favourite?" (.Ozymandias; Jul 20, fanfic fandom, triggers about ~3 pages discussion)
• "Have you ever/Do you ever stray away from the usual in what you write?" (dotKarma; Jul 22, asking a question that he asks for help to complete upon, a very broad concept, asdfasdf, on writing style, plot and elements)
• "Have you ever written a story/one-shot/whatever you decided not to post because of its content?" (Lash; Jul 23, fanfic plots)
• "Have you ever refused written advise and found that your solution was better than the original advise?" (Bay Alexison; Jul 23, concurrent with the above, about fanfic reviewing)
• On UK/US/whatever English spellings (Grovyle42; Jul 24, in reply to the above, writing style and grammar, spaws sporadic responses for the next ~2 pages)
• "At what point do you give your chapters a title? How do you usually choose a title?" (Citrinin; Jul 26, about writing style and chapter naming)
• "Do your stories generally have a happy ending? (Remember however, a happy ending by definition doesn't have to be "happy")" (Feign; Jul 28, writing plot)
• "...should I have Jesse, James and Meowth in my fic? It is gonna have Ash and co too. If anything, consider that my fic would be similar to a Pokemon movie" (Feign; Jul 29, canon / fanon writing, non-bold, later bolded, Meoiwth (Pokemon) talk / speech or "PokeSpeak")
• "After reading/watching a recent movie/book/T.V. programme do you find yourself trying to include some ideas of it in a fic on purpose or subconiously?" (Feign; Jul 29, writing inspiration)
• "Where do you like to write? Do you write in public, or do you fiercely guard your secrets?" (F.F. Giratina; Jul 31, writing inspiration)
• "What internet sites do you spend time on when you write (to figure out any information you might need/etc)?" (Lash; Jul 30, writing insporation internet research, spaws ~3 pages of discussion including links to TVTropes)
• ↑"Do you have any favorite Tropes from TVTropes that you like, would like to see happening in a fic or are actually using in your fic currently?" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Jul 30, completing the discussion above)
• "How often do you rep posts in the Fanfiction section?" (Citrinin; Jul 31, lounge members)
• "What genre do you prefer to write in?" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Aug 01, genre plot writing, ~2 pages soft discussion)
• "Are you a sadist? Do you torture the protagonist in your fic for fun?" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Aug 01, wait for Valentine's response, ~3 pages scattered)
• If each of your human characters was suddenly turned into a Pokémon, which Pokémon would they like being the... (discussions span for about ~3 pages)
  • ...least? (F.F. Giratina; Aug 01, character development)
  • ↑...most? (Dagzar; Aug 01, character development)
• "Have you accidentally taken the plot of your fic the wrong way or another way than you originally expected, but kept it like that, because of either reviews, or your liking to it?" (Feign; Aug 02, plot development)
• "What do your fic titles mean? (Spoiler tags may be used for the cautious. Vague hints work too.)" (Valentine; Aug 02, plot fanfic development naming)
• "When did you start writing Fiction? (Not to be confused with when you got serious with writing or when you had to do essays for your English class)" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Aug 02, fanfic writing)
• "So what are the strangest substitutions for a punctuation you have seen or used yourself?" (Feign; Aug 04, writing punctuation)
• ↑"Do you punctuate with/around/beside/above/after smileys? Is it grammatically correct to do so?" (La Pompa; Aug 04, writing punctuation internet)
• "What do you do when/if you get writer's block. How would you generate new ideas?" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Aug 04, writing block)
• ↑"What is the longest chapter you've written? (Unit of measure is MS Word relative Pages)" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Aug 05, see some of the answers such as 300 pages in 4 chapters)
• ↑"What font do you use with what size?" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro)
• "Have you constructed a #-Man Band in your fics, intentionally or otherwise? If so, who falls under which character category?" (F.F. Giratina; Aug 06, on fanfic writing concepts *warning: links to TVTropes*, ~3 pages)
• "My worst Mary Sues. Let me show you them. Describe your worst, most headdesk-worthy creation and why you like to pretend they never existed. Extra credit goes to whoever provides links to the fics in which they appeared." (Valentine; Aug 06, fanfic character writing, spans about ~3 pages)
• ↑"Gary Stu or Marty Stu? Hmm? Hmm?" (Sparkling Dragon; Aug 07)
• "Let's say that a fic features Ash, but he is completely, totally out of character (or has an altered backstory ets.) - even to the point that he can't really be recognized as Ash anymore. Can the author really say their fic features Ash or should it be called an original character instead?" (Aurincha; Aug 07; fanfic writing canon original, long question is long)
• "How clear cut are your villains and heroes? Do you like them to be rigid opposites, or closer, with the line between good and evil blurred?" (Citrinin; Aug 08, writing characters, ~4 pages in between random conversation )
• "Do you usually write in the order you feel like writing or in the order people are going to read your story?" (Aurincha; Aug 10, fanfic writing plot)
• Latin Lesson: "i.e." v/s "e.g." (Feign; Aug 10, latin writing abbreviations, Feign and others, ~1 page)
• "...how many people have actually read Reviewing and You? All the way through? This is not an ego question." (Valentine; Aug 11, Lounge members activity)
• "Would you say a review for a story that was entered in a challenge/contest would be different than a review for a non-entry story?" (Bay Alexison; Aug 11, on fanfic reviweing, due to Serebii's HG&SS wririntg contest)
• "What's the most disappointing thing that has happened to you while writing?" (Lash; Aug 13, fanfic writing (de)inspiration, ~3 pages often)
• "How valuable do you think *bolded topics* are here at the Lounge? Why?" (solovino; Aug 14, Lounge members activity and bold topics *hint hint*, ~3 pages scattered)
• "Do you prefer to write in short bursts, or over long stretches of time?" (Citrinin; Aug 14, fanfic writing)
• "What is your greatest enemy in writing (ignoring writers block)?" (Lash; Aug 16, fanfic writing (de)inspiration)
• "Do you ever rewrite chapters/one shots even if you're not forced to (ex., computer reset while writing chap. without saving)?" (Bay Alexison; Aug 17, fanfic writing inspiration)
• Problems naming characters (Haz; Aug 17, character naming, spawns a discussion on naming for about ~4pages)
• "When writing Fanfiction, what part do you love writing the most? Intense Pokemon battles, fights in between humans, filler, or some other stuff?" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Aug 17, fanfic writing elements)
• ↑"What's your favourite Fanfiction Genre?"
• Asking for help to become motivated (Katherine; Aug 18, fanfic writing inspiration, non-bolded)
• "How do you name your characters? Do you randomly name them or do you want their names to be meaningful (in a way), ominous or show off their personality? Also, where do you get their names from if any?" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Aug 19, on character naming; rehash of Haz's post two days ago, now bolded)
• ↑"EXTENSION: Do you use foreign names in your fics?" (Sparkling Dragon; Aug 20, on character naming and elements)
• ↑↑Aurincha's response: "English names are foreign" (Aurincha; Aug 20, on character naming, elements and point of view)
• "Have you actually learned good writing skills in your current English class? What's the stupidest/worst/least helpful thing you've learned in any English class?" (SilverSmeargleSplatter; Aug 20, writing skills training)
• "Would you say that writing FanFiction has improved your literary or writing skills in general?" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Aug 20, writing style author)
• "What is your favourite region in the Pokemon Universe to write in? Or do you come up with an entirely new non-canon region or city?" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Aug 23, world building, also Post #12000)
• "Do you try and make the bad guys as evil as possible or do you stick to the cliched "bad guys always lose, goodies win" thing?" (Haz; Aug 24, character development)
• ↑"have you ever written anything that made you cry?" (txteclipse; Aug 24, related to the above)
• "Do you pefer mature fanfics (leaning towards MA rating) or the kiddie like ones (G rated)." (Haz; Aug 24, on fanfic writing style)
• "Have you ever written anything that made you feel all warm and fuzzy inside?" (Elite Overlord LeSabre™; Aug 24, inverting Haz's question, on fanfic writing style)
• "What's with us and death?" (Feign; Aug 25, on fanfic plot development, the [SWC]'s prevalent theme of death... seriously, what's with us at all?)
• "What literary device(good examples) do you like to use most, which one the least, and which one would you like to write more of?" (Feign; Aug 25, on the use of literary elements and plot; see literary devices)
• "When/if you do travel, do you try or purposely (even accidently), include settings akin to where you have traveled?" (Feign; Aug 27, on writing inspiration)
• "When writing using an area/region that is canon, do you try to stick true to the original design or do you modify the region or town to suit your literary needs?" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Aug 27, on world-building, plot development)
• "How would everyone feel about a fic with original Pokemon?" (Aurincha; Aug 27, on world-building)
• Problem on development of villains (txteclipse; Aug 28, on character development)
• "Do you prefer to write in a serious and somewhat archaic tone or, do you write in a humourous, somewhat modern manner that children can understand without much difficulty." (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Aug 30, on writing style)
• ↑"Do you make an effort to make your prose/work sound flowery and intellectual, do you dumb it down, or do you simply write whichever way comes natural to you?" (txteclipse; Aug 31, a variation on the above)
• "If your character had gone to university, what would be their favourite course, and why?" (Feign; Aug 31, character development)
• "What's the current wordcount on your active chaptered fics?" (Citrinin; Sep 01, on fanfic development and writing length)
• Quick comments on Lati "incest" (txteclipse; Sep 01, Lati@s character development)
• How do people on the Lounge keep their fanfics? (Citrinin; Sep 01, non-bold but interesting enough, on writing style and use of writing tools)
• "Have you ever implemented plot threads/sub-plots/mini-arcs/whatever in your stories? If they're not spoileriffic and you don't mind sharing, what were they?" (F.F. Giratina; Sep 01, on writing and plot development and devices / elements)
• "What is your opinion on a bold-topics index? Do you think it will be too hard to maintain?" (txteclipse; Sep 01, on the announcement of the [alink id="boldindex_announcement"]Bold Topics Index[/alink id])
• "To make it related to Fanfiction, perhaps we could talk about the kinds of medical procedures that your fic characters have had?" (Bay Alexison; Aug 02, on character development)
• "If you have ever finished a chaptered fic, did you do a revised version of it?" (Citrinin; Sep 05, on writinf style, rewrite and publishing)
• "Have you got an 'Atoner' in your fic?" (La Pompa; Sep 09, on the concept of "Atoner" (look at TVTropes, I won't provide link... character development)
• "Do you have villainous teams in your stories? If you do, do they happen to have sub-bosses (or commanders/minibosses/whatever)? Bonus points if they're more than two or three characters and/or are together all the time." (F.F. Giratina; Sep 10, on character development, villains and canon)
• ↑A little advice on using Team Nouns (Mika; Sep 11, also her 600th Post!, on evil teams)
• "Why do you like Pokémon?" (Feign; Sep 11, on fandom, an experiment by Feign, spands over 3 pages of comments)
• ↑"Why do you like Pokémon? " (Feign, refined from the above)
  • Interesting entries...
  • Bay ("...the fandom is flexible when compared to...")
  • Redstar ("...I have always been fascinated with worlds imagined and created so thoroughly they seem real...")
  • Bay ("...I guess if the Pokemon world is real, me having Pokemon and all, it's journeying and growing with them...")
  • Misheard Whisper ("...it has lastability: it will go on and on and on...")
  • Solovino ("...the chivalry in its broadest (and oldest) sense...")
• "What kind of atmosphere do you like to create in your fic (overall)?" (Citrinin; Sep 11, on fanfic setting and development)
• ↑Why the preference for dark atmospheres? (Citrinin; Sep 12, spans about 2 pages of comments)
• How do you feel about changes in styles of writing while the story is still progressing (points of view, like 1st person to 3rd)?" (Lash; Sep 14, on fanfiction writing style, perspective)
• Quick class on the reason behind to boldly split infinitives (Valentine; Sep 14, on English grammar, due to Feign's comment on the language)
• "If Pokemon Centers no longer allowed trainers to stay overnight, what would your characters do?" (Elite Overlord LeSabre™; Sep 17, after 2 days without Lounge posts, on fandom and plot elements)
• "If your fic is focused in an original setting, how intensively do you develop the setting of your fic? If it is focused in a canon setting, do you tend to change much of it?" (Citrinin; Sep 18, on fanfic settings and development)
• "Despite what the anime has shown us, not everyone thinks about Pokemon 24/7. What are some of your character's side interests and/or hobbies?" (Elite Overlord LeSabre™; Sep 19, on character development, spans about ~3 pages with deep discussion)
• "In moral conflicts arising within your fic, how (if at all) do you portray your own, personal perspective?" (Citrinin; Sep 22, on character development and author involvement)
• ↑"How flawed is/are your main protagonist(s)?" (Citrinin; Sep 25, based off the above)
• Haz has issues with reviews in another forum (Haz; Sep 25, spans about ~4 pages of discussion about reviews and reviewing value/strategies)
• ""At the risk of sounding hypocritical, has anyone (besides Bay) read Reviewing and You, or was that just a rant to myself? (Valentine; Sep 25, about reviewing styles and Lounge members)
• "Do you like to have a promotional/advertising banner for your fic? Do you think it helps drag readers in?" (Bay Alexison; Sep 28 on Lounge members and fanfic adverstisement, lifted from Serebii)
• On How to Describe a Poké Ball (バクフーン/Bakphoon; Sep 28, on characterization, description and writing style)
• "What are some of your characters bad habits (such as stealing, lying, etc.)?" (Sgt. Shock; Sep 29, on character development)
• ↑"How did you go about deciding your main character's Pokemon?" (Sgt. Shock; Sep 29, on Pokémon party, character development and writing style)
• "In lieu of a logical bold topic, does your story ever go in directions you never intended it to go in?" (Misheard Whisper; Oct 01, on writing style, plot and devices / elements)
• "Do you utilise Aura (capital A, Aura) in your fics, or do you avoid it like the plague? Why?" (Misheard Whisper; Sep 01, on canon elements, lasts about 2 pages)
• "When it comes to your writing, is there anything you do that annoys you? Like a pet peeve?" (I'm Not Your Hero; oct 02, on writing style)
• Inquiry on average Pokémon intelligence (バクフーン/Bakphoon; Oct 02, on Pokémon character development, evolves into the classic discussion on Pokémon battles == or != cockfighting, and why do Pokémon obey Trainers, warning, several pages!)
• ↑Definitions of sentience, sapience, self-awareness (Shrike Flamestar; Oct 03, to help on the discussions above)
• Trying to define canon (Redstar; Oct 03, on canon, fandom and writing styles and plot elements / devices, expands the previously long discussion for at least 4 extra pages, read with caution)
• ↑...the discussion evolves to include even Apricorns" (Shrike Flamestar; Oct 03)
• "What's your character's kryptonite?" (Sgt. Shock; Oct 03, on character development)
• After >5 pages of hearted and almost unrelated discussion, Bakphoon has found the answer to his issue! (バクフーン/Bakphoon; Oct 04, on Pokémon character and intelligence, training bond, etc)
• "How do you deal with the more mechanized parts of pokémon battling as in the games? Stats, levels, elemental strengths, etc.?" (Luphinid Silnaek; Oct 04, on writing style)
• "All of your characters are inserted into a giant corn maze, and must be split into teams. [...] What would the teams be, and how well would they get along in the maze?" (F.F. Giratina; Oct 04, on character development, writing style, plot elements / devices)
• "In the anime (where moves are seen in a somewhat "realistic" approach), some moves aren't like they're seen in the game. Do you describe moves like they're put in the anime, or like they are put in the game? Or neither?" (F.F. Giratina; Oct 05, on Pokémon moves, canon, games, etc)
• "What would your character (or characters) want to do over or fix?" (Feign; Oct 07, on character development and plot elements / devices)
• "How secretive are you about plot twists and revelations from your work that have yet to be written and posted? Do you [...] ? How about after those twists and revelations have been posted?" (Dragonfree; Oct 07, on plot, teasers / spoilers, writing style and publishing)
• "With the English language, is there something that you always seem to forget that you'd like to see modernized? That is, should it adopt your mistake as the norm?" (Feign; Oct 08, on English grammar, idioms, and writing style)
• "What do you do to avoid purple prose/patching?" (Redstar; Oct 09, on writing style)
• ↑It's not the language's fault that people are stupid (バクフーン/Bakphoon; Oct 09, on the discussion above)
• ↑On natural v/s grammatical gender (Feign; Oct 10, continuing the above)
• "How often do you use death in your fanfics?" (Elite Overlord LeSabre™; Oct 11, on plot elements / devices, ~2 pages of comments with several responses)
• Awards proposal (Syrynn; Oct 14, due to merging of the Lounges)
• "If your fic was to become a live action TV series/movie, who would you choose to play each character?" (I'm Not Your Hero; Oct 14, on writing style and publishing, widely spread posts up to Oct 18)
• "Since Hollywood is generally a diluter of creative literature, would you allow yur fic to be licensed by Nintendo(only if Pokemon related) and made into a movie? Especially Sci-Fi." (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Oct 15, on publishing)
• "What's the best way to go about writing a dream? " (I'm Not Your Hero; Oct 15, on dream, writing style and plot elements / devices; non-bolded but interesting, it's to be bolded anyways...)
• "Look up an important word in your fic (perhaps in the theme of it or title, etc.) and attempt to find it's origin, is it what you expected?" (Feign; Oct 16, on inspiration, writing, meaning and definitions, about 2 pages of different responses from people explaining terms from their fic titles; somewhat spoilerific)
• ↑Misheard Whisper's comment to the above (Misheard Whisper; Oct 16)
• "Have you ever had a great story idea, but found that once you have this brilliant first chapter up, you either forget what you were going to do next, don't have the time or just can't find a way to continue it?" (patch; Oct 16, on writing inspiration)
• "Until when is it correct, in terms of language, to use the sentence 'the late' to denote someone who has just passed away. Does the word 'just' have a set period of time?" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Oct 17, on language and idioms)
• "Take any of your characters and think about their voice. What do they sound like? How would you describe it?" (Sgt. Shock; Oct 20, on character development)
• "As writers, do you proofread after or during your writing?" (Sgt. Shock; Oct 20, on on writing, proof-reading checking and publishing, lasts for about ~3 pages)
• "Can you write something sad? On that note, is it possible to write something that would make anyone cry (even the supposedly tough ones)? How would you go about doing it, do you have any examples of fics that have made you cry?" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Oct 20, on fanfic development and plot)
• "If you were to give a theme song to your story(ies), what theme song(s) would you use? Do you usually associate songs to certain parts of the story itself (besides a possible theme song)?" (D. Lawride; Oct 20, on fanfic development and elements, music, soundtrack)
• "Do you guys find that it totally interrupts your creative flow to go back and correct a mistake, or does it not affect how fast or well you can write?" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Oct 22, on creative writing, proof-reading, reviewing)
• "What do you as a veteran of the FFL(as in active in Fanfiction, has a lot of posts in the FFL, is generally regarded to be a veteran by the rest of the FFL community) think is the most popular genre that keeps popping up in the Fanfiction area no matter how well or badly it's written?" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Oct 22, sparking some discussion on OT fics)
• On pronounciation of accents (F.F. Giratina; Oct 24, on accents, spelling, repetition and character names)
• "What do you think is your greatest aspect in writing?" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Oct 24, on writing, a bit meta, with several immediate responses)
• "In the case of humanoid Pokemon, how do you explain the clothes or what appear to be clothes that they wear?" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Oct 25, on canon / fandom, character development, theories and such)
• "What kind of setting do you like to use in your fics? Time, Social, Place it doesn't really matter at all." (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Oct 26, on settings and fanfic development; as you can see, the man is monopolizing the bold topics creation right nao.)
• "Why do you write fan-fiction?" (Hearts Soul; Oct 27, on writing inspiration and development... quite simple, isn't it? -- about ~3 pages of sporadic answers, then skips about 2 pages for more answers)
• "Your fan-fic character(s) are celebrating a birthday today! What do they want?" (Elite Overlord LeSabre™; Oct 28, on character development)
• "If you could pick any character from any of your current or soon to be fics as a recurring character in one-shots or the like, who would they be?" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Oct 28, on character development, writing and publishing)
• Describing May's hair (Shen; Oct 28, on character description, non-bolded but goes anyway due to specificity, ~2 pages and then derives into the classic Pokémon classic v/s modern series debate)
• "How do you measure your character's Pokémon(s) strength? Using the game mechanics' levels, or other custom standards, such as experience?" (D. Lawride; Oct 30, on character development, combat and battles, canon / fandom)
• "What thing or things are you least likely to incorporate in your fic from a pokemon canon uinverse?" (Feign; Nov 05, on canon / fanon, writing style, elements / devices)
• "When was the last time you gave a review?" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Nov 05, on reviewing, sparks about 10 immediate responses)
• "Do you ever need special conditions that are required for you to write?" (Lash; Nov 08, on writing)
• "Do you people promote or recommend other people's fics around? Why/Why not? Do you think it is OK/unnecessary/overrated/annoying/cookies?" (solovino; Nov 08, on fanfic writing, reviewing, promotion and Lounge members)
• "If you could write your fic in another language, what language would that be, and why?" (Feign; Nov 09, on fanfic writing, languages and style, sparse but good responses)
• "Do you follow the normal rules of battling when writing a Pokemon battle, or do you hold a no-rules fight that can involve guns and the such?" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Nov 09, on Pokémon battles, writing style, canon / fanon elements / devices, and strategy)
• ↑Well, it's Pokémon (Ninja Caterpie; Nov 10, succintly supplementing the above)
• "How do you feel about prologues in fics?" (Redstar; Nov 11, on writing styles and elements)
• ↑Turning around the above question... (Shrike Flamestar; Nov 12, pondering why those who are against prologues equate them to bad writing)
• "What do you base your non-canon fic characters off? Yourselves, Sentrets with flamethrowers? People in the FFL?" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Nov 11, on canon / fanon, character development and inspiration)
• Do you think reading fiction is beneficial if well written? (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Nov 11, on writing inspiration, reading and education)
• "Have any of you ever used a voice recognition software to write with? Any results? Do you want to use one?" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Nov 12, on computers and writing style)
• "What excessive amount of something do you dislike reading in a fic, and perhaps even are guilty of?" (Feign; Nov 13, on writing style, reading, preferences)
• "Out of the 16 personality types indicated by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, which type would any of your characters most likely be?" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Nov 14, character development)
  • Link to Myers-Briggs explanation (Nov 14, Astinus)
  • "Is it hard or relatively easy for you to receive a critical review of your work? What can make it difficult to read or accept a review and what can make it easier?" (Mika; Nov 14, about reviewing, style)
• "Do you prefer to write on paper or keyboard(disregarding word processing software)? Likewise, do you prefer to read on the computer screen, or do you prefer to read on paper?" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Nov 16, about writing method, reading and style, ~3 pages of responses)
• "Do you think romance should always be an integral part of a fic?" (walasaka; Nov 16, about plot elements/devives/whatever, several responses)
• About the origin of the term "shipping" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Nov 16, on fandom terminology)
• "How true do you stick to science in any of your fics?" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; nov 18, on fandom, writing and plot elements/devices/whatever)
• "Your fic character(s) have just been Rick Rolled. How do they react?" (Elite Overlord LeSabre™; Nov 21, on memes, media, and character development and a bit of insanity)
• "What do you guys do with your un-postable stuff?" (Feign; Nov 25; on writing maerials)
• "What is the weirdest place you've ever been struck by inspiration?" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Nov 25, on writing inspiration)
• Question on flow of Pokémon battles and Trainer commands (F.F. Giratina; Nov 26, on writing style, pacing, themes and narrative)
• "How should I describe the red cloth that Steven Stone wears in place of a tie?" (Bay Alexison; Nov 26, on plot elements/devices/whatever, character description)
  • It's called an Ascot (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Nov 29)
• ↑How would you explain the plethora of Anime hair color? (Bay Alexison; Nov 26, character description, narrative styles)
• "Would it be okay to sort of switch between attack commands and description for each battle?" (F.F. Giratina; Nov 27, on writing style, flow and pacing, non-bolded but interesting)
• Thoughts on describing a Pokémon war (Feign; Nov 28, writing style and snippets)
• "Have you ever done something horrible to your character - really horrible, not just lose a match - because you thought they had been getting off too easily until that point?" (F.F. Giratina; Nov 28, on writing style, character development and torture, 2 pages of not-enough descriptive answers...)
• "In literature (or perhaps your own writing) what is your favourite theme?" (Feign; Nov 29, on FFL members preferences and styles; stuck for about 2 days == 3 pages of mild activity)
• A bit of advice on what is not a Mary Sue (Redstar; Dec 01, on character development and plot elements/devices/whatever)
• "Your character is stuck in an elevator. What Macgyver-ish, or realistic, way would your character utilise to escape the elevator?" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Dec 01, on character devlopment, Mac Gyver, inventive and plot elements and settings; also, "lol macgyvering", over 6 immediate responses and more sparse ones in the following two pages)
• How to write tragedy? (D. Lawride; Dec 02, on how to write tragedic scenes, writing style, narrative, plot elements/devices/whatever. Spans a beautiful short philosophical conversation in the Lounge and a [alink id=tp_weredamaged]short description[/alink id] on the effects the FFL has on people...)
• "If your character found himself/herself as someone of the opposite gender, how would they react?" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Dec 02, on character development and... gender bender stuff)
• "What is the current setting(time, place ect.) of your current/soon to be written fic?" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Dec 04, on fanfic story development, settings, plot elements/devices/whatever, current writing)
• "What running gags do you sometimes employ in your fics (aside from the running gags in the original source for fan fics)?" (SkyBlue; Dec 04, on comedy, writing and narrative style)
• Words other than "said" (txteclipse; Dec 05, on writing style, grammar and spellchecking)
• ↑Astinus reminds us of an interesting alternative... (Astinus; Dec 05, on words other than "said", with styling and it's my fault...)
• "If all of your characters were told that the story's current setting was too 'boring' and the fic was to be resumed in a high-school boarding school, how would they react?" (F.F. Giratina; Dec 04, on character development and change of plot settings)
  • One better: a one-shot (txteclipse, Dec 07)
• "If your characters met the Power Rangers, how would they all react?" (SkyBlue; Dec 07, character development)
• "Imagine a hypothetical situation where you're a character in your fic. Write your character bio[Like you would an RP character]." (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Dec 07, character development, writing style, snippets and training; also a disguised opportunity to reintroduce the members of the FFL; 3 pages of long and well-crafted answers, as expected from RP sign-up sheet)
• "Take one character. How much has they evolved throughout the fan fiction? Tell us in what has they changed" (Sgt Shock; Dec 09, on fanfic and character development)
• "Is writing mostly inspiration or determination?" (Astinus; Dec 10, on writing inspiration, style, and real life, and also poses two related questions; non-bolded but still...)
• "How would your main character react to the sight of slaughtered children?" (Feign; Dec 12, on character development, fanfic plots and torture'n'stuff)
• "Which of these two fanfic types do you prefer: short and intense or long and detailed?" (Alter Ego; Dec 12, on reading style and preferences, 3 pages of answers)
• "Do you prefer to review long fics where the author makes one or two mistakes and a logical error, or do you prefer to review short fics where it feels as though the author is out to break every rule in the English Language?" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Dec 12, on reviewing style and preferences)
• "How does your mood when writing affect developments in your story? Do you let it? And if you do, what influences said mood?" (Misheard Whisper; Dec 12, on fanfic writing inspiration)
• "What historical figure would you compare your fic character too? Historical can be anyone famous by the way." (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Dec 13, on character development, fanon / canon, inspiration)
• "Wouldn't your fan-fic characters really rather have a Buick? (This is a question about their preferred mode of transportation, BTW)" (Elite Overlord LeSabre™; Dec 15, on character development, fanfic settings, technology)
• "How much would your character score in an IQ test?" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Dec 15, on character development, comparisons to real life)
• "What do you do when you get writers block?" (Haz; Dec 16, on writing inspiration and Writers Block; asked ~3 times this year already)
• Aura Guardians? (Feign; Dec 17, on canon / fanon characters and settings, evolves into some anime/movie talk for the next two pages)
• "When writing in first person, should the way of writing reflect the character's personality exactly?" (F.F. Giratina; Dec 21, on writing style, first-person perspective)
• "What if your characters were told that the setting was too boring, and that they were to relocate to a starship immediately? Namely, the USS Enterprise-E?" (Elite Overlord LeSabre™; Dec 22, on character development, hypothetical, fanfic settings)
• Alter Ego on how to attract reviewers (Alter Ego; Dec 25, reviewing, promoting)
• About novelisations (Ninja Caterpie; Dec 26, on writing style, canon / fandom, novelisation, narrative style; non-bolded but good topic)
• "Have you ever used Trainer Classes or Characters of the Day in your stories?" (F.F. Giratina; Dec 26, on using games as inspiration, character development)
• Requesting good names for mafia characters (Astinus; Dec 29, on character development and inspiration)
• ↑...some proposals (Feign; Dec 29)
• "Excluding their Pokemon team (or their moves if your character is a Pokemon), what are weapons your characters have used/would like to use?" (Elite Overlord LeSabre™; Dec 29, on character development and instruments)
• Last Message 2009^{(by UTC)} (Elite Overlord LeSabre™; Dec 31, 12:25)
• First "Happy New Year" messages^{(by UTC)} (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Jan 01, 00:05)
• ...thanks for reading, and careful with the timewaves on your way out to the future (solovino; Jan 01, 04:06)

[a id]status[/a id]
Current Status:

Sep 01 2009: completing the period Jan 01 → Jul 01 2009.

Sep 03 2009: important (utility) announcements from Sep 2009 have been integrated.

Oct 14 2009: I'm doing stuff to complete the first post with 50,000 characters worth of Index. I've completed the topics up to Oct 07, and the announcements up to Oct 01 plus the important announcement on FanFiction Subforums Merging.

Oct 16 2009: correcting small typos and updating on Announcements because of the merge and Misheard Whisper's art.

Nov 15 2009: updating the months of October and November due to Citrinin's absence.

Dec 25 2009: XMas update: up to one week ago (because I have yet to sort some stuff)

Jan 10 2010: Year 2009 has been completed. Behold!
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CREDITS

Thanks to: the FFL members who answered my bolded topic, for emotional support (like you have no idea :cheky: ). Also Astinus, the moderator of this forum section, for her approval.

This thread is the result of drugs Coca-Cola Pøpsı and over 9 000 seventeen nights of light sleep. A work by "Solovino" for the PC Fanfiction Lounge. All credits go to the little navi fairy in my head that keeps screaming at me to smash my head against what remains of the keyboard. Oh and to Scarlet Weather, who ordered me to. xD

Final Words

Several months ago I was accepted as an apprentice by Scarlet Weather over a small favor I did recovering some info from the TVTropes Recycle Bin. Today my craziness has reached such a level that I've driven myself to collaborate with the Lounge: those efforts have come to fruition with this Index Thread. Now I know I'm spending too much time here and I should leave to see a psychiatrist neurosurgeon... :laugh:

 

[Venia Silente]

More Dakka... I mean index!

More Dakka I mean... Index!​

The thing is... CHARLIMIT beat me... again. But since I am resourceful when on drugs Pøpsı and and too kinky to be tortured by a computer system, i decided that I could just, you know, split the normal index in half, to make two posts, and then continue here moving the pending parts.

You know the drill. All thanks to the navi and several hours of no-sleep. Also a very warmhearted thanks to Citrinin whose re-apparition and recovery kinda inspire one to be kinky active at the Lounge.

(Now if my thesis got this kind of attention...)​

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Ha ha!

A much needed update!

Well, the thing is, due to the excessive sheer large load amount of insanity valuable content the Lounge has, I have been forced by the Universe to split the Bold Topics Index into its originator components (Bold Topics now in two halves, Insanity and Announcements put together) and put each part into a different post. Otherwise, wordcount alarm kicks in at least twice!

Now I understand why no one ever took on this daunting task again. What, you think this is going to deter me? I told you, I've had a lot of drugs Pøpsı! :D

Now, right off to the Index, Part Deux Three, Reloaded, The Thread: The Post, The Quote!

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TABLEOF CONTENTS

1. [alink id="boldindex_1"]Topics Index 2009 (in this post)[/alink id]
   1. [alink id="boldindex_1_1"]Part #1[/alink id]
   2. [alink id="boldindex_1_2"]Part #2[/alink id]
2. [alink id="boldindex_2"]Insanity Index 2009 (moved to new post due to wordcount)[/alink id]
3. [alink id="boldindex_3"]Announcement Index (moved to new post due to wordcount)[/alink id]
4. [alink id="credits"]Credits[/alink id]

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"Lounge Insanity"

(Jan 01 2009 to Dec 31 2009)

This list comprises discussions and random happening that could only be described as "Lounge Insanity", or, as I wanted to put it originally, "The Great Fanfiction Lounge Moments". All sort of random stuff that called the attention of the members, you will be able to find them and follow them here.

The list is sorted chronologically, links to the relevant discussions are provided, as well as an indication of when did the discussion begin and an approximate idea of how long did it last.

• IT'S OVER 9000!!!! (F.F. Giratina; Feb 7, 9000 posts lounge celebration)
• OMFG WE LIVE... (Elite Overlorl LeSabre™; Mar 5, random)
• Procrastination... (Breezy; Mar 9, random)
• Astinus goes nuts!!!! (Astinus; March 14; what the title says, sort of... you better read it for the lulz)
• [a id]orgy_revival[/a id]FFL Orgy Revival? (quoted by Valentine: "Should we bring back the old orgy list and add new members to it, or just make a new orgy list altogether?"; March 15; lounge insanity!!!!!!! MORE ORGIES, MORE MUSICALS)
• Buffy the Musical! (Bay, quoting Valentine; Mar 15, lounge insanity, 3 pages now!)
• Natural Allucinogen (icomeanon6, quoting txteclipse; Mar 16, lounge insanity, post #9910 or so!)
• Lounge Singing Auditions (on Drugs)! (txteclipse and eventually others; Mar 16, 4 pages of lounge insanity)
• The Dan Kelly Story (bobandbill; Mar 17, 7 pages of lounge insanity so far, small break)
• "We're like modern literature..." (Aurincha; Mar 18, about the Lounge's behaviour: 8 pages of insanity so far and with no hints of stopping! Plus capitals poetry!)
• Astinus' eggs (no, really!) (Astinus; Apr 13, random)
• "Unicorns. They solve everything" (Valentine; Apr 18, random, sparsely commented about ~3 pages)
• THE ORGY BEGINS. (bobandbill; Apr 19, random)
• The John Paul Story (Astinus; Apr 19, about her sims)
• The FFL Orgy List Grows! (Bay Alexison; Apr 21, this and the next posts, general Lounge insanity)
• About word-counting in programs (Orange_Flaafy and others; Apr 24, scattered, ~2 pages)
• The Lounge has been "dead" for almost 4 days! (txteclipse; May 30)
• Let's start the txteclipse 4 mod campaign, then! (solovino; May 30)
• Post #10000 !!! (DassenSupes; Jun 21, 10000 posts lounge celebration. 10000th reply by solovino.)
• Accented letters and symbols (Spanish) (POKEMON_MASTER_0; Jul 02)
• Neil Patrick Harris riding a unicorn! (Astinus; Jul 05, check the post, words are not enough)
• Everyone post their Serebii accounts! (started by Astinus; Jul 06, oftenly referred across ~5 pages, on member accounts)
• Valentine resumes the Lounge in short dialoge form! (Valentine; Jul 08, starts ~5 pages of script-style insanity, on the sheer size of the Lounge thread and the project to revitalize the Lounge)
  • (...later update by Sparkling Dragon) (Jul 09)
  • (...later update by Valentine) (Jul 09)
  • (...later update by Feign) (Jul 09)
  • (as you can see, lots of activity here...)
• schizo and DID: Sparkling Dragon shows us how it's done! (Sparkling Dragon; Jul 09, during a time of general Lounge Insanity; seriously, people you have to read this one! (*claps*)
• Feign apparently misspells "gently", hilarity ensues! (Feign; Jul 09, check the next 5 posts! -- kinda random)
• [a id]feign_freud_insanity[/a id]↑ Freudian (as in "about Freud") talk originated by Feign's comment above (~1 page)
• Val's FFL script now includes the consequences of Feign's Freudian slip! (Sparkling Dragon; Jul 09)
• ↑Mizan's update to the insanity script (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Jul 09)
• Fun with the "Cyborg Name Decoder" (Feign; Jul 10, spans for ~5 pages)
• C-C-C-C-C-COMMA BREAKER! (Feign; Jul 16, about the mispelling in the bold topic title [alink id="ash_theory"]here[/alink id])
• Fun at Serebii (because there's no prøn) (Bay Alexison; Jul 21, in reply to Valentine, deranged dates discussion at Serebii)
• "I hate word-prediction programs" (Sparkling Dragon; Jul 22, spans sporadic responses for the next ~3 pages, somehow derives into a random talk about MMOs)
  • My sample of word-prediction (solovino; Jul 22, a bit seriour, a bit punning on SD's post)
• The FFL members start introducing themselves! (Astinus; Jul 22, in response to txteclipse's comment, spawns a ~3 pages series of members' reintroductions. Post #10990)
• 11000th post! (dotKarma; Jul 22, introducing himself. Post not celebrated, somehow... 11000th reply by Meneur d'enfer.)
• Astinus posts the lyrics of "Sen no Kotoba" (FFX song) (Astinus; Jul 23, while discussing some earworms and beautiful/emotional songs)
• Astinus goes nuts... again, this time about America fanboygirlism (Astinus; Jul 24, quote: "AMERICALAND IS THE BESTEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. THE REST OF YOU PEOPLE WEAR SMELLY HATS, DRINK TOO MUCH TEA, AND HAVE KANAGAROOS! AS FOR CANADA, YOU ARE JUST AMERICA'S HAT.", spans discussion on country comparisons for the next pages)
• Asterisks, lots of them (Sparkling Dragon; Jul 25, during a discussion on Twilight. Warning: wide post is wide)
• Don't click the links here! It's a TRAP! They link to TVTropes! Aaaargh--! (Sparkling Dragon set us up the trap; Jul 30, talking about what sites do we use for research)
• Discussion on Dagzar's... "banner"? (Sparkling Dragon; Aug 06, triggers some discussion with "link or fake" included, random conversations)
• "How many of you actually believe in the 2012 Doomsday Theory and are preparing for it?" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Aug 06, random conversations)
• ↑Aurincha's particular take on Doomsday (Aurincha; Aug 06, random conversations)
• ↑↑...and Valentine's witty reply (Valentine; Aug 06, quoting The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
• "How do you like your eggs?" (Feign; Aug 06, random conversations members)
• Cake! (txteclipse; Aug 08, so we calm down)
• "Does anyone here own a/some domain name/s? If so, what are they and where/when did you get them?" (la Pompa; Aug 08, random conversations internet)
• Astinus reminds us what the Lounge is for... (Astinus; Aug 09, quote: "...the FFL is for conversations that everyone can join in on about fanfiction. This means that random bold topics about eggs are frowned upon.")
• "xkcd" on trolls (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Aug 18, eventually others)
• ↑"xkcd" mentioned Pokémon once... (Redstar; Aug 19)
• Weird ideas for the SWC Contest... (Sparkling Dragon; Aug 21)
• Let's talk about our characters/plots/whatever for the SWC Contest (Feign; Aug 21, several others, eventually, for ~4 pages)
• "Post #12000" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Aug 23, not celebrated)
• Solovino's sig seems to cause troubles? (Sparkling Dragon; Aug 23)
• Redstar's freudian slip over Feign's freudian slip on literary devices... (Redstar, Aug 25)
• Kinda overworked discussion on literary element v/s device (Feign; Aug 26, with regards to [post=5035129]use of literary devices (...or elements), spans a discussion that lasts over 5 pages)
• Valentines is back from vacations (Valentine; Aug 27)
• ↑Attempt to tone down the discussion avove (Shrike Flamestar; Aug 27, after 3 pages of discussion)
• ↑icomeanon6's post for peace (icomeanon6; Aug 27, yes, on the discussion above)
• ↑Discussion taken to VM (Valentine; Aug 27, finally... I mean seriously it's 5 pages of discussion. Also, incidentally, post #12340)
• The ending every story needs (Valentine; Sep 08, on Royal Genesis's proposal)
• ...discussion on Dune turns into Star Wars because of Jar-Jar (Redstar; Sep 11)
• "How many people here find it easier to write when they have some sort of animal on them/their chair/bed/couch/floor/anyplace nearby?" (La Pompa; Sep 11, non-bolded but heck of interesting because of Bay's answer below)
• Astinus's Sims blow up their neighborhood! (Astinus; Sep 20)
• ""At the risk of sounding hypocritical, has anyone (besides Bay) read Reviewing and You, or was that just a rant to myself? (Valentine; Sep 25, about reviewing styles and Lounge members, doubled here because of the discussion after the "rhetoricalness" of the question)
• Hitting a brick wall... (Misheard Whisper; Oct 03, is what M.W. feels about the discussion generated on Bakphoon's enquiry about Pokémon intelligence)
• Trying to define canon (Redstar; Oct 03, on canon, fandom and writing styles and plot elements / devices, copied here because of the lulz and general feeling about the discussion)
• On バクフーン's username and usertitle (バクフーン/Bakphoon; Oct 03, having fun with Shrike Flamestar)
• 13000th post/reply! (Misheard Whisper; Oct 03, in reply to Shrike Flamestar)
• This... is... the Lounge!!! (Misheard Whisper; Oct 16, a stick figure representation of the Lounge, almost xkcd-style. Very funny, and you'll even recognize one member or two!)
• 'Writers Wanted' -like post (Denali; Oct 18, on Writers Wanted, sparks the expected response)
• A bit of preoccupation as the interaction in the Lounge dwindles (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Oct 25, about the Lounge being limited more and more to bold topics, also note it's been about one month w/o real insanity)
• ...with a probable explanation (solovino; Oct 25, taking note of the end-of-year and known members having moved away to other forums)
• Find a conspiracy or bizarre occurrence having to do with pokémon, Da Vinci Code style. (txteclipse; Oct 25, in an attempt to revitalize the Lounge's insanity; crazy theories include Giratina's, bobandbill's, Mizan's, Royal Genesis's (apparently lifted directly from TVTropes), ...)
• A reference to furries... from xkcd (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Oct 28)
• More reference to xkcd... (solovino; Oct 30, on the subject of a RP where txteclipse was a member)
• NaNoWriMo (Misheard Whisper; Nov 01, yes this goes here as well, about writing, timing, craziness, etc)
• The Lounge Abridged Ultimate (txteclipse; Nov 01, on EkaSwede's request)
• ↑Killer Writing (txteclipse; Nov 02, as if people weren't crazy enough with NaNoWriMo, they also try it on suicide mode)
• "How many of you have actually read the FFL's Bold Topic Index?" (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Nov 03, goes here because I don't know what to think about the question... sparks some interesting responses)
• Some talk on ADD (Feign; Nov 04, sparks a good conversation on ADD, OCD and other stuff, goes here because doesn't fit anywhere else, yet it is totally serious. Like, insane serious.)
• A comment on reviewing and cursed keys (EkaSwede; Nov 06, on computers, reviewing and spelling, from Mizan's question, triggering about ~2 pages of a QWERTY v/s DVORAK discussion)
• ↑Consequently... Who uses a Dvorak keyboards? (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Nov 06, on writing and computers)
• Some comments on NaNoWriMo... (Redstar; Nov 07, yes, on NaNoWriMo, and craziness, and some other things. )
• When should a writer be on drugs? (Redstar; Nov 08, on writing inspiration, sparking some good responses regarding Hemmingway)
• Cannabis-fics (Lash; Nov 08, xyr 1000th post, spent talking about drugs, and I promised to never let xem live it down ;) )
• 'Writers Wanted' .like post (Konekodemon; Nov 08, on Writers Wanted, sparks the usual response + some little debate)
• More xkcd references... this time to The Game (txteclipse; Nov 09, on an awesome smiley.)
  • ↑...And I just LOST the Game!
• ...new name for the Lounge? (txteclipse; Nov 09, due to a comment in previous discussion)
• Insufferable Elementary English Courses: a sample (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Nov 10, due to my comment on elementary english courses)
• Lampshading some Lounge behaviour (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Nov 12, on Redstar's previous bold topic almost turned debate, as it usually does, for some reason)
• xkcd on manipulating the forces of nature (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Nov 21, during a discussion on science on fics)
• "Your fic character(s) have just been Rick Rolled. How do they react?" (Elite Overlord LeSabre™; Nov 21, on memes, media, and character development and a bit of insanity)
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• A glimpse of poetry about the Poetry section (Feign; Nov 25, on the subject that we do have, in fact, a Poetry Section)
• Actually, we're insane (Feign; Dec 01, with a great quote from Feign, on a quite from Bay)
• [a id]tp_weredamaged[/a id]We've scarred for life / elevated to a higher state of mind (F.F. Giratina; Dec 02, on the subject of how the FFL and the topics affect us, due to philosophical conversation triggered by D. Lawride; FFL Description)
• ↑The reputation of the FFL (Ninja Caterpie; Dec 03; FFL Description)
• ↑FFL as a magnet for the surreal (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Dec 03; FFL Description)
• BBCodes for usage of FFL members (solovino; Dec 06, posted here because, really, that helps to insanity and WHAT HAVE I DONE!!!!)
• FFL Activity: What happens when once HG/SS get released (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Dec 09, with a comparison to xkcd for added appeal; xkcd mention)
• 14000th post!!! (F.F. Giratina; Dec 10, non-celebrated)
• txteclipse vomits alphabet soups (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Dec 11, about txteclipse saying that one can "vomit words")
• ↑Astinus' conspiratory response to the above (Astinus; Dec 11)
• "Anyone wanna write something on pink, fluffy bunnies (OF DOOM)? I have officially lost my sanity." (SkyBlue; Dec 17, on insanity; the FFL has claimed yet another victim proud and productive member)
• THIS is QUALITY (INN)!!! (Elite Overlord LeSabre™; Dec 18, on how hotels are; spans some good lighthearted discussion on HOTELS, of all things, for the next four pages)
• Crazy Crossover! (SkyBlue; Dec 21, on crazy ideas on these days of holidays...)
• Thread Announcement: Christmas Carol Crackfic... OF DOOM!!! (bobandbill; Dec 22, read it here! -- announced as insanity as well, because... well... crackfic, FFL, doom... do the math)
• xkcd on hearing people's posts with voices (solovino; Dec 26; on Astinus's comments on hearing our posts with Luke's voice; I'd rather it be Patrick Stewart, xkcd mention)

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Lounge Collection of Announcements and Story Snippets

(Jan 01 2009 to Dec 31 2009)

This list comprises a series of announcements, such as new thread warnings, competitions, and requests for evaluation of random writing snippets and story proposals, that were held at some point in the Lounge. If something important happened that resulted in a new story, contest or sticky, you'll find it here.

The list is sorted chronologically, links to the relevant discussions are provided, as well as an indication of when did the discussion begin and an approximate idea of how long did it last.

• Story proposal (sort of) (Mira; Jan 04, for a possible series/trilogy)
• Story proposal (sort of) (Feign; Apr 13, about a possible zombie Pokémon fanfic →"Pokérus Mk.III")
• FFOTM has returned (Astinus; Apr 16, discussion lasts ~3 pages)
• Idea about the 7Day-7K thread (Valentine; May 15, about a new minicontest, lounge *sanity*, 4 posts more)
• Guys, we have ten stickies in the Writer's Lounge. (Astinus; May 25, Lounge forum and discussion thereof)
• Story proposal (sort of) (solovino; Jun 21, about a possible fossil Pokémon fanfic →"Sixth")
• Story proposal (sort of) (Lash; Jun 27, a general announcement →"HeartGold & SoulSilver Adventure!")
• KantoLover's snippet (KantoLover; July 03, submitted for review)
• Discussion on "idea threads" (Valentine; Jul 05, spans over 6 pages, on the overall status of the Writer's Lounge Sub-forum)
• Story announcement (Sparkling Dragon; Jul 05, →"Shattered")
• I (solovino) first propose a "Bold Topics index" (solovino; Jul 6, on the subject of the overall FFL condition with stickies and zombie threads...)
• [post=4842167]Story Announcement[/post[ (Feign; Jul 10, →"[CYOA] An Unforgettable Tale")
• Plot Bunny Farm Thread Announcement (Valentine; Jul 12, trying to tidy up things a bit in the Lounge...)
• Astinus (the mod) has been gone for a while... (Feign; Jul 25, discussing how Astinus sometimes missed the "fun times" at the Lounge. Check Astinus' reply for minor lulz)
• Sparkling Dragon links us to TVTropes; times are lost... (Sparkling Dragon; Jul 30, when discussing the internet sites we use for inspiration)
• How many posts (and relative %) do regulars have at the FFL? (started by Sparkling Dragon [~50%]; Aug 03, about how much time do FFL members spend here, lasts for about ~3 pages)
• Thread Announcement: Battles (Feign; Aug 10, results in → Pokémon battle writing help)
• [PC Get-Together 2009 'SWC'] Contest Announcement! (Gummy; Aug 21, about a PC writing contest, thread available here *at least till Sep 07 2009*)
• The Small Writing Contest is over! Any thoughts, feelings, or regrets now that you're free from slaving away? (Redstar; Aug 25, on the [SWC] or Get-Together 2009 Writing Contest) (search using the keyword "SWC" to see entries!)
• FFL Active Members Enquiry: what would you most like to see them write? (Valentine; Aug 31, lifted from LiveJournal, suggestions from some active FFL members to others)
• ↑Shrike's Super Challenge (Shrike Flamestar; Aug 31, a variation on the above)
• [a id]boldindex_announcement[/a id]*Bold Topics* Index Announcement (solovino; Sep 01, on the subject of this very thread)
• Restarting the FFL remaking (Astinus; Sep 02, on the project to revilatize the Writer's Lounge)
• Writer's Lounge "stickies examination" Thread Announcement (Astinus; Sep 03, on the project to revilatize the Writer's Lounge)
• [SWC] Contest Results Are In! (Gummy; Sep 03; winners: Shrike Flamestar and Negrek)
• "Exactly, which is why we do it, because PFF&P is home to a fair few experts. " (Misheard Whisper; Oct 01, her description of the Lounge's members's activity)
• On decluttering the Lounge... (Valentine; Oct 01)
• Fanfiction Lounge Locked! (Astinus; Oct 04, due to over 5 pages of discussion that was getting a bit heated and heavy on quotes)
• Halloween Writing Challenge (Misheard Whisper; Oct 05, adapted from Giratina's Corn Maze Topic)
• NaNoWriMo's less than a month away. Who's planning for it, and are you willing to give us a hint as to what you're doing? (Valentine; Oct 06, on NaNoWriMo and writing)
• Story proposal (F.F. Giratina; Oct 10, not yet published)
• purple_drake jumps in... (Purple_drake; Oct 11, after long absence)
• Fanfiction Lounges Merged! (Citrinin; Oct 13, on merging of writing subforums at level of PC, actual quote is ":O WE HAVE BEEN MERGED.")
• ↑Astinus reports in on the Merge (Astinus; Oct 13)
• ↑In short boys and girls, Astinus doesn't want to share her Mod stick. ;P (バクフーン/Bakphoon; Oct 14, due to mess inherent in the merging)
• ↑"My fic looks like it's called 'Other Artificial'. T_T" (Misheard Whisper; Oct 14, on tagging of the new fics subforum)
• Awards proposal (Syrynn; Oct 14, due to merging of the Lounges)
• Post Office Buddy pops in (Post Office Buddy; Oct 15, after long absence)
• Bold Topics Index Updated (Solovino; Oct 15, on the subject of this thread)
• This... is... the Lounge!!! (Misheard Whisper; Oct 16, a stick figure representation of the Lounge, almost xkcd-style. Very funny, and you'll even recognize one member or two!)
• Possibly the highest number of concurrent bold topics in this year (solovino; Oct 20, on the trends of the Fanfiction Lounge, triggered by Mizan's comment)
• Citrinin's absence is first noticed (Feign; Oct 23, after Citrinin has been away a bit too long, at least since Oct 17)
• Story Idea (txteclipse; Oct 26)
• NaNoWriMo (Misheard Whisper; Nov 01, the time has come for writing, timing, craziness, etc)
• Citrinin has been found!!! (Misheard Whisper; Nov 02, abbout Citrinin's absence, as explained in Citrinin's blog, triggers ~12 welcome-back messages and somewhat emotional moments further below)
  • Citrinin's come back (Citrinin; Nov 02)
• Emotional moments (txteclipse; Nov 02, due to Citrinin's absence)
  • More... (Feign; Nov 02)
  • More... (solovino; Nov 04)
  • sappy... (txteclipse; Nov 04)
  • platonic Lounge love!!! (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Nov 04)
• What level of attachment do you have with your friends/comrades/sentret flamethrower buddies from the FFL? (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Nov 04, on attachment and Lounge members; a bit meta)
• How would you feel if one of your friends/comrades/sentret flamethrower buddies from the FFL actually Died/Left for good? (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Nov 04)
• The RP in the Lounge's Title Bar (txteclipse; Nov 09, starting a short RP that runs in a post's Title Bar, interesting but unfortunately short-lived)
• Bold Topics Index Updated (solovino; Nov 15)
• A reminder: we *DO* have a Poetry Section (Ninja Caterpie; Nov 24, yes we have, isn't it incredible?)
• ↑A glimpse of poetr about the Poetry section (Feign; Nov 25, on the subject that we do have, in fact, a Poetry Section)
• Bay on mentioning Citrinin (Bay Alexison; Nov 25, on worrying about FFL members who have been away for long)
• Free-for-all writing post proposal (Feign; Nov 26)
• Thread Announcement: Words (F.F. Giratina; Nov 28, as an Idea for the Lounge; becomes "All in the Words")
• Newcomer: The Jewel of Life (The Jewel of Life; Dec 01)
• Is the FFL the oldest active thread out there? (Astinus; Dec 04, FFL Description, response from Astinus to I'm Not Your Hero's question; check the answers spread in the next 12 to 15 posts, including Feign's)
• ↑bobandbill celebrates this (bobandbill; Dec 04)
• I'm Back (TurtleKing; Dec 06, member return)
• Birthday (F.F. Giratina; Dec 10, member birthday)
• Haruka Returns (Haruka of Hoenn; Dec 11, FFL member return)
• Alter Ego Returns (Alter Ego; Dec 12, FFL member return)
• Story Announcement (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Dec 13, →Reflections in the Storm [SWC][Revamped])
• Thread Announcement (bobandbill; Dec 21, →The Beta Place V2)
• Thread Proposal: Xmas Carol crackfic (bobandbill; Dec 21; the next three pages are mostly crackfic prep and a sort of OOC)
• Thread Announcement: Christmas Carol Crackfic... OF DOOM!!! (bobandbill; Dec 22, read it here!)
• Member Leave (Mizan de la Plume Kuro; Dec 23, on flight to England, probably unavailable till NY 2010)
  

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[Venia Silente]

Y2009! Finished! Notification!

(A bit late, but...)

Content Refresh

The Bold Topcs Index has been updated with the last tidbits of information from 2009. Enjoy!

Notification credits notice

Notification credits notice
In other news, I ripped off based this notification off Ubuntu's notify-osd system and Tango Theme; all credits go to them…

Yes, I have been a bit busy which is the reason why it took me so long to complete the last three days. But I'm done... phew... I never thought this would end up being so much work but I have to admit that it has been fun, to say the least, and that I no longer think any bank is gonna trust me. :rambo:

Also, before someone starts rambling, yes, the bubble thing is based off Ubuntu because I use Ubuntu and I am a bit disappointed that no one joins the social group. So a little bit of publicity doesn't come wrong I guess. That and remember that now I'm crazy. Oh and I also use Fedora, just because.

Before I finish, my congratulations to the posters of what ended up being 451 Bold Topics or equivalent conversation subjects submitted by more than 68 unique members (not including quoted topics or "shared" ideas). Here are some quick statistics for your amusement. May not be 100% fiable, they're statistics after all.

Top Posters:

62 -- 13% -- Mizan de la Plume Kuro
46 -- 10% -- Feign
27 -- 05% -- Valentine

Mizan's comment on it:

Certainly you jest good sir for I have only been here for a mere *counts* five months?
Lol, seriously though, thanks for the hard work. We all appreciate it, even if we don't usually show it. ;D XD

(this he said when he was just beginning to monopolize the bold topics... ) ;)

Most New Topics:
→Days:
October 03: 8
September 01: 7
August 27: 7

→Months:
73 August
69 October
64 November

Longest Topics
(considering number of pages and only recurrent conversations, not sporadic ones)
Discussion on "idea threads", July, ~6 pages
Literary elements v/s devices, August, ~5 pages (so long in terms of wall-o-texting that I lampshaded it in this same index)
Fun with the "Cyborg Name Decoder", July, ~5 pages

Mentions to xkcd:
Total: 12
1.- on trolls
2.- on Pokémon
3.- ...with stick figures! (art by Misheard Whisper)
... and so on

Mentions to kittens:
Total: 0

Zero!

ZERO!!!

(in topic titles, at least)

Continuity:
At least 21 topics or subjects were started as direct response or continuation from a bold topic above.
At least 14 topics or subjects originated from a mention of another member.

That would be all for the moment.
Thanks to those who read this, thanks to those who provided me with insanity,
and thanks to Astinus for letting me post this.

Be seeing you 2010!​

 

[Venia Silente]

Topics 2008, Part Articuno

The Bold Topics Index -- 2008​

O'K, people, I'm continuing to work on this. This time I have finished compiling what amounts to the first third of Lounge topics during the year 2008.

This won't be indexed yet into the table of contents because I have to check all the username mentions and inter-references in the 2009 index, due to the apparently definitive policy on usernames some time ago.

Also, some FFL regulars such as Buoysel have offered their help and they don't know what they're hopelessly delving into. As soon as I can get the base sheets ready for exporting I'll be contacting you!
​

Three separate lists are provided, according to the seriousness and specificity of the different conversation topics. Eventually, some of the lists will be moved to other posts below due to the charlimit.... er... limit. That's why if you want to find something please use the Table of Contents or just do F3 or something to search for topics (they are tagged). Thanks.


One word before posting this through: I know I'm being abit of an hypocrite about this with all of the off-topicness and how inactive I'm at the Lounge, but PEOPLE, PLEASE, try to use this index before posting new bold topics or trying too much insanity!!! I created it for a reason! (Yes, there was insanity involved but that's another matter) -- And Astinus is about to wildly shake her mod-stick at us (and we kinda deserve it).


May this thread help you retain your sanity while you navigate the Lounge Dimension...

»Brought to you by Solovino.​

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"General" Bold Topics 2008

(Jan 01 2008 to Jul 01 2008)

This list comprises the so-called "bold topics", as well as some topics that are not "bold" but were interesting enough that would become "boldened" or "bolded" later. Here several subjects related to Pokémon, fanfiction and writing in general can be found.

The list is sorted chronologically, links to the relevant discussions are provided, as well as an indication of when did the discussion begin and an approximate idea of how long did it last.

• "What are your guys' fanfic resolutions for 2008? Any new fic ideas you want to write or want to get the chapters done faster?" (Bay; carried from 2007)
• "Do you self-insert your own views into your fiction, or insert a character who holds certain ideals identical to your own?" (Scarlet Weather; carried from 2007)
• "Are you more likely to make your character love his/her Pokemon or to leave the whole bonding thing out of your work?" (The Jack of Hearts; Jan 05, character development)
• ↑"Do you always have the same amount of chapters in your fan fictions, or do you just go with the flow of the story?" (plot elements)
• ↑"How do you figure out the gaps between a SPAM fic and a real fan fic with bad grammar ect?" (fanfic reading)
• "How do you treat the subject of character death?" (Yamato-san; Jan 11, character development)
• "What if it's presumed that a character dies but it's never actually confirmed (i.e they never actually see the body or have living proof of the death)? Is it still in poor taste to have the character live even if they didn't actually die?" (Grovyle42; Jan 16, character development death)
• "Do you occasionally use religious symbolism in fiction, original or otherwise, or do you draw paralells to religious beliefs?" (Scarlet Weather; Jan 18, symbolism plot elements, ~2 pages)
• "If you ever use music in your fan fiction, do you allow it to be real music, like something made by Paul McCartney, or do you create your own singer/band/song?" (Grovyle42; Jan 18, fanfic writing inspiration)
• "Question: Has the idea of fan fiction awards ever been pitched here? I've seen it done on a few other forums and was wondering if it's been brought up here." (Grovyle42; Jan 19)
• "Do you use time-travel in your story? If so, how?" (Yamato-san; Jan 21, fanfic plot elements)
• "What is your favorite pokemon to write about/Which one would you most like to write about? Why?" (Grovyle42; Jan 23, fanfic elements characters)
• "Do you ever get that feeling in writing where you just don't want to write anymore?" (The Jack of Hearts; Jan 23, non-bold, later bolded, writing inspiration)
• "How do you deal with subtlety?" (Yamato-san; Jan 28, regarding fanfic reviews)
• Some considerations on OT fics and conflict (Astinus; Feb 01)
• "Do you use romance in fanfiction often? Is it a main theme or is it a side plot? Is it limited to human characters only?" (Scarlet Weather; Feb 03, plot elements, spans about ~2 pages)
• "What do you think is the most effective POV to write in, and why?" (Skunter; Feb 04, narration perspective)
• "What kind of personality do you like to see in a character? What quirks or attitudes do you like to give your characters?" (Rebellious Treecko; Feb 05, character development, repeatedly discussed for ~3 pages)
• "Do you use Pokemon nicknames? If so, any particular examples?" (Yamato-san; Feb 06)
• ↑"Do you intend to give your characters any accents or dialects?"
• "Why do you use Pokemon nicknames?" (The Jack of Hearts; Feb 11, inspiration, repeatedly discussed for ~6 pages)
• Who/What inspired you to write your fic?" (TurtleKing; Feb 12, writing inspiration, repeatedly discussed for ~4 pages)
• Comments on Giratina's new revealed form (Origin) (txteclipse; Feb 17)
• "Is it okay to cut down on the description when you're trying to add a mysterious atmosphere to your chapter?" (Gummy; Feb 18)
• "How do you feel about "n00b" comments about your fic?" (TurtleKing; Feb 20, reviewing)
• "Do you welcome the use of legendary Pokemon in your fic(s) or try to stay away from them?" (Gummy; Feb 20, character plot elements)
• "How do you feel about crossover fics?" (Gummy; Feb 23)
• On the subject of Trainer-Pokémon bond (Yamato-san; Feb 28)
• "What's the most objectionable thing you plan to add to your story (if you haven't done so already)?" (Dragonfree; Feb 28, plot elements)
• "As a side note, but does anyone else have difficulties in writing a first chapter? [...] So, how do you write a first chapter, and what sort of elements do you use to do it?" (The Jack of Hearts; Feb 28, plot elements writing inspiration)
• What's the most objectionable thing you plan to add to your story (if you haven't done so already)? (Dunsparce; Mar 02, on fanfic elements and plots, on the context of a contest)
• " Have you ever been sorely dissatisfied over the results of a contest, award nominations, etc.?" (Yamato-san; Mar 03)
• "What is the favorite thing you've ever had one of your characters say?" (Scarlet Weather; Mar 03, for about ~2 pages, character development)
• "I have a simple question, how do I link chapters within my thread, for example. I want to make it easier for my readers to read my material, without having to scroll through every message... How do I do this?" (BREAKINGBEN; Mar 28, forum code chapter linking)
• "What do you guys think of epic fics? You think having the fic as an epic genre makes it more deveolped, thought out, and better quality or is the epic genre a bit overated sometimes?" (Bay; Mar 29, on reviewing and fanfic plot)
• "What pokemon do you love to see in fanfics?" (Scytheteen; Mar 30, favourites character writing)
• "Are post-apocalyptic fics all the same? Discuss." (Scarlet Weather; Mar 30, reading plot evaluation)
• Alternatives to "said" (Astinus; Mar 30)
• "What do you people think of the current fan fics going around various forums? Seen anything interesting ones?" (The Jack of Hearts; Mar 30, non-bold, later bolded)
• "What genre do you prefer to see in pokemon fanfics?" (Scytheteen; Mar 31, plot elements)
• ↑"What genres do you prefer NOT to see in fanfics?" (Elite Overlord LeSabre™; Mar 31)
• "What is your favorite oneshot/ ongoing fanfic on this forum or outside it outside your own work?" (Scarlet Weather; Mar 31)
• "What problems did you face when you first began writing fanfiction?" (SilverSmeargleSplatter; Apr 02)
• What is a Mary Sue? (Sydian; Apr 02, KEY QUESTION PEOPLE! character development, concept and flaws)
• →Gummy on "Mary-Sue" (Gummy; Apr 02, quick definition, due to Sydian's post)
• →A more detailed definition, with links (to Wikipedia!) (JX Valentine; Apr 02, includes links to Wikipedia and Pokémon-Sues)
• "What 4th-gen Pokemon do you see to be used more than others in fics?" (bobandbill; Apr 03, on Pokémon fandom, non-bold)
• "What Pokemon do you have as the "lead" Pokemon in your fic? In the games, everybody has that "lead" Pokemon that they always use. What Pokemon would you like to see getting a lead role in fan fictions?" (TurtleKing; Apr 04, character development and Pokémon team/party)
• "What Pokemon have you never seen in a Fan Fiction?" (Sydian; Apr 04, character development and Pokémon team/party, related to the above)
• "Have you ever written a fanfic under the impression that it was a completely original idea, only to find out that somebody else had written one with a similar plot/main character/overall story structure and posted it before you did?" (Scarlet Weather; Apr 05, on fanfic inspiration and writing, publishing issues, lasts for 2 pages)
• "What is you opinion on Lost Chapters? And have you ever read one in a Fan Fic?" (Sydian; Apr 05, on the subject of writing bonuses / special chapters, publishing, plots)
• "If your fic had an opening theme song (preferably an Anime song), what would it be?" (TurtleKing; Apr 06, fanfic soundtrack)
• On how to carry Poké Balls other than in belts? (Astinus; Apr 06, on elements of characters and canon)
• On a schedule of daily releases for a fic (EmeraldSky; Apr 07, on writing style, publishing, reviews)
• "As far as trainers, do you prefer to see male or female protagonists, or a mix of the two?" (Elite Overlord LeSabre™; Apr 07, on fanfic characters, lead character gender, and the issues of Shipping)
• "What do you think of fics that take place in a school/academy?" (Sydian; Apr 07, fanfic settings, school and students; beware of the nightmare of "high school AU fics"; lasts for about 3 pages, pretty good discussion)
• →check the following posts however for some interesting discussion on what courses to teach to kids at school in a Pokémon setting.
• "What do you think of fics where someone has changed movesets of a Pokemon? (ex. Venonat used Hydro Pump; Starly used Bone Rush; Natu used Body Slam)" (Sydian; Apr 10, on Pokémon moveset, technique and canon defilement; 2 pages of discussion then randomly pops up every once in a while)
• →Great offender: Exploding Charizard (JX Valentine; Apr 10, setting an example)
• "What ideas for a fan fic did you have long ago before realising it was horrible?" (Rekky; Apr 12, on fanfic inspiration)
• "When writing, how do you emphasize a character speaking in a louder voice?" (Scarlet Weather; Apr 13, character and settings, narrative devices)
• "Do you guys prefer to post chapters as you go or finish a few chapters first and then begin posting? What are some advantages and disadvantages for each one?" (Bay Alexison; Apr 13, on fanfic writing and publishing)
• "Mary-sue Litmus Tests: What is your general opinion?" (Scarlet Weather; Apr 15, on Mary Sue, writing tests, character development)
• A check to keep Gary in-character in a story (EmeraldSky; Apr 17)
• "In shipping fics, do you prefer a happy ending or a sad, depressing ending?" (Sydian; Apr 17, on shipping, story endings, plot development)
• "ARGG! A tale about pirates with pokemon. (I'd think of a plot if I were to write it.)" (Elite Overlord LeSabre™; Apr 19, on plot bunnies; this should go on to insanity, too)
• "When is it plausible to use the canon setting and when it is plausible to just use your own settings? If using canon setting, is adding/taking out a few features (say buildings, cities, etc.) breaking canon, expanding canon, or something else?" (Bay Alexison; Apr 19, on fanfic settings inspiration, canon and fanon; taken from Serebii)
• "When you are writing a chapter how do keep yourself focused?" (Orange_Flaaffy; Apr 19, on writing and inspiration)
• "How far do you let others have a say in the workings of your fiction? Do you hire armed mercenaries to guard over your manuscripts or welcome co-writing projects?" (Luphinid Silnaek; Apr 20, on cowriting, partnership, fanfic inspiratino and story development)
• →"Have you had any unfortunate dealings with plagiarism?" (Elite Overlord LeSabre™; Apr 20, on fanfic inspiration, plagiarism, related to the subject above)
• "Have you ever encountered a fanfic that pretty much ripped every detail of its plot from a major movie/book/series outside the fandom it was written in only tweaked slightly and called it original?" (Scarlet Weather; Apr 22, on fanfic inspiration, plagiarism)
• "What sort of elements do you think would go into a good website for a fanfic? What would make you feel like coming back to it often (aside from new chapters being posted)?" (Orange_Flaaffy; Apr 22, on fanfic development, bonus elements and media, inspiration)
• "What are your thoughts on fanfics meant to be written as "Anime episodes", i.e., those written using several of the common devices of anime translated into fic-terms?" (Scarlet Weather; Apr 25, on fanfic elements, canon and plot devices)
• "How do you react to angst in fictions? When does it become overwhelming? How far do you believe it could be justified?" (Astinus; Apr 26, on angst and excess of it, plot devices)
• "What aspect of writing takes higher precedence in your mind: storytelling or the process itself? Would there be any meaning to a fiction without readers or reviews?" (Luphinid Silnaek; Apr 28, on writing elements and style)
• "Have you ever really looked forward to writing a scene of a fic, only to have trouble writing it when you actually got to where it was needed?" (Orange_Flaaffy; Apr 30, on writing style, scenes)
  
  

"Lounge Insanity"

(Jan 01 2008 to Apr 28 2008)

This list comprises discussions and random happening that could only be described as "Lounge Insanity", or, as I wanted to put it originally, "The Great Fanfiction Lounge Moments". All sort of random stuff that called the attention of the members, you will be able to find them and follow them here.

• "What are your views on the people that only post in this thread to say that their next chapter is up or to ask for a review and never actually take part in the conversation?" (The Jack of Hearts; Jan 05, due to the Lounge being a bit inactive)
• Astinus' idea of fic marketing (Astinus; Mar 28, for the Fanfiction Challenge Thread)
• ↑"What do you personally think of Astinus' posts? Have they changed from what they were before her name change? Discuss." (The Jack of Hearts; Mar 28)
• Bad (offensive) comment from Yamato-san that triggers some discussion in the thread (Yamato-san; Mar 30)
• "And now I'm envisioning Astinus as a character in a forum insurance commercial for some reason. 0.o" (Scarlet Weather; Apr 05, some minor insanity after explaining some things Astinus can do as a mod)
• "What should I shout when I lose to a level 2 Starly?" (ShadowHoundoom; Apr 13, where did this come from I have no idea, word!)
• "ARGG! A tale about pirates with pokemon. (I'd think of a plot if I were to write it.)" (Elite Overlord LeSabre™; Apr 19, on plot bunnies; this should go on to research topics, too)
• Gummy's 10kth post (Gummy; Apr 23)
• FFL Shipping!!! (Scytheteen; Apr 26, on the Lounge members and, well, shipping. A pretty lovely dodecahedron non-planar superdense nondirected graph that may result! Seriously you have to see what results from it in the next 12 posts)
  

Lounge Collection of Announcements and Story Snippets

(Jan 01 2008 to Apr 28 2008)

This list comprises a series of announcements, such as new thread warnings, competitions, and requests for evaluation of random writing snippets and story proposals, that were held at some point in the Lounge. If something important happened that resulted in a new story, contest or sticky, you'll find it here.

• Announcement: Fanfiction Announcement Thread (Astinus; Jan 26, thread is stickied as of 2009)
• Announcement: Fanfiction Challenges (Astinus; Mar 01)
• List of ony flygon's fics (compiled by Astinus; Mar 23)
• Announcement: Writing Guide Thread (Elite Overlord LeSabre™; Apr 05, thread here)
  

Current Status:

As of Apr 1st 2010, this list is apparently complete up to April 2008. That includes the announcements.

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