Hetalia: Not like Star Wars.

yuletide is the community for a huge annual fic exchange that works like a Secret Santa. The focus is on obscure fandoms, and for many years the mods have had the final say on what is and is not eligible. While working out some kinks in a brand new automated system, they posted a non-final list of the fandoms nominated that were eligible for this year. Now, there's a whole ton of wank about that, but I'm focusing on a specific complaint. One that dips its toes in the realms of unfunny.

vom_marlowe is very unhappy with Hetalia being on the eligible list. Not just because it's popular, but because "Third, Hetalia is the fandom where a bunch of fans stood in public at a convention this April and sieg heiled Hitler. It made the news.

This is not like having Star Wars accidentally added. The fans sieg heiled Hitler. Yes, I find the addition of Hetalia particularly upsetting."

Nevermind that what members of a fandom have done has no bearing on its Yuletide eligibility.

ETA: A mod has frozen

vom_marlowe's thread.

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	platedlizard 2010-11-10 08:55 pm UTC (link)
	Also, is it just me, or is Hetilia's fandom/anti-fandom wankier then the politics tab on Fark? Because wow, just about all I hear from them is wank. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	cmdr_zoom 2010-11-10 09:07 pm UTC (link)
	Probably unavoidable with a source that might be described as "Those Wacky Axis". (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	octopedingenue 2010-11-12 03:00 am UTC (link)
	See, now I wanna Yuletide it just so that someone can request the crossover with The Producers. Or Hogan's Heroes! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	undomielregina 2010-11-12 04:00 am UTC (link)
	I would read a fic with the plot of The Producers (as an au of almost any fandom, really) where the play they put on is obviously Hetalia. Done right, I suspect it could be really funny. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	re_weird 2010-11-12 04:03 am UTC (link)
	Why do you taunt me with things I can never have. :( (Reply to this)(Parent)

ruslan
2010-11-11 08:12 am UTC (link)

Is there anything on any tab on Fark that doesn't eventually (or very rapidly, as the case usually is) devolve into a cesspool of wank?

I sort of wandered into a race thread earlier today and got into a flamewar over AAVE. By flamewar I mean I posted twice and then made myself go outside. (Although I'm still pissed off because it's not going to stop being a fully fledged dialect with an internally consistent phonology and syntax just because you don't like brown people, you morons. /vent)

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platedlizard
2010-11-11 11:03 am UTC (link)

Every once in a while there are awesome threads ('it's a street light' being a classic example), and the Friday mugshot round up is generally lots of fun, but there is a lot of wank. It helps to keep your ignore list updated because a lot of the trolls are the sort that happily troll /b/ and aren't afraid to use racism as a weapon in their war on decency. The politics tab is especially bad.

The geek threads are usually entertaining and informative.

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	tetradecimal 2010-11-11 03:03 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, I loved "It's a street light". Maybe someone will just make a Fark Greatest Hits for people who don't want to wade through the Great Sea of Splooge to get to the good stuff. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	bubosquared 2010-11-12 02:43 pm UTC (link)
	Everything I Know About Hetalia, I Know From FW, but it does kinda make sense when you think about it — it's basically made for crossing the streams of (international!) Politics Wank (pre-Godwinned for your convenience!) and Fandom Wank. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	octopedingenue 2010-11-13 03:02 am UTC (link)
	pre-Godwinned for your convenience! It's a miracle they can get through a single conversation! (Reply to this)(Parent)

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