Decisions, decisions...
Aug. 31st, 2011 10:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
farlaSecond round of the Shiplympic voting is here, and even more questions arise on how to vote.
Last time, it was to write a story involving a cliche, so mostly I considered if there was a cliche and if the story was good. This time, the prompt is to explore canon. And a variety of intriguing things were produced! You should peruse them.
So, a lot of stories are set in the future, which seems like it's sort of avoiding the issue, but many of them are speculating on what the future will be, which is related to canon. A number of them are doing the worldbuilding/elaboration part, but at the same time aren't overly concerned with staying within canon to get there. Still others are sticking very close to canon, but in the process not really adding anything.
So I'm torn. Do I go with the ones that seemed best, even if they didn't fit the prompt well? The ones that had the most interesting ideas, even if other points aren't canon-compliant? Or the ones that fit best into canon, even if they weren't expanding on anything much?
Last time, it was to write a story involving a cliche, so mostly I considered if there was a cliche and if the story was good. This time, the prompt is to explore canon. And a variety of intriguing things were produced! You should peruse them.
So, a lot of stories are set in the future, which seems like it's sort of avoiding the issue, but many of them are speculating on what the future will be, which is related to canon. A number of them are doing the worldbuilding/elaboration part, but at the same time aren't overly concerned with staying within canon to get there. Still others are sticking very close to canon, but in the process not really adding anything.
So I'm torn. Do I go with the ones that seemed best, even if they didn't fit the prompt well? The ones that had the most interesting ideas, even if other points aren't canon-compliant? Or the ones that fit best into canon, even if they weren't expanding on anything much?
