Criticism and Praise: Let's Work On This Together

[RumplesGirl]

Love the idea of a general happiness thread. We all have an arsenal of GIFs, ect to play with!

[Corbin]

First and foremost, great ideas everyone! And thanks, RG, for uniting us all.

What about a Book or Film Club thread. Each week we watch a different film (I know JMo gives some) or read a different book and discuss it! It could be related to Once (maybe a book that has a similar feel to the promo the night before?) or not.

Another idea could be a recommendations thread, where we all recommend our favorite things to each other (shows, books, movies, bands, etc.).

Keeper of Thor’s Hammer, Will Scarlet’s Genie Bottle, Emma’s Gun, Emma and Henry’s Moment at the Castle, Cora, and the infamous Family Tree!

[sacrlc]

I know it has to be a lot of work for POM, especially now that the series (and other great shows) have resumed, but I sure miss the caption threads. They are so clever and such a hoot.

Don't grow up. It's a trap.

[RumplesGirl]

Thanks for all the suggestions guys! I’m writing then all down and trying to figure out a way to do all this without..uh..killing our server.

For those who haven’t seen, two “BE POSITIVE” threads have come out from Matt and myself.

Matt started the What Episode Did You Not Find As Bad As Widely Received thread

I started the We Love OUAT Because...thread and I’m encouraging people to participate daily!

"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"

[TheWatcher]

Maybe a name your favorite thing about each character thread…. or even whats the best characteristic of each character thread kind of thing?

I like this is idea! I think we could do like one character per week and everyone has to talk about atleast one thing they like about that chosen character and then we move on to another each week. And then we could make it interesting by choosing really unlikeavle characters that would be hard for EVERYONE in the forum to say something cool about like “Name Your Favorite Thing About King George, or Prince James, Or Jaquelyn (Not you RG, I mean beanstalk Jack :P) and we would all have to find some thing, ya know, keep it lighthearted.

"I could have the giant duck as my steed!" --Daniel Radcliffe
Keeper Of Tamara's Taser , Jafar's Staff, Kitsis’s Glasses , Ariel’s Tail, Dopey's Hat , Peter Pan’s Shadow, Outfit, & Pied Cloak,Red Queen's Castle, White Rabbit's Power To World Hop, Zelena's BroomStick, & ALL MAGIC

[Amy41]

I like the idea of having two separate threads one for critical analysis and one for entertainment maybe we could have that as a specific thing for each episode like the favourite and least favourite threads therefore it would be more contained. Also I liked Ranisha’s idea of having a weekly/monthly getting to know you topic type thing. Of what we already have here in the forums I loved reading PriceOfMagic’s caption thread as it wasn’t always about shipping but Once as a whole show and WickedRegal’s OutlawQueen thread mostly because it just contains awesome pictures that just made me smile. On the ideas side I suggest we do something like we did with Oh What A Horrendous Confusion (or whatever it was called) but instead of having a certain amount of “chapters” we leave it open for anyone to write something in or say each person when writing writes about 5 lines or even more creative aspects in general. I also think having more threads outside of the show would be a good start as I know there’s a book and stitching thread floating around.

Keeper of a few things which I've forgotten but I know I have dibs on them

[RumplesGirl]

I like the idea of having two separate threads one for critical analysis and one for entertainment maybe we could have that as a specific thing for each episode like the favourite and least favourite threads therefore it would be more contained.

This is a thing that is happening 🙂 We have a critical analysis thread for 405, and it’s doing pretty well (I think…I’m going to start polling people on it…). And then the fav/leas fav thread is the enetertianment thread—sorta. It’s got kinks. Still messing with how we tackle this.

 

 

"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"

[Sci-Fi Girl]

This thread makes me happy!    (I had briefly wondered if I had joined the wrong forum. 😮 )

I have seen fandoms deconstruct before, especially as a show changes over time.  So, all of the reminders to have positive discussions, and not just negative ones, is very heartening.  😀

 

I have an idea for a game, of sorts.  I’ll say more when I can think how best to explain it.  🙂

SFG

Keeper of Anna’s Awkward Babbling and Kristoff’s Fur-trimmed Tunic!

[Cendrillon]

Something I really enjoyed on an old fan forum I was on was a thread for playing Hangman. I don’t remember how we set a limit for when people had to stop guessing letters if the word/phrase hadn’t been guessed, but that could be figured out fairly easily. Then, whoever correctly guessed the word/phrase got to come up with the next one. We set up the posts thus:

Wrong Letters: A C F

S _ O _ _ _ _ O O _ _

This, for instance, would be “Storybrooke”. As another example, “Granny’s Diner” would be set up so:  _ _ _ _ _ _ ‘ _  / _ _ _ _ _  .

 

Another forum I used to be on put on balls throughout the year. Invitations would be PMed to everyone a week before and a day before each ball. People could go into a special thread that would be open for a certain amount of time and post pictures and recipes for food and beverages, and also pictures of the outfit and accessories they would wear. The ball would progress as a role play type “game” so everyone could participate and mingle. The book series that the forum was for was about fairy courts, so there were four balls each year, on the solstices and equinoxes. Maybe we could have balls thrown by different monarchs, or themed for different realms? (I found a picture of a pair of heels on Pinterest that would be PERFECT for an Oz themed ball. 🙂 ) I can PM more details about the balls if you like the idea.

I’m kind of half asleep right now, so sorry if any of that was completely incoherent. lol 🙂

 

[RumplesGirl]

Something I really enjoyed on an old fan forum I was on was a thread for playing Hangman

We had something like this maybe a year ago? It was quite popular. It put it on my list. The “forum games” thread is coming along. Maybe just a few tweaks.

Like the other idea too!

"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"

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