linkrec: Primer of Petscop

[a_flyleaf]

Ever wanted to learn more about a piece of media without risking spoilers, written by a fan for a prospective new audience? jellyfishlover recently wrote a primer for the series Petscop (both here on Dreamwidth and Neocities) and I think it is the coolest thing.

The page itself covers Petscop’s deal, so I’ll let that end speak for itself; but I also want to add, the very concept of a page like this intrigues me! Sometimes I just wanna know what’s up with XYZ thing that someone’s talking about, but wiki-trawling is a spoiler minefield—and half the time it’s incomprehensible anyway, written with the assumption you’ve already seen/read/watched/played/[insert other form of media consumption here] the thing. But behold, the primer: Here’s what the thing is about! Here’s why you(-general) might find it interesting! And if you do give it a try, and want to get more deeply invested, here’s some stuff you can check out, both official and fanmade!

I Just Think It’s Swell. It makes me want to make something similar for my current pet fandom, and check out other pages like it. (Closest thing coming to mind is a fanshrine, which preceded my internet time so I have no idea if they were/are made with the intent to inform/intrigue the canonblind.) At any rate, while I am notoriously slow at getting into things, reading this definitely nudged Petscop up a few hypothetical tiers. Like, look at that funky little cursor guy. What a face :3

user has not been paid for this post, just wanted to do a linkshare and the rest got out of hand!

Comments

[vriddy]

fanifesto had a short revival after the snowflake_challenge last year, though it petered out again. Not sure if jellyfishlover would be looking for a larger audience but there would certainly be interested people out there!! Lots of people miss primers. I committed to write one for something BNHA-related, probably either my fav ship or fav character, but having never written a primer or manifesto I still find it intimidating to approach. It's a really cool endeavour, though! :)

[jellyfishlover]

Gah! I was trying to think of any comms that I could crosspost to, and somehow fanifesto just completely slipped my mind... >_<;

I'll definitely go and post it there! Thanks for bringing it up! :D

[jellyfishlover]

Thanks for rec-ing this! That's really kind of you! :D

I've seen some fan-shrines (or, pages being labeled as such, it probably looks quite a bit different from what they look like back in the day) on neocities, and yeah, definitely more of a place for people to put images/thoughts on characters and such on a page instead of really informing others. Fan websites, in my experience, sometimes have a section or two on how to get into something (if the timeline for entries is confusing) or what it's about, so that might be closer? Still a bit of a spoiler minefield and not quite aimed at people not already familiar with canon, though...