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elf ([personal profile] elf) wrote in [community profile] elfquest2009-10-08 07:34 pm
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Readthrough Poll

Several people like the idea of a readthrough of the original series (available to read at the official EQ comics archive), and I'd thought "one per week," until [personal profile] blnchflr pointed out that that meant five months to get through them, which might be a long time to keep people's interest levels up. Especially given how much other EQ content there is.

I plan on starting a readthrough soon. I don't guarantee to follow the votes here exactly (I'll be balancing votes with comments, which might offer more compelling insight than straight numbers), but I don't want to pick a method that'll make everyone but me unhappy.

With "original series readthrough" as our first community activity--how would you like to do that? Quickly to get everyone caught up, or slowly to use each issue as a starting-point for discussions or fic? Point-by-point commentary on the issues, or an overview post that says "OQ, issue X, Title--go!"

Poll #1442 Readthrough Options
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 11


Original Quest (issues 1-21) readthrough should be:

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1 issue per week
4 (40.0%)

2 issues per week
4 (40.0%)

1 issue every other day
1 (10.0%)

Mixed: post next issue prompt 24 or 48 hours after comments stop
4 (40.0%)

Some other pace, which I shall discuss in comments
0 (0.0%)

If not one of the above, how should the readthrough be paced?

After the initial Original Quest, we should:

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Readthrough the rest of the sets, in some order to be established later
5 (62.5%)

Re-do the OQ readthrough at a different pace (faster or slower)
1 (12.5%)

Not do readthroughs, but post prompts regularly
1 (12.5%)

Start a fic and/or art fest
1 (12.5%)

More than one of the above, about which I shall comment
0 (0.0%)

Something else, about which I shall comment
0 (0.0%)

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[personal profile] dancing_serpent 2009-10-09 07:52 am (UTC)(link)
I like the general pacing of 1 issue per week with the option of moving forward when comments stop coming.
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[personal profile] dancing_serpent 2009-10-09 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe with a little extra time bonus to compensate for different time zones? I remember being late to the party every time when I was still in QaF fandom and we did a marathon of "one episode per week".
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[personal profile] wembley 2009-10-09 09:57 am (UTC)(link)
Just wanted to voice that I really like the idea of reading through the post-OQ stories (Siege, Kings) and the spin-off series, because I feel like there's less discussion on the later series, especially the non-Wendy-drawn ones, and it'd be nice to see what people's takes on those would be. (Would fans hate New Blood as violently today? More violently? (Also, I actually LIKE a lot of the non-Wendy-drawn stuff, so it'd be nice to fangirl/discuss it with others for a change. :))
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[personal profile] anke 2009-10-12 03:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Me, too.

I like a lot of the later stories (The Rebels for instance is great fun to read).

[personal profile] ex_moondancer561 2009-10-09 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
In connectino with my poll responses, I'd love to see a fic/art fest following each series, pertaining to that series.
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[personal profile] dancing_serpent 2009-10-14 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I could run the fest, I guess. Would poll about it before, though - should it be a gift exchange, should people leave prompts and everybody can pick - things like that.