Mod Post: Happier Times Remembered - Old School in the Here and Now

[seagull2eagle.livejournal.com]

{waves hi to everybody}

Smallville might be on it's 10th and final season on tv, but to many of us, the first few seasons were really the best. Clark was young and learning, Lex wanted to be good and reject his father's learnings, and the Clex made us sit up and take notice. ^^

When the awesome and wonderful Hils first started this comm six years ago, it was an interactive comm based around the early seasons of Smallville, and the Clexiness there within. There were episode discussions, fiction contests, comment fics, and more, in addition to being open to the community to post announcements about any Old School fic, icons, or such.

We're going to hopefully return to some of that early interactiveness, if you all want to. :) I do know that not everybody likes meta, or writes fic, or makes art, but we do all like the Clex, so I want to try and find things that we can all do together, and have fun with it. To that end, a poll! What would you like to do?

[Poll #1705959]

Comments

[ladydreamer.livejournal.com]

*whispers* What are drabble trees and bunny farms?

[jlvsclrk.livejournal.com]

I'll be glad to help with puzzles.

[orlidepp.livejournal.com]

I'd love to see some more fic challenges. I really enjoyed the Clexman Valentine's celebration. However, I'm a bit confused by the way it was proposed on the post. I don't think it would be fair not to allow the writers and artists to share their work with other comms. The actual challenges, no, but the challenge results, even if just after the challenge closes, yes!

[orlidepp.livejournal.com]

After reading the comments, I wanted to add that I'm not really interested in fic challenges where prizes would be rewarded. I've learned the hard way that that's a good way to kill an otherwise excellent comm.

I would like to add, also, that I'm interested in the puzzles, but I don't know if I'd have the time to participate in them, thus my lack of marking them on the actual poll.

Looking forward to some more Clex activity! :-)

[lexalicious70.livejournal.com]

Honestly? This is the only SV community I stayed a member of because I love it so much! Welcome as mod, and I hope some of these ideas come to light.

[ciaan]

I think all those ideas sound like fun, though obviously not running all of them at once. :) This is one of my top 3 SV comms and it would be nice to have some interactive stuff. (Even though I often suck at being around at the right time for things.)

I do have to say that I don't like contests, though; I wouldn't really want to enter anything with voting and prizes. It's less fun because then people lose. Games like hangman are different, but I don't want to write for a contest.

[sheliana.livejournal.com]

Too bad I can't contribute anything of value to this community because I'm not a creative person, but I have to say I'd LOVE it if this wonderful comm became more active! I've been in SV fandom for less than two years, and my love for CLex is still very intense.:) I think episodes dicussions (early seasons episodes, of course), fic recs and character celebrations are my favorite options of the poll, although I'd love this comm to have absolutely everything!:) Smallville is and always will be about its first few seasons and the magic of CLex to me, and it would be so cool to talk about it with all of you!