Three Weeks for Dreamwidth: The Chromatic Fiesta Challenge

[dark_administrator]

I've been trying to figure out how this comm can participate in the three_weeks_for_dw challenge to generate content exclusive to Dreamwidth for the next three weeks, since in terms of fiction repository, we'd like to encourage posting to AO3, given our plans to set up a Dark Agenda collection there.

Then it occurred to me that one of the burning needs during yuletide was for pimp posts enticing more people into the joy of a particular chromatic fandom or character. We linked to them when we could find them, but why not create a centralised resource?

So for the next three weeks, we are declaring a fiesta of celebration in the comm. Post about your favourite book with fabulous fanart, that K drama your screencaps will lure people to, or the Bollywood movie you have links to fic for. If there isn't a chromatic source you can talk about, post about a chromatic character, ranting about the injustice that denies her screentime, or raving about how well the actor captures the cultural nuances.

Just remember to put large images and embedded video behind a cut, and to tag your post with "fandom:" and "character:" tags, as well as the "three weeks for dreamwidth" tag.

And while the more posts the more shiny for us all, do consider commenting to this post with your planned topic, so that other people can avoid it if they want to not be duplicating your efforts.

And if any posts inspire you to creative efforts, please to post/link to them in comments!

Comments

[schemingreader]

This is perhaps not the most cleverly named challenge. It makes ironic (I'm hoping!) use of a racist and sexist stereotyping phrase--that seems not a good idea if the point of the comm is to work against racism.

I am more than willing to hear your reasoning in this matter.

[sophinisba]

Commenting with my intention to post about several Latin American movies that I think should be Yuletided: Madame Satã and Antônia from Brazil, Leonera and Plata quemada from Argentina, the transnational project Los diarios de motocicleta, and possibly Y tu mamá también from Mexico, though I'm happy to sit back on the last if someone else would like to squee for me.

[softestbullet]

So glad this comm is participating! :DD I made icons; is that okay to link to here?