RW2015 Nomination discussion

[aphrodite_mine]

Please use this space to:

• plan nominations
• offer open nomination spots
• ask if there is interest in a fandom or character(s)
• advertise a fandom or character(s)
• hash out numbers and potential eligiblity
• promote or request nominations for fandoms or character(s) you don't have room for in your nomination set

Reminder: You may nominate one to five fandoms and one to five characters in each.

Comments

[rubylily]

These the anime series I'm thinking of nominating. I still need to narrow down this list to just five.

Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi | Sunday Without God (Crunchyroll or Hulu):
Ai Astin
Dee Ensy Stratmitos
Scar
Ulla Eulesse Hecmatika
Tanya Swedgewood

Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka? | Is the Order a Rabbit? (Crunchyroll or Hulu):
Hoto Cocoa
Kafuu Chino
Tedeza Rize
Ujimatsu Chiya
Kirima Syaro

Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru | Yuki Yuna is a Hero (Crunchyroll):
Yuki Yuna
Togo Mimori
Inubozaki Fu
Inubozaki Itsuki
Miyoshi Karin

Chaika - The Coffin Princess (Crunchyroll or Hulu - first season only):
Chaika Trabant
Akari Acura
Fredrica
Vivi Holopainen
Chaika Bohdan

il sole penetra le illusioni | Day Break Illusion (Crunchyroll or Hulu):
Taiyou Akari
Tsukuyomi Luna
Hoshikawa Seira
Shirokane Ginka
Shinzaki Fuyuna

Ultra Maniac (Hulu):
Sakura Nina
Tateishi Ayu

Haibane Renmei (Hulu):
Rakka
Hikari
Kana
Nemu
Kuu

El Cazador de la Bruja (Hulu):
Nadie
Ellis
Jody Haywood | Blue-Eyes
Lirio

[aphrodite_mine]

My only "for sure" nominations at this point are Orphan Black and Strange Empire, probably

Orphan Black (TV)
- Rachel Duncan
- Tony Sawicki
- Beth Childs
- Sarah Manning
- Delphine Cormier

and

Strange Empire (TV)
- Rebecca Blithely
- Morgan Finn
- Kat Loving
- Robin Loving
- Isabelle Slotter

(but open to suggestions for subbing out characters)

I'm also considering Degrassi, but don't know if anyone would read/write it. If you would, tell me which characters you'd like to see!

(other?? two????? nominations????)

[gehayi]

What's Strange Empire like? And where could I find it online? (I don't get the CBC channel.)

[aphrodite_mine]

Strange Empire is the feminist (and female-centric) western you've (probably) been waiting for! I don't like to slip trigger warnings in at the last minute, so please know that SE has a LOT of rape/rape culture, racism, murder, etc. BUT for all its thematic fail, I love SE. It is, as I said, a Western taking place on the Montana/Canada border. It focuses on three "families" -- Kat Loving, a half-native sharp-shooter and her adopted children, Rebecca Blitheley, a (probably autistic) doctor-in-training and her husband, and Isabelle Slotter, a former sex worker now married to a shifty entrepreneur. In addition to lots of the classic Western story lines and issues, there is also an element of Spritualism woven through the series that I find fascinating. There is also a gender-non-conforming character named Morgan Finn (the writers and actress consider him to be two-spirit, but it hasn't been directly addressed).

As for finding it online, I'm told that you can watch it on the CBC website, outside of Canada using the Hola chrome extension. Or... less legal ways.

[mctabby]

Hands up for Jo March from Little Women.

And Pie 'oh' pah from Imajica by Clive Barker.

[gehayi]

Oh, WOW! I just saw the first episode and it was FANTASTIC!

[toujours_nigel]

Will an eunuch qualify? Castrated pre-puberty, uses I/me/my by virtue of being the narrator, is described as 'boy' only by characters from a culture without eunuchs, and identifies as third-gender.

[wwanda.livejournal.com]

Okay, trying to hash out some numbers. (I'm completely new to this, so in case I'm doing something inappropriate: Sorry! I'm not trying to game the system, I just don't quite know how exactly the system works yet!)

Fandom: MASH (TV), Character: Margaret Houlihan
92 fics on AO3, 283 on fanfiction.net
I understand that technically she's ineligible, but I noticed that in a previous FAQ, you said exceptions might be made for older fandoms that aren't really active anymore, or something along those lines?
MASH first aired in 1972, and there's hardly any fandom activity these days. Of those 283 fics, only 7 were posted in the past year. Is there any chance Margaret Houlihan could be eligible?

Fandom: Community, Character: Britta Perry
559 fics on AO3, 204 on fanfiction.net
Britta fairly often gets tagged in fics where she's only a minor side character. I went through the first five pages of results on AO3 and found only 65 (out of 100) fics that looked like there was any focus at all on her. Could that mean that she's eligible?

Fandom: Cabin Pressure, Character: Carolyn Knapp-Shappey
759 fics on AO3, no character tag on fanfiction.net
On fanfiction.net, there are only 364 Cabin Pressure fics in total, and on the first page of results, I found only 6 (out of 25) fics whose summaries indicated that Carolyn would play any kind of role in them.
On AO3, Carolyn gets tagged in a lot of fics where she only makes a brief appearance or has a minor part, because the actual focus of the fic is the men around her. I checked the first five pages here, too, and found only 47 (out of 100) fic in which Carolyn seems to be an actually important part of the story. Might that make her eligible?

[scribblemyname]

I'm definitely thinking

The Unusuals
- Casey Shraeger
- Allison Beaumont
- Bridget Demopolis
- Monica Crumb

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
- Jane Carter

Razor Sharp
- Veronica Sharpe
- Isis

The People - Zenna Henderson
- Twyla
- Dita Verist

I figure if I keep requesting Razor Sharp, eventually it will get fic.

[sirvalkyrie]

Do you want me to do Yuki Yuna so you can get another of yours in?

[aphrodite_mine]

*cheers~*

[aphrodite_mine]

From the information you've provided, yes, definitely.

[aphrodite_mine]

Margaret = yes.

Britta = probably, I'll do some number crunching!

Carolyn = very likely. I'll look at the numbers for her, too, and get back to you shortly.

[teaotter]

I'm not sure yet, but these are my ideas:

Imperial Radch series - Ann Leckie
- Justice of Toren One Esk 19 / Breq
- Seivarden Vendaai
- Mercy of Kalr
- Mercy of Kalr Five

Nicole Shea series - Chris Claremont
- Nicole Shea
- Judith Canfield

The Magician's Assistant - Ann Patchett
- Sabine Parsifal

Defiance (tv)
- Amanda Rosewater
- Kenya Rosewater
- Jessica "Berlin" Rainier
- Christie McCawley

[aphrodite_mine]

Yes to all three. Thanks for bringing numbers!

[rubylily]

Sure, if you'd like to! That'll make it easier to narrow down this list. Thanks!

[kerithwyn]

I've been playing with my nomination list, and at the moment it looks like this:

Fringe
- Astrid Farnsworth
- Sally Clark
- Miranda Greene
- Nancy Lewis
- Susan Pratt

(I'd also love to see alt-Astrid, alt-Olivia, Ella, Etta, Elizabeth Bishop, alt-Elizabeth, Nina Sharp, Carla Warren, Rachel Dunham, Marilyn Dunham, Amy Jessup, alt-Nina, etc.)


Indexing (Seanan McGuire)
- Sloane Winters
- Henrietta “Henry” Marchen
- Demi Santos
- Birdie Hubbard

Lazarus (comic series*)
- Forever Carlyle
- Bethany Carlyle
- Johanna Carlyle
- Marisol
- Sonja Bittner

* I mean to do a pimping post, which I will link here.

Lost Girl
- Kenzi
- Tamsin
- Ciara
- ?
- ?

(Potentials include Evony, Aife, the Norn, Nadia, Stella, Lauren)

Penny Dreadful
- Brona Croft
- Vanessa Ives
- Mina Harker
- Madame Kali
- Maud Gunneson

[aphrodite_mine]

I need to catch up on Lazarus and then YESSSSS all over this.

[kerithwyn]

YAY. :D

I was glad to see your Orphan Black noms, because that was my first alternate--but I thought Sarah and Delphine were over the hit count?

[aphrodite_mine]

I'm sure you're right... I haven't looked yet. Be doing enough of that in a few weeks XD

Ideas for subs for them?

[kerithwyn]

Nicole Shea! Oh, wow, if my books weren't in storage on the OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTRY, I would totally sign up for those. But I haven't read them since they came out.

[kerithwyn]

*g* I did a bunch of pre-research out of pure curiosity.

I'd love to see Siobhan Sadler and Amelia or Katja Obinger on the list. ^_^

[sirvalkyrie]

Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky
Escha Malier
Linca Number Eight
OPEN
OPEN
OPEN

Ever After High:
Apple White
Cerise Hood
Darling Charming
Duchess Swan
OPEN

Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Momoe Nagisa
Shizuku Hitomi
Tomoe Mami

Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru | Yuki Yuna is a Hero:
Yuki Yuna
Togo Mimori
Inubozaki Fu
Inubozaki Itsuki
Miyoshi Karin

[teaotter]

Yay! Someone else who's heard of them!

Hotshot space pilots, first contact with aliens, multiple awesome female characters, canonical f/f pairing involving the main character, mysteries and politics and action adventure -- There's SO MUCH to love in these books!

[gehayi]

I don't remember anyone named Nagisa in the anime. Who was she?
(I do remember Hitomi and Mami.)