OMG IT'S ALIVE

[sholio]

Hello, it's your extremely absent mod. *facepalm*

First of all, I want to apologize for never actually coming back and doing a roundup for the last amnesty round, or doing much of anything at all with the comm in the last few months, really.

You can probably guess what happened - it's basically a case of having wandered off into other fandoms. I REALLY appreciate the enthusiastic participation from the people who posted nearly every prompt (I think senmut and possibly Redrikki actually did post every time, which is a source of inspiration and awe ...!). Unfortunately, I'm no longer in the fandom enough to do regular posting rounds. So my question is, for the people still watching this community - what would you like to do with it?

I would be very happy to hand it off to someone else, if anyone else would like to take over. I can simply give you mod access and step away.

... that said, if no one wants to take over and anyone has an idea for something that would keep the community going with less mod involvement, I'm fine with that too. Longer rounds without roundups, perhaps? I'd be happy to post a new prompt every month or so and then wander off to other things, if the prompt inspiration is the important thing.

Basically just let me know what you would like to see from the community, if any of you are still around and still interested. And apologies, again, for basically going AWOL without explanation.

Comments

[samuraiter]

*de-lurks*

Seeing as to how Rogue One is still hot off the press, and seeing as to how there will be a new Star Wars movie every year for years to come, I feel there is still a space for this community. In my opinion, longer rounds without roundups might be the best way to move into a new phase.

[sholio]

I'm so glad people are still interested in this community! I am totally up for offering a new prompt every week or two; the roundups were the hard part, but coming up with prompts is fun.

[anaraine]

I suppose I count as a lurker too, and I really don't want to step on anyone's toes, but here's my two cents:

I'd be perfectly happy for the community to switch over to longer rounds (preferably every other week because this is a flashmeme, but monthly would be alright too). While the roundups were awesome, it's also something easy to drop in terms of mod-work, and I would support your decision to leave them off.

That said, if you need someone to hand the community off to (or just to do some mod-work behind the scenes) I would totally volunteer. I feel a little nervous offering, because I don't think I managed to write for any of the previous weeks - and I would let anyone who was more involved with the community don the mod hat if they wished. But. I am here and could do weekly prompts (and I would really like the community to continue).

[sholio]

This sounds great; I think I'll try doing a prompt every two weeks (I really don't mind that part - it's the roundups that were time-consuming). If I have trouble keeping up with it, I can hit you up for mod help.

[dhampyresa]

I would love for the community to stick around! I'm fine with longer rounds with no round-ups.

Thank you for running the community so far <3

[sholio]

You're welcome! :) I'm delighted to see there is still interest. It sounds like there's unanimous support for dropping the roundups if that's necessary, and I would be happy to continue providing prompts for awhile as long as doing the roundups isn't necessary (since that was the time-consuming part). So yeah, I'm good with giving everyone prompts!

[dhampyresa]

I'm definitely interested! I'm just not good at flashfiction and never have time to finish things on the one-week timeline, so every two weeks works better for me.

Thank you for picking the comm up again.