The discussion tag in the_slash_pile is starting to get well used: http://the-slash-pile.livejournal.com/tag/discussion , and you might want to include it on your regular checklist (if you have anything like that.)
ETA: Technically the_slash_pile discusses and promotes original works, but the discussions are still a kind of fandom activity.
I've posted something that may be of interest: A discussion of small tropes and themes that throw me out of a story by ringing false to me (examples: comparing a cock to a lollipop during a blow-job scene, or a character not knowing whether they've spoken something out loud or just thought it). I'd really like other readers to chime in with their opinions, and so have a bunch of small polls and a call-out for other people's odd themes and tropes. :-)
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Not sure if this qualifies under being okay to link to or not (it's technically "research," but it's also prompting an unrestricted meta discussion).
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ETA: Technically the_slash_pile discusses and promotes original works, but the discussions are still a kind of fandom activity.
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I've posted something that may be of interest: A discussion of small tropes and themes that throw me out of a story by ringing false to me (examples: comparing a cock to a lollipop during a blow-job scene, or a character not knowing whether they've spoken something out loud or just thought it). I'd really like other readers to chime in with their opinions, and so have a bunch of small polls and a call-out for other people's odd themes and tropes. :-)
The post is here:
http://rheasilvia.livejournal.com/70797.html
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