If I Build It, Would They Come?

[amalnahurriyeh]

If I were to start a DW community* specifically for feminist** fans of BBC Sherlock:

1) Would you join?
2) Would you participate in, say, weekly discussion posts?
3) Would you be willing to occasionally lead discussion posts?
4) Do you think sherlocked_feminists is a decent name? (I tried to pick one that made clear that the central fannish object is the BBC iteration, not the others--the comm as I envision it wouldn't be hostile to fans of the broader canon, but would specifically be intended for BBC!verse fans.)
5) And should I actually title it Angry Feminists Having Accidental Feels About BBC Sherlock? (to solve the Whose Face Are We Having Feels About Today problem.)

* keep in mind that the experience of philedom suggests I am not the world's best community mod, though my intentions are always good.

** with all the caveats that it's not a term everyone identifies with, and that the comm rules would make it clear that it's a broad category, and also that the relevant feminism would be intersectional (e.g., anti-racist, anti-homophobic, anti-transphobic, anti-classist, etc).

Comments

[amalnahurriyeh]

I think for me, some of the purpose of using/fiddling with/subverting the term 'sherlocked' is a symbol of my own discomfort with being fannish about this particular text. BUT, I'm also aiming for maximum legibility here, so. Will ponder more, see if I can come up with some other options. The trick is finding a reference that is specific to the BBC canon, not specific to any one character (I mean, team_molly is always an option, ha), and has some sort of wit to it.

angry_feminist_sherlock_feels is too long, sadface.

[king_touchy]

I enjoy a good subversion. :-) I'm not sure how to twist that term, though, because legibility is a big issue, and a challenging one. Hm, many things are "___-locked." What could you put in front of that? ragelocked_feminists? femlocked_discussions? Hm, the first sounds so angry. Heh.

As for the community itself, sounds like a great idea. The show is so awesome on many levels, yet fails so hard on others, and it's always fun to discuss.

PS. I <3 Molly.