Oh, I wouldn't say that we're conservative, Arawn.
But we do have to take into account the views of the majority of our members here. And, rest assured, the moderators and admins have discussed both suggestions made on this thread very thoroughly.
When these boards were established, the members decided very clearly that we wanted these MBs to focus exclusively on Lois and Clark: TNAOS. There are plenty of fora out there for discussing Superman in other media: the comics, the Chris Reeve movies, Smallville, the new Brandon Routh movie franchise. In the years since the boards were set up, we haven't seen any reason to change this decision - and nor, to be honest, has there been any real clamour from members to broaden the scope of the boards. On the contrary: what members tell us is that they
like the focus on
Lois and Clark, and not having to wade through fic and discussions encompassing other-media versions of Superman.
Which brings me back to fic:
crossovers between L&C and other-media Superman are fine,
but there must be something that very clearly identifies the fic as being set within our Lois and Clark universe. For example, a fic a few years ago called
Just One Bad Day Away had a Clark who was very clearly from the comics universe, and comics villains were present, but Lois, Perry and Henderson, as well as some other characters, were obviously from our L&C universe. So we would ask that members be aware of these criteria and observe them when posting their fanfic.
Thank you. Here ends today's Public Service Announcement
Wendy
Boards Admin Team
