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I really like the idea of posting additional canons.
Any idea how you would implement the "Read one at random" option or options on the main page?
When I first came here I used to click on the random link for a story to read at lunch. By a happy accident I ended up reading "Home: Circle of Fate" in the series first. It was a little confusing at first but I enjoyed the story--and then went and read all of the others.
Because it was in the L&C canon I understood a lot of the background and was fine with it. A random story heavily relying on an unfamiliar canon would make me wary of using the feature at least until I understood what was going on. Would it be possible to have "random" links to each canon and then maybe a free-for-all option?
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I'm not aware that we have a random option on the mbs, Shallowford. Are you sure you're not mixing us up with the Archive, which does? If not, then this is something I've not been aware of at all! LabRat 
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Are you sure you're not mixing us up with the Archive, which does? Yep. That would be the problem.
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On the "Fun with Polls" forum I mentioned something about my opinion of the entire 10 years of Smallville. I wasn't too happy with the beginning or middle of it, but enjoyed the end. The point I want to make here is that in the last 3 years or so of Smallville, the writers used many plot lines from LnC. So in a sense they already created a crossover with LnC. What would be fun here is to explore those plot lines in Smallville more deeply and post them on the new forum.
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Originally posted by Artemis:
On the "Fun with Polls" forum I mentioned something about my opinion of the entire 10 years of Smallville. I wasn't too happy with the beginning or middle of it, but enjoyed the end. The point I want to make here is that in the last 3 years or so of Smallville, the writers used many plot lines from LnC. So in a sense they already created a crossover with LnC. What would be fun here is to explore those plot lines in Smallville more deeply and post them on the new forum.
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Artemis Hey, Artemis, no spoilers!  I'm only on S4! (just teasing)
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Hi Virginia, Like Artemis, I have seen all ten seasons of Smallville. 
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I just checked. All of my collecting was done during what they are calling Volume One of Superboy.  I guess I'm showing my age.  I hadn't been aware that a later incarnation which was a clone made by using Lex's and Clark's DNA was created for a leter comix series.
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Well, you're behind in your reading and collecting. 
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Ooooh! What's that at the bottom of the screen?! A new forum?!
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Originally posted by VirginiaR:
Ooooh! What's that at the bottom of the screen?!A new forum?! Great Scott, you're right! Great Rao, there are now four new forums! *** Great Caesar's Ghost, Superman may be important, but the newspaper's important, too! I've the best d***ed reporters in the world; shouldn't they get some stories, too? Golly, Chief, you're right! And don't call me 'Chief'!!! Joy, Lynn
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Exciting! Do we all now have to apply for new individual passwords for the nfic section? My existing one doesn't cover both - assuming I have remembered it correctly.
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Hi gr8shades: The nfic forum says this: There will no longer be a general password for the nFic TOC forum, access will be granted upon request. So I assume that covers the new one too.  Artemis
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I'm assuming that "Superman in other canon" includes "Superwoman and Supergirl" too, right, LabRat?  Great Caesar's Ghost, Superman may be important, but the newspaper's important, too! I've the best d***ed reporters in the world; shouldn't they get some stories, too?
Golly, Chief, you're right!
And don't call me 'Chief'!!! What, Lynn... er... Mr. White, you want a Forum for articles written by Lois & Clark?
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Virginia - see the first post on this thread.
Guys, I'm in something of a bind here as I currently have lost access to my pc for the next couple of days and gearing up on this is more than typing on my mobile can cope with!
But I'll get up to speed soon as service is restored. In the meantime, can I please remind those using the new forums to adhere to the rules already set out in the first post of this thread until I can get a definitive post in the new forums. Thanks!
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I don't know if I'm comfortable with this, but since response on the boards has been rather thin of late, maybe is it a good idea. 
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RE nfic access- no password. If you've applied for and been given access to the LNC nfic section already then you should also have access to the new forum. If you have a problem email me and I'll sort it out soon as I can. Just be aware that I have no email access on this mobile - so bear with me! Sorry! And a huge thank you to Annette for putting these together for us. I know RL has been kicking you in the teeth recently, so I appreciate it all the more. 
Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly.
Aramis: Yes, sorry.
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Originally posted by LabRat: RE nfic access- no password. If you've applied for and been given access to the LNC nfic section already then you should also have access to the new forum. If you have a problem email me and I'll sort it out soon as I can. Just be aware that I have no email access on this mobile - so bear with me! Sorry!
And a huge thank you to Annette for putting these together for us. I know RL has been kicking you in the teeth recently, so I appreciate it all the more. Unfortunately it is automatically asking for a password... at least for me (and I have Lnc Nfic access.)
CLARK: No. I'm just worried I'm a jinx.
JONATHAN: A jinx?
CLARK: Yeah. Let's face it, ever since she's known me, Lois's been kidnapped, frozen, pushed off buildings, almost stabbed, poisoned, buried alive and who knows what else, and it's all because of me.
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I also have nfic access and the new nfic forum is asking me for a password as well. Just thought I would try it, to make sure.
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I've posted a list of links to my non-L&C stories at other sites, but it belatedly occurs to me to wonder (a) what icon I should have used and (b) if I should have posted it to the TOC topic rather than the fiction topic?
If the mods could advise / move it as seems appropriate I'd be grateful.
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Hmmm. Not sure why it's asking for a password. Once I get back to my pc I can check the settings. In the meantime, try emailing Annette - amciotolaataoldotcom - and let her know it's an issue.
Marcus: I think your list is best in the fanfic folder. I've used the label 'Various'.
Oh and icon - I think the blue arrow will be fine. You do want readers to notice the arrival of new stories after all - just the same as you would posting the stories themselves. So it seems appropriate.
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