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We've started quite a collection over on the Fundraiser for the LnC FanFic Msb thread. I figured since we're clogging up the discussion there, I'd separate out the ideas into a new thread. Also, please let me know if "swag" is the wrong word meaning:

*mouse pads
*pens
*mugs
*cups/tumblers
*shirts
*hats
*etc
(thanks to Laura for the list)

and I'll correct it.

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If you have ideas for what makes a Writer an Evil Writer, please help us brainstorm over here

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Here's what has been suggested so far (many thanks to contributors, the original authors of these suggestions can be found on the above-referenced thread):

"It's a Fanfic Thing, You Wouldn't Understand."

"LnC:NAoS - FanFiction: 20 years long and still super strong" /Although, I know technically, the show's FanFiction probably started before the end of the show./

"LnC:NAoS - FanFiction: Don't knock a man with glasses; you never know what secrets he may be hiding./

"FanFiction: After 20 years, my superhero can still beat up your superhero, but he's chooses to be better than that."

"FanFiction: I spend my free time saving the world. What do you do?"

"Psst: I have a secret identity. I write FanFiction."

"Psst: I have a secret identity. I read FanFiction."

"Chocolate and Coffee: the fuel of all great writers."

"Strong women don't need a superhero to back her up, but it doesn't hurt to have one on speed dial."

"I prefer Chocolate to Rocky Road. Ask me why?"

"Who needz to spell propperly? That's what editers are four."

"Who needz to spell propperly? That's what parners R 4." (I edited this to be more misspelt. It's a gift, just ask my Betas. )

"Evil Writer"

"I'd rather be writing fanfiction."

"I'd rather be reading fanfiction."

"You tore me out of my story for this???"

"Will write for FDK"

How about:

"My Beta is my Superhero"

"I love a Lunkhead"

"Lunkhead: No Hero is Perfect"

"Lunkhead" (Says it all, doesn't it? )

"Evil Writer: I love to torture my favorite characters"

"Evil Reader: I love it when a writer tortures my favorite characters"

A few more:

"Through fanfiction, the story continues..."

"All because a Mad Dog and a Lunkhead fell in love..."

"Chumpy--it is a word!"

Maybe something to include "The Hottest Team in Town"?

Still thinking,
Laura

Fans of Lois & Clark are good FoLCs.

Joy,
Lynn

Here's some gems from "Ordinary People":

"There'll always be another headless corpse. Love comes maybe once."

"A boyfriend who can turn my every whim into reality takes a little getting used to."

"Alone in paradise with the one (in the ep is was woman but I thought I'd make it more gender neutral) I love. It's almost biblical."

Good one, Lynn. Does that qualify as a pun?


While those are terrific quotes from LnC's OP, they are copyright protected and belong to DC Comics and the writer of the episode (and maybe a production company as well). We're looking for original slogans for our fundraiser, which aren't copyrighted.

While those are terrific quotes from LnC's OP, they are copyright protected and belong to DC Comics and the writer of the episode (and maybe a production company as well). We're looking for original slogans for our fundraiser, which aren't copyrighted. [/QUOTE]
True, and there's some pretty good ones already.

"Strong women don't need a superhero to back her up..." is one I like.

Also: "Through fanfiction the story continues" is a really neat one too.

I really ditto the idea of commenting on the "Hottest Team in Town" thing. How about....
"The Strange Visitor from afar and the reporter, the Hottest Team in Town."
It kind of feels kinda weak though, it doesn't really fit my image of this version of Clark/Superman.

Maybe we could come up with something akin to "Reporter is who I am, superheroics is what I can do."

What about...

"The Hottest Team in Town! A woman in need of a hero and a man with glasses." Or something like that?

"What are a woman in need of a rescue and a man wearing glasses? The Hottest Team in Town!" Still needs work.

"What do a woman in need of a rescue and a man in glasses have in common? They're the Hottest Team in Town!"


Being that most of us aren't reporters, what about...

"Writer is who I am. Superheroics is what I can do."

or

"Superheroics are my specialty."

One with just
FoLC
would be good.

Re: The Hottest Team in Town ideas:

"My beta and me - the hottest team in town."

Love it!

Loving the 'Hottest Team in Town' slogans ...


Hmmm...something to include all 'three' people into their team? :

'What do three identities add up to? The Hottest Team in Town' (kinda like the play on numbers in this...)


Or something related to the how Clark likes to edit Lois' copy:

'My beta--the only one who can edit my copy'


Laura

Love it!

I also like the idea that Lois sees Clark as her beta.

Ah. Had not thought of that . Great catch!

You guys have a lot of great one liners here. Has anyone started a poll to narrow it down?

I think Sara Kraft will be taking point on this particular part of the fundraising.

It's wonderful to see everyone step up like you all have!

We're still in the brainstorming stage. Until we had an ETA for the Fundraiser, I was just going to keep it open for brainstorming. Then make a poll closer to the Fundraiser date to narrow down the ideas.

Thanks!

When I do the poll should I have it be "Choose your top three favorites from the list" type thing? I don't know how many slogans we need, but I doubt there's a one-size fits all slogan. Before creating a poll, I can make a final list and allow proofing (by those Grammar-philes) and error checks (i.e. Hey! You forget this one! or You know, this would sound better like this...).

As a mom, I rarely spend any money on myself (outside of occasional DVD or book or necessary piece of clothing), so this is a great way to do something for ME! I mean, for the good of the FoLC Message Boards.

Given how many slogans we've come up with, you might want to have two rounds of polls; in the first round, people could be asked to choose their X favourite slogans, and the X most popular will make it to the second round, in which FoLCs will be asked to choose their Y favourite slogans from the list (with Y<X, of course).

What do you think?

Joy,
Lynn

Virginia and Lynn, great idea for the polls! Looks like there's well over 30 slogans! It's been forever since I've done a poll - will a poll support that many? If it can, you might want to start with pick your top 10 or so. Another thought... some of them seem to be similar but for the "reading" or "writing" distinction. I wonder if we could combine those for now (e.g. "I'd rather be writing/reading fanfiction."), and if they make it to the end, separate them out?

I'll do some poking around on the different sites for swag people have mentioned and see what's most feasible. I think it'd be nice to have more than one slogan available, if possible.

I did some poking around on CafePress and Zazzle... and it seem slike it would be far too cost-prohibitive to make anything other than a shirt. For example, a base price for a mug on CafePress is $10.99. As a shop owner, I can mark that up by $15 without being charged extra. (And I'd have to do more research, but I believe opening a shop also puts your stuff on the CafePress Marketplace, where *they* get to set a price. Only 10% commission comes from that. This could split and confuse our profits, not to mention making it very unwieldy.)

I think the t-shirts through teespring.com (or CafePress also has a similar fundraising setup) is our best bet.

That said, we could have some stickers made up for fairly cheap (though mailing them out would be the pricy part) at moo.com - http://us.moo.com/products/rectangular-stickers.html Maybe everyone with a minimum donation of $x would get a sticker? Or we could even get a couple of sets printed and people could dontate for a sticker pack of the top 5 slogans? (I imagine that stickers could incorporate some of the similar slogans: Like a mirrored image of "I'd rather be reading/writing fanfiction.")

Did you want to get the poll(s) started, Virginia?

Thanks!
Sara

I'll try to start the first poll tomorrow. I'll set up a final list tonight. I'll also do a poll for our favorite "Evil Writer" conditions, too, and try to narrow them down to the top ten.

I'm thinking something like...

[img]http://i1.cpcache.com/product_zoom/...t=460&width=460&padToSquare=true[/img]
(Sorry about the large picture. My talent is writing not art, let alone computer art. And, yes, Lynn, I did chose that example because I knew you'd enjoy it.)

Are you thinking two different Evil Writer ones? One with the list and one without? Personally, I would be more inclined to get one that just says Evil Writer. Maybe in like a typewriter font.