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[tielan]

Reference Post

Sunday 23rd December, 11:20pm - I wished to re-post the comment I'd made regarding 'Carter in Atlantis' continuing to be a spoiler over on teyla_daily for my own reference.

I'm posting it in the comments since the timestamp on them is irrevocable, and any attempts to edit what is said shows up.

Comments

posted to teyla_daily - 23rd Dec, 2007

[tielan]

from this post

Just a point that seems to have been missed by all sides here.

We're about Teyla, aren't we? And Teyla has been tagged as having a significant role in Season Four - more scenes, more shots, more relevance than ever. Anyone who has enough of an interest in Teyla as a character to join this community must have been watching Season Four and if not, is still well aware of the spoilers about not only Teyla's pregnancy and her missing people, but also that Carter has been taken up as the leader of the Atlantis expedition.

It would be one thing to follow the example of lostcityfound if teyla_daily was a generic fanfiction community of the same flavour. However, teyla_daily is very specific to Teyla, Rachel Luttrell as Teyla, and Rachel Luttrell in other shows. I'm sure lostcityfound's spoiler policy works admirably for the fans they cater for: het and gen fans, quite possibly new arrivals in the fandom. teyla_daily has a different tenor and a different fan-focus: the people who take this level of interest in Teyla are very likely to have already seen Season Four, or found casting spoilers about Atlantis already.

The argument that Carter's presence is still a spoiler in some countries might be relevant for a broader-interest community where people are less likely to be in-depth fans, but isn't relevant for a community with a very specific focus on a less-popular character for whom Season Four has been promoted as a good season.

I know that there's often a delay between when the episodes screen and when people see them, however I'm wary of an indefinite spoiler policy regarding Sam Carter in Atlantis. SGA will be shooting Season Five in 2008 and if Carter remains in Atlantis (which is possible given Elizabeth's status at the end of This Mortal Coil), will the spoiler policy continue indefinitely?

Perhaps we could see the casting spoiler policy regarding Carter's presence in Atlantis lifted when Season Four starts showing again in the US? The plot spoiler policies should remain in place, of course, but anyone who even glimpses the adverts for SGA that Sci-Fi has played recently should surely be aware that Carter is now in Atlantis for the full term of Season Four.

Sorry about the length of the comment, greenconverses, but it seemed like the correct place to point out these issues.

posted to teyla_daily - 23rd Dec, 2007

[tielan]

from this post

Just a point that seems to have been missed by all sides here.

We're about Teyla, aren't we? And Teyla has been tagged as having a significant role in Season Four - more scenes, more shots, more relevance than ever. Anyone who has enough of an interest in Teyla as a character to join this community must have been watching Season Four and if not, is still well aware of the spoilers about not only Teyla's pregnancy and her missing people, but also that Carter has been taken up as the leader of the Atlantis expedition.

It would be one thing to follow the example of lostcityfound if teyla_daily was a generic fanfiction community of the same flavour. However, teyla_daily is very specific to Teyla, Rachel Luttrell as Teyla, and Rachel Luttrell in other shows. I'm sure lostcityfound's spoiler policy works admirably for the fans they cater for: het and gen fans, quite possibly new arrivals in the fandom. teyla_daily has a different tenor and a different fan-focus: the people who take this level of interest in Teyla are very likely to have already seen Season Four, or found casting spoilers about Atlantis already.

The argument that Carter's presence is still a spoiler in some countries might be relevant for a broader-interest community where people are less likely to be in-depth fans, but isn't relevant for a community with a very specific focus on a less-popular character for whom Season Four has been promoted as a good season.

I know that there's often a delay between when the episodes screen and when people see them, however I'm wary of an indefinite spoiler policy regarding Sam Carter in Atlantis. SGA will be shooting Season Five in 2008 and if Carter remains in Atlantis (which is possible given Elizabeth's status at the end of This Mortal Coil), will the spoiler policy continue indefinitely?

Perhaps we could see the casting spoiler policy regarding Carter's presence in Atlantis lifted when Season Four starts showing again in the US? The plot spoiler policies should remain in place, of course, but anyone who even glimpses the adverts for SGA that Sci-Fi has played recently should surely be aware that Carter is now in Atlantis for the full term of Season Four.

Sorry about the length of the comment, greenconverses, but it seemed like the correct place to point out these issues.