Balthier And Fran May Also Be A Factor.

Last year, I held a Multi-Fandom Family Fic Fest in November, proving that I have no sense of timing because, y'know, everyone was busy with NaNoWriMo. It did still garner some great responses, but I'm wondering whether perhaps a follow-up ficmeme would be more successful if I hosted it this month, perhaps in the next couple of days, rather than when most of fandom is struggling to write a novel. It could be a warm-up exercise for NaNoers!

However, I'm also wondering whether this year I should go for a more general non-romantic relationship meme theme. The definition of 'family' in the rules was already fairly flexible, and a non-romantic relationship ficmeme would mean people wouldn't have to worry about whether a particular dynamic might be family-ish enough to qualify. I worried at first that it might be too broad a subject, but it wouldn't just be a genfic-in-general meme; there would still be a focus on (non-romantic, non-sexual) relationships.

I don't know. What do you think? (Whether I go for the specific family or the more general romanceless meme idea, I intend to be less longwinded in explaining the rules and actually keep an organised list of fics written this time.)


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I won't say that I'm considering broadening the theme entirely because Dr Doofenshmirtz and Perry the Platypus can't really be considered family by any stretch of the imagination, but, well...