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Hey, guys! I wanted to apologize again for neglecting the comm a little bit lately, but hopefully we can try to remedy that, here.

SEASONAL ROUND-UPS: The newsletter I was planning kind of fell through the cracks. Interest seemed low and RL got messy, so I let it fall by the wayside. I'm in the process of compiling a kind of summertime round-up, though, for all the Dark Angel fanworks that were posted to the comm over the summer. And maybe include relevant challenges, like the Dark Angel BB? We'll see how that goes over. If it's a hit, I'd be THRILLED to get some volunteers to help keep it going with other seasonal round-ups (fall, spring & winter). I can give you a template to work from—it's fairly simple, I think (similar to the Summer Fest Masterlist), so anyone who's interested in possibly doing that, please let me know.

RECS: Just read something awesome and need to share instantly? The last few themed recs posts garnered little-to-no interest, so I've pretty much decided to let that go. The existing posts will stay up, and if anyone wants to add new recs to them, that's fine. Also, there is a general category: recs tag, so you can post recs directly to the comm if you'd prefer. In fact, have a template:


( Reccing template. )


DIY FUN: Given your mods are being buried in RL, anyone who's looking for some kind of Dark Angel challenge or meme where none are happening, and don't want to do it in their personal journal, feel free to let us know via PM or comments! I'm happy to let members host/organize stuff like that themselves on the comm whenever the mods are too busy. I can share existing templates, or help come up with guidelines/organization, if wanted/needed, or you can feel free to handle all that yourself. Just make sure to abide by the basic comm rules, and to ask first, so we can make sure there are no scheduling conflicts. Having people throw simultaneous comment-fic memes, for example, might be slightly confusing and counterproductive.

LINKS: Just a quick FYI, I've updated the sidebar with links to the latest goings-on, and other DA comms you might be interested in checking out, if you haven't already.

QUICK POLL: Check all that apply.

[Poll #1870598]

Lastly, don't forget the suggestion box is always open. Drop in and give us your thoughts anytime.

Click the banner to go to the claims post.

Just a quick reminder that our summerfest is soon coming to a close, so claim while the claiming's good, if you haven't already. Claims will close Sept. 3rd. One of the mods will compile a masterlist around Oct 3rd, so you'll have an extra month to work on fills.

If you don't make it on time you can still post fills after the due date—we want all the fanworks we can get, so we'll take late over never—but they won't be added to the masterlist. We're all about making things as low-pressure as possible.

I think I'm going to go ahead and allow additional claims, too. There are so many delicious prompts and so few participants, so if you've already claimed something and haven't finished it, but you're made of the kind of awesomesauce that can take on more, go for seconds and thirds. Limit of three open prompts per person, meaning you can claim three in a row without finishing one first. There's still no limit to how many times you can claim when you're posting fills as you go.

Remember, you only have to write a minimum of 200 words for fic. You can also make art, vids, etc. for pretty much any of the prompts.

I've been super busy and sick and neglectful and I'm sorry. But don't worry, I'm back now to browbeat you remind and update everyone about stuff and things. \o/

♦ This month's themed rec post is up, in case you missed it, and the theme is heat. Yessss. Any DA character dealing with/going into heat is all the requirement there is--any pairing, any genre, any kink, and don't forget crossovers and fusions are always welcome--so come rec all those scorching fics, art, vids, etc. I know you've got some, don't be stingy.

♦ Our first quarterly newsletter should go up around April 1st, so be on the lookout for that. In the meantime, if you'd like to help out, just go over to da_watch and check out the posts to see if you've got anything to contribute. Any new off-site content (meaning Dark Angel stuff not found on LJ) you might have run across lately on FF.net, YouTube, Tumblr, etc. would be especially appreciated.

♦ I see that denyce has done a fantastic job of pimping the darkangel_bb , but I'm plugging it again real quick-like, anyway. GO SIGN UP.

♦ Looking for something to amuse yourself, but don't want to commit to a big challenge? The last comment-fic meme still has a bunch of lonely, neglected prompts looking for fills, so swing by and see if anything strikes your fancy.

♦ Aaand, finally. A quick poll, just for reference's sake when deciding on future challenges and such. Never mind! I screwed up the poll and LJ won't let me fix it without creating a new entry, apparently. I'll do it another time, when I'm not all sleep-deprived. I apologize.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled internet-ing.

Just a quick reminder about current happenings, and one upcoming thing.

It's the weekend, so if you get a chance, throw some picture prompts up, comment to other people's pictures with spinoff prompts, and see if you manage to be inspired. Find out how it works here.

Also, don't forget to rec us your favorite Dark Angel crossovers at this month's themed rec post.

Last but not least, I'm planning to open up a comment-fic meme on Monday. It's just gonna be a general one, so pretty much any DA character/theme goes. Hope to see you there!

Are you watching the comm like a hawk? 'Cause you should be!

The themed recs post is coming up within the next hour or so, after I finish a work thing I gotta do. I'm so excited to read all the things you guys are gonna post! You're gonna post ALL THE THINGS, OKAY?

Also! I've come up with a weekend challenge that I think could be really fun. It's gonna be pretty low-pressure and simple, I hope, and equal opportunity enjoyment for authors and artists. Mostly, I just want people to inspire each other and get that old Dark Angel creativity cranking again. I'll probably get that going in the morning, or even later tonight 'cause I'm impaaatient. It will run all weekend, every weekend, and EVERYONE WILL COME AND PLAY.

Don't try to kill my optimism, guys, it doesn't work. :P

Lastly (and not that importantly), I changed the layout again., but I promise I'll stop soon. I'm just trying to find something that's not an eyesore and isn't hard to read/navigate, so please bear with me. :)

Hey, all! I've already started to implement a few things because I'm a hopelessly optimistic overachiever. :DDD


( Dark Angel Newsletter )


( Monthly Themed Rec Posts )


( Other Suggestions and General Plans )


All right, I'm done rambling now. Happy New Year!