Podbang Beta Booty Call

[blueyeti.livejournal.com]

This is not an official announcement at all but I thought I'd ask if people are ready to offer/look for betas.

Since we shouldn't violate anonymity for our recips, instead of readers posting looking for betas, betas will post their deets on what they are willing to listen to here, and then readers can PM compatible betas.

So! If you can beta, please copy and paste the form below and fill it out in the comments to this post.

<b>Name</b>:
<b>Best Way to Contact (IM, Email, etc)</b>:
<b>Fandoms:</b>
<b>Max Rating</b>:
<b>Max Length</b>:
<b>Squicks or other no-fly zones</b>:

(A repost of phi's booty call on Dreamwidth here. She did all the hard work, I just use my LJ account.)

Comments

[blueyeti.livejournal.com]

Name: blueyeti
Best Way to Contact (IM, Email, etc): blueyeti AT gmail DOT com
Fandoms:
SGA
SG1
Angel the Series
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Firefly
Doctor Who (any permutation of canons and crossovers etc)
Torchwood
House, M.D.
Harry Potter
Pushing Daisies
Due South (have watched canon, but not participated in fanon; yes, I know that's the wrong order for most people)

If you've got a rare fandom and you don't mind someone winging it, I can probably give it a go. Crossovers are good too. I've beta(read) unfamiliar fandoms before.

Max Rating: Good for anything (including all kink, extreme violence and gore, death fic, partner cheating, etc. etc.).
Max Length: Whatever length, so long as it's conceivable to give me chunks over a few weeks. Probably max out on 2/3 hours a week.
Squicks or other no-fly zones: Reservations about het fic and squick on non-consensual humiliation (also known as embarrassment fic, like watching Friends, Eddie Murphy, Ricky Gervaise, or reading original Wodehouse). But if you send me the link to the original I'll skim it and see if it'll be alright, which a lot of het will be.

I am Australian, with relatively British pronunciation. Probably won't catch US specific mispronunciations, but can confirm or correct British ones.

[jkivela.livejournal.com]

Name: Jason
Best Way to Contact (IM, Email, etc): jason@jasonkivela.com
Fandoms: Dr Who, Trochwood, Supernatural, Buffy, Angel, Roswell, Glee, Covert Affairs, Harry Potter, Firefly, 4400, Avatar the Last airbender, Farscape, LotR, QaF, Sandman, SKy High, XMen, Star Trek,
Max Rating: any
Max Length: I prefer longer, over an hour, but any length is fine
Squicks or other no-fly zones: chan/underage pairings

[paraka]

Name:paraka
Best Way to Contact (IM, Email, etc): email - parakaproductions@gmail.com
Fandoms: American Idol, Terminator
Max Rating: Any
Max Length: Umm, I don't have a max for like, attention span or anything but depending on what my life is like I might have to decline if it's too long.
Squicks or other no-fly zones: No hard squicks but cheating (especially unaddressed cheating) makes me sad.

[clairshadows.livejournal.com]

Name: Clair Shadows
Best Way to Contact (IM, Email, etc): email clairshadows at hotmail dot com
Fandoms: merlin, star trek reboot, supernatural, sentinel, stargate any and all incarnations, highlander, his dark materials, addams family, circle of magic/tamora pierce, anything with magic/dragons/futeristic aspects.
Max Rating:Anything
Max Length:Around an hour if precise 'there was a stutter at 38:12:03' is needed any length if you're happy for me just to give notes along the line of 'you repeated yourself when the knights rode into camelot for the first time and Merlin said 'My the sky is blue today''.
Squicks or other no-fly zones:May/December (I'm sorry but this applies to Mccoy/Kirk pairings), Underage, Death (Exception is the Merlin fandom) and intense torture.

[shadowpup88.livejournal.com]

Name: Jess
Best Way to Contact (IM, Email, etc): shadowpup88[at]gmail[dot]com or LJ PM
Fandoms:
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Bandom (all) (hazy on specific "canon")
D. Gray Man
Brennan's Demon series
Discworld
FFVII (can pull off Crisis Core or Advent Children, although it's difficult for me to keep the canons apart)
FullMetal Alchemist
Good Omens
Gundam Wing
Harry Potter (can't Britpick)
Inception (hazy on canon)
Kingdom Hearts
Merlin (BBC) (hazy on canon, can't Britpick)
Sherlock Holmes (2009/BBC) (hazy on canon, can't Britpick)
Star Trek (all) (preference is Reboot, hazy on TOS or TNG canons)
Stargate SG-1 (hazy on canon)
Supernatural (hazy on canon)
White Collar (hazy on canon)
Duane's Young Wizards
Max Rating: Up to, and including, NC-17 is fine by me :)
Max Length: Oh, hours and hours :'D
Squicks or other no-fly zones: No humiliation, overly graphic violence/gore, or het fics, although it's really a case-by-case basis, especially in the case of het...
Notes: I'm fine with RPS :) Also, if you couldn't tell, I have difficulty separating fanon from canon when it comes to TV shows, since I have minimal time to watch them. P: I'm also US-based with dictionary-precise pronunciation, so British-speak is a complete no-go for me. :( I'm open to unlisted fandoms, as long as you're okay with the fact that I'll be arriving with an incomplete grasp of canon. XD
Whatever you need me to keep an ear out for, I can do! Static, slip-ups, repeats, missing sections, pronunciation, everything. :)

[shadowpup88.livejournal.com]

:( Oh, this is why I shouldn't be allowed on LJ... I always forget to put in everything I need!

Please add "explicit non-consensual/rape/torture fics", "explicit, inexplicable affairs/cheating", "explicit underage" and "explicit pregnancy" to the list of no-gos, although I'm fine with non-explicit death, genderbend, incest, crossovers, and AUs.

Heartbreaking levels of angst without happy endings and male pregnancy are also case-by-case. P:

(Yes, I'm being as specific as possible! So it looks like I'm pickier than I am-- really, if you were comfortable reading it, I'll probably be just as excited to listen. :D It seems like a lot of my squicks are shared by most of the participants in this round!)

Finally, if it helps, I'm not on the actual participants list this year, although I'm pinch-hitting. :)