Wanted: One beta-reader!

[selenak]

Note to people utterly and completely unfamiliar with the show Babylon 5: I finished my essay on one of the characters (that Londo Mollari fellow I've been rambling on about repeatedly) for idol_reflection and need this time not just one but two beta-readers. One familiar with the show, and one who can look at the essay from an outside perspective. Somebody who never watched a single scene and who can tell me whether it makes sense or whether I've taken too much for granted, wether there should be more or less background info, etc.

Volunteers shall be rewarded with a drabble from any of the fandoms I've written in.

(Meanwhile, I'm planning to inflict the essay on poor kathyh as my inside perspective beta-reader as well.)

Comments

[penknife.livejournal.com]

I can be your outside perspective beta if you want; I've never seen the show at all.

[selenak.livejournal.com]

Merci beaucoup! The essay is on its way to your gmail address. Now I'll ask you a very ominous question (in B5 context): What do you want?

(I.e. Drabble-wise.)

[penknife.livejournal.com]

1602, please. Any subject you like.

[selenak.livejournal.com]

Done! See newest lj entry. And thanks for the quick beta!

[artaxastra.livejournal.com]

I was going to volunteer to be clueless, but penknife beat me to it! I guess she's just clueless first!

[selenak.livejournal.com]

Two clueless insightful people are better than one (err, you know what I mean), so I just sent it to both of you. You'll also get a drabble. Fandom, subject?

[artaxastra.livejournal.com]

Oh thank you!

I would like to see you do Mystique. Please?

[selenak.livejournal.com]

Done!

[smashsc.livejournal.com]

If you need someone who knows show canon only and no movies, other tie-ins, or other fandom related goodness, I'd be happy to look it over.

[selenak.livejournal.com]

Actually, knowledge of the tie-ins would not be necessary, but I already have an in-fandom beta. Thank you very much for the offer, though! And I might to return to it for future endeavours, if you don't mind.

Also, in regars to the movies: you must watch In the Beginning. It has wonderful Londo scenes, but old Londo who narrates the story, and younger Londo during the Earth/Minbari war.

[kathyh]

Where's my drabble (she pouted) *g*? On second thoughts having seen what you do to characters in drabbles I'm not sure I'd let any of my favourites near you *eg*.

[selenak.livejournal.com]

I don't know what you can possibly mean*g*

But naturally I'd also write a drabble for you, oh most faithful of betas!

[deborah-judge.livejournal.com]

I will gladly volunteer as the in-fandom reader, but I haven't read the Centauri novels. If that's ok, e-mail me the essay at deborah_judge [at] planet-save.com.

[selenak.livejournal.com]

Alas, you have been pre-empted, but thank you for the offer. As I have still two more essays to write, one of them on a DS9 subject, may I ask whether you'd be ready for a Ferengi essay as well?

[deborah-judge.livejournal.com]

Sure. I haven't seen the last season yet, but I don't mind Ferengi-related spoilers.