"Unspeakable" Subjects

[Ebony]

No: HPFGUIDX 9920

Ho-hum, I leave for the afternoon, come back, and tensions are 
starting to rise again...

Moderators:

1)  Politics is an off-limits subject on this list.  Is shipping off-
limits too?  Just say the word and I'll put on my "no-shipper" mask.

2)  I wasn't trying to place spoilers for PoU or any other fanfiction 
in my posts.  These are just fundamental aspects of the fic that 
would be on the book jacket blurb if it is ever published.  None of 
the PoU listmoms (who have all posted to this list within the past 24 
hours) have e-mailed me to let me know I was out of line.  My 
intention was to interest new members in a really good fic... the 
info I mentioned could be in a good book review:  the book's theme, 
unique treatment of a subject, and the setting.  Let me know if this 
is a point of contention, please.  Thanks!

3)  Is fanfiction an off-limits topic as well?  I've plugged fics I 
like since I joined the list in July... not all or most of them the 
five most popular.  Maybe it's my imagination, but lately I'm 
starting to get virtual glares whenever I do this.  

Perhaps there needs to be more clarity in topics that are on-subject 
and topics that are OT.  On another list that Trina and I are on, we 
use an abbreviation that fits in-between these two extremes, TAN-
tangent.  That means it is related to the topic, but tangentially 
so... Trina, perhaps you can explain this better?

As I tell my kids, "How can you stick to the topic while writing...

if you don't know what the topic is?"

Perhaps further delination is in order.  "Harry Potter" is a very 
broad umbrella--let us know which topics are Unspeakable in this 
forum.

Best,

Ebony