It's enough to give me a headache.
Sep. 3rd, 2012 07:33 pmSo, I'm getting towards finishing up the Earth: Final Conflict fics on Dots and am looking at which fandom to archive next. Next up in the existing archive is Final Fantasy, but technically speaking, the next fandom is Fatal Frame.
Here's where it gets a bit annoying/confusing. The game is commonly known as Fatal Frame, even in places where it was never released as Fatal Frame. It's called Zero in Japan (except for at least one XBox release, which was called Fatal Frame) and Project Zero in Europe/Australia. When I type it in to AO3, I find it infinitely easier to just start typing "Zero" because AO3 has the series as Zero | Project Zero | Fatal Frame series. (Likewise, the individual games start with their Japanese titles, as per archive standards.)
Now, since I am in North America and the title in North America is Fatal Frame, I'll probably put it under Fatal Frame. But something in me is uncomfortable with that, so I will probably do a cross-reference at the bottom, pointing Zero to Fatal Frame. (I don't know what to do with Project Zero, as both Zero and Fatal Frame are better known, unless you are referencing Deep Crimson Butterfly, which was not imported into NA and retains the Project Zero title in English-speaking countries.)
I'm also planning to nominate this for Yuletide 2012. I'll probably nominate the series, because it's really hard to write a fic with characters from just 1 or just 2 or just 3, at least with the modern ones. The fourth and Spirit Camera are much easier, because they don't have as strong a tie to 1-3. Of course, I wouldn't be asking for Spirit Camera fic, and I only really like one character from 4, but that's a discussion for another day.
ETA: That being said, now I need to get Yuu to shut up so I can go to bed, blast it. Ah, good, he's done.
Here's where it gets a bit annoying/confusing. The game is commonly known as Fatal Frame, even in places where it was never released as Fatal Frame. It's called Zero in Japan (except for at least one XBox release, which was called Fatal Frame) and Project Zero in Europe/Australia. When I type it in to AO3, I find it infinitely easier to just start typing "Zero" because AO3 has the series as Zero | Project Zero | Fatal Frame series. (Likewise, the individual games start with their Japanese titles, as per archive standards.)
Now, since I am in North America and the title in North America is Fatal Frame, I'll probably put it under Fatal Frame. But something in me is uncomfortable with that, so I will probably do a cross-reference at the bottom, pointing Zero to Fatal Frame. (I don't know what to do with Project Zero, as both Zero and Fatal Frame are better known, unless you are referencing Deep Crimson Butterfly, which was not imported into NA and retains the Project Zero title in English-speaking countries.)
I'm also planning to nominate this for Yuletide 2012. I'll probably nominate the series, because it's really hard to write a fic with characters from just 1 or just 2 or just 3, at least with the modern ones. The fourth and Spirit Camera are much easier, because they don't have as strong a tie to 1-3. Of course, I wouldn't be asking for Spirit Camera fic, and I only really like one character from 4, but that's a discussion for another day.
ETA: That being said, now I need to get Yuu to shut up so I can go to bed, blast it. Ah, good, he's done.