And last but not least... let's welcome Etta for the final character showcase before we transition to the film showcases!




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In this topic please feel free to discuss Etta as a character, to share your own creations (fanfics or fanart) concerning her, or to mention some of your favorite fanworks of others involving her.  For a full set of rules please see the 2022 Monthly Character Showcase topic but keep in mind that this is meant to be fun as opposed to any sort of contest.

I will go ahead and get the discussion started with the following questions:

1.  When considering Etta in the fourteenth film, which of her character traits stand out the most to you?

2.  Not a character question per se, but the fact that Reba McEntire voiced Etta was rather heavily promoted by the marketing materials for the film.  Do you think this made an impact in attracting sales or new fans to the series?

Yep, it is now your turn, Mr. Thicknose!  For the next month you have a captive audience for your lecture!

Enjoy everyone!



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In this topic please feel free to discuss Mr. Thicknose as a character, to share your own creations (fanfics or fanart) concerning him, or to mention some of your favorite fanworks of others involving him.  For a full set of rules please see the 2022 Monthly Character Showcase topic but keep in mind that this is meant to be fun as opposed to any sort of contest.

I will go ahead and get the discussion started with the following questions:

1.  How useful do you think Mr. Thicknose’s lectures are to the general education of the children?

2.  What life lessons do you think are showcased by Mr. Thicknose’s experiences in LBT VIII?

Happy Starday!  I hope that you have a wonderful day, and a great year ahead! 

We admins wanted to take a moment to recognize those who help to keep this forum going.  As all of you know, the forum has been user-supported since our migration from TapaTalk three years ago.  As such we are dependent on the generous support of fellow members on Patreon to keep the forum up and running.  The continuation of this forum is only possible because of your generous support.

We would like to thank each and every one of you who has continued to support the forum!    As a token of the forum’s gratitude, we invite this year’s Patreon supporters to choose any one of these banners in the following posts from your respective donation class.  With your continued support we have no doubt that this forum will continue for years to come!

Don’t worry, Mama Flyer, we didn’t forget your character showcase!

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In this topic please feel free to discuss Mama Flyer as a character, to share your own creations (fanfics or fanart) concerning her, or to mention some of your favorite fanworks of others involving her.  For a full set of rules please see the 2021 Monthly Character Showcase topic but keep in mind that this is meant to be fun as opposed to any sort of contest.

I will go ahead and get the discussion started with the following questions:

1.  Being a single mother of several flyer children has to be a herculean task for Mama Flyer, especially when one considers the antics that Petrie and his friends get up to on a regular basis. What are your thoughts of her parenting style, based upon what we have seen in the films and the television series?

2.  Do you think the fact that Petrie and his friends found the valley on their own has affected how Mama Flyer handles Petrie in relation to his non-flyer friends? For example, we do not see the same skepticism in relation to them as we see in Cera’s dad (though, in fairness, he is an extreme example).

3.  There are many unanswered questions concerning Mama Flyer in the series, such as: “What happened to her mate?” and “Is this her first clutch of children, or has she had clutches in the past?”. Do you have your own preferred head-canon on those or other unanswered questions?

Good afternoon, everyone!

Voting has now begun for the fanfiction awards.  Voting will last from now to November 30, 2021 at midnight.

If you wish to vote in private, please send me a PM with your votes. Otherwise, please post your votes in this topic.

This is the voting section for the fanfiction awards only. All fanfictions that have been submitted by your fellow members for voting are listed below. Please only post on this topic to submit your vote, do not ask questions or have discussions here. For questions, please click here and comment on the rules.

You may vote on as many fanfictions as you'd like, but you must have read them first. Please show us in your review that you've truly read the fanfiction.

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Name of fanfiction: Treestar Memories
Short summary: A Treestar's point-of-view of the Dinosaur world
Link to fanfiction on the GoF: https://www.gangoffive.net/index.php?topic=17154.0
Author(s): Mouse-a-saur
Any other comment: Excited to see all the entries!

Name of fanfiction: Our Past and Our Future
Short summary: Adolescence is an awkward time of self discovery as well as physical growth. Chomper seems to experience this the most because of his Sharptooth heritage. But when he and his friends meet an unlikely friend during one of their adventures, things might be turning out for the better. Series of Slice of Life Oneshots related to "Past and Future".
Link to fanfiction on the GoF: https://www.gangoffive.net/index.php?topic=16028.0
Author(s): LBTlover247
Any other comment: Some of the chapters have been edited since their original post date. Please check out the Fanfiction.net link to read the updated versions as I haven't gotten around to updating them on here yet.

Name of fanfiction: A New Era Hatches
Short summary: Imprinting is a funny thing sometimes.  But, for three orphaned hidden runners, species means little.  Thankfully for them, Mother Mender is there in their first moments.
Link to fanfiction on the GoF: https://www.gangoffive.net/index.php?topic=17153.msg525752#msg525752
Author(s): Rhombus
Any other comment: Is part of the Mender’s Tale story, but reading that story is not necessary to understand the premised of this story.

Name of fanfiction: The Other Side of the Rainbow
Short summary: A response to the 2020 Summer Prompt Exchange and set in the Seven Hunters continuity. Curiosity can lead to great discoveries and wondrous adventures, but this is probably an adventure that the rainbowfaces wished they could have avoided.
Link to fanfiction on the GoF: https://www.gangoffive.net/index.php?topic=17041.msg522133#msg522133
Author(s): Rhombus
Any other comment: A late entry for the August 2020 prompt, which was not submitted until November 2020 (and thus meets the entry requirements for the awards)

Well, look what the herd brought in!



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In this topic please feel free to discuss Bron as a character, to share your own creations (fanfics or fanart) concerning him, or to mention some of your favorite fanworks of others involving him.  For a full set of rules please see the 2021 Monthly Character Showcase topic but keep in mind that this is meant to be fun as opposed to any sort of contest.

I will go ahead and get the discussion started with the following questions:

1. Based upon my readings from the various Bron-related topics on the forum, I get the impression that Bron is one of the more polarizing characters in the fandom. Or, at least he was back when he made his debut in the series. What is your general impression of the explanation for why Bron was absent for so long? Do you feel that the explanation holds up under scrutiny?

2. What are your general impressions of Bron as a character?

Good morning, everyone! It is once again almost time for the fanfiction awards to get started. Before we can get things started next month, however, we need to deal with fanfiction nominations. With that in mind, please pay attention to the following rules and if you wish to participate in the fanfiction awards then please PM me your nominations. I look forward to seeing what you come up with!

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The fanfiction awards will use the same rules as the last two years.  For those of you who are new or who wish to have a refresher as to the process, here are the rules for the fanfiction awards:

Joining:

1)   Everyone who wants his or her fanfiction to be part of the awards must enter their fanfiction before September 30, 2021. You may enter up to 5 of your fanfictions, but can only have 1 fanfiction award from each year in your signature. Just to clarify, if you posted your story for the fanfiction prompt challenge they can also be nominated here - in fact we would encourage you to enter them. The fanfiction must abide by the following criteria (subject to change):

----The fanfiction has to be in The Land Before Time setting. It would not be an LBT fanfiction otherwise.
----The fanfiction needs to abide by the forum rules (otherwise it wouldn't be permitted on this website in the first place).  So no smut or porn.
----The fanfiction has to be either a script, poetry or prose. It can consist of several chapters or just a shorter story, but the minimum length required is 1000 words for a story, or 500 words for a poem.
----The fanfiction should have been updated or created in the last year (so after September 1, 2020). It does not have to be finished.

2)Fill in this form and send it to me by PM on or before September 30, 2021.:

Name of fanfiction:
Short summary:
Link to fanfiction on the GoF:
Author(s): (You have to be one of the authors, but if you have a co-writer, put him/her down here)
Any other comment:

Voting
You can rate fanfics here: (no topic created yet - it will be posted after September 30)

1)   We list all fanfictions that you can vote for in one thread. In that thread you can post your rating for the fanfiction. Voting is simple, but it will take some time. You may pick any of the fanfictions you've read, and only those you have read. You will rate this fanfiction a mark from 1 to 10, and include a little description of why you want to give that fanfiction that mark. This description should include your opinion and should show that you've actually read the fanfiction.

2)   Voting looks like this:
Fanfiction: [name of fanfiction 1]
I rate it: 6/10
Because: This fanfiction was average. It did not keep my attention span for much longer than 5 minutes. Next to that it was so obvious what would happen to Cera, everyone knew that she would eventually escape from the Sharptooth. However it is still an interesting plot line and could be made into a movie if it was written with more care and enthusiasm.

Fanfiction: [name of fanfiction 2]
I rate it: 8/10
Because: Wow! I've never seen anyone write this well! As much as I despise human influence in the land before time, it was awesome to see how Littlefoot communicated with them.

3) If you have submitted your fanfiction as nomination, you HAVE to rate someone else's fanfiction (you may not rate your own). You need to review at least one fanfiction for every fanfiction you submit. If you submit 5, you review 5!

4) After the awards are over, everyone who participated in the fanfiction award will get an award for them to show in their signature.  If you submitted multiple stories for consideration then you will need to pick which story you wish to receive your award for. The award will state the following:

Fanfiction award for [name of fanfiction here]
Number of votes: 3
Average rating: 7/10

You will not be disqualified for the appreciated member award if you join these awards.

Good evening, everyone!

It is once again time for the forum awards.  To assist you in keeping track of your voting status, this page will keep track of everyone who has voted in the awards thus far.

Just to clarify how this works I have included a checklist for you to consider.. First, you have to have met the following criteria:

1. Have joined at least two months ago.
2. Have been active within the two months prior to 8/20/2021.
3. Have posted at least 100 times.

Your name below will be highlighted in a particular color depending on the number of posts you have made or if something requires your attention. Here's a key showing what each of the colors mean:

RED means you haven't cast any votes yet.  So you will need to do that soon.

YELLOW means one of two things. Either:
1) You have not cast enough votes to receive any awards; or
2) There is something that you may or may not have done that is preventing you from receiving any awards. Notes will go alongside these issues so you know exactly what is it you need to do to grant you rightful passage to your awards.

GREEN means you're good. Your votes have been counted and all of the other conditions have been met. Any awards that you may have won will be coming your way.

GREY indicates any other conditions that lie outside of your voting status (for example, if you wish to be removed from the voting list or have a particular circumstance that has been discussed with admin exempting you from standard rulings for voting). These will also be accompanied with notes explaining the situation.

***Some extra things to be aware of***

Updates
We are all busy people and from various countries of the world. That being said, updates will be time stamped as and when they occur. So if your status still reads RED when you know you have cast all votes, be patient and you'll find your status marked GREEN in no time.

Skipping Votes
If you plan on skipping a vote for a particular category, please make sure you mention this IN YOUR POST when voting. I will NOT assume that just because you haven't nominated someone for a particular category that you are choosing to skip said category. If you are skipping a category, say that you are skipping that category. Otherwise, you may find that your status may not move off YELLOW despite you thinking that you have made all your nominations.

Also, PLEASE DO NOT EDIT OLD POSTS!!! Editing old posts confuses the process. If you make a mistake or need to make a correction, put it into a new post. Otherwise it can confuse the entire process

REMEMBER - you can only skip a maximum of ONE (1) vote and still remain eligible for an award. If you do skip two categories, you must vote in the Appreciated Member Award in order to remain eligible for your awards. You need a minimum grand total of 5 votes in order to receive awards. So that's either 5 out of 6 main category votes OR 4 main category PLUS a vote for the Appreciated Member category (when voting for the Appreciated Member opens).

Now without further ado, here are the voting statuses. If you have any questions or concerns then please do not hesitate to contact me.

aabicus
Amaranthine
Anagnos
brekclub85
chomper94
Chomper98
chomperrules1993
Compsognathus
DarkHououmon
Dalekdino
ddmkm122
DiddyKF1 (skipped LBT Discussion)
Dr. Rex
Ducky123
Enchanted-Valley96
F-14 Ace
f22 raptor ace
Flathead770 (skipped two, will need to vote for appreciated member)
Gentle Sharptooth
Goldenwind
ImpracticalDino  (opted out)
jassy
Justin1993
LeventeII
LittleDas75
Littlefoot1616
Littlefoot fan 1990
LoyfeCycleProtector
Malte279
Mouse-a-saur
Mr. Clubtail
Mumbling
Nick22
Owlscantread (skipped 2; will need to vote for appreciated member)
Pangaea
pokeplayer984
RainbowFaceProtege  (skipped fanart)
rhombus (5/6; skipped fanart award)
RockingScorpion
Rustam
Serris
Sleeping forces inside
Sneak  (skipped proactive and friendly member; must vote for appreciated member)
somerandomfangirl
StardustSoldier
StarfallRaptor
The Anonymous Person
The Chronicler (skipped two, will need to vote for appreciated member)
The Dark Patriot
The Lone Dragon
Threehorn
trulyfantasticme
Tyrannosaur
Waluigifan
WeirdRaptor
zero-point

The rules of the 2021 award votes will be run essentially on the same rules as the last four years with those who are entitled to vote and to be voted for in the award ceremony need to have joined the GOF at least two months ago, must have posted at least a 100 times and must have been active within the last two months.


Here are the full rules:

The voting process officially opens on Tuesday, September 1st. The voting topic can be found here.

Voting for the initial 6 categories will last for 1 month and will close at 23:59:59 on 30 September 2021 (forum standard time)

We understand it is a wall of text, but we would like you to at least read through the rules once before you start voting so that you won't breach any rules.

♪♫♪ OFFICIAL RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR 20`21 GANG OF FIVE MEMBERSHIP AWARDS ♪♫♪

1)  All selected GOF members listed are invited to participate in the GOF Awards. These candidates have been granted participation on clearing of the following conditions:

A. Have a post count of at least 100 posts
B. Have been active on the GOF within the past 2 months as of as of 8/20/2021
C. Have been a member of the GOF for at least 2 months as of as of 8/20/2021

The list of eligible candidates for this year's awards can be found in the (Voting Status Topic Link Goes HERE) topic! If your name is not on that list, you are not eligible to receive an award in this year's nominations. If you find you fulfill the three criteria listed above and still are not on the list, please contact one of the admins about it. We do our very best, but mistakes are always possible.

2)   You are to offer one (1) nomination per category highlighting the nominee's GOF username in underline and/or bold to aid with the tallying process. We strongly advise all participants to vote in every category if possible.
Understandably there may be some areas you are not too sure on if you haven't been involved directly (e.g. the LBT Discussion section) or are genuinely unable to select one candidate but we urge you try to offer a nomination if you can.

3)   If you want to be entitled to win an award, you will have to vote for at least 5 out of 6 categories. In case you did not vote in at least 5 categories, you will not receive any awards you are entitled to. The awards will instead go to the member with the second highest amount of votes. If you are not interested in winning an award, but still wish to vote in several categories, you are allowed to do so.

4) If you skip 2 votes in the first 6 categories, you are obliged to vote in the Appreciated Member award in order to win an award yourself.

- The Appreciated Member Award voting will be held after the main 6 categories have been finalized and the awards distributed, since only members who didn't win any of these 6 categories can be voted for the Appreciated Member Award. DO NOT reveal your nomination for the Appreciated Member Award alongside your votes for the initial 6 categories because it won't be counted.

5) All nominations must be accompanied with a few lines or a brief statement as to why you feel your choice deserves the award. It doesn't have to be long, but it should at least help enforce your choice so that it can be counted as valid reasoning. Feel free to express credit to those member you felt were close contenders for an award if you wish. Nominations without explanatory comments will count as a skipped vote, so make sure to include them!

6) If you do not complete all your nominations in one post, please submit the remainder of your nominations in a separate post. Please do not edit/update previous posts, since this will confuse the one keeping record of the votes. We will constantly update your votes and will not go back to check older posts once votes are cast.

7) We discourage voting for yourself in any given category for the awards. if you genuinely feel that there are no other eligible candidates who deserve a specific award then you are permitted to vote for yourself in 1 category only. Voting for yourself more than once will count as skipped votes. In case a tie in number of votes comes up, the candidate who did not vote for themselves automatically wins the award.

8) The candidate who gets most votes for an award will be permitted to add one of the drafts of the award to his or her signature. The candidate with the second most votes can choose one of the drafts of the awards after the winner has chosen his and can call himself the runner up! Runner ups must have at least one third of the votes the winner had and cannot use the same banner as the winner. Runner ups do not have to state that their award is a runner up, they can be just as proud as the actual winners.

9) In case two members get an equal amount of votes and are both entitled to either the award or a runner up award there will be a tiebreaking vote. These will be held after the main voting and before the Appreciated Member award voting. This final tiebreaker will decide who wins the award.

Thanks for reading. If there are any other questions feel free to post them below

- The main categories for this year's Awards are as follows -
~Fanart Award
~Feedback Award
~Friendly Member Award
~LBT Discussion Award
~Helpful Member Award
~Proactive Award