As may have been evident in the 'what is fanfiction' thread in my own journal, I don't think of namechecking and namedropping as the same thing. Namedropping is clearly meant to imply that the namedropper is cool because she has met (or is known to) the droppee. Namechecking, as I think of it, is meant to imply that the namechecker is cool because she has heard of the checkee.
Namedrop: "Songs about ninjas? I had coffee with Jonathan Coulton the other day and he told me he's writing one."
Namecheck: "Songs about ninjas? That'd be cool. Maybe someone will write one as an answer song to Jonathan Coulton's song about zombies."
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Date: 2008-02-14 05:16 pm (UTC)As may have been evident in the 'what is fanfiction' thread in my own journal, I don't think of namechecking and namedropping as the same thing. Namedropping is clearly meant to imply that the namedropper is cool because she has met (or is known to) the droppee. Namechecking, as I think of it, is meant to imply that the namechecker is cool because she has heard of the checkee.
Namedrop: "Songs about ninjas? I had coffee with Jonathan Coulton the other day and he told me he's writing one."
Namecheck: "Songs about ninjas? That'd be cool. Maybe someone will write one as an answer song to Jonathan Coulton's song about zombies."