They should film that story and show it every Christmas.

Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'


Fan Fiction II: Great story! Where's the sequel?

This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.


Theodosia - Sep 17, 2005 3:42:07 pm PDT #1018 of 10434
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

It's like hearing the "u" in colour and flavour pronounced.


dcp - Sep 17, 2005 5:20:05 pm PDT #1019 of 10434
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

What, they don't rhyme with "velour"?

</kidding>


Consuela - Sep 18, 2005 8:13:49 am PDT #1020 of 10434
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Slodwick's Worst-case Scenario Challenge is over and the stories are going up. Story list is here: [link]

I've read a few so far: they're very cute.


shrift - Sep 19, 2005 9:40:28 am PDT #1021 of 10434
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Oh, HP fandom, do you make me snork. Summary Executions Part XXXI: [link]


Gris - Sep 19, 2005 9:45:52 am PDT #1022 of 10434
Hey. New board.

Are these real summaries? I'm confuzzled.


shrift - Sep 19, 2005 9:58:17 am PDT #1023 of 10434
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Are these real summaries?

Yes. I'd hazard a guess that they're culled from stories posted at ff.net.


Betsy HP - Sep 19, 2005 10:00:30 am PDT #1024 of 10434
If I only had a brain...

Suela, I need manners advice. How tolerant are people generally of late submissions? Cause, um, I forgot that deadline.


Emily - Sep 19, 2005 10:52:57 am PDT #1025 of 10434
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Senor Draco!


Nutty - Sep 19, 2005 11:26:02 am PDT #1026 of 10434
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

Don't know about late submissions. It's always worth a shot.

Here is a question for you computer-literate people. Now that I have a brand-new Lamborghini computer, instead of my old Model T, am ready to go and do mildly illegal things with pictures. I don't think I am psychologically ready for the brave new world of Aheming, but how about viewing vids?

(I have some on CD, thanks to Certain People, so I know that I can see some of them.)

I have the standard Quicktime/Real/WMP/Nero video-viewers, but know nothing about codecs and other secret passwords of the viddery world. Can someone point me to a good fannish primer to the technical details?

Also, a central clearinghouse of Which Ones Are Worth My Time? I have seen a couple reviewed and linked-to on LJs, but I wonder if there's a BSO or similar for vids?


askye - Sep 19, 2005 11:55:55 am PDT #1027 of 10434
Thrive to spite them

I'd also get Video Lan Media player (VLC) [link]

It usually plays stuff that other programs don't and it's prefect for Quicktime vids. Personally I hate watching vids in Quicktime because the viewing area is so tiny. VLC's viewing area is bigger and doesn't sacrifice the picture quality. Also it plays AVIs which a lot of vidders are going to, the files are bigger.

There isn't anything like BSO for vids that I know about, not one place that recs just vids.

A good way to get vid recs is just to post in your LJ what fandoms you are interested in. Also Vividcon has an lj -- vividcon, and there are lists to links to the vids shown this year. There are a lot of vids and very good quality for the most part.

Lots of times I've found vids just by checking in the memories of lj users whose opinions I trust. People often have links to their favorite vids/vidders.

Some vidders pasword protect their sites but you jsut have to email and they'll give you the password.