We can make a list. Because I can think of several major pairings in several fandoms that fall prey to that problem.
Mal: You are very much lacking in imagination. Zoe: I imagine that's so, sir.
'Out Of Gas'
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.
DebetEsse - Mar 09, 2006 7:18:08 pm PST #1916 of 10434
Woe to the fucking wicked.
brenda m - Mar 09, 2006 7:34:37 pm PST #1917 of 10434
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Betsy--House?
I'm saddened that my first thought wasn't Angel/Lindsey.
Mine was McKay/Shep
§ ita § - Mar 09, 2006 7:41:26 pm PST #1918 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I was at Mckay/Shep myself. But I have no problem with the premise deliquescing into a bit of schmoop. But it has to be traced from one stage to the other, and retain characteristics thereof.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 10, 2006 2:50:16 am PST #1919 of 10434
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Ditto here, but I don't know when that took over as my default slash pairing.
I suppose in addition to the huge volume of stuff available this past year, there's the fact that I like the characters better in fanfic, which was not true of the Whedon characters.
Lee - Mar 10, 2006 2:52:43 am PST #1920 of 10434
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
is there a good archive for the GA fic yet, or does anyone have recs?
erikaj - Mar 10, 2006 5:53:55 am PST #1921 of 10434
Always Anti-fascist!
I always do, Betsy. But my absolute favorite love scene I ever wrote contained the phrase "Because I love you, you idiot!" so maybe I'm not the one to ask. And, yeah, is a big problem for a lot of House fics.
Calli - Mar 10, 2006 6:02:02 am PST #1922 of 10434
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'm afraid I don't have a link to it handy, but one of my favorite meta-fics involved Methos reading a super-schmoop story about his character and editing it heavily. I think his sword was involved in the edits at one point. And the word "eviscerate".
esse - Mar 10, 2006 7:07:26 am PST #1923 of 10434
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
there's the fact that I like the characters better in fanfic, which was not true of the Whedon characters.
Oh, totally.
is there a good archive for the GA fic yet, or does anyone have recs?
No archive, but Yuletide had a couple good ones.
Vonnie K - Mar 10, 2006 7:11:59 am PST #1924 of 10434
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
The only GA fic I've read is Annakovsky's post-Bomb episode fic, [link] in which Kovsky writes George/Bailey and somehow manages to make it work.
Betsy HP - Mar 10, 2006 8:18:29 am PST #1925 of 10434
If I only had a brain...
RPF with the Muppets! HEEE!
Betsy--House?
God knows, this is a multi-fandom rule, but this was touched off by a particularly bad Duncan/Methos in which Methos was about as hard-shelled as a marshmallow. Or Marshmallow Fluff.