We can make a list. Because I can think of several major pairings in several fandoms that fall prey to that problem.
Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.
Lilah ,'Destiny'
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 10453
Woe to the fucking wicked.
brenda m - Mar 09, 2006 7:34:37 pm PST #1917 of 10453
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 10453
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 10453
You have to remember that being a 5-time Olympic medalist means Hilary Knight has been playing hockey at an elite level at least 16 years. It's impossible for her to be a teenage girl less than 16 years old, thus the President's complete lack of interest.
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 10453
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 10453
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
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 10453
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 10453
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 10453
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 10453
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.