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.
Looks like civilization finally caught up with us.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
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.
§ ita § - Mar 09, 2006 7:41:26 pm PST #1918 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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.
Calli - Mar 10, 2006 9:38:32 am PST #1926 of 10434
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Ah, here's the meta-fic of Methos vs. the Badfic writer: [link]
Anne W. - Mar 12, 2006 3:43:15 am PST #1927 of 10434
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Has this SGA fic ("Freedom's Just Another Word for Nothing Left to Lose") been recced here yet?
One of the best fics I've ever read in any fandom, ever.