It's a spin-off of the Daily Show, basically, with Stephen Colbert (Comedy Central site: [link] ). Like the Daily Show, except, er, always in serious-pompous-news-anchor character. The source of "truthiness".
You'll fight, and you'll shag, and you'll hate each other till it makes you quiver, but you'll never be friends.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
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.
Emily - Apr 15, 2006 9:46:10 am PDT #2137 of 10434
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Consuela - Apr 15, 2006 9:58:17 am PDT #2138 of 10434
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
omg this is hysterical. The Word! The Threat-Down! Hee!
I guess since "Stephen Colbert" is a fictional persona, this doesn't count as RPF...
victor infante - Apr 15, 2006 12:33:54 pm PDT #2139 of 10434
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
...er, is this a crossover?
Sorry about that Fay. Yep, it's a crossover with the "Colbert Report," which is absolutely hysterical. This thing had me in stitches.
I guess since "Stephen Colbert" is a fictional persona, this doesn't count as RPF...
I quite agree.
erikaj - Apr 15, 2006 8:13:25 pm PDT #2140 of 10434
Always Anti-fascist!
New fandom peeve: People that post stuff without beta, then say if it's fucked up, blame insomnia, NyQuil, Vicodin, whatever-the fuck. Put the pipe down, and step back for a sec, okay? Or pretend you think every stroke of your keyboard is genius. Half-assed shit makes me nuts.
P.M. Marc - Apr 15, 2006 9:45:00 pm PDT #2141 of 10434
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
People that post stuff without beta, then say if it's fucked up, blame insomnia, NyQuil, Vicodin, whatever-the fuck. Put the pipe down, and step back for a sec, okay?
Eh, I've done that, when I've either been writing in AIM or writing straight into the LJ update window.
I like to give fair warning for shit I'm just spewing out off the top of my head, you know? Yet half the thrill for that sort of thing is just getting it out there in fifteen minutes or something.
Back when I still wrote a lot, as opposed to every once in a blue moon when water's running backwards and the day has no R in it, I'd write an instapost things I was working on, get feedback, and then polish it up later for lists.
§ ita § - Apr 15, 2006 11:33:30 pm PDT #2142 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hey--if you had to show one fanvid to someone who says there's no way to view Jack & Daniel as Jack/Daniel (because, really, Daniel's a surrogate for the son he lost--whatEV), which would you pick?
Fay - Apr 15, 2006 11:57:52 pm PDT #2143 of 10434
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Daniel's a surrogate for the son he lost????
!!!!
Not that I have a problem with people favouring the platonic view of their friendship, not in the slightest, but, but... Daniel's a surrogate for the son he lost????
I mean, whatchamacallim, Skar, yes, fine, Charlie-surrogate. Also the wee bald boy who was sort of Ikea-made by aliens just in order to talk to Jack, and who was all 'can my name be Charlie? Can I be your son?' Yes. Fine. But Jack-Daniel just isn't a father-son vibe. Good grief. Yes, Jack may be a bit older, but he very clearly doesn't see himself as an Old Bloke! He's all Action Bloke!
Right, having had my unsubstantiated gut reaction, I'd be fascinated to hear her (his?) case for a father-son sublimation. I guess that it's only like slashing, in its own WTF kind of way. (Apart from the OMG CrazyHead, you're wronger than Captain Wrong part of it, obviously.)
Also would be delighted to be pointed at some nice fanvids...
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 16, 2006 5:05:46 am PDT #2144 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
I don't know about fanvids, but wouldn't a viewing of "Abyss" run counter to the father/child interpretation?
Consuela - Apr 16, 2006 6:44:38 am PDT #2145 of 10434
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Hmm. There's Destina & Carol S.'s stuff; between them they have a number of Jack/Daniel vids. I can't think of any offhand that would necessarily convince someone who wasn't already reading the dynamic that way.
I tend to think that if you are resistant to a pairing, a vid emphasizing that pairing isn't going to convince you--it'll just piss you off that the maker of the vid so misinterprets the text.
ETA: although one of my favorite vids about the Jack-Daniel relationship---not a slashy one--is Barkley's "Lucky One". It's on her website, linked off her LJ. I like that a lot, because it's messy and complex and even resentful.
§ ita § - Apr 16, 2006 7:32:40 am PDT #2146 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Apart from the OMG CrazyHead, you're wronger than Captain Wrong part of it, obviously
I did not have your lyrical way with words, but the essence of my astonishment was the same.
wouldn't a viewing of "Abyss" run counter to the father/child interpretation?
Abyss was exactly what I brought up! He's watched a lot of Stargate, but only had a fuzzy memory of that one. I told him that every (I figure hyperbole wouldn't hurt) Jack/Daniel video had at least one shot of Daniel in the cream sweater.
He wasn't slash-proof -- he did think there was a Teal'c/Daniel vibe.
But the paternal thing floored me.
Barkley's "Lucky One". It's on her website, linked off her LJ. I like that a lot, because it's messy and complex and even resentful.
Hmm. Well, worst comes to worst, I get to see great vids. I'll go have a look.