And the Big Bang stories are being posted. This is Refur's and it is wonderful. Awesome Sam, and stellar Dean and Bobby voices.
I tell you I have this theory. It goes where, you're the one who's not my sister. Cuz mom adopted you from a shoe box full of baby howler monkeys, and never told you cuz it could hurt your delicate baby feelings.
Dawn ,'Selfless'
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.
Consuela - Jun 18, 2008 6:57:29 pm PDT #5418 of 10436
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Anne W. - Jun 19, 2008 1:34:37 am PDT #5419 of 10436
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Big Bang stories? What are these?
Fay - Jun 19, 2008 2:48:26 am PDT #5420 of 10436
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Oh, Jesus. My mind, she is providing myriad possible answers. I suspect that the real answer is perhaps a trifle less pornographic or cracktastic. Although not neccesarily, fanfic being fanfic.
Anne W. - Jun 19, 2008 3:04:20 am PDT #5421 of 10436
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I'm right with you, Fay. Fandom has truly finished the job of warping my mind.
Dana - Jun 19, 2008 3:39:53 am PDT #5422 of 10436
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Big Bang stories? What are these?
Large stories. I'm sure the definition varies from fandom to fandom, but usually at least 10,000 words.
Ailleann - Jun 19, 2008 3:59:05 am PDT #5423 of 10436
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
For SPN and bandom this year, the limit was 20,000 words. Signups were in January, and the stories were due at the beginning of May.
I'm not sure what all fandoms have one.
Connie Neil - Jun 19, 2008 5:10:58 am PDT #5424 of 10436
brillig
SGA has them (prepares to dive in)
Dana - Jul 01, 2008 4:16:34 am PDT #5425 of 10436
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
There is an unbelievable amount of stuff up for auction here:
Tons of fanfic, but also jewelry, books, baked goods, language lessons, critiques by published authors (like Elizabeth Bear and Rachel Manija Brown) -- just tons of cool stuff.
It's a fannish fundraiser for equal marriage rights. "The auction will raise money for the fight against the California initiative which will legally destroy existing same-sex marriages and ban any further ones. If the initiative passes, it will write discrimination into the state constitution, annull existing marriages, and make Mr. Sulu cry."
Consuela - Jul 09, 2008 8:34:17 pm PDT #5426 of 10436
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
One of the best stories I've seen in some time. [link]
The Kids Are All Right, a character study of Tony Stark (Iron Man) as a Vanity Fair article. Also, a fairly devastating geopolitical analysis, to boot.
SGA folks: this is the same writer who gave us Your Cowboy Days Are Over, if that helps.
Typo Boy - Jul 14, 2008 11:10:28 am PDT #5427 of 10436
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I like the whole thing, but I especially like the sheer nerve of this sentence: "We are all, to some extent, the sum of our dichotomies, but in Stark the inconsistencies have reached a cartoonish paroxysm. "
[Edit] Don't want to imply that this is the best thing about the work as a whole. it is freakin brilliant. But that sentence stands out for nerve, for sheer chutspa.