Oh sweet merciful Jesus, that was FANTASTIC.
I finally had to retire my LOLita tagline, because this fic reduced me to whooping noises. Awesome.
Take jobs as they come -- and we'll never be under the heel of nobody ever again. No matter how long the arm of the Alliance might get, we'll just get ourselves a little further.
Mal ,'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.
Fay - Jul 12, 2009 10:32:29 pm PDT #6012 of 10434
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
SailAweigh - Jul 12, 2009 10:41:24 pm PDT #6013 of 10434
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I really need to quit staying up until 4 in the morning reading this damn kink meme, but it's coughed up some truly stellar fic and I don't want to miss any of it!
Morgana - Jul 14, 2009 1:14:18 pm PDT #6014 of 10434
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
Pfeh, color me pissed off. I was reading a Big Bang story and it isn't actually finished. It ends on a huge twist, like a chapter-ending cliffhanger, and the writer's all "Hah hah, what a great twist!"--and apparently fails to understand that that isn't a complete story. She makes no effort to actually resolve any of the storylines, just stops the narrative cold.
Consuela, I read one of those too. At the end of it, the author wrote: "I realize that for many of you, this ending is less than satisfying. It should please you to know that there will be a sequel. At some point...in the future. I have a bunch of stuff to finish up first, but know that I have no plans to abandon the poor boys like this."
So very, very frustrating.
And Fay, I saw a historical J2 where the artwork is alnmost all atrociously naked manips and thought of your grumpy LJ rant about that very thing.
brenda m - Jul 14, 2009 1:15:37 pm PDT #6015 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
"I realize that for many of you, this ending is less than satisfying. It should please you to know that there will be a sequel. At some point...in the future. I have a bunch of stuff to finish up first, but know that I have no plans to abandon the poor boys like this."
Oh for fuck's sake.
Morgana - Jul 14, 2009 1:17:10 pm PDT #6016 of 10434
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
Yeah, that was pretty much my reaction too. There's a reason I don't read WIPs.
Edit: I just realized that's grammatically incorrect, and should actually be WsIP. But there's no way I can imagine saying WsIP without sounding like I'm spitting.
Consuela - Jul 14, 2009 5:40:59 pm PDT #6017 of 10434
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I am totally happy to read a WIP, although I tend to do so only when I trust the writer to finish.
But a Big Bang challenge is by definition not for WIPs. That the story was incomplete and unfinished broke the implied contract with the reader.
And I don't know where she gets off thinking she's going to write a "sequel". You don't write a sequel to a story that you didn't finish to begin with. The story wasn't finished: it needs an ending, not a fucking sequel.
Cass - Jul 14, 2009 6:38:02 pm PDT #6018 of 10434
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Huh, I totally will read WIPs. And fragments. And ideas that I know will never actually be written, much less finished. Though, granted, if I am reading those, it's likely because I am reading the author's lj and not a comm.
I do think Big Bang more than implies that the story is finished. Once I've committed to reading your 20K, I think I'd like it to actually have an ending.
brenda m - Jul 14, 2009 6:57:54 pm PDT #6019 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
I'll read WIPs if the story seems particularly compelling, and if I'm seeing signs of regular updates. Totally inappropriate for Big Bang though.
(And oh, what will I do when the Big Bang manna dries up, as I suspect it must. I mean, aside from get any work done or a reasonable amount of sleep.)
Fay - Jul 14, 2009 7:56:46 pm PDT #6020 of 10434
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Well, there's always cliche_bingo, which had 400 people sign up to play. Although that's a multifandom thing...
SailAweigh - Jul 14, 2009 8:06:37 pm PDT #6021 of 10434
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
And there are any number of big bangs. I'm not tracking any right now, but I do need to start watching some of them. The NCIS and Star Trek Big Bangs are the first two that come to mind for me. I think those two are scheduled to have their stories revealed in September. Maybe? ::scratches head:: I really do need to go check on those.