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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 - Aug 14, 2009 2:55:57 am PDT #6164 of 10434
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.

Ah, if it's a free account I don't think you get that facility.

I have to say, I do appreciate it - I feel like knifing people who decide to set their journal to a teeny tiny font, or write in fucking light grey on a dark grey background or some idiotic thing.


erikaj - Aug 14, 2009 4:27:03 am PDT #6165 of 10434
Always Anti-fascist!

I don't mean to judge you for reading, Plei. But I'm judging the writers somewhat.


P.M. Marc - Aug 14, 2009 8:37:38 am PDT #6166 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

I don't mean to judge you for reading, Plei. But I'm judging the writers somewhat.

Mostly, I just think they're *SO CUTE* writing political slash now that it's "cool" or something. Back in my day, we had to tinhat Gingrich (Newt)/Clinton (Bill), I tell you what.

Man, I should really find and finish that story. I could title it The One Where Monica's a Beard or something. I think I still have the outline. The only story I lost from my politicwip pile was the Kissinger/Bob Evans one. WHICH WAS TRAGIC, because it was AWESOME. Sigh.

I mean, seriously. I was doing this stuff 6-7 years ago when most of these kids were still dreaming of training bras. Of all the fandoms for me to be all BOFQ about, I never thought it would be this one.

Oh, there is an option to add "format=light" at the end of any page. And if you're in FF, you can add it as a toolbar link, and when I get home, I'll share with the class.


erikaj - Aug 14, 2009 8:49:43 am PDT #6167 of 10434
Always Anti-fascist!

I know...I kind of thought of you. But not really, because the stories are bad. Maybe I could forgive the "sacrilege" a bit more if they weren't. As it was, and ironically, given the Rahm stories, I found myself thinking there ought to be a few more fast-food accidents.


Morgana - Aug 14, 2009 1:07:51 pm PDT #6168 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

there is an option to add "format=light" at the end of any page. And if you're in FF, you can add it as a toolbar link, and when I get home, I'll share with the class.

This made me excited, but... the page I'm trying to convert ends in html. So I tried pageaddress.html/format=light, and got the "Page Not Found" message. So then I tried pageaddress.html.format=light, and got the same "Page Not Found" message. Obviously I'm doing something wrong -- what punctuation/format/whatever should I be using to make this work?

If FF means Firefox, no, I'm using Internet Explorer.

Wait, wait, wait -- you were writing slash about Newt Gingrich? shudder just a world of No.


P.M. Marc - Aug 14, 2009 4:08:32 pm PDT #6169 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

The thing you add to the end is ?format=light, to display the page in a stripped-down fashion. You can bookmark JS snippets (probably in IE as well, but I don't use that at home for LJ/DW) that will append that to the end of any LJ or LJ-based page.


esse - Aug 14, 2009 4:11:46 pm PDT #6170 of 10434
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

you can also use ?style=mine, which is an option available to everyone if you append it yourself at the tail end of the URL.


Morgana - Aug 14, 2009 4:32:38 pm PDT #6171 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

Oh my goodness, thank you both. I tried the ?format=mine and ?style=mine options, and they both worked. I will definitely mark that down for the future. I don't know if it's a side effect of getting older, or just sheer general crankiness, but if I have to struggle to read a site I just don't bother any more.


P.M. Marc - Aug 14, 2009 4:35:59 pm PDT #6172 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

I use format=light a lot when doing recs. If I think the author's page is too busy, I click that button before the delicious one.


SailAweigh - Aug 17, 2009 7:26:52 pm PDT #6173 of 10434
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Star Trek XI crack!fic (all from the kink meme community, by the same anon):

It begins here where Anon's brain first got sucked in: [link]

and then [link]

and then [link]

and yet more [link]

and still more [link]

and even more [link]

and much more [link]

and [link]

and the most recent (which is actually the first in the entire series and currently a WIP) [link]

If you don't read them all, at least read the ones with Klingons. Srsly.