Excellent! (Running off to read now.)
Ah, yes, of course. The gypsies, they gave you your soul. The gypsies are filthy people. Ptui! We shall speak of them no more.
Ilona Costa Bianchi ,'The Girl in Question'
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.
sumi - Sep 13, 2009 9:35:07 am PDT #6259 of 10436
Art Crawl!!!
Consuela - Sep 13, 2009 9:41:48 am PDT #6260 of 10436
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
We're TOLD that they are fabulous and universally beloved blah blah blah idealism cakes, rather than being made to like them ourselves.
Yeah, this.
Although my interpretation of Mary Sue is: someone who warps the narrative around them. They're like a black hole of charisma and achievement, and not only do they have a ton of accomplishments and are universally beloved, but they also steal the thunder of everyone else in the story. In fact, the story is written in order to make sure that they get to be the star.
This is somewhat acceptable in a single-protagonist story, but unacceptable in an ensemble environment. And even in a single-person focused story, it gets overwhelming. See, e.g., Jerusalem by Laurie King, which is where I stopped reading the Mary Russell Holmes novels.
Atropa - Sep 13, 2009 10:06:33 am PDT #6261 of 10436
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
beams
Fay is my favorite.
Fay - Sep 16, 2009 3:37:57 am PDT #6262 of 10436
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Did you guys all read this already? I just stumbled upon it myself: Torchwood/Addams Family Crossover by Basingstoke. Very good, I thought.
Fay - Sep 18, 2009 11:57:33 pm PDT #6263 of 10436
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
DebetEsse - Sep 19, 2009 5:25:31 am PDT #6264 of 10436
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Ooooh t scurries over to lj
SailAweigh - Oct 12, 2009 9:01:32 am PDT #6265 of 10436
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I don't know if I'm just in one of those moods today or what, but I found a fic that just charmed me beyond belief and I felt the need to share it with you all: [link]
A retelling of The Little Prince with Spock as the Little Vulcan, Leonard the Fox, and Jim Kirk, the Pilot. Gorgeous art work to accompany it. Go, share the love.
Beverly - Oct 12, 2009 11:53:09 am PDT #6266 of 10436
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Lovely work, beautifully written.
shrift - Oct 13, 2009 6:41:17 pm PDT #6267 of 10436
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Fandom nominations are open for Yuletide!
I've submitted mine. I'm not allowed to reconsider my choices at least until tomorrow.
P.M. Marc - Oct 13, 2009 7:41:06 pm PDT #6268 of 10436
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Me neither!
Not that this will stop me, as I may vaguely kick myself over Better Off Ted not making my shortlist. Maybe I should shove VD off.