I can sympathize. I did not sign up, but somewhere along the line I picked up a pinch hit. I'm starting to wonder why I did this.
I'll be fine. I'll be your bounty, Jubal Early. And I'll just fade away.
River ,'Objects In Space'
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.
Anne W. - Dec 19, 2009 10:44:44 am PST #6422 of 10434
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
P.M. Marc - Dec 19, 2009 10:49:17 am PST #6423 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
Hungry, hungry bears!
I don't need plot, right?
Holli - Dec 19, 2009 10:56:48 am PST #6424 of 10434
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
Ugh, I seem to have plot whether I like it or not. Also, research. Also, I am snowed in at a different house than 4/5 of my source material. AUGH.
SailAweigh - Dec 20, 2009 3:24:37 pm PST #6425 of 10434
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
You guys have all my sympathy. I just posted my fic for the Kirk/McCoy advent community on LJ. 17,000 words since Nov. 30th. I didn't think I had it in me.
§ ita § - Dec 21, 2009 1:54:17 pm PST #6426 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
This is not something I can consume at work, but it is described thusly:
If there's one thing that this year's Star Trek reboot was missing, it was Zachary Quinto reading graphic Kirk/Spock slash. [...]
Thanks to re-editing Quinto's audiobook version of the movie novelization, the internet now has Spork:
I had to make note of it somewhere.
Calli - Dec 21, 2009 2:55:09 pm PST #6427 of 10434
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
That worked surprisingly well.
§ ita § - Dec 21, 2009 4:21:48 pm PST #6428 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Wow. That was totally traumatic. For some reason, ZQ's voice makes it too much for me to handle.
Very well executed, though. Very well. I can't imagine the amount of attention to detail it took to do that recutting.
SailAweigh - Dec 24, 2009 8:19:51 am PST #6429 of 10434
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
LJ user scatter_muse made this beautiful piece of art to go with my fic, First Gain the Victory. Go check it out, and then give her some love.
shrift - Dec 29, 2009 12:36:54 pm PST #6430 of 10434
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
...someone just left me feedback on an older story of mine, and said that there was "room for improvement."
Dana - Dec 29, 2009 12:38:45 pm PST #6431 of 10434
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
SHUT UP. On AOOO?