Nah, I get the thing where a few certain portmanteaus can be funny. Overexposure to some truly revolting examples (the whole "LoVe" thing for Veronica/Logan from VM for example just makes me throw up in my mouth) kind of robbed me of all sense of humor though. Now, I'm all, portmanteaus must die! t /Hellish Sigh.
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
Vonnie K - Aug 02, 2005 12:51:03 pm PDT #670 of 10434
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
JZ - Aug 02, 2005 2:01:30 pm PDT #671 of 10434
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I just don't know... if the simple "A/B" descriptor is doomed and it's a choice between portmanteaus and freaksome abominations like The HMS Pumpkin Pie, portmanteaus seem like the (very, very slightly) lesser of two evils.
erikaj - Aug 02, 2005 3:26:44 pm PDT #672 of 10434
Always Anti-fascist!
Homicide doesn't really have those. Just MunchenKay, and FrankenTim, and I forget the Kellerman/Lewis one.
askye - Aug 03, 2005 3:21:13 pm PDT #673 of 10434
Thrive to spite them
Can anyone pin point where/when smushed names started?
Dana - Aug 03, 2005 4:07:18 pm PDT #674 of 10434
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
First time I honestly remember seeing it was Clex. Wasn't used in Sentinel (Blim? Oy.), wasn't used in Highlander (Muncan? Oy.), and I don't think I saw it in Buffy fandom until Spuffy. Wasn't used in X-Files either -- X-Files had a whole categorization system that was based on Gossamer, wasn't it, Suela?
Consuela - Aug 03, 2005 6:36:14 pm PDT #675 of 10434
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
X-Files had a whole categorization system that was based on Gossamer, wasn't it, Suela?
Yup. M/S (Mulder-Scully sex), MSR (Mulder-Scully romance), Sc/Sk, M/K, etc. Plus categories for types of stories: V for vignette, S for story/drama, C for crossover, X for casefile, T for adventure, R for romance...
Although, and this just occurred to me, there was a rash of so-called "Skipper fic", and I can't recall whether it referred to Scully/Krycek or Scully/Skinner. t dashes off to Google Ah, it was Scully/Krycek. Not quite a smushed name, but close.
Ah, the Gossamer days, when it took them months to update. I think they still don't have auto-archiving.
Calli - Aug 04, 2005 3:52:28 am PDT #676 of 10434
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Ah, the Gossamer days,
My first slash site, I believe. *sniff* It seems like it only yesterday that I clicked on a M/K link thinking, "Eh, slash. Krycek taking on Mulder with knives doesn't seem too OOC." And then I read the story. "You mean he . . . and Mulder . . . and they . . . ooooooooooh. Say, is there more of this?"
There was. And some of it was FG.
Connie Neil - Aug 04, 2005 4:31:46 am PDT #677 of 10434
brillig
Gossamer, where I first began being sucked in. I was very much a Scully/Skinner girl.
Fay - Aug 04, 2005 5:27:26 am PDT #678 of 10434
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
My first slash site, I believe. *sniff* It seems like it only yesterday that I clicked on a M/K link thinking, "Eh, slash. Krycek taking on Mulder with knives doesn't seem too OOC." And then I read the story. "You mean he . . . and Mulder . . . and they . . . ooooooooooh. Say, is there more of this?"
There was. And some of it was FG.
...That's a beautiful post, man.
Nutty - Aug 04, 2005 5:36:06 am PDT #679 of 10434
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Oh, Gossamer. There was a time when I was considered a young 'un because I didn't remember before it had been in Vincent's hands.
Really, as web (and fannish) history go, Gossamer is a huge step. I mean, archiving amateurs on the internet? What can they possibly have to say that's worth remembering?