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.
Wash: I didn't think you were one for rituals and such. Mal: I'm not, but it'll keep the others busy for a while. No reason to concern them with what's to be done.
'Bushwhacked'
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.
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.
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?
Katie M - Aug 04, 2005 6:53:27 am PDT #680 of 10434
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
T for adventure
Er. Why not "A"?
I'm overthinking, aren't I?