I kissed him, and I told him that I loved him. And I killed him.

Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'


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.


Typo Boy - Jul 11, 2010 11:10:18 am PDT #6747 of 10434
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Thanks Fay. I found it after asking and stayed up way too late cause I could not stop reading. Question, given the AU nature how close are these characters to the TV show? (Never saw TV show, so I can't judge.) Because this is very well written, stands great on its own as a piece of Arthur and Merlin reincarnated fantasy-romance. Are the characters different enough from the TV show that you could submit this to a publisher? Cause the quality is certainly high enough (assuming a certain amount of editing, though to tell you the truth it is already better edited than a lot of stuff on the shelves.)


Fay - Jul 12, 2010 12:48:34 am PDT #6748 of 10434
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.

Crikey! That's a tremendously nice thing to say!

Well, obviously there is teh gay, and there are various nods to TV canon. The characterisation is quite close, I'd say, although Gawain and Kay are my own additions, borrowed from legends.

...food for thought!


Typo Boy - Jul 12, 2010 8:06:33 am PDT #6749 of 10434
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

And making Mordred a kitten was pure genius, and a way of saying "Arthur is NOT going to end sleeping with his sister in my story".


Typo Boy - Jul 12, 2010 8:07:07 am PDT #6750 of 10434
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

And making Kay call Arthur "Wart" is borrowed from TH White.


Calli - Jul 12, 2010 8:21:04 am PDT #6751 of 10434
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Anne, that was beautiful and heartbreaking in the best way.


SailAweigh - Jul 14, 2010 1:48:06 pm PDT #6752 of 10434
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

This has got to be my very favorite Star Trek vid, ever: [link]

The first 30 seconds is a bit of a love letter to Kirk/McCoy, but the last bit is pure genius.


Fay - Jul 15, 2010 12:09:42 am PDT #6753 of 10434
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.

Yes, Wart's a nod to TH White. Eh - I'm delighted you enjoyed it so much!

Sail, that vid was a rather surprising mesh of two different things, but I did laugh my ass off at the South Park section. Top banana!


erikaj - Jul 18, 2010 10:37:35 am PDT #6754 of 10434
Always Anti-fascist!

I still sort of find RPF embarrassing, but this person is a really good writer, and it's got KO, Rachel Maddow, New Orleans and enough subtext to float a barge. These are all things Buffistas like so I thought you'd like this, too. [link]


§ ita § - Jul 26, 2010 5:31:11 am PDT #6755 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I just came across a fic that warned for het. Which always makes me roll my eyes, especially when the het pairs are listed in the pairings section (and pretty much canon, unlike the slash pairing).

But what I really wondered about was how the author listed the pairings. The men were separated with a slash (A/B) and the het pairs with a plus (A+C). Is there a fandom in which that's done conventionally?


Consuela - Jul 27, 2010 5:13:51 am PDT #6756 of 10434
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

I've been reading a lot of Narnia fic on FFN, where the characters are often listed as "Edmund Pevensie/Peter Pevensie", even when it's gen. I've seen the slash used that way occasionally before, but I've never seen anyone use the + as a romance indicator.