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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.


§ ita § - Feb 03, 2011 4:27:01 pm PST #6987 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

When I was composing this post in my head, I was thinking that I liked AUs from canons with strong characters. But, then I realised I'd have no interest whatsoever in a Buffy AU. I like that universe as is, and I like those characters in that universe.

On the other hand, I can read Supernatural AUs until the cows come home, as long as people respect the same things about the characters and relationships that I do. I think it is the relationships, actually. The interactions between the characters. I like seeing that translated into different worlds. My enjoyment of a show like Buffy is a lot less about the relationships and more about the mythology and the characters' places in it.


Anne W. - Feb 03, 2011 5:19:54 pm PST #6988 of 10434
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

I tend to dislike AUs where they diverge from canon over specific peeves of the authors, like a character they dislike having died (or the reverse), but are otherwise in the same basic setting.

Yeah, I'm not too fond of 'fixit' AUs, but there are times when a 'what if?' scenario can yield some interesting results.


askye - Feb 03, 2011 5:46:59 pm PST #6989 of 10434
Thrive to spite them

I don't like "fixit" AUs but I do like AUs in general. As long it feels the writer is staying true to the character I can read just about anything.


Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 03, 2011 6:22:53 pm PST #6990 of 10434
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Yeah, I'm not too fond of 'fixit' AUs, but there are times when a 'what if?' scenario can yield some interesting results.

True, you just reminded me that I loved "Snuffleupagus." But that what if? is a pretty big game changer.


§ ita § - Feb 03, 2011 6:31:46 pm PST #6991 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

It's weird how sometimes I get a "what if?" vibe off a fic, and sometimes it's a fixit. I don't know if it's a tone thing, or what. But if I put it into fixit beyond something truly simple and sappy (SAMULET!!!) I generally get pretty testy.


Amy - Feb 03, 2011 7:04:37 pm PST #6992 of 10434
Because books.

I don't know where I draw the line between fix it and what if, but I do love a good what if. Much prefer it to AU -- I think part of the draw for me, especially with SPN, is the universe they're in. Translating the angels into a suburban family, for example, just doesn't work the same way for me somehow.

I like fic that explores what might have happened if Sam or Dean or John or even Mary had made a different choice, and forked the road somewhere, and I love secondary character stories and outside POV of the boys, but corporate!Dean or mechanic!Sam (or whatever) just don't interest me.

God, "Snuffleupagus" was a gut punch.


§ ita § - Feb 03, 2011 7:12:51 pm PST #6993 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I, on the other hand, love a well done suburban family of angels.

There aren't that many.

But I will try almost every D/C HS AU out there, just in case. And sometimes, merely sometimes, I think I hit gold.

A big difference for me is that I can accept happier endings in AUs than in canon-compliant SPN fic. I like them miserable in canon. But it's kinda nice to see a different world in which they could have been happy.


Anne W. - Feb 06, 2011 4:56:30 am PST #6994 of 10434
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

Self-pimpage:

Who Do You Think You're Fooling? - Anna/Ruby femmeslash (R-rated, I'd say) set during "When the Levee Breaks."


§ ita § - Feb 11, 2011 4:42:16 am PST #6995 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

This characterisation is one of the reasons I got tired of reading Arthur/Eames. Arthur is not fey to Eames's butch. Even though Eames showed up that one time with a bigger gun, Arthur is perfectly aggro. If one of them is a magician, it's the forger. Not the point man with the guns.

Also, he's not Spock.

Cute picture, though.


SailAweigh - Mar 09, 2011 6:20:12 pm PST #6996 of 10434
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

I don't usually pimp my own work, but I wrote a Star Trek/Firely fusion I thought some folks might get a kick out of: [link]

A Cat May Look at a King, Kirk/McCoy, R. All Leonard wanted was a hot bath. He got a little bit more than he bargained for when he walked into Kirk's Emporium and Aquadrome looking for one.