I hate portmanteux a lot. But I hate the rassenfrassen Roswell ship names more.
Time to slay. Vampires of the world beware!
Buffybot ,'Dirty Girls'
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.
Sophia Brooks - Feb 12, 2012 5:29:03 am PST #7617 of 10434
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
P.M. Marc - Feb 12, 2012 9:49:13 am PST #7618 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
DOBBY! Or Bean.
I should apply myself to Community. Jelton! Brannie! Brang! Trabed! Anabroy! Sheff! Abiers! Pieritta!
P.M. Marc - Feb 12, 2012 9:49:14 am PST #7619 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
Amy - Feb 13, 2012 11:03:16 am PST #7620 of 10434
Because books.
This interview with Lev Grossman might have been linked before, but I just saw it today so I wanted to share. It's from August, and talks specifically about fan fiction.
Juliebird - Feb 13, 2012 5:35:52 pm PST #7621 of 10434
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I am currently in awe of writers who can write a short story, who can take an idea and distill it to its sum parts.
I don't understand it, I don't get the why of it, how they choose to pick a certain point in time and are able to end it in a timely manner.
I am working on my own story, and despair of anyone wanting to stick through the enormity of it. I just can't comprehend a neat and tidy short story. That's got to be so much self control and foresight and self-editing.
My hat is off to you.
§ ita § - Feb 13, 2012 5:38:31 pm PST #7622 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ha! I looked at the start of my Rolling Calf fic again and I have no idea how it got so long or how to fix it.
And then I looked at the "drabble" (I'm a traditionalist, drabbles are only 100 words) I wrote during it, and it's so much more pleasing to me. I'd rather write short than long, but it's not like I'm going to publish the short story, because I get so disappointed with low word counts when I'm reading.
erikaj - Feb 20, 2012 11:42:57 am PST #7623 of 10434
Always Anti-fascist!
I know everyone does not like RPF, but the Third Monday challenge revealed today and I can't say enough good things about what I got. Jon Stewart/Anthony Weiner [link] My own story(About Keith and Rachel, natch) [link]
DebetEsse - Feb 21, 2012 4:17:33 pm PST #7624 of 10434
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Is there a way, on AO3, to leave a note for a writer that's not a public comment? I keep hitting "If you're interlacing your metacarpals, something has gone horribly wrong. I think you mean phalanges." "No, violin fingerings are done with the left hand." kinds of technical knowledge things that I feel bad putting out there in front of everyone.
Consuela - Feb 21, 2012 4:37:49 pm PST #7625 of 10434
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
No, Debetesse, although if you can track down the writer on LJ/DW you might be able to send them an email or PM.
Juliebird - Feb 21, 2012 4:41:34 pm PST #7626 of 10434
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I poked around for all of three minutes, and, geez, you're right, there doesn't seem to be a way to convey a private message to an author short of "pssst, this is my email, I'd like to discuss your fic with you" or even "loved your fic! But there's a few discrepancies that if you're willing to talk about, here's my email for the entire website to see!".
Because, even though I suck at giving feedback to fics, if there's some typos or whatnot that seriously bugs, I don't feel that's something I need to point out in general comments for all to see.
Maybe the site can fix that in the future with enough feedback? I don't know the landscape of fic archive sites well. But I know the discontent is there in LJ and several of my favourite authors have left for AO3 or Dreamwidth.