Gimme some milk.

Jayne ,'Jaynestown'


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.


Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 30, 2012 4:32:47 pm PDT #7697 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

For the last year or so Loki has been age regressed to his early teens in the Thor comics, which might be influencing fanfic trends.


§ ita § - Mar 30, 2012 5:21:46 pm PDT #7698 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

For the last year or so Loki has been age regressed to his early teens in the Thor comics, which might be influencing fanfic trends.

Oh, excellent! That makes *so* much sense. I mean, fandom makes things out of all sorts, but this seemed so random and specific.


§ ita § - Apr 04, 2012 7:59:13 am PDT #7699 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I just stumbled upon Kidlock, and I was about to come here and ask who they have playing Young Sherlock, but, der, I realise it's the kid the tumblr's named after--Asa Butterfield. Judging from other posts on the feed, the caps for him might be from Hugo, I think. I'm also gonna guess that the matching Laurence Belcher footage is from X-Men: First Class.

It's pretty cute. I do like the art form of constructing a new narrative through captioned animated GIFs. What is that called? I first really noticed it in SuperWhoLock, which is just too cool.


DebetEsse - Apr 04, 2012 8:02:19 am PDT #7700 of 10434
Woe to the fucking wicked.

What is that called?

The Future! Seriously, though, I don't know if there's an "official term"

GIFimation? GIFfic?


§ ita § - Apr 04, 2012 8:17:38 am PDT #7701 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I may just go to one of the tumblrs of one of the people who does it a lot and well, and ask her if she knows. I've never seen it called anything, but it's done so much I figure someone must have coined something, right? That's what humans do--label stuff, for good or for ill.


DebetEsse - Apr 04, 2012 8:39:43 am PDT #7702 of 10434
Woe to the fucking wicked.

Cool. If you find out, let us know. I'd like to have a noun.


§ ita § - Apr 04, 2012 1:30:31 pm PDT #7703 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

So, the question's out there. She (letmesayIloveyou) hadn't had a name for what she'd been doing, but she reposted the question, and so far has one suggestion of fanGIFtion, which is a mouthful and then some.

We'll see.


brenda m - Apr 04, 2012 3:25:59 pm PDT #7704 of 10434
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

GIFfic is fairly clear and understandable and not quite as horrendous. I say we run with it. We're trendsetters.


Consuela - Apr 19, 2012 8:41:34 pm PDT #7705 of 10434
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

You know that hit-counts meme going around right now?

When someone on your DW Network has five times as many hits as your most popular story ever, it's... kind of disheartening.

t sigh


erikaj - Apr 20, 2012 4:57:56 am PDT #7706 of 10434
Always Anti-fascist!

Sometimes, when I look at my hit counts,which are modest, but impress me since I don't archive on a consistent basis, I do wonder if I've got a hater who wants to show her friends how awful my story is.(of course it's also a WIP--maybe they are going to comment when I'm done, but I suspect I have some karma coming too.