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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.
Consuela - Apr 24, 2012 11:09:43 am PDT #7736 of 10434
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Dana - Apr 30, 2012 4:19:18 pm PDT #7737 of 10434
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Huh. Poking around PolyRecs, I found a link to a Buffy sonnet cowritten by Seanan McGuire.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 30, 2012 3:31:31 pm PDT #7738 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
Wow, is it just the particular Avengers fics I'm happening across, or has fandom as a whole seized hold of Darcy Lewis as a Mary Sue proxy the likes of which haven't been seen since Willow?
Dana - May 30, 2012 3:36:21 pm PDT #7739 of 10434
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
That happened as soon as Thor fandom developed.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 30, 2012 3:46:36 pm PDT #7740 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
I just feel like taking someone by the shoulders, shaking her, and yelling "No matter how overlooked and in need of validation you feel, a paramilitary organization charged with defending the whole planet is not going to make throwing a huge birthday party for an astrophysicist's assistant on their flying headquarters their #1 priority for days on end!"
Dana - May 30, 2012 3:50:14 pm PDT #7741 of 10434
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I like Clint/Darcy.
Cass - May 30, 2012 3:54:01 pm PDT #7742 of 10434
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Who doesn't?
And I haven't even seen Avengers yet.
juliana - May 30, 2012 4:33:10 pm PDT #7743 of 10434
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
There was a decent Steve/Darcy somewhere on AO3.
Zenkitty - May 30, 2012 4:55:54 pm PDT #7744 of 10434
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Darcy Lewis as a Mary Sue proxy
I thought she was deliberately written that way.
Consuela - May 30, 2012 5:00:22 pm PDT #7745 of 10434
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I'm with Dana: I really enjoy reading the Darcy stories, even though probably because she's a reader-proxy.
Which, frankly, I think is different than a Mary Sue. A Mary Sue is, IME, a writer proxy, with powers out of proportion with her position, and a tendency to warp the narrative around her rather like a black hole. The canon characters get bent out of shape near a Mary Sue because she absorbs all the awesome to her and they are forced to react as if she's legitimate, although the writing generally doesn't substantiate that.