He doesn't travel well. He's like fine shrimp.

Anya ,'Touched'


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.


Amy - Jun 26, 2012 5:32:37 pm PDT #7838 of 10434
Because books.

Outlanders could be cool, but it's sort of specific. I like Expatriates, too.


Typo Boy - Jun 26, 2012 5:49:46 pm PDT #7839 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.

Okay, so I wrote a novel titled Carpetbaggers, about the Pevensies settling into Narnia.

Link?


Connie Neil - Jun 26, 2012 6:39:45 pm PDT #7840 of 10434
brillig

I've always wondered what happened to them between times. Peter was more than old enough to get married and have kids.


Consuela - Jun 26, 2012 8:18:14 pm PDT #7841 of 10434
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Typo: [link]

I've always wondered what happened to them between times. Peter was more than old enough to get married and have kids.

Yeah, that's something I need to deal with. I suspect there's a lot of arguing about the succession, and politics. Because in reality they would have wanted to secure the succession; on the other hand it probably wouldn't have occurred to them that all four of them would be lost simultaneously. And they were quite young, still, so what was the rush?

There's a certain school of thought in Narnia fandom, that the novels are not entirely reliable: basically that they are fairy-tale/children's story versions of something that was rather more difficult and complicated. Lewis never mentions the succession, and in fact really elides dealing with the fact that they left Narnia leaderless and possibly unprotected.

Pioneers doesn't really work, and Outlander is too much Diana Gabaldon's now. Expatriates, maybe, but I wouldn't mind something conveying people settling in and committing to the new place. Colonist doesn't work, either, though. Hmmm.


Connie Neil - Jun 26, 2012 8:22:33 pm PDT #7842 of 10434
brillig

I know too much medieval history, I keep thinking of suitors vying for Susan's hand and whether Edmund would have been really trusted.


DebetEsse - Jun 26, 2012 8:26:13 pm PDT #7843 of 10434
Woe to the fucking wicked.

I keep looking for nouns around either "gentrification" or "going native" and not coming up with much, but maybe it will inspire a thought in someone else?


Consuela - Jun 26, 2012 8:46:38 pm PDT #7844 of 10434
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

I may have to give up and go with something unrelated. I was thinking of: Vert, Lion Rampant Gules. Which I figure 90% of the fandom won't get. And doesn't have the kind of meaning "Carpetbaggers" conveys. Hmm.


Typo Boy - Jun 26, 2012 10:48:27 pm PDT #7845 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.

Foreigners? Nisei? Again not right but maybe will suggest something to someone.


Typo Boy - Jun 26, 2012 10:48:44 pm PDT #7846 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.

homesteaders? Settlers?


Typo Boy - Jun 26, 2012 11:09:48 pm PDT #7847 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.

The Nation builders? The Consolidators? The Reformers? The Liberators? The Lawgivers?