The latter, I'd say.
Hey, if it means I don't have to read any more, woo and, might I add, a big hoo.
Xander ,'Sleeper'
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.
brenda m - Feb 04, 2013 5:14:56 am PST #8349 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
§ ita § - Feb 04, 2013 6:56:06 am PST #8350 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm damned curious about the "original", though--if anyone stumbles across something matching the description, please to holler.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 06, 2013 12:14:14 pm PST #8351 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
Oh fanfic writers, don't you realize that when you put "please don't hate me" as a tag on one of your stories it's a clear indication that I will?
Connie Neil - Feb 06, 2013 12:24:10 pm PST #8352 of 10434
brillig
I hate those tags. "See all my feels! I has them! I don't even!" Speak like a grownup!
WindSparrow - Feb 06, 2013 6:46:23 pm PST #8353 of 10434
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
"I suck at summeries. but the story is better. I promise. Its the story of the cast all being in high school together." Riiiiiiiiiiiight.
erikaj - Feb 07, 2013 4:55:56 am PST #8354 of 10434
Always Anti-fascist!
I think that I am pretty bad at creating really exciting summaries(which is why I dread writing a plot synopsis of my original, should I have to) but apologizing underlines that in highlighter, plus it calls attention to you, fanfic writer, in a way that messes up the twin illusions of fanfic. Namely, that your story could really happen, or failing that, that someone who wrote for the show could write it.
Connie Neil - Feb 07, 2013 6:14:02 am PST #8355 of 10434
brillig
Even if it's a story I want to read, if they're apologizing in the summary I won't read it unless there are several reviews and/or bookmarks. If the summary is that incoherent, then I don't hold out a lot of hope for the story. I don't want a summary that's exciting, I want one that's clear and gives me an idea that you can construct a sentence.
P.M. Marc - Feb 07, 2013 9:08:55 am PST #8356 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
I will say that, back in the day, I had the world's worst summary to one of my best-reviewed stories.
But, of course, I will occasionally read something just because the summary is so utterly bizarre that I have to see what the heck they're talking about.
That said, if you have a 500 word summary for your 221B, I am going to skip reading the damn thing.
§ ita § - Feb 07, 2013 9:34:41 am PST #8357 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I know where 221B is, but I don't know what one is. Help?
P.M. Marc - Feb 07, 2013 6:01:38 pm PST #8358 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
It's a particular-to-Holmes-fandom variation on the drabble. 221 words, final word has to start with B.