Mal: Well, you were right about this being a bad idea. Zoe: Thanks for sayin', sir.

'Serenity'


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.


askye - Aug 10, 2005 10:47:45 am PDT #845 of 10434
Thrive to spite them

You think people would realize that if you say "this the stupidest thing i've ever done" and "this will probably piss people off" then it is and it will.

And people will come and tell you, at lenght, exactly how stupid you are and how pissed off they are.

Then they will tell there friends.

Who will tell theirs. And then links will be posted so everyone can see what a dumbass you are.


Calli - Aug 10, 2005 10:54:05 am PDT #846 of 10434
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

It's like a cautionary fandom tale. I wonder if it'll pass into the nomenclature.

What happened to Userboi18?
Oh, he did something stupid last week, and his flist CousinJeaned him.


Katie M - Aug 10, 2005 10:59:36 am PDT #847 of 10434
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies

I think this is a really grey area, and you could see it as no worse than the woman who put up a paypal donation box so people could give her money to replace her stolen laptop, or whatever.

Yeah, you know, I was just thinking about what the difference between those two events was (on my lunchtime walk, which was Hella Hot but did end in me getting a $0.25 copy of Snow Crash at the library, so go me). Because Cassie Claire did not get the same kind of overwhelming rejection, even though there was a subtext of "get her a computer so she can write more."

She didn't actually make the appeal personally, though, did she?


Dana - Aug 10, 2005 11:03:17 am PDT #848 of 10434
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Because Cassie Claire did not get the same kind of overwhelming rejection

I made fun of her here, I'm pretty sure. I do my part.


§ ita § - Aug 10, 2005 11:06:12 am PDT #849 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I do my part.

Evidently not enough. What's your paypal address so we can subsidize you during these efforts?


Betsy HP - Aug 10, 2005 11:07:54 am PDT #850 of 10434
If I only had a brain...

Cassie Claire didn't make the quid pro quo explicit, did she?


Dana - Aug 10, 2005 11:08:47 am PDT #851 of 10434
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

It doesn't count if I don't directly solicit donations, right? I mean, I can't help it if people are overcome by my brilliance and fling cash at me.


Betsy HP - Aug 10, 2005 11:15:08 am PDT #852 of 10434
If I only had a brain...

Has this been a life problem for you to date? Cause, damn, I picked the wrong fandom if so.


Scrappy - Aug 10, 2005 11:15:22 am PDT #853 of 10434
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

people are overcome by my brilliance and fling cash at me.

That used to happen to me on a regular basis back when I was a stripper.

If by "brilliance" you mean booty.


Katie M - Aug 10, 2005 11:16:11 am PDT #854 of 10434
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies

I made fun of her here, I'm pretty sure. I do my part.

Oh, yeah, she took some crap for it. But she was also supported by a lot of people, whereas pretty much no one is supporting cousinjean.

It doesn't count if I don't directly solicit donations, right? I mean, I can't help it if people are overcome by my brilliance and fling cash at me.

I totally want to have this problem.