Also, I'd never say this to her face because I don't want her to stop writing, but for awhile now scifigrrl47 has become too infatuated with her OCs and with writing witty banter. Yay her for getting unique and original but these are not the reasons why I started reading her and liked it. And yet these stories exist in 'verses that in invested in. Or was. But now I think I must finally unsubscribe from the tertiary characters and their dry repartee.
You'd never make it. I'd rip your spine out before you got half a step. Those little legs wouldn't be much good without one of those.
Glory ,'The Killer In Me'
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.
Juliebird - Sep 06, 2015 12:05:42 pm PDT #9739 of 10434
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Calli - Sep 06, 2015 2:27:04 pm PDT #9740 of 10434
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
The OCs weren't why I signed up either. But I'm quite fond of them now, so I've been enjoying the focus on them. Eh, different folks, different AO3 subscriptions.
Juliebird - Sep 06, 2015 6:18:16 pm PDT #9741 of 10434
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
and these here are narcissuses," turning to another patch, "and here's daffodils.
No! Ach! That's the same fucking thing! One way to make this worse is to include the mention of Jonquils.
P.M. Marc - Sep 07, 2015 12:27:08 pm PDT #9742 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
To be fair, at a nursery, the narcissus and the daffodil are considered different beasts, albeit siblings.
Connie Neil - Sep 19, 2015 2:54:05 pm PDT #9743 of 10434
brillig
Someone has just discovered my fics over on ff.net and is favoriting nearly everything. Bless you, little new fan.
Juliebird - Sep 24, 2015 3:24:03 pm PDT #9744 of 10434
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Does anyone know troll_under_the_bridge? The writing style is Yoda meets inappropriate synonym replacement plus some other undefinable ESL or something. I don't kno what I'm reading half the time but I haven't back buttoned yet.
Example: "It was not about wishing something for himself anymore, realized he with warm contentment."
Calli - Sep 30, 2015 9:13:58 am PDT #9745 of 10434
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
The toast has a fun article on the linguistics of fannish portmanteaus. [link]
And I'm inordinately proud that I spelled "portmanteaus" right the first time around.
Sophia Brooks - Sep 30, 2015 4:29:06 pm PDT #9746 of 10434
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Is there lesbian gender change Little Women fanfic? Joan of March? I am confused
amyth - Sep 30, 2015 5:14:23 pm PDT #9747 of 10434
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
It's from The March Family Letters, link, where John Brooke is Joan Brooke.
Sophia Brooks - Sep 30, 2015 7:44:49 pm PDT #9748 of 10434
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
That is quite fun! Although Meg and Jo seem off.