For me, I think it's a matter of whether I get the vibe that the writer said "here's the story I want to tell, which is dark" or "hey, this would be really, really dark! Let's tell this story!" The latter feels, I don't know, self-congratulatory? Unless I like it, of course, in which case it's kind of fun. (I am vast and contain multitudes...)
Atherton: Half the men in this room wish you were on their arm, tonight. Inara: Only half. I must be losing my indefinable allure.
'Shindig'
Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
Katie M - Dec 31, 2002 4:59:06 pm PST #2363 of 10000
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
P.M. Marc - Dec 31, 2002 5:00:28 pm PST #2364 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
"hey, this would be really, really dark! Let's tell this story!"
That way leads to bad, bad, bad incest fics with typos like "bowls".
At the worst, that is.
Katie M - Dec 31, 2002 5:03:38 pm PST #2365 of 10000
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
Okay, I don't know what kind of incest fic requires use of the word "bowel." Just, no.
Connie Neil - Dec 31, 2002 5:04:05 pm PST #2366 of 10000
brillig
Stay away from the bad fic, Plei.
P.M. Marc - Dec 31, 2002 5:05:12 pm PST #2367 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Stay away from the bad fic, Plei.
I read it so others do not have to weep.
Connie Neil - Dec 31, 2002 5:08:17 pm PST #2368 of 10000
brillig
Too bad there's not a Buffista medal for Valour under Bad Fic. The Croix de t whatever is French for Bad Fic
Kristen - Dec 31, 2002 5:08:55 pm PST #2369 of 10000
typos like "bowls"
My personal favorite is when guys lick each other's navals.
Connie Neil - Dec 31, 2002 5:10:25 pm PST #2370 of 10000
brillig
Oooh, men in uniform.
Kristen - Dec 31, 2002 5:10:44 pm PST #2371 of 10000
With really big tongues, apparently.
Connie Neil - Dec 31, 2002 5:17:05 pm PST #2372 of 10000
brillig
An image I so did not need.