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Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers  

This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.


Am-Chau Yarkona - Feb 06, 2003 11:42:45 am PST #3358 of 10000
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty

All of the original stuff I've ever seen at ff.net (or nearly any other public online original-stuff archive) has sucked like an industrial-strength Hoover, but I haven't spent that much time trolling it, so I could have just missed the good stuff.

You've probably read mine. Which is to say, it's much the same standard as fanfic. ie, tends to suck.


shrift - Feb 06, 2003 11:46:33 am PST #3359 of 10000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

How does Silverlake compare to GO, other than the inclusion of RPF?

There's quite a variety, and I think Silverlake has more traffic -- although the stories are mostly short. Very short.

The RPF isn't overwhelming. I'd say RPF accounts for 20% or less (often less) of posted stories.

As an example, last week, the fandoms broke down to: Alias, Angel, Buffy, Chicago, due South, Harry Potter, LotR, Ringu, Smallville, Velvet Goldmine, Voyager, popslash, actorfic, and historical/political satire.


P.M. Marc - Feb 06, 2003 11:48:13 am PST #3360 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

Question: How does Silverlake compare to GO, other than the inclusion of RPF? I've been resisting temptation to join Silverlake, mainly for time issues (and my indifference to RPF), but I hear there are some exellent stories posted there. I probably won't want to join if half the stories coming through there are popslash, but if there's good variety, I may take the plunge.

About 75% show/movie/comic stuff, and about 25% or so various RPF, not all of it popslash. (There's a fair amount of political stuff, too.)

Lots of weird/small/obscure fandoms. Gangs of New York, oddly, seems to be going like gangbusters there.

Feedback Fridays (which I love), light on meta, heavy on fic, lots of good stuff there.

It's my List of Choice. Have you checked out the archives?


Vonnie K - Feb 06, 2003 11:54:46 am PST #3361 of 10000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.

Hmmm. Thanks. Variety is a definite plus. If the traffic is heavy, I may go on Digest, but it sounds like a list worth joining.

I've seen the occasional fic from the archive, since BSO folks sometimes link to it. I haven't checked out the archive myself. It doesn't sound like there's a lot of overlap with GO.


askye - Feb 06, 2003 12:15:22 pm PST #3362 of 10000
Thrive to spite them

There is some overlap with GO, I know that occasionally I'll find that my yahoo inbox will be HUGE and that's because someone has posted a multipart story to both GO and Silverlake.


Rebecca Lizard - Feb 06, 2003 1:33:18 pm PST #3363 of 10000
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket

I'm seriously dancing over the question of joining Silverlake. Let me just make good grades on these midterms.


Rebecca Lizard - Feb 06, 2003 9:25:44 pm PST #3364 of 10000
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket

something I'd meant to post before:

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It's kind of typo-a-licious. But, goddamn, read it, if only for the chance to hear Ron doing Eminem.

Not doing Eminem doing Eminem.


esse - Feb 06, 2003 9:59:02 pm PST #3365 of 10000
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

I post to both, I know Plei posts to both... There's some doubling, but not a lot. More as people realize how good SL actually is. It's a great list. lookit me pimp.


Katie M - Feb 06, 2003 11:01:56 pm PST #3366 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

Oh, and someone on GO recc'd this cute Stargate fic yesterday, which I loved. It made me burst out into laughter several times.

I can count the number of times I actually found humor fanfic funny on one hand, so this one stuck with me: Ketchup. It's the absolutely deadpan tone right through to the end that wins me over despite myself. By the time they get to "Never mind, Daniel. It died nobly" I'm giggling helplessly, even now, and I've read the thing more than once. And you know, I'm going to go send the author a piece of feedback *right now* and say that.

Also, I don't know how long this has been around, I haven't read it yet, and I've done a certain amount of skipping this month so it's entirely possible it's already been mentioned here. I'm going to mention it anyway. A Stich in Time, AtS, Yahtzee and Rheanna.


§ ita § - Feb 06, 2003 11:03:23 pm PST #3367 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Katie, did you read the fic Dana's tag is from? It's a Krycek one, and is the funniest fic I've ever read.`