Theo, can you please link me to 'Kid Dynamo'? I especially want to read about Magneto, because I don't believe that he's a straight on evil guy.
Atherton: Half the men in this room wish you were on their arm, tonight. Inara: Only half. I must be losing my indefinable allure.
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Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers
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Elena - Mar 01, 2003 6:45:45 pm PST #3810 of 10000
Thanks for all the fish.
Fay - Mar 02, 2003 2:15:06 am PST #3811 of 10000
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Or indeed a straight evil guy.
....ijs.
Theodosia - Mar 02, 2003 5:38:46 am PST #3812 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
From the rec.arts.comics.xbooks Frequently Asked Questions list:
--- What is this Kid Dynamo thing? Where can I find it?
Kid Dynamo is a fan-fiction written by once-netter Connie Hirsch, which deals with the New Mutants in the days just after Magneto took over the School (right after New Mutants #52). A very good story by any standards, most people who have read it have granted it automatic status in official Marvel history, vastly preferring it to the eventual rise of Cable and the appearance of X-Force, or at least delaying that inevitable occurence by including Kid Dynamo.
Here is a site that links to all the chapters.
I feel constrained to assert that the narrator is not a Mary Sue, I mean, aside from the obvious facts that she does not have ravishing red hair or a great singing voice, she's like way too angsty and neurotic to be perfect. Also there's that problem with the unreliable narration....
There really is quite a bit of pre-NM#52 Magneto here too.
Anne W. - Mar 02, 2003 6:33:26 am PST #3813 of 10000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Dang, Connie. I've just read the first two chapters and I'm ready to propose marriage. This is great.
Theodosia - Mar 02, 2003 7:44:05 am PST #3814 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
t bounces around like a praised hyperactive puppy on methedrine
brenda m - Mar 02, 2003 9:27:12 am PST #3815 of 10000
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
Wow, Connie, how did I not know about this? Very impressive.
deborah grabien - Mar 02, 2003 9:49:05 am PST #3816 of 10000
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Connie, that rocks the house, woman.
Consuela - Mar 02, 2003 12:28:00 pm PST #3817 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
A very good story by any standards, most people who have read it have granted it automatic status in official Marvel history,
::blinks::
Rock ON, Connie. That's wicked fucking cool. Go you!
Theodosia - Mar 02, 2003 12:35:04 pm PST #3818 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I thought I would quote that, because it's not just me being all boostery about my story. :-)
Nutty - Mar 03, 2003 9:24:51 am PST #3819 of 10000
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Aha! I was so sure I wasn't supposed to read it, because it's not, you know, officially archived. I bothered my semi-lurker friend Snacky, who had it on her hard drive, and she also linked me to the sooper sekrit unofficial archive. Which, um, not so secret.
It was reading that story that I realized how little XMen comics canon I know. Didn't all come through in the animated series, you know?