Spike: At least give me Wesley's office since he's gone. Angel: He's not gone. He's on a leave of absence. Spike: Yeah, right. Boo-hoo. Thought he killed his bloody father. Try staking your mother when she's coming on to you! Harmony: Well…that explains a lot.

'Destiny'


Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers  

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


Elena - Sep 22, 2003 2:05:03 am PDT #6239 of 10000
Thanks for all the fish.

Sometimes I'll write and write and when I look up finally I'll think, "Those words, those phrases came out of me? Wow!"

Oh, yes. And the best feeling is when you can barely type or write fast enough to get it all down. Dictation from the gods.

My poor mute muse. I miss her. I want her to talk to me again.


erikaj - Sep 22, 2003 2:21:09 pm PDT #6240 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!

Yeah, those are pretty good...I'm sure I've not seen all of them. But that's no fun..."I can't get through the day unless I know there's somebody who writes worse than me." Praising is good, but I live to mock and savage.


Michele T. - Sep 23, 2003 7:12:33 pm PDT #6241 of 10000
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi

SV/Homicide crossovers, short: [link] [link]

and a Homicide/SV AU: [link]


Katie M - Sep 24, 2003 7:11:33 am PDT #6242 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

Fanfic summaries that ensure I will never read your story (Stargate variant):

Daniel wants to go to a conference, how can a cupcake help him?


Nutty - Sep 24, 2003 9:22:21 am PDT #6243 of 10000
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

I assume you don't mean just because of the comma splice? Although a comma splice in a summary is enough to sharply decrease the shrift I give a story.

Not that Shrift.


Katie M - Sep 24, 2003 9:25:49 am PDT #6244 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

Well, it's the combination of the "this is going to be badly written!" indicated by the comma splice and "this is going to be really stupid!" indicated by the cupcake. (On the plus side, all of the words are spelled correctly.)


shrift - Sep 24, 2003 9:44:26 am PDT #6245 of 10000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Not that Shrift.

Of course. I am my own institution of bad and wrong.


erikaj - Sep 24, 2003 9:59:28 am PDT #6246 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!

That person is very good with the physical descriptions, Katie. They are so not my favorite to write, but I enjoy reading effective ones.No, that's why I'm addicted to parens. The SV/H:LOTS person. Not sure about the cupcakes...


Katie M - Sep 24, 2003 10:04:45 am PDT #6247 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

You've read the cupcake story? It's readable? Huh. See, this is why summaries matter.


P.M. Marc - Sep 24, 2003 10:07:34 am PDT #6248 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

My summaries blow goats.

In the alley, while kneeling in something nasty. I hate the things. I can never, never, ever come up with a good one.

As a result, I'll use a line from a play, poem, or song pretty often.