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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.
Consuela - Oct 13, 2003 11:25:33 am PDT #6328 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Phill - Oct 13, 2003 12:01:01 pm PDT #6329 of 10000
I like to talk about politics with people that agree with me, and I like high class places.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Oct 14, 2003 3:41:13 am PDT #6330 of 10000
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
t fandom moan Current major irritation with fandom: people who are good writers, but use American words when writing in a British fandom (e.g. Harry Potter). Hogwarts does not have semesters. It has terms. There are other examples. I'm sure Britishisms in American fandoms are as annoying to Americans, but I don't notice those. t /moan
amych - Oct 14, 2003 3:45:19 am PDT #6331 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I'm right with you Am -- and it does go both ways, not to mention the problems with regionalisms used wrong, historically appropriate vocabulary, and so on. People writing in worlds they're not familiar with. Which is fine, but get a beta.
Anne W. - Oct 14, 2003 3:46:30 am PDT #6332 of 10000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I'm sure Britishisms in American fandoms are as annoying to Americans, but I don't notice those.
One of the better CSI writers out there (elfin--she wrote an incredible fic that crosses over with the Silence of the Lambs universe) doesn't catch all of her Britishisms. This was only distracting when she referred to a male character putting on a "jumper," which in U.S.ian terms, is a sort of sleeveless dress that invariably makes one look pregnant.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Oct 14, 2003 3:47:43 am PDT #6333 of 10000
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
And another one-- gotten. Clark says gotten, fine. Lex says gotten, fine. Harry Potter, on the other hand, does not say gotten. He doesn't even *think* gotten. This story is rapidly losing me because of that...
makes note to listen very carefully when beta says 'this is not right'
Am-Chau Yarkona - Oct 14, 2003 3:48:59 am PDT #6334 of 10000
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
Probably serial...
This was only distracting when she referred to a male character putting on a "jumper," which in U.S.ian terms, is a sort of sleeveless dress that invariably makes one look pregnant.
What is USian for a jumper, then? Sweater?
amych - Oct 14, 2003 3:49:58 am PDT #6335 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Yep, sweater.
Anne W. - Oct 14, 2003 3:51:39 am PDT #6336 of 10000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
What is USian for a jumper, then? Sweater?
Yes. I was able to overlook most of her Britishisms (which tended to be the sorts of words or phrases that she might not have realized were unique to British English), but this one knocked me out of the story for a minute or two. Fortunately, it was easy to get back into the flow of things.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Oct 14, 2003 3:57:53 am PDT #6337 of 10000
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
Right, thanks. I'm suddenly in a mood to check every word in my current Smallville story, just in case there's something in there that would annoy other people as much.