Giles ,'Chosen'
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
I was following a weblog, slackivist (it's mostly political commentary) but there's also a dissection of the Left Behind book...almost a page by page dissection of how horrid it really is.
The guy writing the blog was introduced to fanfiction by someone and the term Mary Sue (which he immediately applied to the main characters). He also said that he found Left Behind fanfiction.
At the time I was kind of surprised but I really shouldn't have been.
He also said that he found Left Behind fanfiction.
It's probably WAY better written than the actual books. And maybe the characters get to swear and get laid.
It's probably WAY better written than the actual books
It would have a hard slog being worse.
Some of the canon bits are interesting, but mostly I enjoyed being shocked at the 100% fanon entries.
Oy. Some of the 100% fanon entries are the sort of things that take me right out of the story, no matter how well-written the rest of it may be, blood tears (the hell?) and purring in vampires being the most egregious examples. I'm not fond of "childe" or "whelp" either.
Blood tears, I believe, are part of the traditional vampire legend.
The Buffyverse never struck me as a place to introduce or assume any traditional vampire legends that Joss hadn't already dealt with. Insistence on doing so mostly made me think of "They're separate from humanity, and must carry the burden of immortality. They are creatures above us. Exalted."
It's in Chicago, the weekend of August 13-15.
Yay! Yes, you should all come.
It's in Chicago, the weekend of August 13-15.
No shit? I'll be there then. Maybe I can go.
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Question about Vividcon. Can you come and be a participating member, the 70$ thing, without actually having vidded? I'm not a vidder, but I do so enjoy them.