1,477 fandoms?
Holy shit.
And don't you ever stand for that sort of thing. Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back! ... You got the right same as anyone to live and try to kill people.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
Katie M - Nov 01, 2004 6:33:21 am PST #9107 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
Anne W. - Nov 01, 2004 12:36:18 pm PST #9108 of 10000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
That was painful. Should be fun, though.
Anne W. - Nov 01, 2004 1:55:05 pm PST #9109 of 10000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I just posted my first crack_van rec. For some reason, I'm more jittery about this than about posting my own fic.
I wonder what it says about me that I'm less worried about people thinking I'm a bad writer than I am about people thinking I have bad taste?
erikaj - Nov 01, 2004 2:08:08 pm PST #9110 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!
I felt the same way Anne. I'm not even a slasher, mostly, which puts me on Fandom's special bus wearing a football helmet.
Theodosia - Nov 01, 2004 2:33:11 pm PST #9111 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"
Does het/gen really constitute a minority of fanfic? I would have thought it was the other way around, except that here there's an unusual proportion of slashers.
Connie Neil - Nov 01, 2004 2:41:50 pm PST #9112 of 10000
brillig
an unusual proportion of slashers
yep, we're all about the unusual proportions.
I think slashers are just noisier--and I think there are more us here than in the general population. It's a slash sanctuary!
erikaj - Nov 01, 2004 2:49:12 pm PST #9113 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!
And I think you notice things you don't write.
Anne W. - Nov 01, 2004 4:16:08 pm PST #9114 of 10000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
As for me, I tend to write gen, and have little inclination to want to write slash, but I like reading the stuff. Go figure.
shrift - Nov 02, 2004 4:49:33 am PST #9115 of 10000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I think it took me four hours to sort out what I wanted and what I was willing to write for Yuletide. Whew.
Does het/gen really constitute a minority of fanfic?
Depends on the fandom, I think. In Smallville, it's a minority. In CSI, it's the majority.
crack_van skews toward slash, but I think that has more to do with the volunteers. Sometimes I get the impression that slash fans are more interconnected (and, I think, multifandom?), and therefore news and information can spread quickly, widely, and get a pretty deep penetration (yeah, yeah).
I've been a fannish crackwhore for years, so it's hard for me to get any kind of accurate picture.
I'm not even a slasher, mostly, which puts me on Fandom's special bus wearing a football helmet.
I love your brain. Have I mentioned that lately? Because I do.
erikaj - Nov 02, 2004 5:00:04 am PST #9116 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!
Thanks, shrift. Just not real good at spotting subtext...I mean, yeah, on SV, but I'm not *dead* which is what it would take to miss that, all the popping champagne corks and whatnot. But the family-"values" crowd is really excited about that one...do you think it's amnesia?