1,477 fandoms?
Holy shit.
And I wonder, what possible catastrophe came crashing down from heaven and brought this dashing stranger to tears?
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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?