I did get a comment from my recipient, and she was quite pleased, so that's the important bit.
Also, I kind of want to go in and fix the formatting of my fic.
t /anal
These girls have the most beautiful dresses. And so do I -- how about that?
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
Anne W. - Dec 27, 2004 4:36:13 am PST #9353 of 10000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Dani - Dec 28, 2004 5:49:11 am PST #9354 of 10000
I believe vampires are the world's greatest golfers
Even better, my recipient hasn't posted a comment yet. She hates it!
Heh. I had that reaction too - I went and checked my recipient's LJ and I think she's left for holidays in Mexico. Thank god some other generous soul commented on the story, or I'd be sitting in a corner ready to eat worms.
Connie Neil - Dec 28, 2004 7:09:59 am PST #9355 of 10000
brillig
Oh, whee, I'm having a kerfuffle in my LJ from someone objecting to my non-use of fanon elements like consorts and mating rituals and mates and all that. Plus the new arrival is going "I haven't read all the previous parts, why is this so confusing?" Possibly a legitimate reminder to tell new folks where the rest of things are. I never expect to attract new readers who haven't been faithfully following events.
That's a legitimate whee, by the way. One of my regular readers is taking the new arrival to task. Someone cares enough to tell me I'm doing it wrong!
shrift - Dec 28, 2004 8:00:03 am PST #9356 of 10000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I'm having a kerfuffle in my LJ from someone objecting to my non-use of fanon elements like consorts and mating rituals and mates and all that.
Dude. Dude. I cannot begin to list the ways in which this is wrong like a wrong thing which is wrongity wrong wrong wrong.
brenda m - Dec 28, 2004 8:04:34 am PST #9357 of 10000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Dear lord. Not just objecting to non-use, but claiming you've got things wrong because it doesn't follow the overdone fanon ritual shit?
erikaj - Dec 28, 2004 8:05:57 am PST #9358 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!
As if. Suppose she likes "childe" too, right?
Connie Neil - Dec 28, 2004 8:08:04 am PST #9359 of 10000
brillig
Well, I like "childe", so I can't get too overwrought.
Emily - Dec 28, 2004 1:11:24 pm PST #9360 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I, too, was all "No one recced my story! I am a blight on the face of fankind! I shall never write again to save us all the pain!" Regardless of how foolish it was.
esse - Dec 29, 2004 8:00:38 am PST #9361 of 10000
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Well, the problem with Yuletide is that in a world of obscure fandoms, there are still popular ones (Good Omens) and ones that no one has ever heard of, like the one I wrote in. Which makes any comment I get precious and joyful.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 29, 2004 8:44:10 am PST #9362 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Oh! Hopefully this won't repeat a prior rec by someone else, but I ran across Yahtzee's "Goodnight, Moon" Joan of Arcadia fanfic the other day. (It crosses over with events, but not characters, from The Day After Tomorrow.) This is good enough that it brought tears to my eyes when I've never watched a single episode of the TV show.