Yeah, that's my gripe about a lot of Angel slashfic as well. People, regardless of whether or not you think Angel and Spike/Wesley/Lindsey/Xander/random client off the street are the great tragic romance of all time, Cordelia Chase would not be standing around meekly for the proceedings with no comment!
Willow: It feels like we're going around in circles. Xander: Our circles are going around in circles. We got dizzy circles here.
'Sleeper'
Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 25, 2005 4:38:14 pm PST #9535 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
erikaj - Feb 25, 2005 5:24:46 pm PST #9536 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!
"Hello? Have we met?" would be her opinion about that. But writing for early Cordy was one of my pleasures in my one attempt at Angel fanfic.
Katie M - Feb 25, 2005 5:42:51 pm PST #9537 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
I don't think there's anything inherently wrong in choosing to focus on a particular set of characters, though, so long as you do it right. Obviously not every story is going to have room for every credits character, and I don't think it's necessarily a weakness to choose to write a story about Angel and Lindsey that just doesn't get into the rest of the MoG, or a story about Cordelia and Fred that does the same.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 25, 2005 7:55:40 pm PST #9538 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
No argument there, although I think it's somewhat silly to have characters present but uncharacteristically silent or inactive. Particularly if the cast is fairly small and cohesive to begin with. Writers who don't like writing for Gunn should find some reason for him to not be around rather than having him present to utter one "Let's gear up" line in a 50 page story.
skitterbug - Feb 27, 2005 9:34:49 am PST #9539 of 10000
I've been looking for a long time for a site that recced and reviewed just Spuffy fanfiction - that being my sole fannish interest and, with limited time online, not wanting to wade through tons of other stuff. I can't seem to find what I want so I've decided to give it a try myself. I've started a live journal where I'll be developing what I hope will be a fairly definitive list of good Spuffy fanfic (and some not so good). If anyone is interested, please wander over to:
Connie Neil - Feb 28, 2005 12:06:00 pm PST #9540 of 10000
brillig
Just got a lovely fb email from someone I've never heard of before, saying she really wanted to encourage me to continue with Career Change and Career Advancement. It was formatted in paragraphs and used proper English and all that stuff that proves your readers have brains.
I'm all a-twitter.
Lyra Jane - Feb 28, 2005 12:23:56 pm PST #9541 of 10000
Up with the sun
I know kind of how you feel, Connie. I've gotten two nice emails in the last fw weeks about fics that are several months old, both completely out of the blue.
It's nice that I feel confident, because I just got assigned Seth/Anna for a multifandom ficathon. And I've never even tried to write The O.C. before.
Anne W. - Feb 28, 2005 12:41:18 pm PST #9542 of 10000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Yay, connie! It's such a great feeling, isn't it?
Connie Neil - Feb 28, 2005 12:42:32 pm PST #9543 of 10000
brillig
I like getting the OMG!! Luv yu!! feeback too, of course, but it's nice to see someone's been mulling over my stories.
Anne W. - Feb 28, 2005 12:46:24 pm PST #9544 of 10000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
it's nice to see someone's been mulling over my stories.
Hell, yeah. My years-long WIP is a mystery of sorts, and I love it when people write in with what they thing is going on and why. The ego boost is certainly nice, but it's also good to see that what I'm trying to do is working.