That was a fun story. It's the fanfic equivalent of comfort food, IMO. It's nice to have something like that to wallow in when the angst becomes a bit much.
Wash: Mal, your dead army buddy's on the bridge! Zoe: He ain't dead. Wash: Oh.
'The Message'
Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
Anne W. - May 10, 2005 4:50:40 am PDT #9961 of 10000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Dana - May 10, 2005 5:20:59 am PDT #9962 of 10000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
The only thing that really kept niggling at me the whole time was that they lived in that pseudo-marriage that long without either getting together or getting into some kind of relationship with other people. It wasn't long in story terms, but it was a few years, and it just seemed weird that they'd be in this not-quite-gay holding pattern that long.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 10, 2005 5:33:53 am PDT #9963 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
Perkins, Yahtzee has a couple of good stories in her livejournal back around November 2004. There's an archive of fanfiction for the show here, but it's pretty hit or miss.
Lee - May 10, 2005 5:39:14 am PDT #9964 of 10000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Thanks Matt, I have been to the site, which scares me a little. I will try Yahtzee's.
Emily - May 10, 2005 6:35:29 am PDT #9965 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
It was a little weird for me, because I bought everything except the sex. Which is weird, because I'm All About the Slash, but -- and I'm a bit embarrassed to say it -- I don't see the chemistry there. I think they're adorable, and they make a wonderful comedic team, but I suppose I just see them both as overgrown boys. And not the chemistry-having kind.
It didn't bother me, I just didn't quite buy it. But the rest of the story was quite sweet and funny anyway.
Dana - May 10, 2005 6:42:14 am PDT #9966 of 10000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
And sort of tangentially related to the discussion at hand, julad has an essay about the kinds of subtext that slash writers make explicit in their stories.
Katie M - May 10, 2005 6:56:36 am PDT #9967 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
*whispers to Emily* I don't see the slash either. I mean, I see it, in the sense that I totally get what people are responding to, but... not pinging for me.
Blah blah canon blah blah conflict I already wrote this post in LJ, didn't I?
And yeah, that's a good post of Julad's.
shrift - May 10, 2005 7:09:41 am PDT #9968 of 10000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
has there been any good Lost fic to speak of?
I haven't found much, but what I have liked is up on the what's new page at polyamorous. Unfortunately, Lost seems to be the fandom of Teh Woobie!!!!1! Which, predictably, doesn't do a whole bunch for me.
Calli - May 10, 2005 7:21:22 am PDT #9969 of 10000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Lost seems to be the fandom of Teh Woobie!!!!1!
Yeah. And I could sort of see that in the case of, oh, say, Charlie perhaps. But folks keep woobifying Sawyer which just strikes me as all kindsa wrong.
Katie M - May 10, 2005 7:22:56 am PDT #9970 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
Sawyer is exactly the character that fandom would automatically woobify, though. It's like he was designed for it. He's snarky! He's mean! He has Secret Pain! He even likes to read! And no one understands him, poor dear sweetie.