I don't read fic either, javachik. Except for Wicked and the like.
Mal: We're still flying. Simon: That's not much. Mal: It's enough.
'Serenity'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
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Polter-Cow - Jan 19, 2010 2:26:25 pm PST #2706 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
sarameg - Jan 19, 2010 2:26:36 pm PST #2707 of 30001
Wicked is as close as I come.
§ ita § - Jan 19, 2010 2:33:33 pm PST #2708 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Wicked is fic by my understanding of it. Published for profit doesn't un-fic it.
Scrappy - Jan 19, 2010 2:34:49 pm PST #2709 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
No fic for me either.
Calli - Jan 19, 2010 2:36:11 pm PST #2710 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I read a lot of fic, but usually for movie or tv characters. I recently enjoyed some rpf bandom stuff—Seperis' Adam Lambert fic. (If it's bandom when it's about a musician rather than an entire band.) While Lambert is a hottie, I think it's a case of liking the author than fic about the subject matter.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 19, 2010 2:57:01 pm PST #2711 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
The last time I wrote anything that was fictional was in 6th and 7th grade, when my BF and I basically created an entire RPF universe with people from school. We called it our "soap opera".
javachik - Jan 19, 2010 3:03:11 pm PST #2712 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Published for profit doesn't un-fic it.
Right.
So then what is fic? Is it anything that isn't written by the original author? Whatabout once an author is dead but stuff is still "published" by her like V.C. Andrews?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Jessica - Jan 19, 2010 3:04:18 pm PST #2713 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
There are only 2-3 fic authors out there who I can read (the rest of the genre almost literally gives me hives - even if it's really well written, I just can't for some reason), and even then most fandoms don't interest me all that much, so I read fic about once a year.
I'll make exceptions for pure comedy (which hits me in a different place than serious fic writing) and premises too intriguing to pass up (like that one Aubrey/Maturin where they were in space and Jack turned into a woman for some reason? yeah, that kind of premise).
-t - Jan 19, 2010 3:12:03 pm PST #2714 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'll only read fic on someone's recommendation; sometimes I'll like it, sometimes I won't. Wicked (the book) made me a little cranky (did love the musical, though). I get unreasonably angry about the portrayal of Eeyore in the Tao of Pooh. If Brian Herbert's prequels to Dune count as fic, I certainly hate those (I hate them no matter what, but that may or may not be relevant. So it's a dicey area for me to poke into.
OTOH, I am like Sophia when it comes to mystery and scifi authors - I'll come upon one book I like and feel compelled to find d read everything else by that writer. It's almost inevitable that I'll eventually read something that is disappointing or that I'll out and out hate. So, not exactly safer.
Jessica - Jan 19, 2010 3:14:11 pm PST #2715 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
If Brian Herbert's prequels to Dune count as fic, I certainly hate those (I hate them no matter what, but that may or may not be relevant.
If they're fic, they can't be canon, right? So yeah, I vote we count them as unfuckingbelievably bad fanfic.