Things I've done lately that are actually interesting ( Read more... )

Once upon a time on the internet, someone was asked to introduce the concept of fanfiction to a presumably ignorant audience. She did so by listing some terminology - linking to Fanlore - and reccing some fic, which was overwhelmingly hosted on AO3. She had maybe one or two fics published on LJ, and one on Tumblr. AO3 was explicitly mentioned as a ( Read more... )

The Best Ouran Fic EverSpeaking of Ouran: did anyone follow the manga? I bought the first few volumes, but never could get into it the way I did the anime. It was the same story with Fullmetal Alchemist - manga and anime differ on some fundamental level of both plot (okay) and genre (not so easily ignored). In both cases, I fell so hard for the ( Read more... )