Walking Dead Fic Thoughts

[gravi_girl123]

I was incredibly bored in class today while my professor droned on and on about something unimportant and dull. So I did what any sane and awesome person would do: I thought about The Walking Dead and the fics I'm working on, which led to me thinking about fanfiction in this fandom in general, what I want to see, and what I think could make for

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[sasha_b]

I'd like my characters to be recognizable. That being said, maybe I'd read the boyband thing if there was a zombie apocalypse in it, but probably not. Show me the characters on Hershel's farm in a future where things have changed, alliances have shifted, shit has gone down, and then fill in the blanks. Or take me far away from there to anywhere you want to go. Kill characters if you want, make unexpected people get together. Convince me of your universe and make it awesome. That's what I want to see.

THIS A THOUSAND TIMES. There is something about the characters that inhabit a certain universe that makes it attractive. Why would someone take them away from that universe - that's basically just writing original fic with characters with the same names. And there is NOTHING wrong with that. Do your own thing! I write a lot in X-men too, and I just can't do fix it fic for Charles and Erik or "non-divorce" fic or put them in a boy band or whatever because what makes them the men I love is partly where and what they inhabit. I don't read much AU for those reasons, however, if I am drawn to it and most of the time if it's in the same universe then I will give it a shot. almadeamla is a very good example of a writer that's able to do this, imho.

I write mostly Shane/Rick but I either do slice of life filler pieces (missing scenes) or future or pre series. There's so much to explore there that still keeps them in the element that I love along with them.

Of course, YMMV. I love these types of discussions. And hi. *laughs*

[gravi_girl123]

Creeper alert: I have your fb page open on another tab and I'm reading some of your stuff right now! So happy to talk to another Rick/Shane shipper. They totally have eaten my brain. And I definitely dig the shorter fics too, they can capture so much, but I am craving some epics. I think the Supernatural and Buffy fandoms have spoiled me a little.

I NEED to see X-men First Class because I hear the Charles/Erik is great. I used to read Pyro/Ice-man after X-2 came out so so good.

And yesss, it IS just original fiction with the characters' names a lot of the time. I'm sure there are exceptions to the rule, but I wouldn't be tempted to click on a fic like that without it being recced to me by very reliable sources.

AU in The Walking Dead universe is wonderful in my book because the whole show is an AU! I can get behind it because Kirkman himself wrote an AU of his world haha.

[sasha_b]

LOL I hope you like it. ;) I have some other ideas going too, so we'll see. It's been a minute since I wrote epic pieces, so I'm not sure here, but...who knows. :)

FC rules. I am a LONG time X-Men reader and they just nailed it right on the head. And McAvoy and gorgeous wonderful Fassy have such great chemistry and they are such consummate actors the whole movie is just brill. I love it.

Ahaha you're right, it is an AU of Kirkman's world. I love the comics too, but I consider them different, like I do True Blood and the books.

I started out in Buffy fandom, so I feel you. I did mostly long stuff in King Arthur, and I really enjoyed it too.

[kaitlia777]

Just chiming in here to second the recommendation for XMFC. The movie was awesome and the Charles/Erik fandom is the best!

Plus, Fassbender...yum.

[sasha_b]

HELL YES. :))))

[kaitlia777]

:) That picture makes me want to get back to my X-Men WIP, lol!

[gravi_girl123]

You guys have convinced me, when I get some more time on my hands, this is happening. An obsession *will* be born.

[kaitlia777]

XMFC spawned many obsessions. I went into the theatre expecting the usual X-Men flick (I had to see it because it had Banshee, my favorite X-Man) and came out thinking I had a new ship I had to write. It was the day the movie opened and I went home, looked for a XMFC LJ and found a kink meme that was already several pages long, lol!