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keket_amunet

Changes Over Time - Fanfic

Feb 05, 2007 11:39

I've noticed what seems to be a common trait in fanfiction over time, and that's the change of taste. When a reader first discovers a pairing or fanfiction, the reader is hungry and eager to get as much as he or she can of the stories. The reader leaves squeeing reviews all over the place and keeps up a voracious pace. I know I've left reviews for ( Read more... )

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gypsy_morph February 5 2007, 18:36:35 UTC

How true this is. I would even go so far as to say that there are authors I once considered favorites, but don't much care for any of their stories anymore. If you feel bad about taking a story off your list, it's doubly so with an author. There are several I'd like to take off mine, but I don't want to hurt their feelings. *sigh*

Yes, there are a few stories I remember from when I started. Although, I have a terrible memory, so maybe I'm not the best person to talk about remembering stories. LOL But those that are exceptional do still stand out in my mind.

I remember everything I've read by bambu345. She's just that good.

Strong Enough by GrrArrg.

Children Are A Blessing, Not A Burden by notsosaintly. Every mother and father can identify with this delightful story.

Cloak of Courage by Wendynat. This is a controversial story, but I was wowed by the amount of imagination and thought put into it ( ... )

keket_amunet February 6 2007, 03:12:47 UTC

I just picked the top ones that always come to mind when I want to discuss what has stuck with me. I can think of others, like at least one you mentions. I haven't read the others and should give them a try.

But, yes. Tastes change over time. I'm not saying this is just a matter of taste, but I think taste is part of it. Not good taste versus poor taste, but personal taste. Our own gets more and more refined and tuned in to what we like most at that stage in our lives. In another stage, we may still know why we liked the earlier things, but we're drawn to other things.

harmony_bites February 6 2007, 02:08:44 UTC

I can remember the very first fanfic I ever read. I was going to law school, and looked Trek up online the way someone would grab at a teddy bear. The most interesting convos about characters weren't on the discussion groups, but the creative groups, and I noticed this link at the bottom of a post. I clicked on it, and it took me to a personal fanfic site.

I was in heaven. Just the whole idea that people were writing about characters that I loved but had been pushed off a cliff, and the stories were filling in canon gaps (in Trek it's called spackle) and taking characters places no staid authorized profic would dare to go. I dedicated my second story ever written to that writer and basically gushed in my reviews to hir.

A year later I was making up a rec list for Trek on my site. I couldn't think of one story of hirs I wanted to include. Not one. I'd read better by then. Hell, I'd written better. And the novelty had worn off ( ... )

keket_amunet February 6 2007, 03:43:27 UTC

I don't remember reading my first fanfic, but I'm sure I did quite a bit of gushing myself. I'm also certain if I went back now, I wouldn't find the work so squee-worthy. And really, the work hasn't changed: I've changed, and that makes all the difference.