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I don't usually repost my twitter shenanigans, but today's descent into madness amused me.
It started when I found this review of a novel called "A Breath of Eyre" at Dear Author. Doesn't worry, I groaned aloud at the horrifying pun in the title too.
Immediately on reading that, to twitter!
@Gambling4Kitten: Always kills me how the original being public domain magically makes fanfic of it a "retelling." #inthewrongfandoms http://po.st/6oip8k
@Gambling4Kitten: That link is a review of a book about a girl who falls Fushigi Yuugi style into Jane Eyre. A for reals, $9.95 on amazon book.
@Gambling4Kitten: It's part of series - in the sequel she falls into The Scarlett Letter. I am not even making that up. #publishedfanfic
I can't get over that, BTW. The Scarlett Letter, of all things!
For some this brings hope!
@charxthree: @Gambling4Kitten a good sign when I am allowed to edit the mess that is my #junowrimo novel. A good sign indeed.
Then of course, because this is me:
@Gambling4Kitten: The temptation to write, say, D'Artagnan/Athos fic and bill it as a "transgressive retelling" is running high right now. #allImsaying
(For those who haven't read The Three Musketeers you wouldn't even have to do a lot of canon stretching, especially if you set it after everything goes down with Constance and Milady. Everyone's in love with Athos and goes on at length about his nobility and general awesome. Older-and-wiser D'Artagnan making a point of pulling Athos from his brooding despair is a perfectly cromulent interpretation of canon. And on that note, must add that to my Yuletide list.)
Enabling occurrs!
@charxthree: @Gambling4Kitten #nanowrimo is coming. #campnano is upon us #justsayin
All progresses as you'd expect:
@Gambling4Kitten: Course, the moneygrab is dystopic steampunk YA where the MCs recall their past lives as Musketeers and reteam to overthrow the Evil Regime.
This would be a trilogy, obviously.:)
Finally, this happened:
@Gambling4Kitten: I feel like starting a tumblr called It's Not Fanfic If It's Public Domain. The Austen profics alone can keep me going for a while.
And I said that in jest but I'm starting to think that might not be a terrible idea? It would require me of overcome my Tumblr Fear but some exasperated/affectionate snark that still being under copyright is what really separates a fic on AO3 with five kudos and, say, Wicked.
(Not that I think people should violate copyright! And it would be affectionate snark, because I've read Susan Kay's Phantom too many times for it to be anything else.)
It started when I found this review of a novel called "A Breath of Eyre" at Dear Author. Doesn't worry, I groaned aloud at the horrifying pun in the title too.
Immediately on reading that, to twitter!
@Gambling4Kitten: Always kills me how the original being public domain magically makes fanfic of it a "retelling." #inthewrongfandoms http://po.st/6oip8k
@Gambling4Kitten: That link is a review of a book about a girl who falls Fushigi Yuugi style into Jane Eyre. A for reals, $9.95 on amazon book.
@Gambling4Kitten: It's part of series - in the sequel she falls into The Scarlett Letter. I am not even making that up. #publishedfanfic
I can't get over that, BTW. The Scarlett Letter, of all things!
For some this brings hope!
@charxthree: @Gambling4Kitten a good sign when I am allowed to edit the mess that is my #junowrimo novel. A good sign indeed.
Then of course, because this is me:
@Gambling4Kitten: The temptation to write, say, D'Artagnan/Athos fic and bill it as a "transgressive retelling" is running high right now. #allImsaying
(For those who haven't read The Three Musketeers you wouldn't even have to do a lot of canon stretching, especially if you set it after everything goes down with Constance and Milady. Everyone's in love with Athos and goes on at length about his nobility and general awesome. Older-and-wiser D'Artagnan making a point of pulling Athos from his brooding despair is a perfectly cromulent interpretation of canon. And on that note, must add that to my Yuletide list.)
Enabling occurrs!
@charxthree: @Gambling4Kitten #nanowrimo is coming. #campnano is upon us #justsayin
All progresses as you'd expect:
@Gambling4Kitten: Course, the moneygrab is dystopic steampunk YA where the MCs recall their past lives as Musketeers and reteam to overthrow the Evil Regime.
This would be a trilogy, obviously.:)
Finally, this happened:
@Gambling4Kitten: I feel like starting a tumblr called It's Not Fanfic If It's Public Domain. The Austen profics alone can keep me going for a while.
And I said that in jest but I'm starting to think that might not be a terrible idea? It would require me of overcome my Tumblr Fear but some exasperated/affectionate snark that still being under copyright is what really separates a fic on AO3 with five kudos and, say, Wicked.
(Not that I think people should violate copyright! And it would be affectionate snark, because I've read Susan Kay's Phantom too many times for it to be anything else.)