American fanfic in British fandoms
It's too hot to do anything, so I'm looking for random fanfic.
I wish to God there was a tag for 'writing for a fandom set in my own country'.
There are non-natives who can pull it off -I've met some - but so many make gaffes that jar on a native.
I've just tried two highly rated Merlin fanfics and dropped out of them both in minutes.
Are there any British people who really don't know that Buckingham Palace is at the end of Pall Mall?
When do you see anyone in present-day London wearing a twin set and pearls?
I remember my American beta reader laughing her head of at my gaffes when writing Stargate - but at least I made sure I HAD and American beta reader.
Anyone care to rec me good stories with plots in any of the following:
Sharpe, Merlin, Arthurian legends, LOTR, Avengers, Lois and Clarke, MASH, anything involving the British Navy, Stargate SG-1, anything you think I might like, SF shows in general. I may even try shows I don't know if the tale is really good, but it would have to be excellent and not going on endlessly about how wonderful two people think the other is.
I don't care if it has sex or not or what the pairings are. What I'm after is a good story that has a strong plot, that has depth in the background, feels like the author really knows the universe and fits the culture it is written for.
My only requirement is that it isn't too dystopian. There are times when I like bleak, downbeat fic, but not today. That's not saying I want fluffy, or all sweetness and light, not even that I forbid character deaths - I just don't want to go too far downhill.
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I wish to God there was a tag for 'writing for a fandom set in my own country'.
There are non-natives who can pull it off -I've met some - but so many make gaffes that jar on a native.
I've just tried two highly rated Merlin fanfics and dropped out of them both in minutes.
Are there any British people who really don't know that Buckingham Palace is at the end of Pall Mall?
When do you see anyone in present-day London wearing a twin set and pearls?
I remember my American beta reader laughing her head of at my gaffes when writing Stargate - but at least I made sure I HAD and American beta reader.
Anyone care to rec me good stories with plots in any of the following:
Sharpe, Merlin, Arthurian legends, LOTR, Avengers, Lois and Clarke, MASH, anything involving the British Navy, Stargate SG-1, anything you think I might like, SF shows in general. I may even try shows I don't know if the tale is really good, but it would have to be excellent and not going on endlessly about how wonderful two people think the other is.
I don't care if it has sex or not or what the pairings are. What I'm after is a good story that has a strong plot, that has depth in the background, feels like the author really knows the universe and fits the culture it is written for.
My only requirement is that it isn't too dystopian. There are times when I like bleak, downbeat fic, but not today. That's not saying I want fluffy, or all sweetness and light, not even that I forbid character deaths - I just don't want to go too far downhill.
This entry was originally posted on Dreamwidth where it has
comments.