Been feeling kinda down lately.
So, started looking around for the old fanfic archives that I used to go, and noticed that out of all the Naruto fanfic archives, only one is still alive. TONFA.
What made me even sadder is the fact that probably the best Naruto fanfic archive/recommendation site, Banana Oil is closed, or at least will be this upcoming summer. Banana Oil was the best site for excellent quality Naruto fanfiction. I found many of my favorite fanfictions through this site and, though it was kinda obvious that the site's going to close, since it's last update was last August I believe, I still feel sad that it's closing.
Once there were archives that were just for SasuxNaru but so far I think all of them have been closed or abandoned.Baka!, Blue Black, and probably, sometime soon, C.O.L.L.I.D.E. I know that fanfiction isn't really that important but seeing such an obvious proof that the SasuxNaru fandom used to be very prolific, and now isn't so much makes me even sadder. The pairing is, afterall, one of the reasons why I started getting into Naruto, and having to go through many bad quality fanfics getting reviews in FF.net to find those heartwrenching, insightful quality SasuxNaru fanfics depresses me so much.
Though I can't really say anything about fanfics, since I'm not a fanfic writer at all, but I remember reading so many fanfics, three or four years ago, that were so awesome because they were grammatically correct and OOCness was mostly to add humor. Nowdays fanfics that are OOC, weepy!uke!Naruto and super manly!Sasuke or vice versa, are so popular that they drown those fanfics that actually have plots and often these OOC fanfics get more reviews that they deserve, while those good quality fanfics don't get enough.
All of this ranting, however, makes me guilty for not reviewing when I read fanfics. So, starting today, even if it makes no difference, I will try to review all the fanfics that I read, unless it's one of those fics that have so much grammar error that I can't get through it without scrolling down.
What made me even sadder is the fact that probably the best Naruto fanfic archive/recommendation site, Banana Oil is closed, or at least will be this upcoming summer. Banana Oil was the best site for excellent quality Naruto fanfiction. I found many of my favorite fanfictions through this site and, though it was kinda obvious that the site's going to close, since it's last update was last August I believe, I still feel sad that it's closing.
Once there were archives that were just for SasuxNaru but so far I think all of them have been closed or abandoned.Baka!, Blue Black, and probably, sometime soon, C.O.L.L.I.D.E. I know that fanfiction isn't really that important but seeing such an obvious proof that the SasuxNaru fandom used to be very prolific, and now isn't so much makes me even sadder. The pairing is, afterall, one of the reasons why I started getting into Naruto, and having to go through many bad quality fanfics getting reviews in FF.net to find those heartwrenching, insightful quality SasuxNaru fanfics depresses me so much.
Though I can't really say anything about fanfics, since I'm not a fanfic writer at all, but I remember reading so many fanfics, three or four years ago, that were so awesome because they were grammatically correct and OOCness was mostly to add humor. Nowdays fanfics that are OOC, weepy!uke!Naruto and super manly!Sasuke or vice versa, are so popular that they drown those fanfics that actually have plots and often these OOC fanfics get more reviews that they deserve, while those good quality fanfics don't get enough.
All of this ranting, however, makes me guilty for not reviewing when I read fanfics. So, starting today, even if it makes no difference, I will try to review all the fanfics that I read, unless it's one of those fics that have so much grammar error that I can't get through it without scrolling down.