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NEW WHO CROSSOVERS (FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION!)

Mar 02, 2009 09:57

Wrecking Ball Through Your Eyes by Headspin-x (Adult)

Crossover fandom is Supernatural. Martha and Dean travel across the United States during the Year That Never Was. It's very well written, with lyrical prose and spot-on character voices. I could hear Jensen and Freema reading Dean's and Martha's lines in my head. It's quite angsty (not ( Read more... )

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kindkit March 2 2009, 09:48:12 UTC

Although I'm a supporter of these reviews, I do think that the comments here about persiflage's story are completely out of line. Because most of them aren't about the story, they're about the author herself. Surely the point of cot_tossed is to review particular stories, not to elaborate on what you see as an author's overall talent or lack thereof. The whole thing reeks of personal dislike and is just plain ugly.

cot_tossed March 2 2009, 10:19:22 UTC

It was wrong of me to start expounding on her writing in general, instead of sticking to the story. The whole thing was born more from frustration than actual dislike of persiflage. From what dealings I've had with her fannishly she seems nice; her writing, however, drives me up the wall.

I edited the comments to focus more on the story in question, as opposed to her writing style in general. (This had the effect of erasing the one compliment I paid to her in the first version of the review, because while I normally think her ideas for fics are interesting even with not exactly enjoying the results, that doesn't really apply to this fic. In fact, I find the whole idea of shipping Martha or Rose or whoever with random David Tennant characters just because they look like Ten to be rather ridiculous.)

kerravonsen March 2 2009, 10:50:09 UTC

I'm sorry you found my story a bit flat, but them's the breaks. Personally, my favourites in this category are the two Narnia crossovers AND "Only Biography". I find it hard to choose between them. And, yes, I do think they are better than "Doesn't Look Like A Hell Dimension". There, I've just guaranteed that I won't win. 8-P

cot_tossed March 2 2009, 16:54:17 UTC

Sorry! It's not a bad story at all. I think I might be a bit particular when it comes to Buffyfic or something.

kerravonsen March 2 2009, 20:00:19 UTC

Oh, no, fair enough; it didn't work for you. From the number of positive reviews it got, I know it did work for other people. Remember, you are cot_tossed, not cot_reviews; you don't have to like everything. ;-)

dbskyler March 3 2009, 01:30:52 UTC

I just went to go read your story because of the above review, which I actually viewed as being very favorable overall ("well-written" really means something on cot_tossed). And I enjoyed it. Don't know if that makes you feel better, but just thought I'd mention it. Even if you don't win, you're gaining new readers. : )

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amaresu March 2 2009, 16:58:47 UTC

I have tried to read Wrecking Ball Through Your Eyes several times since it was first posted and I fail each time. I can't get past the badly punctuated parenthesis. They drive me insane. Which is a shame as I would really like to read the fic as it seems like an interesting idea.

Sorry, I was just a bit confused as to why you didn't mention the badly punctuated parenthesis.

cot_tossed March 2 2009, 17:07:46 UTC

Oh fuck. I forgot about that. Sorry about that--the computer ate my first few reviews before I'd thought to save them (because I am one of the lamer reviewers in this sock) and so I ended up trying to rewrite the review from memory. (Also, since the author seems to do it correctly later I think I might have thought it was just a typo.)

amaresu March 2 2009, 17:10:58 UTC

Don't you hate it when computers do that? You'd think with the entire internet before them they could nom something else.

I've never managed to get more then a few paragraphs into the fic myself, so if it gets better that would be neat.

cot_tossed March 2 2009, 17:16:49 UTC

They're like cats. They want whatever you have in your hand you're working on.

Yeah, the bad ones are mostly in the first paragraph, although they resurface a little by the end.

missbaxter March 3 2009, 00:07:24 UTC

"Unfortunately, no one can save the author from badly punctuated dialog."
Dear Cot_Tossed Reviewer,
Just wanted to say that your sense of snark sounds rather like my sense of snark - do you have a journal that could be added to Ye Olde Flist? (If you're more comfortable replying by private message, that would be cool.)
Best,
Miss_baxter
P.s. Also, many thanks for the con-crit!

Only Biography codenamecarrot March 6 2009, 01:31:08 UTC

Coming at it from the other direction, because there's so little Vorkosigan-verse fiction out there - and even less featuring my favorite character Cordelia - I really wanted to love this ( ... )