*hooks pinky fingers*

[fishpatrol]

I don't visit spnpermanon frequently (more like never), but I've been glancing at the Big Bang threads as a way to decide whether or not to read particular fics. I try not to read the comments too carefully in case I skip out on a gem of a fic simply because a couple of nonnies have different tastes from me. (I'll admit that the comments did save me some time

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[hils]

I'm kind of doing the opposite and reading the anon comments after I've read the fic in question to see if we agree or not. LOL.

The J2!Chuck isn't bad but is lacking in originality. It's just the show with the names changed which is a shame

[fishpatrol]

So are you finding that you're agreeing with many of the comments, or no? ;) I've only finished reading one BB so far, but I have a handful bookmarked. I think my strategy this year is going to be to read just the ones by my favourite authors and wait for recs before trying the other ones.

It's just the show with the names changed which is a shame

Yeah, that's what most of the anons said as well. :( Perhaps the author did a search+replace on the Chuck pilot script... XD;

[hils]

Well, I only checked a couple but the comments that were rational concrit and not just bashing I seemed to agree with. I haven't been and checked any since yesterday though

[pornography]

a few years back, i got sent this really long akame (jpop fandom) fic where akanishi was a vampire.... anyway, after i read it i found out it originally was a...popslash fic? like, with justin timberlake in it? but a friend of a friend had gone through it and find/replaced all the names, plus other details like hair colour. i got sent a bunch of them; wish i could remember who was crazy enough to go through all that effort (asked and it was lj user=font lollol)

[fishpatrol]

LOL. That's a lot of effort to go through -- but I guess if the fic was really well written and the reader preferred KAT-TUN over N'sync, it's probably worth it? So, was the fic any good? XD

[illuminations]

I skimmed through the first paragraph of that J2/Chuck crossover and realized it was not going to be what I wanted it to be. :( I'm a little ... about the replacing thing though, mostly because it seems a little, well, rude? Like, LOL HI I KNOW YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT INTO WRITING THIS BUT I'M JUST GONNA MAKE IT INTO WHAT I WANT, 'KAY? 'KAY. Especially since compared to KPop fandom or something, SPN is fucking spoiled with their fic. They have amazing writers and longfic up the wazoo. Like, jesus, there will always be something to read in SPN. :\

I LOVE SANTANA/BRITTANY. And slkdjf so excited for White Collar to start back up again. \o/

[fishpatrol]

I was so excited when the J2/Chuck fic was first posted. :( I hope someone else will take the premise and write a fic without, y'know, copying the script from Chuck.

I'm a little ... about the replacing thing though, mostly because it seems a little, well, rude?

Yeah, it does seem kind of rude. But at the same time, the author could interpret it as that their work is so good that even people who aren't into the fandom/pairing/characters want to read it. Come to think of it, I wouldn't be surprised if SPN fans who dislike incest but are into RPF do this search+replace thing to transform Sam/Dean fics into J2 (plus, they don't even have to worry about the physical appearance not matching!).

Especially since compared to KPop fandom or something, SPN is fucking spoiled with their fic.

I agree with this 100%. XD After I left Super Junior for SGA, I realized that I could be more picky about what I read because there was so much good fic to choose from (and same goes for SPN -- thank you so much for reccing fleshflutter's Bulletproof to me, Di ;)

[illuminations]

That's true, but I feel like the people who find/replace in fic probably do it across the board. As far as Sam/Dean vs. J2 goes, I can understand that a little better because you don't really take incest lightly, but that thread seems to be a lot of Dean/Castiel --> Sam/Dean or J2.

FLESHFLUTTER ISN'T POSTING UNTIL THE VERY LAST DAY. :((( Which isn't to say there isn't going to be awesome fic from now until then, but I hate waiting. :(

[fishpatrol]

that thread seems to be a lot of Dean/Castiel --> Sam/Dean or J2

The author took it quite well. And looking through all of the comments, it seems to be a YMMV situation: some anons were more comfortable with the fic once Castiel was replaced and some felt that the dynamic doesn't work unless the characters remained as Dean and Castiel.

Did Fleshflutter participate in last year's BB? I can't remember! D: Also, I have no idea if she's doing a Sam/Dean or a J2 fic this year. There are a bunch of authors' works that I'm looking forward to, so I think there'll be plenty of reading material to tide you over before Fleshflutter posts. :D

[cantarina1]

I would miss the Texas clichés.

I've been reading bits of White Collar fic between BBs! Does the whole fandom write extra toppy Peter, or is it just the authors I've happened to stumble on?

SANTANA/BRITTANY IS AWESOME. I had no rage at Glee this week! Actually, there was some squee! What show was I watching?

[fishpatrol]

Everything I know about Texas, I learned from J2 fics. :D

You know, I don't think I've read more than a handful of White Collar fics (and surprisingly, I can't recall if I've ever read any Peter/Neal NC-17 fics). So, I can't answer your question. ;) But! Peter did say to Neal that he would own Neal for the next four years, in the very first episode -- perhaps that translates into super-dom!Peter. XD

SANTANA/BRITTANY IS AWESOME.

They are so adorable! *flails happily* This is one of the few times that I'm actually shipping a canon-ship, hee.

[postingwhore]

It has never occurred to me to search+replace...:O That is way too much work, and idk, I like my fanon characterizations and I am sticking to them! :P I mean, even in AUs...the fanon characterizations of each character will still remain, so yeah...

Also...I wouldn't want to watch TV shows in English with my parents, idk. Just feels awkward. It even feels awkward watching TV shows in Chinese with them. :|

[fishpatrol]

even in AUs...the fanon characterizations of each character will still remain

This is the case most of the time, but I can think of examples (in J2 AU fics) where the characterizations were entirely different from canon and fanon. I've heard of a few authors who took their own fanfic and slapped on different names, and then published them as original fiction.

Sometimes it is awkward watching stuff with parents (there was one scene where there was an allusion to one of the characters being a lesbian and my parents didn't get the comment and I was just like, "I don't know how to explain this, so I'll just pretend I didn't get it either" ;;;), but as long as what we're watching is mostly PG-rated, it's usually pretty fun. XD What's wrong with watching shows in Chinese with your parents?

[postingwhore]

Yeah, I'm not totally down with people publishing fanfic as origific. And hmm, that's interesting about J2 AUs...not quite sure I've read any like that, during my three months of being into the fandom XD

I think it's just that I spent so little time with my parents doing anything growing up that I feel awkward in general. I don't mind watching Chinese TV with my father because that's something we've always done together, but I always feel awkward doing it with my mother...maybe it's because I'm wary that she'll make comments that I won't like and to which I can't respond because she just doesn't listen to me. :|