FIC: The Chuck Writes Story - Afterword 5

[lettered]

Title: The Chuck Writes Story: Afterword 5
Fandom: Supernatural
Pairing: gen. Chuck, Becky
Rating: PG-13 for themes
Length: Total fic: 30,000. This part: 2,000
Summary: Castiel is the new BNF in town. Lettered is amused.
A/N: Please see notes here.
Previous parts: The Chuck Writes Story part 1 and part 2 | Afterword | Afterword 2 | Afterword 3

Comments

[etrix]

This was freaking amazing (and completely ate my life for the last few days as I got sidetracked into charlottelennoxland, and OMG! Wasn't that a ride!)

There was so much depth of knowledge, of fandom and canon and rpf, that you put to use (twisty, mesmerizing, use). Enough to see myself in this Inception-inspired examination of what's real, what's in my head, and what does it all mean? =p

And, on a purely "in awe of your patience and dedication" way, the amount of coding you had to do to give this fic the feel of a real report... Considering how LJ has been behaving since it's 'upgrade'. I don't know if I would have done it.

An amazing, amazing work. Thank you for sharing it.

[lettered]

Oh, Charlotte Lennox. I can't even.

Thanks so much. Totally had the, "WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN!" moments.

the amount of coding you had to do to give this fic the feel of a real report

Hahah. Thanks for appreciating that. It truly was an ordeal, considering the word processor I used and the fact that I coded for both LJ and DW.

Thanks again.

[franztastisch]

This is stunning on a level that I can't even...

And it's a brilliant idea for how the Winchester Gospels came about. Dunno if that's what you intended, but that's what I got.

My mind is blown.

[lettered]

Oh, thanks!

Dunno if that's what you intended, but that's what I got.

Oh yeah. That's what I was going for. In 800 years from now, they're going to argue about what's canon. It's going to be awesome.

So glad you enjoyed this!

[zimshan]

I can't even...FATHOM this. The extent of what you did here. What you SAY here. About writing. And fandom. And creative works. And how you use the SPN canon and fourth wall breakage to do it. How you progress that storyline past what canon did with it and incorporate it WITH canon as its continued.

UGH, I wish I had something more intelligent to add but you have thrown my brain in a vortex!

So I'm just going to leave it at this: FRIGGIN BRILLIANT. I already know, this is one of those fics I will be reccing til the end of days.

[lettered]

Hey, thanks! My brain was kinda vortexy while writing this, so I'm glad it did that for you, too. I'm really glad you liked it; thank you so much!

[snickfic]

This was much fun. I confess, I found portions of the actual wank reports a little stressful, but that means you did them very well, because I also find real wank reports stressful. Yay for verisimilitude.

I think my favorite part was Afterword 4, once I started realizing that everyone was writing canon. And gah, Becky - "*lick lick lick*." OH BECKY. And her ellipses. And I loved Damien and Barnes and their story and their whole turnaround. Oh, and that Chuck's first major act in fandom was to defend Jess.

I'm still in it for the characters, in other words. You write 30k of fic-as-meta, and still what I care about are the characters. Oh, well.

BTW, you may or may not be aware that Sherwood Smith mentioned you in her group blog post this morning. Apparently you've got people coming in from outside reading this, although I have to say, I think a reader could only get the full effect of the fic if they're pretty deeply familiar with SPN canon

[lettered]

I found portions of the actual wank reports a little stressful,

Oh man, sorry about that. I actually sorta freaked out when I wrote the Franz Eichel one; it felt really icky. Because, well, I'm a real person and my lj is not a real person but it's meant to represent one and then I made another lj and killed it and uh, I freaked out. Oops.

once I started realizing that everyone was writing canon.

Got that idea from my_daroga.

Oh, and that Chuck's first major act in fandom was to defend Jess.

I actually wish that I'd done more of that sort of thing; there was just so much to get to!

Sherwood Smith mentioned you in her group blog post

Thanks for pointing that out. That's pretty cool!

I think a reader could only get the full effect of the fic if they're pretty deeply familiar with SPN canon.

Yes, I think so too. However, I did write it with the idea that the fandom was also, well, fandom.

As far as I can tell, the best way to break in is find a little place to call homeYou know, I think what my whole big problem is is that I keep

[snickfic]

recced each other all up and read new things despite being well, one of the last bastions of a dying fandom

So you got into Buffy fandom after the show had already ended? I wonder if that made some of the difference.

I think working with a closed canon is a whole different kettle of fish - most folks are either here for the long haul or have just discovered the show by watching it all at once; the former have largely gotten over the big divisive arguments in the fandom (or retreated to where they no longer had to have them) and the latter don't know the history at all. Plus being fannish about a closed canon means there are no rude surprises coming (unless the creator of your show decides to authorized a comics series *facepalm*).

I dunno. I'm just blathering, here. :)

I met you a bit later, but I'm glad I did :o)

\o/

I think I originally found you because someone recced "Man's Best Friend" to me, several years ago.

[lettered]

Oh, yeah, I totally got into BtVS after the canon was closed (ostensibly). I know that not all BtVS fandom is like the corner I found, and I also know that even that corner wasn't so lovely when canon was still open.

I dunno, though. HP canon is closed, and I'm still having trouble with the fandom (not with the people in it! just with feeling included). Then again, that's HP, which is a fucking monster fandom.

But yeah, maybe you're right.

I think I originally found you because someone recced "Man's Best Friend" to me, several years ago.

I thought that was it. I still plan on finishing that fic. It was fun.

[lettered]

I thought it was pretty bad to insert myself into the story, but thought that if I commented that it was bad inside the story, it might be good again.

Yep, sorry about Sick of Shadows. Still hope to get it done by the end of the year.

Thanks for reading :o)