All About Fanfiction Meme

[sinnatious]

Haven’t posted for a while, so here’s a fanfic meme!  Stolen from monarchist.  It seemed interesting, and there’s a bunch of people on the flist these days who are relatively new, so…

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[ixtey]

Recently just wound down from a Harry Potter binge of all things (lots of good time travel and alt dimension stories there)

OMG YES. YOU HAVE BEEN READING HARRY POTTER SHDGSHDSDK Any recs? :D

I've always thought you'd started writing fanfic at a much earlier time, like before high school or something. Apparently I'm wrong :P

[sinnatious]

Probably nothing new to you? I wound up delving into the back catalogue mostly. (I don't read Drarry, either, isn't that your ship? Usually Snarry, if not gen.)

Surprise! I'm just getting old. Memes are learning experiences!

[ixtey]

Ehh, I don't know. I've nearly reached the halfway point of gossymer's rec list directory, but it's all h/d so I probably haven't read anything that you're reading.

Yeah, Drarry is a ship of mine... and Snarry, Tom/Harry, Krum/Harry-- well, any ship that involves Harry, actually! XD In most fandoms I typically ship any pairing that has the main character in it.

[sinnatious]

Eh, well, here are some of the better ones I found then. They're either Snarry or Gen

[agentlerain]

TAKING THIS UP TONIGHT BECAUSE I CAN'T SLEEP JUST YET. :/

[sigart]

I totally, totally get the fanfiction itch thing! Gaaaawd! I've even started my own chapter fic because of it, haha, but I'm nowhere near as good as you at updating x_x;

...Also agree on the Tezuka/Ryouma and Zack/Aeris thing. Cannot see why Squeenix thought to change that, they're too perfect for each other.

And, uhm, when you say Drarry and Snarry... you mean Harry is bottoming? Because then I'm just gonna, you know, not read anything -_-; (is very particular about bottom/top roles in some fandoms XD)

[sinnatious]

XD Glad I'm not the only one who suffers strangely specific fanfic cravings!

Well, technically Square didn't break them up? They're just... dead. :/

LOL, I can be fussy about ship orders too, no worries. Though the vast majority of the rec list up there is gen?

[sigart]

I heard Squeenix made a novel of some sort where Aeris and Zack are talking and Aeris thinks to herself or she tells Zack tat she thought she loved Cloud more. It's... the mere concept is very nearly offensive! ...Clearly I'm a fanatic XD

Yeah, but it just so happens that I read HP fics for certain things, and gen is definitely not one of them XD Do you know the feeling? Certain fandoms just seems to perform better in certain genres (or maybe it's just 'cause I prefer the characters to be portrayed in a certain way XD). FFVII, btw, tends to be good for happy-ending-alternatives where Zack doesn't die.

...Yeah, it's pretty amazing I'm still following you >_> If you had made Fifth Act a tradegy, I don't know what I'd hae done. Something drastic. Possibly.

[sinnatious]

D: *DENIES*

XD Fair enough. I tend to like well-written gen wherever I find it, but I can also fully understand getting into certain fandoms exclusively for certain pairings or genres.

...And yes, with your fondness of happy endings, I REALLY don't know why you're still kicking around this journal, given my reputation. :P Seems a bit like playing with fire.

[teekoness]

I suspect you've got only part of the reason why Fifth Act is so popular. From my perspective, it seems to be largely because has some popular concepts like Cloud time-traveling and joining SOLDIER, while keeping the fact he has many reasons to despise Sephiroth and avoiding him being in his younger body. I suspect a lot of people were craving this. Add to this strong pacing, considerable writing abilities, talent for characterization, a sense of humour, and you've got a winner.

It seems like your inspirations are almost identical to my own. I wonder if it's similar with other fic writers.

I have to admit one of my favourite things to read about is about the writing process, the experience, the thoughts behind it, and the inspiration. I'll have to do my own.

[sinnatious]

Well, I was talking more in context of popularity versus other fics I've written. I normally write in much, much, much smaller fandoms. But thank you for the lovely compliments anyway, I never tire of them. ;)

The meme has started doing the rounds, it does seem to be a frequent theme from what I've seen so far! This is valuable data. Looking forward to reading your response.