Comments | yahtzee63: 30 Days of Fanfic -- in one day!

yahtzee63

30 Days of Fanfic -- in one day!

Jul 20, 2011 19:08

Because there is no way I'm going to have 30 days in a row where I can be sure of posting for at least the rest of this year, quite possibly the rest of my life, the way it feels now.

( this meme in its entirety! )

x-men, star trek, doctor who, ugly betty, harry potter, meme, fic, jack bristow, alias, jane austen

Comments 13

sef1029 July 21 2011, 01:05:03 UTC

OMG, I googled that Bigfoot story, and someone's actually charging money for it. Given the available excerpt, I can't imagine any sighted person has paid for it.

yahtzee63 July 21 2011, 01:06:48 UTC

I am weirdly heartened to know that the author of this story was indeed somewhat off.

aadler July 21 2011, 03:13:27 UTC

Your recommendation carries enormous weight, so I surely want to check out anything you say is good, but “_______” isn’t much to go on. Do you happen to remember the author’s name?

yahtzee63 July 21 2011, 03:21:41 UTC

Found it!

aadler July 21 2011, 05:29:40 UTC

Thank you mightily.

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yahtzee63 July 21 2011, 12:25:54 UTC

Someday!

We enter the packing stage today. It's gonna be a long few hours coming up.

hhw July 21 2011, 11:59:37 UTC

I agree regarding fanon vs canon (speaking as a reader), with one general and one specific exception: heroic fanfic efforts to bring continuity to the XF universe kept me watching the show; without the backstory and context provided outside canon, I doubt I would have stayed to the end. I was amused rather than irritated by all the strawberry-scented hair and hotel rooms with one single bed, but one fanon fact remains true for me: Fox Mulder's mother's name is Ruth, NOT Teena.

Good luck with the move!

yahtzee63 July 21 2011, 12:27:53 UTC

I could see getting into a certain fanon interpretation that keeps you interested in canon, definitely. But overall it makes me nuts when fanon is used against other stories that see things differently.

cmdr_zoom July 21 2011, 15:49:47 UTC

Tracked down "Phoenix Burning", and I loved it. Especially what you did with Sumiko, which was awesome. (Angel too, but it was Sumiko that made me shout at the screen in delighted surprise.)

Had already read some on your short list, including the wickedly funny UB fic, so I tried "Tempest-Tost"... and I must agree, in my humble, that it's very Trek.

yahtzee63 July 21 2011, 21:25:09 UTC

Oh, man, I rarely hear from new PB readers these days -- the story's more than 10 years old! But so delighted you had fun with it. :D That was the first time I ever had a novel-length idea, and it almost FELL on me that day with all its subplots evolving, and it was a really fun process.

And glad you liked "Tempest-Tost" too. I still can't believe I've only ever done one P/C story.