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| Sunday, November 8th, 2009 |
leikomgwtfbbq
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3:32p |
I had a dream that I was traveling down a big river with some dudes in amphibious car-boats. I seemed to be there just to fix whatever went wrong with the boats and to pick out the campsites. We pulled up at one campsite, but found that it had been bulldozed to build a Waffle House instead. So we sat down and ate some breakfasty foods together. Then some grand Lovecraftian monstrosity attacked the Waffle House, and I could control its mind, so I told it to go buy us a bunch of food at an inexplicably-there New Frontiers. So it did. Which was pretty awesome. My dreams are cool. X3 Current Music: Rhapsody in Blue - George Gershwin |
fanficrants
[ glorious_spoon ]
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3:18p |
SPN character rant
Okay, I actually can see Dean Winchester turning tricks to make ends meet, but I really doubt that would be the first solution that crosses his mind. He's an accomplished con man and an inveterate gambler, and I think he might even try his hand at honest labor before he takes up hooking on the street corner. And even if he did, I doubt he would angst loudly about it when Sam comes to rescue him. Not that he wouldn't necessarily be fucked up about it, but he's the kind of guy who tends to take a practical approach to matters of survival. And seriously, fucking strangers for cash would be far from the worst thing that's ever happened to him. Forty years in Hell, remember? A little perspective would be nice. This whole thing is really annoying because I think this topic could make a great story if people would lay off the BAWWWWing. |
fictionwriters
[ creativgal13 ]
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12:17p |
hi im new
Hi,
Im a writer but it seems i never have the time to write. Im in college and though I loveto write, school has to come first. I figured if I joined a community then I would be more motivated to finish my book.
Thanks
creativgal13 |
fictionwriters
[ feathermoon1313 ]
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11:40a |
second try
please tell me what you think!!! Prologue It was a fall night and the trees were losing their leaves making them look dead. The moon was full high in the sky and the wolf howled at it. The grass was already turning brown and every time you stepped on it, it made a crunch. It was late November in the country of Estro. This country was in a time of unrest, anything could happen and no one would know. A woman named Astra was running through the woods with a baby in her arms. He was the son of the King’s brother. His name was Akon. He was only one week old. The king was a bastard; he was cruel to his own family and worse to his kingdom. His name was King Sinstrol. The king had no heir and he was not able to have a son. Akron was the next in line for the thrown and if he was found he would be killed. Astra ran for dear life knowing that the soldiers were right behind her. She ran through the woods and she could feel the moon on her face and the little heart of Akon beating against her chest. Her back was throbbing because when she left the castle they spotted her leaving and shot at her and one pierced her in the back. She began to feel that she would not be able to make it and that the soldiers would be able to catch them. Astra was the king’s sister in law. Her husband has already been killed for sneaking them out of the castle. Now it was up to her to get her son somewhere safe. She was headed for a little village that she had watched from the castle there were only two houses that she could see over the trees. One was the bakers and the other the blacksmith. She could see the village up ahead with the smoke coming up from the chimneys. She ran to the house of the blacksmith and knocked. A little boy answered it. “May I speak to your parents please?” The little boy nodded and went back into the house. A few seconds later a man came to the door. The man was in his mid forties with black hair and he started to have gray hairs come in. He was tall but had a little weight on him. He was wearing pants and a baggie shirt that was stained with ash. “May I help you?” he said. “Yes I am in a hurry and I ask that you please take care of my son. I have been watching your home from the castle because I was afraid that if it would come to the king killing my son and I had to leave him I wanted a nice loving family. His name is Akon and he was born only a week ago. Please, can you take him in and raise him as your own? His father has been killed and now they are after me. We have done nothing wrong but had a child. Please, my name is Astra the king’s daughter-in-law. This boy is the next heir to the thrown and he is going to be hunted for the rest of his life but please raise him and keep this night a secret to him.” The man looked at her and then the child for a few minutes. “If what you say is true then I will be happy to raise the future king. I will raise him as my own and he will grow up like any other boy, away from the pressures of the life he may one day live.” “Thank you sir, but I am afraid that raising this boy will one day bring you pain. I am also asking that if anyone comes looking for him that you send him away from all of this. I don’t want him to grow up knowing about his uncle and who his family is. I ask that you not tell him anything because one day he will find out on his own about the past. If you have to tell him anything tell him his parents loved him so much and that we hope he will make us proud.” “I will miss you my son, take care of yourself.” She whispered and handed Akon to the man and kissed the man and her son. She looked at the man and then her son smiled and turned around and ran. When she ran the man looked at the woman running into the woods and noticed that she was hurt. He called out to her but she had already vanished into the night. He looked at the boy and said in a loving father voice, “Come and meet your family little one,” and he walked inside the house. Current Mood:  calm |
fanficrants
[ pada_something ]
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5:09p |
Oh, really?
Dear specific author of Sky High, Okay, there are few wrong things with your fic. First of all, Layla is a kind girl, and contrary to popular belief in slash universes, the women aren't necessarilly hysterical bitches. Specially Layla. She cares about Will and Warren, and if they decide they're liking each other, she won't freak out, get mad, whine or make fun of them - remember how much she hates labels? Will is slow, yes, but he isn't ridiculously dumb. He is oblivious, he takes time to notice it when people are into him, but if Warren said in his face, after sleeping with him, that he broke-up with Ice-chick for someone "more, let's say masculine", he wouldn't consider another girl. No one is that stupid. Also, it's hard to believe that Warren would kiss Will in front of Layla just for the sake of kissing him, knowing that Layla is his girlfriend, and specially not caring if she runs away infuriated. Even though he's never admitting it, he cares about Layla just as much as he cares about Will - which he will never admit either. Last but not least, if Will's father sees Layla running away from their house, he's surely as Hell going to ask her what happened, since they were raised together and Layla has a nice relationship with Will's parents. And jfc, the moment their parents go to Will's room to check what happened, the least thing that Will's father is caring is that "Will is acting submissive" in the make-out session, and I'm positive Will's mother isn't going to take pictures and congratulate him. That makes absolutely no fucking sense, and the fact that Warren's father is a supervillian that was beat by Will's father doesn't make him welcome in the Stronghold house. No love at all, Me. Current Mood:  shockedCurrent Music: Kane - One More Shot | Powered by Last.fm |
fanficrants
[ krisherdown ]
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2:23p |
RPF and real life collison
This might be a YMMV thing but does it bother anyone else when a RPF fic is devoted to something that (in real life) the person experienced during their childhood, is not something they have ever talked about but it's public knowledge? The thing is that I actually like the author and generally comment on her fic but I look at the fic with zero comments so it's not just me. I'm trying to be vague to not draw attention to the author so let's say the scenario is witnessing a shooting. |
fanficrants
[ yamx ]
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7:13p |
How not to make friends with a Time Lord
Dear specific author, You get points for writing Doctor/Rose/Jack - in theory. Except you lose most of them again for posting the fourth chapter of your fic without providing any links, tags, or other means of finding the first three. However, the real problems lie within the chapter itself. ( Cut for length... ) |
fanficrants
[ ansela_jonla ]
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3:31p |
He's scared of *what*?!
So, dear author, you want to woobify a character? I'm used to it with this particular character, to be honest. His early canon characterisation doesn't really help his case much. Key word there being early. He's got a lot better since then and is, in my opinion, pretty badass, despite his 'emo' looks. Did you have to make him haemophobic though? That's the least logical phobia for this character to have. His weapon is designed to finish enemies off with decapitation. He used to be a medic, and can still fill that role if he has to. Add that to the fact that he is a skilled swordsman and you have someone who isn't likely to last long with a fear of blood. The sad thing is, dear author, I can see a way to make haemophobia work with this character while remaining true to his canon character and abilities. It's a pity that you just decided to slap it onto him randomly. TL;DR think about a character's abilities and skill set before slapping random phobias onto them. Sword-wielding ex-medics with a knack for decapitation do not good haemophobics make. |
fanficrants
[ vionaxinyi ]
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10:41p |
“Good because I love you A.” “I love you two B.” No, I don't she loves you two, B, especially since there's only ONE of you. *shakes head* And that fic had been quite lovely up until that last line. Oh why, oh why, dear author? |
fictionwriters
[ theothermirror ]
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9:29a |
Epiphany, Morality, and Movethedistance
I've been really inspired lately to write. I'm pretty incapable of writing anything longer than 1500 words so all my stuff is fairly short. I decided to post what I have so I can get some feedback and constructive criticism. The first peice is a poem called Epiphany (it wasn't banned, so I'm hoping it ok to post a poem). It's based of a major discovery of mine, but can be interpreted other ways as well.
Next is a story I wrote for my school's writing contest. I love it. It's not excactly fanfiction, but it's based off a character that already exists. Please don't hate me. The story is called Morality.
The last piece I want to post is a little blurb I wrote randomly during english class one day. I'm not exactly sure what it's about and I don't know where I'm going with it, but I really like it. Maybe you can give me some ideas.
Thanks much!
( Movethedistance ) ( Morality ) ( Epiphany ) |
fanficrants
[ spuffy_girl ]
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8:45a |
Office writer
Pam is not going to cheat on Jim because they had one fight. Especially not with Ryan. Jim's probably going to make a big deal out of Pam's first sale and not blow her off for her brothers. He'd probably be happy and not tell her that "one sale isn't a big deal". And Pam would probably be so guilty she'd tell Jim, not hide it from him. Also, Ryan is not going to offer to quit just because Pam regrets cheating on Jim. It's not in his personality. He'd probably rub it in Jim's face or something. And that look at the future in the first chapter where it's implied that Pam died giving birth to either Jim or Ryan's baby? I seriously doubt Jim and Ryan would be comforting each other over her death. |
laridian
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7:00a |
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leikomgwtfbbq
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4:03a |
I downloaded some of Mohiro Kitoh's short stories and they're surprisingly lighthearted. Some of them are a bit creepy, hinting at other things, but some of them are just cute--like the first story, which was about a ghost of a dead little sister visiting her brother and offering to take possession of the boy's crush. The boy thought it over and asked her not to do it. So the dead little sister gave the boy a love note from his crush--which was the unfinished business keeping her on Earth. Then she told the brother that he and his crush would get married and have a child, which the brother promised to name after the dead little sister. I thought it was sort of sweet, really. Which is shocking, yeah, considering this is the same dude who wrote Narutaru (which is basically "IT GOT WORSE: THE MANGA") and Bokurano (which is certainly the most enormously depressing manga I've read in my life); the characters in both stories are just built upon dysfunction and the plotlines are built on pessimism and anger and frustration with the human race and its cruelties. The closest thing to "sweet moments" in either one of them are still hideously depressing. I guess that Kitoh-sensei CAN do sweet and charming stories. It's just that he focuses more on stuff that's even more depressing and messed up than Evangelion. |
leikomgwtfbbq
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12:53a |
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fanficrants
[ kate_chan91 ]
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12:52a |
Dear yuri writer, Bazillion waxed =/= Brazillian waxed especially if it only refers to one body part, . That is all. Current Mood:  sleepyCurrent Music: sound machine in room |
fanficrants
[ violentmedic ]
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2:58p |
Just... no.
Dear Sir, Three words does not equal a story. When your story is shorter than your summary, you have done something wrong. You get nothing, you lose, good day sir. |
| Saturday, November 7th, 2009 |
lordrexfear
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10:10p |
Yay for King Con!
First Day of Broolyn's KING CON was amazing. Brilliant, exciting, chaotic. Tons of people came through, the panels were all wonderful, there's some amazing new books and just some fantastic folks. Many photos, many sketches, my comics and some toys and stickers and buttons. Looking forward to tomorrow and then finally do real reporting. It's now 10 PM. I have had dinner and I now exhausted. Lying down, watching the rest of Strikeforce, then sleep. |
fanficrants
[ spuffy_girl ]
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10:04p |
Nicknames
In NCIS, Tony and Gibbs don't really have nicknames. They have never been called "T" and "J". They probably won't be nicknamed that, even in fics. And while Abby is his favorite, Gibbs would not let him call her that. I just can't see him liking it. |
lordrexfear
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9:36p |
Fight Fans!!!!!
Watching Strikeforce on CBS. Can't believe the opener was Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva vs. Fabricio Werdum. Card also has Jason Miller vs. Jake Shields and of course main event Brett Rogers vs. FEDOR. This is a crazy awesome card! Not sure I agree with Werdum beating Silva, but Silva actually looked like he was pleased with the result. There's one fight on here between two guys I've never heard of. They just taslked and I also can't understand a word they said. They were speaking English. They need translators. Super excited for Miller vs. Shields, personality and sex appeal from both! |
fanficrants
[ rose_cat ]
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6:15p |
Another epithet rant.
Dear various Leverage fanficcers, I don't care if the most recent ad campaign for the show gives the characters "titles" -- "Parker: the thief," "Sophie: the grifter," and so on. It doesn't mean you have to use those "titles" as epithets in your fics. (IMO they're stupid oversimplifications anyway.) They're not real "titles" and the characters don't use them for each other, so it jolts me right out of an otherwise engrossing story. No love, just annoyance, Rose Cat Current Mood:  cranky |
| Sunday, November 8th, 2009 |
fanficrants
[ lapinporokoira ]
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12:24a |
Hey, Girl
YMMV, I guess? This is about fandom writer's everywhere. Fanfiction writer's are mostly women and a high percentage of those are teen or younger, so I understand that refering to a female character as a girl is pretty normal for a lot of them to say in real life BUT it throws me a bit when I read an ADULT WOMAN being refered to as a girl. (By adult men in quite a few cases too) It's not even a rare occurrence either, but across the fandom board. I'm almost guaranteed to find that (often a group of adult) women/woman will be called "the girls/those girls/that girl/the girl" by another character (usually male). It's just... bah... What's wrong with being a grown and matured woman? |
fanficrants
[ hunterwithcause ]
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1:13a |
He gave a grateful (A/N: That’s spelt right, just so you know. Yeah, it confused me too. I was like why is it that grate instead of the other great? It’d make more sense…but then this is the English language) smile[...]You are now topping my most-useless-A/N- EVER-list. And now I'm tempted to do a grate/great pun. Obviously I need to go to bed already. |
fictionwriters
[ leahcurran ]
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4:08a |
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| Saturday, November 7th, 2009 |
fanficrants
[ glorious_spoon ]
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3:57p |
Multi-Fandom Characterization Rant
Okay, you don't have to like the heroes of any given story, and you're perfectly free to write fic that displays their more unlovely characteristics. But could we please at least make a token effort at staying true to their canon characterization? Sirius Black is an irrational bully, but he's not a traitor. Rodney McKay is an arrogant misanthrope, but he's rarely cruel. Mac Taylor is stiff-necked and overly concerned with rules, but he's neither stupid nor bad at his job. Dean Winchester can be a flippant jerk, but he's almost never selfish, especially when it comes to Sam (in fact, he'd sell his soul to save his brother. Oh, wait....) Focusing on a character's negative traits is fine. Inventing negative traits that don't exist in canon--or that go directly against canon characterization--just makes you look like an idiot. You don't need to justify your dislike of a character by making up flaws that don't make any sense for them. You're allowed to just not like them. With the caveat that not everyone is going to agree with you, and that's okay. Variety is a good thing, people. |
fanficrants
[ sunrisecandy ]
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8:19p |
Tell me, dear author, whose fic I have not read because it has no summary, if you list your fic as: Type: Straight -- which I was presuming meant non-slash until I noticed it was followed by casts: Ohmiya, the rest of Arashi members [...], as well as having a slash pairing in the pairing tag, I'm going to be a little confused. I mean, don't get me wrong, friendship fic is awesome. I love friendship fic, but really. I like being not!confused a whole lot more. Of course, Ohmiya SK has come to mean the Ohno Satoshi - Ninomiya Kazunari combo far beyond the 'we're dating/have broken up' tales that the two would spin (comedy skits that the pairing name was created for aside), but as a general whole, a pairing of the non-friendship variety is going to expected. Since Taka and Yuuji are a horribly ignored aspect of OMSK.Would it really, really hurt to rethink your more than confusing header and aim for a little bit of clarity? A summary would be great, but cohesion is a great first step. Edit: HTML formatting |
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