| Repost from IJ - Talk amongst yourselves: Kids in fanfic? |
[May. 11th, 2008|03:56 pm] |
Having read several fics recently that had Gus and JR talking to Brian or whomever, I started thinking about the use of children's dialogue in fic...
( More under the cut ) |
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| death!fic discussion |
[May. 11th, 2008|09:07 pm] |
Hello everybody! *waves* Sorry I didn't get this discussion started on Friday. I was slightly distracted by the water filling my laundry room and flowing across my kitchen and soaking the carpet of my bedroom... but anyway, nothing like death!fic to cheer me up, right? No seriously, I really like death!fics!! A big, huge, insightful, multi-fangirl, respectful discussion about death!fics will make me very happy. So let's get this party funeral started :)
*** A note from your hostess: I'm fully aware that death!fics are not everyone's cup of tea. Therefore, I've decided to divide this discussion up into two separate posts. Here we can discuss death!fics as a distinct genre of fanfic and in this next post we can actually discuss the two death!fics I picked for the fanfic reading club. ***
( First things first, I feel a poll is needed… )
( Questions for the pro-death!fic-ers )
( Questions for the anti-death!fic-ers )
Feel free to answer any, all, some, or none of these questions… or to pose some of your own (I couldn't come up with too many)… or to just offer any other thoughts or comments! But please, let's keep the discussion civil. Remember every fangirl has the right to read and write whatever fics she wants to! |
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| "Better Now" and "Every Fucking Morning" |
[May. 11th, 2008|09:09 pm] |
Welcome to the actual fic discussion portion of this installment of the fanfic reading club!
I picked Better Now by LJ's suzvoy and Every Fucking Morning by ![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) ladybugkay because they are two of the best death!fics I've ever read. If you generally avoid death!fics, I implore you to give these two a chance. Neither will take you more than 10 minutes to read; Better Now is just over 1000 words and Every Fucking Morning is less than 700 words (but they're 700 of the most powerful, heart-breaking words you might ever read). So if you haven't read them yet, go for it right now.
When it comes to death!fics, I really don't like to be spoiled to who died (or is going to die) before I actually read the fic. I also don't like to be spoiled to the time period of fics (a good fic will make it clear on its own) so I'm not going to say more about what makes these two fics special and unique and awesome above the cut. Go read them!!! But if you want to know more about the fics before you jump in (or I guess if you want to understand the discussion/comments without subjecting yourself to the actual reading of a death!fic) then read on. You might even be convinced to give one or both of these fics a chance once you know a bit more about them.
( MAJOR FIC SPOILERS BELOW THE CUT! )
Again, feel free to answer any, all, some, or none of these questions… or to pose some of your own… or to just offer any other thoughts or comments! I let the authors know that I chose their fics for the fanfic reading club, so be sure to keep your comments respectful because they might be dropping in.
( Discussion questions under here… )
Again, so sorry for the delay in getting this discussion started. I can't wait to hear everyone's thoughts! |
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