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St. Elmo's Fire on Misc Discussion Postpeople finding creative new ways for the members of BTS to fuck the cast of the Avengers movies? And why is that a bad thing?
CrazyEd on Misc Discussion Posthow great fanfiction is Does she elaborate on why she thinks that, or is it just that typical newfound brand of wishywashiness that's come out of (pri…
CrazyEd on Misc Discussion PostDamn, because I swore I just read a short article about how badly that series happened to fuck up on its main premise. I wish I could find it, but I w…
Negrek on Misc Discussion PostI'm not a huge fan of Naomi Novik, but I think her work (Temeraire series, Uprooted, Spinning Silver) definitely manages to be better than garbage-tie…
Quote on Misc Discussion PostI don't know how much of a name she had as a fanfic writer, but Seanan McGuire has written about how she got started in fanfiction and how great fanfi…
Farla on Misc Discussion PostTthere's going to be vanishingly few works that can manage to be good in their original context but have their only connection to their original conte…
CrazyEd on Misc Discussion Post... Hmmm... Not for my purposes, no. Books based on public domain works retain the connection to the original. I'm talking more about like what 50 Sha…
illhousen on Misc Discussion PostIn Other Lands is a cute little novel The author, Sarah Rees Brennan, comes from fanfiction background.
Venompaw on Misc Discussion PostDoes it count if works are public domain?
CrazyEd on Misc Discussion PostForget content, 50 Shades of Grey doesn't even break even on a technical level. The writing is just... Damn, I've written sexier BDSM, and the BDSM I'…
The Reeds of Enki on Misc Discussion Post"... that aren't absolutely atrocious at best?" I'm guessing this excludes 50 Shades of Gray, then?
CrazyEd on Misc Discussion PostIs anyone aware of any novels that were either adapted from fanfiction for mass market sale, or more generally, novels that were written by people who…
CrazyEd on Misc Discussion PostMy brother just watched a video of a Korean man turning twenty heads of cabbage into kimchi. There's an audience for everything.
Act on Misc Discussion PostI actually got the Kyouko Sakura one in part because I thought the chain made it look a lot more vibrant than when it was in spear form -- gives it a…
Act on Misc Discussion PostI figured between Twitter and Instagram, Twitter was the lesser evil since IG is owned by Facebook. xD Plus for whatever reason the Japanese kit commu…