Knowing about weird fanfiction

DonZabu

And I don't mean weird in the usual ways, like crack shippings or Dragon Ball Z-Anne Frank crossovers. I mean weird in more subtle ways.

Like the guy who uses his horrible Evangelion smut to impart moral and ideological lessons.

Or the guy who writes a sequel to his Lucky Star fanfic that follows the main characters' daughters, who are all OCs, and I imagine he'll be writing about their children too, like a multi-generational Icelandic saga.

It's hard to explain the weirdness of this stuff, though, or at least harder to explain than "DOBBY'S GROINSAW MELTED THROUGH RON LIKE DEMONIC BUTTER!".

Forzare

Fanfiction as a thing fascinates me.



And the fact that so much of this weird crap exists is half the fun.

stef

It's hard to explain the weirdness of this stuff, though, or at least harder to explain than "DOBBY'S GROINSAW MELTED THROUGH RON LIKE DEMONIC BUTTER!".

On a quasi-related note, I would like to state my opinion that Thirty Hs is Internet in pure distilled form.

Bee

The multi-generational saga thing I don't really see as that weird.  I grew up with Redwall, so yeah.  I mean Lucky Star wouldn't have been my first choice (something like Golden Sun would make more sense for that), but whatevs.

I've seen some unusually esoteric stuff out of pony fiction.  Like, unusually esoteric even for the Internet and written coherently.

MillerCross

My personal issue with fanfiction is that writers often, I feel, get the character's voices wrong, as well as the general feel of the work. but meh, i figure this isn't always true. but i really don't want to make an effort to find exceptions.

All Nines

I'd argue that the feel of fanfiction shouldn't have to be the same as the original work, but changing or poorly portraying someone else's characters is plainly inexcusable in a serious fanfic.

MillerCross

Yeah, like I said, it's a personal preference.

lrdgck

"You horny simpletons" or "die you Navi cocksuckers" are worthy of my memory, I think.