Fic suggestion thread

MadamSnowWulf wrote:

Pretty much anything from (warning: NWS) here. That place reminds me of a not password protected Grey Archive with 99.9% more yaoi.

Yeah, that pretty much sums it up. Though I'd like to call special attention to:

Feminine Wiles
Protection
Mating Day
Bloodlust
A Place of Their Own
Christmas Traditions
Always Check the Expiry Date
Slaying in a Winter Wonderland (which is actually yuri, but still)
The Boy Next Door
The Room of Requirements
Line by Line

Xtasis, Shirohane's second-worst story after For Your Eyes Only.

Or, really, any of Shirohane's stories.

Most of the things on the "Nifty Archive" with most of the fan fiction concentrated in these directories:

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Okay, perhaps MediaMiner in and of itself is too easy a target, but still.

thblckmvn2064 wrote:

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I second these suggestions.

MarmiteMuffie wrote:

MadamSnowWulf wrote:

Pretty much anything from (warning: NWS) here. That place reminds me of a not password protected Grey Archive with 99.9% more yaoi.

Yeah, that pretty much sums it up. Though I'd like to call special attention to:

Feminine Wiles
Protection
Always Check the Expiry Date
The Boy Next Door
The Room of Requirements
Line by Line

Seconding these suggestions as well.

Anyone who snarks the following fics has my undying gratitude:

A Second Chance At Love and its sequel, Second Chance or No Chance (the sequel is actually the worse of the two)

Heck, any of MScott7565's stuff (yes, the author of the aforementioned fics sadly has more- Sues and a sense of "did you even watch the shows you desecrate write about" abound, and there's even a real-person fic disguised as a fanfic in there)

^Uh, real-person fiction is fanfiction.

Does this mean that "The Other Boleyn Girl" is Henry VIII fanfiction?

^Actually that would be historical fiction. Real-person fiction applies to people who are living, generally celebrities or entertainers, sometimes athletes, artists, politicians, etc. People who have developed fan followings during their lifetime are the subject of fanfiction. When they've been dead for a couple centuries or more it's generally considered historical fiction.

Although, if you were to write a story based on "The Other Boleyn Girl," that would be fanfiction because your source is someone else's creative work, as opposed to doing your own research and coming up with your own story. (Was there even research involved in "The Other Boleyn Girl"? I don't even know.)

Owlish wrote:

^Uh, real-person fiction is fanfiction.

Yes, but is a fic about Seth McFarlane and a bunch of Sues a "Family Guy" fanfic?

This was one of the other fics by the author BAU Medic suggested, though I don't know why [s]he didn't suggest that one him/herself.

thblckmvn2064 wrote:

Owlish wrote:

^Uh, real-person fiction is fanfiction.

Yes, but is a fic about Seth McFarlane and a bunch of Sues a "Family Guy" fanfic?

This was one of the other fics by the author BAU Medic suggested, though I don't know why [s]he didn't suggest that one him/herself.

That's not what BAU Medic #7 said. The fic is miscategorized, but that doesn't mean it's not fanfiction. And if your complaint is that real-person fic isn't allowed on FF.net, well, that's like saying smoking pot at a Grateful Dead concert isn't allowed, so....

thblckmvn2064 wrote:

Owlish wrote:

^Uh, real-person fiction is fanfiction.

Yes, but is a fic about Seth McFarlane and a bunch of Sues a "Family Guy" fanfic?

This was one of the other fics by the author BAU Medic suggested, though I don't know why [s]he didn't suggest that one him/herself.

I didn't suggest it because I in fact reported it- Fanfiction.net hasn't allowed real-person fiction for years now.

Now, one of the other fics I singled out features a "Dr. Matthew" and "Dr. Gray-Gubler", but Matthew Gray Gubler himself makes no appearance, thus I can't really report that one.

ETA: Lest anyone think my problem is solely the involvement of real people in fics, it was the OOC-ness of pretty much all the canon characters and the abundance of Sues that prompted me to bring up those fics I specifically suggested before deciding to suggest anything by that author.

Owlish wrote:

^Actually that would be historical fiction. Real-person fiction applies to people who are living, generally celebrities or entertainers, sometimes athletes, artists, politicians, etc. People who have developed fan followings during their lifetime are the subject of fanfiction. When they've been dead for a couple centuries or more it's generally considered historical fiction.

Although, if you were to write a story based on "The Other Boleyn Girl," that would be fanfiction because your source is someone else's creative work, as opposed to doing your own research and coming up with your own story. (Was there even research involved in "The Other Boleyn Girl"? I don't even know.)

Aaaah, okay. Thanks for the explanation.

I think that Philippa Gregory did do research, because it's not that inaccurate....I mean, compared to The Tudors.

Well, Raise Your Glass is gone, but the author apparently intends to rewrite it in a 70-chapter form. Sounds promising.

In the meantime, there's The Serpant by The Unholy Trio. I found it via TvTropes' fic recommendations, where people are complaining about the same OOCness I found in RYG.

I didn't see it myself, but only because the prose is so boring I gave up completely.

Nymphadora Necrophilia
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"In case it is not clear this story contains a dead body being used sexually."

I bet from the title you wouldn't have guessed.

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This joke of a travesty of a "Harry Potter"/"Criminal Minds" fusion needs to be snarked and the author needs to be shot.

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This joke of a travesty of a "Harry Potter"/"Criminal Minds" fusion needs to be snarked and the author needs to be shot.

I wouldn't go that far, but she needs to get off whatever crack she's been smoking. Also, her timeline's a bit wonky, I think.

Is there a reason there are so many Criminal Minds fans posting in this thread? Is the fandom's collective quality especially bad, or does it just attract a lot of snippy/lazy people?

Merely an observation...

I just found a real stinker of a shitfic at the Pit. A terrible Axis Hetalia Powers rapefic where Prussia rapes Italy. Aside from the rape thing which could trigger folks it has poor spelling and grammar that would make an English teacher weep,OOCness galore, and just terrible terrible storytelling! Here's the link if anyone cares to spork this thing:



Germany fight for him!

'enjoy'

edited for url fail.

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