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Re: Fanfiction Is the Darndest Thing
« Reply #165 on: December 31, 2013, 03:26:25 pm »
Say, what fanfics would we say are THE worst?

Well that's somewhat subjective...

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Re: Fanfiction Is the Darndest Thing
« Reply #166 on: December 31, 2013, 04:15:10 pm »
Say, what fanfics would we say are THE worst?

Well that's somewhat subjective...

There are some folks that consider 'My Immortal' to be high literature... which I find worrisome.
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Re: Fanfiction Is the Darndest Thing
« Reply #167 on: December 31, 2013, 04:59:42 pm »
"My Immortal" isn't really a badfic though.  It's an intentional trollfic.  Wasn't that what was discovered and became the general consensus?

Now... "50 Shades of Grey", on the other hand...

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Re: Fanfiction Is the Darndest Thing
« Reply #168 on: February 04, 2014, 12:52:28 pm »
"My Immortal" isn't really a badfic though.  It's an intentional trollfic.  Wasn't that what was discovered and became the general consensus?

Now... "50 Shades of Grey", on the other hand...

It's highly debated whether My Immortal is intentionally bad or not. I've heard one theory that suggested Daniel Radcliffe (who has admitted writing Harry Potter fanfic) was the real author.
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Re: Fanfiction Is the Darndest Thing
« Reply #169 on: February 04, 2014, 12:54:06 pm »
Depends.  Are we talking bad as in laughable, bad as in boring, or bad as in rage-inducing?

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Re: Fanfiction Is the Darndest Thing
« Reply #170 on: February 04, 2014, 04:57:13 pm »
My Immortal was genius.

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Re: Fanfiction Is the Darndest Thing
« Reply #171 on: February 04, 2014, 05:13:16 pm »
My standing theory is that J.K Rowling wrote My Immortal to troll the really stupid fans.

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Re: Fanfiction Is the Darndest Thing
« Reply #172 on: February 04, 2014, 06:18:21 pm »
These aren't actually badfics, per se--but as ever, your mileage may vary, and besides, I didn't see another topic here to post these, so here we go.  Hopefully they're not horribly off-topic.  Crossover fanfic is sort of a guilty pleasure of mine.  Emphasis on "guilty."

Someone rehabilitated Challenge of the Superfriends and turned it into a nightmarishly awesome story with just a hint of Event Horizon in its DNA.  It's ongoing with a sequel in the works. 

Here's a Smallville/Star Wars mashup--what if Kal-El's escape ship went very slightly astray, and came down on a desert planet in a galaxy far, far away instead of Earth following the accidental death of a very young Luke Skywalker?  It has a sequel.

The same author as above also has another--what if the Ori descended en masse to convert the Star Wars galaxy? 
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Re: Fanfiction Is the Darndest Thing
« Reply #173 on: May 14, 2014, 08:40:16 pm »
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This is a long one, guys, so brace yourselves.

You know what I hate in fics?  When people become incapable of saying 'no'.  And I don't mean 'they're stupid and horrible for having sex'.  I'm talking about the common, stupid cliche in fics where, when a person becomes even slightly attracted to another person, they suddenly have all rational thought and control sucked out of them and become physically incapable of saying "no" and standing up to that person, even if they outright say (or think to themselves) that they don't want to be involved with the other person.  They become slaves to their crotches without any or very little resistance.  Yeah, I know the urge for sex can become overpowering (which leads to a lot of 'oopsies' in real life), but I'd think that usually happens after some serious making out or heavy petting, not the instant you become even slightly aroused.  Seriously, you can be aroused to a point and still have your wits about you; yeah, it's strong, but so is "they're attractive but I really don't want to do this right now".  This is especially grating for me when it comes to "strong, empowered female characters", and especially if it's from a universe where I know woman can easily rebuff the advances.  But nope, it's always "oh noes, my loins are awake, can't say 'no' no matter how much I really, really want to!  Must fuck and then regret it later because I know I don't really want this and I have no willpower to say so because the hottness.  Drama!"

I'm all for sexual freedom and empowerment, but this isn't it; this is being a weak-willed idiot.

Rant for a Skyrim fic below:

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Again, it's not right to shame someone for having sex simply because they like to have sex.  However, I see sex as any other activity; it needs some self-imposed limitations and control, and should be called out when it's done in dumb ways and bad situations.  I also think it shouldn't be seen as something that automatically sucks all willpower out of you the second you get those funny feelings, like some fic writers seem to think happens.  I don't see being made completely incapable and incompetent by the slightest bit of arousal as empowering or positive.
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