Fanfiction Is the Darndest Thing

[PosthumanHeresy]

Why are real people fics a thing?  These aren't fictional characters you're writing about; these are actual living people.  It's uncomfortable and awkward.

Because they don't all have sex tapes, or sometimes, those sex tapes suck. That said, I have read a few good ones, mainly when they capture peoples' personalities so perfectly that you suspect the actual people wrote it to troll fans.

[Lady Evil]

Well, there have been bands that had their own TV shows. (Monkees, Jackson 5, The Beatles, New Kids On The Block to name a few.) Some even have their own movies. Why not fan fic?

[Morgenleoht]

I don't touch RPF with a ten-foot pole...

[wrightway]

Why are real people fics a thing?  These aren't fictional characters you're writing about; these are actual living people.  It's uncomfortable and awkward.

There are certain acceptable ones. People whose persona on tv is a caricature of who they really are are sort of free game. Like Shipping Colbert and Stewart from the Colbert Christmas Special is different from shipping the real guys.

[Morgenleoht]

Why are real people fics a thing?  These aren't fictional characters you're writing about; these are actual living people.  It's uncomfortable and awkward.

There are certain acceptable ones. People whose persona on tv is a caricature of who they really are are sort of free game. Like Shipping Colbert and Stewart from the Colbert Christmas Special is different from shipping the real guys.

Yeah, I could just see that...

[Søren]

I discovered a whole heap fics with...weird...ships

On the family guy fanfiction section of a site, theres a fuckton of fics devoted to fucking Seth Mcfarlane

[wrightway]

AO3? Because I haven't seen that many on FFN.

[Alehksunos]

I really hate to sound stupid, but what is an AO3? I tried looking up that term on Urban Dictionary and got nothing.

[wrightway]

Archive Of Our Own.

A. O to the power of 3.

Not the worst fan nickname for a site ever.

[TheUnknown]

I really hate to sound stupid, but what is an AO3? I tried looking up that term on Urban Dictionary and got nothing.

Archive Of Our Own.

A. O to the power of 3.

Not the worst fan nickname for a site ever.

In case you still don't know what Archive of Our Own is, it's a fanfiction site that's been growing in size and popularity, though still not as widespread as FF.net.  It's still technically in its beta stage, so you can't just sign up with it; you either have to enter your name on a waiting list, or have another author recommend you (I think). 

[wrightway]

Ding ding ding. The waiting list for a non friend spot is something like six months to a year. Every accepted member gets something like 20 referrals they're allowed to hand out. It tends to keep the quality up.

You know, unless some sniveling brat gets a kindhearted soul to give them one.

[TheUnknown]

Ding ding ding. The waiting list for a non friend spot is something like six months to a year. Every accepted member gets something like 20 referrals they're allowed to hand out. It tends to keep the quality up.

You know, unless some sniveling brat gets a kindhearted soul to give them one.

Yeah, I was actually going to mention this.  It does seem to have higher quality fics, but my sister said she thinks the quality is starting to drop.  If that's true, one of my guesses would be that authors are starting to recommend their friends or authors they're friendly with, regardless of quality.

[Alehksunos]

Uh, I think the reason there are (or were) a lot of good images there was because of how small the selection was.

Like for instance, Pixiv was then known for having mostly superior quality artwork to deviantART, but that was because it used to had a mostly Japan-only userbase and there weren't a lot of people there to show some spoilage like back on deviantART (and it should also be noted that Pixiv allows pornography and their policies appear permissive on its content, while you'll get strikes, even banned on dA if you posted any pornographic images, or thanks to loopholes, hard porn).

[wrightway]

There was a Mary Sue calculator to try and help writers decide if their OC was a Mary Sue. It did note some people are really that awesome, though. Bono scores an 87 out of a 100 on that test, putting him firmly into Sue territory.

The one test I found went well over 100, so it isn't that, and a real person one I found doesn't go to 100, so I'd love a link to the one you're talking about. Marilyn Manson, Till Lindemann and Trent Reznor are all Gary Stus according to the one I found for real people. Which, actually, seems about right.

I missed this, sorry. I saw the test roughly two years ago. If I can find it again I'll link you.

[Meshakhad]

I don't touch RPF with a ten-foot pole...

I have an old idea for one. Sort of. It would feature Joss Whedon's characters taking revenge on him. Only to do that, they have to fight through the Mutant Enemy secret fortress filled with all the Whedon villains. In my own twisted way, it would actually be something of a tribute to the man.