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fan_eluneTop Ten Signs You're Reading A Fanfic By Fan':
10. Allusions to this and that. Can be to other fictions, series, whatever, can also be private jokes between me and friends, or just me and me. I like to amuse myself, clearly.
9. Eyeseyeseyes. And gazes, and looks, and stares. I will fixate on people's eyes and the way they look at other people.
8. When I don't fixate on eyes, I will likely fixate on hands. Because hands will tell you what eyes don't.
7. Very likely no NC-17-worthy smut, R will be the best you'll get. Often I'll actually skip over the smut, actually. And if you do find smut? There will be a point. It won't just be for the hotness.
6. It might take me pages and pages and pages to get two characters together, because I hate dismissing canon. But I'll take my time and get them together eventually, no matter how not-canon (or slash or het) they are. I'll just do it in my own time.
5. You'll get a very oral-like narration. Tolkien's style is the antithesis of mine. I'll stay close to the character, and view everything through his or her eyes. Stream of consciousness.
4. While the smut has to be pointy for me to write it, interaction between two characters can be written just for the sake of it.
3. OMG ACTION IT BURNSSS USSSS. I suck at action scenes. Writing them is like geeting teeth pulled out. It shows.
2. Plot? I need a plot? You mean bringing characters together for the fun of seeing them interact isn't enough? Fine, I'll find you a plot, but don't come whining to me if it's weak. I warned you. (I could never throw the first stone at RTD. Or any stone at all, actually.)
1. Bittersweet is the word. And angst, there's bound to be angst, unless I was specifically asked for fluff, and even then I tend to manage to sneak in a hint of angst here or there. It doesn't mean the ending is bound to be sad, but... bittersweet is the word. And I believe that happy endings are just temporary. It's what happens after the happy that's interesting.
And now, this meme - please guys, do it! Yes, I'm begging, because I'd love to see what you all come up with, even those of you who don't usually write fanfiction. (Especially those of you not versed in writing much?) Pretty please with the character of your choice on top? I'm listing a whole bunch of characters (as in, thirty) so you can really take your pick. No excuses, guys! There's bound to be one that appeals to you.
Leave a list of fictional characters in your journal that you would love to get a message from. It is your friend-list's mission, should they choose to accept it, to write you an in-character "letter" from a character on that list. Then they post their own list in their journal and the process continues!
1. Keith Mars (Veronica Mars)
2. Jonesy (Carnivàle)
3. Mal (Firefly)
4. River (Firefly)
5. Sark (Alias)
6. Jack Bristow (Alias)
7. Kira (ST:DS9)
8. Methos (Highlander)
9. Snape (Harry Potter)
10. Fred and George Weasley (Harry Potter)
11. Boromir (Lord of the Rings)
12. Chaucer (A Knight's Tale)
13. Germaine (A Knight's Tale)
14. Jim Profit (Profit)
15. CJ Cregg (The West Wing)
16. Analucia (Lost)
17. Desmond (Lost)
18. Faith (Buffy)
19. Nuwanda (Dead Poets' Society)
20. Stephen Maturin (Master and Commander)
21. Lindsey McDonald (Angel)
22. Michael Pinocchio (Harsh Realm)
23. Crowley or Aziraphale, I'm not picky (Good Omens)
24. The devil (Brimstone)
25. Kirill (The Bourne Supremacy)
26. Scud (DEBs)
27. Scott Summers, aka Cyclops (X-Men)
28. Cal McCaffrey or Dan Foster (State of Play)
29. Stuart Allan Jones or Vince Tyler (Queer as Folk UK)
30. Anybody from Boy Meets Boy
And I'm adding three characters I can't believe I forgot to start with what is wrong with me! Nine, Ten, and Jack. *facepalm*
I should be ranting about Lost (Eko! Jack! Sawyer!), The L-Word (OMG ALAN CUMMING! And Keram Malicki-Sanchez!) and Veronica Mars, instead I let myself get distracted by memes. I'm bad. Very.
10. Allusions to this and that. Can be to other fictions, series, whatever, can also be private jokes between me and friends, or just me and me. I like to amuse myself, clearly.
9. Eyeseyeseyes. And gazes, and looks, and stares. I will fixate on people's eyes and the way they look at other people.
8. When I don't fixate on eyes, I will likely fixate on hands. Because hands will tell you what eyes don't.
7. Very likely no NC-17-worthy smut, R will be the best you'll get. Often I'll actually skip over the smut, actually. And if you do find smut? There will be a point. It won't just be for the hotness.
6. It might take me pages and pages and pages to get two characters together, because I hate dismissing canon. But I'll take my time and get them together eventually, no matter how not-canon (or slash or het) they are. I'll just do it in my own time.
5. You'll get a very oral-like narration. Tolkien's style is the antithesis of mine. I'll stay close to the character, and view everything through his or her eyes. Stream of consciousness.
4. While the smut has to be pointy for me to write it, interaction between two characters can be written just for the sake of it.
3. OMG ACTION IT BURNSSS USSSS. I suck at action scenes. Writing them is like geeting teeth pulled out. It shows.
2. Plot? I need a plot? You mean bringing characters together for the fun of seeing them interact isn't enough? Fine, I'll find you a plot, but don't come whining to me if it's weak. I warned you. (I could never throw the first stone at RTD. Or any stone at all, actually.)
1. Bittersweet is the word. And angst, there's bound to be angst, unless I was specifically asked for fluff, and even then I tend to manage to sneak in a hint of angst here or there. It doesn't mean the ending is bound to be sad, but... bittersweet is the word. And I believe that happy endings are just temporary. It's what happens after the happy that's interesting.
And now, this meme - please guys, do it! Yes, I'm begging, because I'd love to see what you all come up with, even those of you who don't usually write fanfiction. (Especially those of you not versed in writing much?) Pretty please with the character of your choice on top? I'm listing a whole bunch of characters (as in, thirty) so you can really take your pick. No excuses, guys! There's bound to be one that appeals to you.
Leave a list of fictional characters in your journal that you would love to get a message from. It is your friend-list's mission, should they choose to accept it, to write you an in-character "letter" from a character on that list. Then they post their own list in their journal and the process continues!
1. Keith Mars (Veronica Mars)
2. Jonesy (Carnivàle)
3. Mal (Firefly)
4. River (Firefly)
5. Sark (Alias)
6. Jack Bristow (Alias)
7. Kira (ST:DS9)
8. Methos (Highlander)
9. Snape (Harry Potter)
10. Fred and George Weasley (Harry Potter)
11. Boromir (Lord of the Rings)
12. Chaucer (A Knight's Tale)
13. Germaine (A Knight's Tale)
14. Jim Profit (Profit)
15. CJ Cregg (The West Wing)
16. Analucia (Lost)
17. Desmond (Lost)
18. Faith (Buffy)
19. Nuwanda (Dead Poets' Society)
20. Stephen Maturin (Master and Commander)
21. Lindsey McDonald (Angel)
22. Michael Pinocchio (Harsh Realm)
23. Crowley or Aziraphale, I'm not picky (Good Omens)
24. The devil (Brimstone)
25. Kirill (The Bourne Supremacy)
26. Scud (DEBs)
27. Scott Summers, aka Cyclops (X-Men)
28. Cal McCaffrey or Dan Foster (State of Play)
29. Stuart Allan Jones or Vince Tyler (Queer as Folk UK)
30. Anybody from Boy Meets Boy
And I'm adding three characters I can't believe I forgot to start with what is wrong with me! Nine, Ten, and Jack. *facepalm*
I should be ranting about Lost (Eko! Jack! Sawyer!), The L-Word (OMG ALAN CUMMING! And Keram Malicki-Sanchez!) and Veronica Mars, instead I let myself get distracted by memes. I'm bad. Very.
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Date: 2006-01-26 02:55 pm (UTC)Letter from... No, leave that one to Rose. Couple of data-cubes from the 32nd century, nothing to be done about those. Distress calls, all dealt with. And Rose is asleep. Okay.
Ah, yeah. Fan. From Paris, 21st century, right - I remember you. Hello!
Good to get your letter. Funny how things always seem to filter down somehow, it was UNIT passed this on in the end. They need to cut down on the paperwork, though. Not much use to you if I get it in sixty years' time, is it?
Anyway, to answer your question: I'm not sure it's such a good idea to write about what you saw and put it on the internet. No, not even if you turn it into a story. First off, there are a fair few people out there who take the phrase "cleaning up" too seriously, and second, you don't want thrillseekers piling up. Anyone who goes looking for danger... well, they tend to get more than they bargained for, and you don't want to get caught up in that sort of trouble again. Do you?
If you want to talk about it, there's people who'll believe you. Honest. And they're not all soldiers - you're right, you probably wouldn't get a lot of moral support out of UNIT anyway. Look up a bloke called Mickey Smith in London. Or maybe Sarah Jane Smith (no relation). They'll set you straight.
Take care of yourself, Fan. You'll be okay. Remember: Tout casse, tout lasse, tout passe.
Yours ever,
The Doctor
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Date: 2006-01-27 03:59 am (UTC)But there's such potential for great story-telling in yours! In fact, I was confiding in a dear Welsh friend of mine that happens to be a TV writer, and he agreed. Thought there was even material for a series here, and they can't very well shut down a series once it's set and working. Said a friend of his was absolutely perfect for your part, and I had to agree.
I hope you don't terribly mind. I'll certainly look Mickey and Sarah Jane up, maybe they'll agree to be consultants on the show?
I'll never forget you, Doctor, and Russell and I will do our best to make sure nobody else ever does.
Fan'