Question of the Day, April 13, 2010

[The Escapist Staff]

Question of the Day, April 13, 2010



This week's issue of The Escapist is all about fanfiction, so it's time to come clean: do you write it, read it, or avoid it completely?

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[Onyx Oblivion]

Avoid it, largely.

Finding a good one is like finding a needle in a...desert.

 

[Hazy]

After My Immortal, I distance myself from practically all fanfics.

 

[Eric the Orange]

I've been told there are good ones out there but liken it to the diamonds in the sewer analogy, there may be a few gems but you have to wade trough a lot of shit to find them.

Oh, and I don't write it either.

 

[Mr. Grey]

I can't bring myself to read it.

Maybe there actually is a fanfiction out there that I can stand and respect, but I'm not going to wade through everything that isn't it. I don't think I could survive that... I don't think anyone could...

 

[reg42]

I read My Immortal which was one of the funniest things I've ever read, but other than that, no. They generally aren't very good.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

After My Immortal, I distance myself from practically all fanfics.

Obligatory Linkage [http://myimmortalrehost.webs.com/]

There are good versions though. Just more difficult to find.

Root's General Warning: What has been seen cannot be unseen.

 

[KiKiweaky]

Just not really interested in it.

 

[ultimateownage]

I avoid, fanfic is just weird I think. That and most fanfics are about things I don't care about.

 

[SnootyEnglishman]

There have been some good ones that i've read but in order to get to those good ones i have to filter out all the crap.

 

[FactualSquirrel]

I have never read something of that type, although that's mainly because I hear it's awful.

 

[Legion]

They are usually really poorly written in my experience, so I have been put off them. I don't have anything against the idea though.

There have been some good ones that i've read but in order to get to those good ones i have to filter out all the crap.

A little like DeviantArt in general.

 

[oppp7]

I only read the bad fanfiction. It's so hilarious.

 

[Peace Frog]

Fanfiction Friday has kind of skewed my opinion of fanfic in general. Sometimes funny, normally downright terrifying ._.

 

[Katherine Kerensky]

I've read one or two good fanfics.
I don't have the attention span to write my own...

 

[Shoggoth2588]

I've read some when I was a dumb teenager and too stupid to realize I wasn't reading leaked Harry Potter chapters e.e

I have written fan fiction too. I've done a lot of Celebrity Death Match fan-fic, trying to use real people but often using fictional characters and hating myself for not knowing about celebrities. I've also done a parody fan fiction featuring Nosferatu in place of Edward and lowering Bella's IQ whist increasing her libido to dangerous levels. There was also a semi-erotic piece of Halo fan-fic I have written, wherein the Master Chief goes insane. I rip off Max Payne quotes and base the story around baby covenant [covi-babies]

If anyone is in the mood for a laugh, they can be found here:

Spoiler: Fan Fiction.net

http://www.fanfiction.net/u/505008/

Spoiler: Deviant Art

http://enmadaio2588.deviantart.com/

maybe you should avoid the first one. That is an old place which I keep on forgetting about with short stories I have written in the first half of my long forgotten high school ... time ...

 

[Proteus214]

There is some really good Aliens fanfic out there if you just look for it. I started reading Aliens fanfic in middle school and I still do every once in a while.

 

[TheGreatDirectorWatanbe]

I have read some good fanfics but, the sheer amount of crap thats out there is what turns me off them.

 

[Rainboq]

I avoid it or write it, but I rarely write it in anything more than short stories and I never publish it

 

[Jaranja]

Avoid it, largely.

Finding a good one is like finding a needle in a...desert.

... with no hands.

OT: I avoid it.