Because most of the good fanfiction actually uses the strenghts of it's source, as it is written by hardcore fans who care about the intricacies of the setting, while bad fanfic is just some teenage girl's random wish-fulfillment/fetish/"cool" idea, projected onto some random novel/show/etc. that she just found a week before.OhJohnNo said:Why. Aren't. They. Publishing. Any. Of. The. Good. Fanfics.
This is filling me with UNCONTROLLABLE RAAAAGE
SO MUCH TALENT is hidden away behind all the shit on FF.net and it;s being ignored in favour of the shit!
GAaaaaaahhhh... [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5775707/1/Mass-Effect-Interregnum]
Yes please. Ignore and it goes away. The stupidity didn't increase over the past decades, the internet just gave us access to a lot more of it.Elect G-Max said:STOP LIKING THINGS THAT I DON'T LIKE!!!
Can we move on with our lives now?
Stop watering down my Gin! Or if you have to, atleast pass me some lemon to counter out the salt!NinjaDeathSlap said:What did books ever do to deserve this?!
If anybody wants me, you'll fin me half-way down a bottle of Gin... crying.
When I was 13, I finished reading David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest. I'd read most of Chuck Palahniuk's fiction that had been published at the time, as well. I was a fan of Douglas Adams. I understood the importance of originality, and abhorred fanfiction.Magic Muffin Man said:Sure, it's probably cliche-ridden drivel, but she's also a 16 year old girl who doesn't know any better.
They're a boy-band, which I'm ashamed to say hail from the shores of my homeland.excalipoor said:I have no idea what this One Direction is, but it was a thread exactly like this one that made me look up 50 Shades of Gray. You're not getting me this time.
I actually found out about it from some fanfic thread here on the Escapist months ago. I love the bastard to death, but I wished he'd keep to a damn schedule.Fayathon said:Enter thread to see what the fuck One Direction is, and why I have to stock shit from them everyJaceArveduin said:*snip*
He does, it's one update every two weeks for On the Wings of Dragons. I think we're about due for another chapter in the next few days.JaceArveduin said:*snip*
<youtube=QJO3ROT-A4E>Elect G-Max said:Please explain what "One Direction" means and how it is relevant to fanfiction.
It's roughly every two weeks. He started out updating on Tuesdays, but he's gone almost 3 weeks on one of the chapters.Fayathon said:He does, it's one update every two weeks for On the Wings of Dragons. I think we're about due for another chapter in the next few days.JaceArveduin said:*snip*
I wouldn't go so far as to ask what books have done to deserve such treatment...NinjaDeathSlap said:What did books ever do to deserve this?!
Just wondering, how often do you change your picture?PsychicTaco115 said:Le Snip