30 Days of Blog Meme: Day 15
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thessalianA fanfic
Well. Fanfic. Yes. Um. *subtly tries to stuff her faded, dusty BNF banner under the sofa*
Okay, well, some of you know all too well that I used to do the fandom thing big time. Between 1999 and ... I dunno, 2003, I was heavily active in Daria fandom. I wrote fic. Lots and lots of it. I still get fanmail from time to time (I have no idea why). In the end, my time in fandom brought me some wonderful friends and a great deal of practice writing dialogue but so much grief and aggro that I more or less backed all the way out. I mean, I still kept the circle of friends (*waves at them*) but I haven't written a piece of fic in years.
However, my favourite to write was "Battle Royale: Beyond Blunderdome". No, I'm not going to link to it. If you're on LJ, or know where my LJ is, there's a link to Fan Fiction by Canadibrit and you can see all my semi-secret fanfic shame. Otherwise, take it as read that it's a retelling of the Japanese film "Battle Royale" with the Daria cast playing the main characters. "Battle Royale" is a gruesome, horrifying sort of film whose plot boils down to "In an attempt to cull the unruly child population, the government implements a programme where entire classes of students are dumped on an island, given supplies and a weapon, and the following set of orders: kill or be killed. Basically, they are set to killing each other off until only one is left alive. And oh yeah - it's televised".
That one was a challenge. It involved a lot of research on the book and film, a little bit of tweaking to ensure a wider range of Daria character involvement, and a few twists on some old fandom memes. Also the ability to render some serious brutality in prose format. Mostly I wrote in script format before that, and never got quite that graphic (leaving aside some fairly impressive shootings in "Tour of Duty"), so ... seriously, challenge a-go-go.
I've not really thought much about fanfic since leaving Daria fandom. I've read a few bits and pieces, but nothing much, and certainly haven't written any. So I can't be as talkative about this day's bits as I'd like. But you never know - with my DAO fandom growing the way it is, and the fact that I'm strongly considering starting all over again with my Elven Mage now that I actually know more about playing the game and might not die stupidly quite so much while seeking out the best and funniest cutscenes, I might end up with something story-like out of it. For now, though, my Daria fanfic stands collecting dust as testament to the fact that yeah, I wrote fanfic too.
Well. Fanfic. Yes. Um. *subtly tries to stuff her faded, dusty BNF banner under the sofa*
Okay, well, some of you know all too well that I used to do the fandom thing big time. Between 1999 and ... I dunno, 2003, I was heavily active in Daria fandom. I wrote fic. Lots and lots of it. I still get fanmail from time to time (I have no idea why). In the end, my time in fandom brought me some wonderful friends and a great deal of practice writing dialogue but so much grief and aggro that I more or less backed all the way out. I mean, I still kept the circle of friends (*waves at them*) but I haven't written a piece of fic in years.
However, my favourite to write was "Battle Royale: Beyond Blunderdome". No, I'm not going to link to it. If you're on LJ, or know where my LJ is, there's a link to Fan Fiction by Canadibrit and you can see all my semi-secret fanfic shame. Otherwise, take it as read that it's a retelling of the Japanese film "Battle Royale" with the Daria cast playing the main characters. "Battle Royale" is a gruesome, horrifying sort of film whose plot boils down to "In an attempt to cull the unruly child population, the government implements a programme where entire classes of students are dumped on an island, given supplies and a weapon, and the following set of orders: kill or be killed. Basically, they are set to killing each other off until only one is left alive. And oh yeah - it's televised".
That one was a challenge. It involved a lot of research on the book and film, a little bit of tweaking to ensure a wider range of Daria character involvement, and a few twists on some old fandom memes. Also the ability to render some serious brutality in prose format. Mostly I wrote in script format before that, and never got quite that graphic (leaving aside some fairly impressive shootings in "Tour of Duty"), so ... seriously, challenge a-go-go.
I've not really thought much about fanfic since leaving Daria fandom. I've read a few bits and pieces, but nothing much, and certainly haven't written any. So I can't be as talkative about this day's bits as I'd like. But you never know - with my DAO fandom growing the way it is, and the fact that I'm strongly considering starting all over again with my Elven Mage now that I actually know more about playing the game and might not die stupidly quite so much while seeking out the best and funniest cutscenes, I might end up with something story-like out of it. For now, though, my Daria fanfic stands collecting dust as testament to the fact that yeah, I wrote fanfic too.
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Date: 2010-02-03 03:57 pm (UTC)I'm suddenly tempted to somehow combine this with
King'sBachmann'sKing's The Long Walk.