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Date Posted: 11:44:26 07/12/02 Fri
Author: Singhue
Subject: Fine, I'll jump. Think "West Wing."
In reply to: Majin Gojira 's message, "Favorite Fanfic to date" on 07:01:24 07/12/02 Fri

Okay, I'll jump in the water and pray that pirahnas don't eat me alive.

Currently my fandom whore-ish self's favorite piece is written by the awesome Sabine for THE WEST WING. (Oi, the show's fanbase is completely bipolar when it comes to fanfic. They either adoreit or can't believe people would mutilate Sorkin's writing like that.)

It's a series called the "Statesmen" which describes "Josh Lyman, in five parts," though each could be read a stand-alone. It's has everything (het, slash, gen) and is located at http://www.grapefruithead.com/ourboys/sabine/statesmen.htm but the best section has to be "Women," which is located at http://www.grapefruithead.com/ourboys/sabine/women.txt

I cannot recommend it more. With humor, irony, angst,women, men and so many other things, Sabine charts the crumbling of Josh with the character true to form with gorgeous imagery and witty dialogue. All of Josh's trademarks are there -- his arrogance, his pride, his concern, etc. -- and they are what are driving his downfall.

I love fiction showing characters completely tanking or shoved into the most dire situations (ex. apocalypse fiction) because that is when they are at their most dark and complex. However, often times you find that the character is completely unrecognizable and is really not the character that you have seen on the tele; they are whiny and bawl all the time or just Marty Stus who seem always accomplish the impossible.

But the really good writers just tweak the actual known bits of a character and then put them into those situations; they aren't above anything or completely bastardly about stuff. They just are. (coughjennyo'swesleycough) It's never a clean path to wherever they are going because their self-interests and common sense/conscience are at war with each other --- maybe they come out onto the ideal, where they are confident and heroic in deeds, where the audience wishes they could achieve that, or maybe they're just the universe's bitch.

And, god, those are the things that happen in Sabine's story which just makes me want to make Josh my bitch.

--Singhue

Okay, someone else's turn because I'm bored and want to read something, anything *good*, even if it's N'Sync slash. (shudders)

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[> Re: Favorite Fanfic to date -- Robert, 14:47:39 07/12/02 Fri

>What is everyone's favorite peice of Fanfiction to
>date - it doesn't have to be BtVS,

Favourite is a strong word, but one of those I most like
is the rough guide to HP fanfic.

It's more a metafic, and an hilarious guide to the
cliches of HP fanfic.

See
http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=651816

I'd love to see someone write a guide to Buffy/Angel
fanfic in the same format.


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[> [> bwa ha ha!! -- angela, 11:38:02 07/13/02 Sat

>It's more a metafic, and an hilarious guide to the
>cliches of HP fanfic.
>
>See
>http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=651816


That was hysterical! I loved that they were able to squeeze in so many fanfic cliches! I know they had their description of some of the characters extremely (fanon) accurate.

angela


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