Fanfiction/Roleplay/Etc. Story Review/Critique Thread
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 2:37 am
In the same vein as the other thread I created where we critique and recommend Star Trek and Star Wars canon/official/non-canon sources from a purely literary standpoint, I think we could use a thread where we apply the same to fanfiction: what fanfiction should be considered "must read" for its literary merits, and critique fanfiction from that standpoint as well.
I think we should also go ahead and include some of the various roleplay games that the various forums do as well, since they are in essence an extended fanfic, or a "round robin" fanfic as you will. SDN has the "STGOD Board" (I still can't get over the rather confusing and cryptic acronym, yes even after Tyralak and, I believe it was Mr. Oragahn, explained it to me) and SBC has the "Story Debates" forum. ASVS fanfics and roleplay are spread over Usenet, but a significant portion of them are apparently available here, although it appears as if the bulk of the contributions to that website are now from SDN. Of course, we here have our own combined roleplay and fiction board as well, although it is unsurprisingly smaller, with the biggest contributions being a number of fanfics from Mr. Oragahn, and the single biggest contribution being the ongoing wormhole encounter fanfic by JMS himself. Shockingly enough, DITL has a roleplay forum (I didn't know they had a forum period!) They also have a fanfic forum.
Other than that, the only fanfiction I'm really aware of are Conquest and the uncompleted Reign of Terror, both by Micheal Wong, and Graham Kennedy's Portal, which is awkwardly accessible only though DITL's confusing navigation interface under the "recreation" link. Naturally, there are other fanfics in the links provided by the "big three" seem to be the above.
Please note that this thread is NOT intended to be a debate about the technical accuracy or the accurate portrayal of a Vs. battle in these fanfics. We already have a thread for that.
I think we should also go ahead and include some of the various roleplay games that the various forums do as well, since they are in essence an extended fanfic, or a "round robin" fanfic as you will. SDN has the "STGOD Board" (I still can't get over the rather confusing and cryptic acronym, yes even after Tyralak and, I believe it was Mr. Oragahn, explained it to me) and SBC has the "Story Debates" forum. ASVS fanfics and roleplay are spread over Usenet, but a significant portion of them are apparently available here, although it appears as if the bulk of the contributions to that website are now from SDN. Of course, we here have our own combined roleplay and fiction board as well, although it is unsurprisingly smaller, with the biggest contributions being a number of fanfics from Mr. Oragahn, and the single biggest contribution being the ongoing wormhole encounter fanfic by JMS himself. Shockingly enough, DITL has a roleplay forum (I didn't know they had a forum period!) They also have a fanfic forum.
Other than that, the only fanfiction I'm really aware of are Conquest and the uncompleted Reign of Terror, both by Micheal Wong, and Graham Kennedy's Portal, which is awkwardly accessible only though DITL's confusing navigation interface under the "recreation" link. Naturally, there are other fanfics in the links provided by the "big three" seem to be the above.
Please note that this thread is NOT intended to be a debate about the technical accuracy or the accurate portrayal of a Vs. battle in these fanfics. We already have a thread for that.