Last night, I read a story that set new standards for fanfic badness (as written by an adult, of course). It featured characterization massacre for the purposes of setting up an unbelievable pairing, a prose style that resembled a transcription of a breathless narration of the events of the story by a three-year-old (though God forbid a three-year-old get within a mile of the story), sexual gymnastics that went beyond "I don't think that's probable" to "Have you ever actually seen a naked person? Or read about one?", and, of course, incest/rape as merely a confused expression of feeling that brings the two involved closer together.
The most amazing thing? This story accomplished it all in *8K*. Not 8,000 words--8K of memory. Probably less than 2000 words.
Who says you can't accomplish anything in fanfic?
Posted by Sarah T. at May 29, 2003 11:10 AM | TrackBackI now have a terrible compulsion to demand a link to that story.
Why? Because I'm a masochist, apparently.
Posted by: Ealasaid at June 3, 2003 03:39 PM