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Other Fandom Almost Recommendable: Barely Readable to Almost Good [Volume Two]

Discussion in 'Almost Recommended' started by Antivash, Aug 19, 2013.

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  1. Nuhuh

    Nuhuh Dastardly Shadow Admin Retired Staff

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    This is fairly decent, author gets Ruby's voice right. It has interesting AU elements. I do feel like it hasn't completely hit its stride but there are enough words to get you a feel of how it's going to go. Will definitely keep following it.
     
  2. BTT

    BTT Viol̀e͜n̛t͝ D̶e͡li͡g҉h̛t҉s̀ ~ Prestige ~

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    https://archiveofourown.org/works/2412011
    Features a twist ending Shyamalan would be proud of.
    Starts to wear thin after that, though. Should probably have stayed as a one shot.
     
  3. Steelbadger

    Steelbadger Death Eater

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    Definitely gets points from me, I actually laughed out loud at the reveal. For a moment I thought she might be a secret bear but the end still got me. I wonder why this isn't a more common thing. Should have been a oneshot though, yeah.
     
  4. Mutton

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    Are we talking about the end of the first story? I'm not sure I would call it a twist if it's obvious from the first foreshadow. It wasn't interesting enough for me to read any of the other parts.

    Now, if it had been "Hill was a bear all along" that would have been an funny twist
     
  5. Hero of Stupidity

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    Nindo of the Force


    I would say a 4/5 Naruto/SW cross but because it's really at the beginning I would give it a solid 3/5 until we find out how he deals with Akatsuki. The writing is solid, the premise is not so unique but the inclusion of
    Jiraya
    makes it different. There are not much talk about Ninja training, more of an exposition of what happened in a big flashback by
    Obi-wan telling Supreme Cancellor Organa how Naruto killed Palpatine.
    Also the first fic I read that included
    Darth Plagueis


    Until it gets flashed out more I wouldn't really recommend it, probably it will be abandoned around 40-50k words like every other fic, but I have hope for it.
     
  6. KGB

    KGB Headmaster

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    Wrong thread can a mod please delete.
     
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  7. Pirazy

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    And it needs a massive fucking do-over, and not by a word processor, you can see all the places where a word was substituted by a similar one that was completely wrong, not to mention all the places where words are repeating all over the place

    Stuff like that all over the place, and that was just the 2nd paragraph of the 2nd chapter. Huge chore to read.
     
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    https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4826114/10/Closer-to-Home

    Macross/SG1 crossover.

    Because of the world war, Project Giza was abandoned before the gate could be opened. However, after the Rain of Death the project was rediscovered and reopened.

    Unfortunately the story seems abandoned despite the author still being active. I suspect the story would ahve eventually become a curb-stomp but I was thoroughly enjoying it.
     
  9. Darth Disaster

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    Nindo of The Force is an alright read, but it belongs in Guilty Pleasures and not in the Library. The language is just too basic and the horde of grammatical and syntax errors made me flinch on more than one occasion.

    Tentative 3/5, with I think more potential to go down than up.
     
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  11. Bramastra

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    Was pretty good until it turned into those Indy!Harry fics where he comes back with muscles
     
  12. CrackedMind

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    To be fair, in this fic
    Shaggy is a Vietnam vet, so I don't find it unreasonable that he'd retain the muscles he'd have to put on in basic.

    I always liked the original one-shot, so it'll be interesting to see where Rorschach takes it.
     
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    It's not like he had a training montage and became pure sex over two months...
     
  14. Bramastra

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    Still the whole "when did shaggy get scars he's so hot" is pretty reminiscent, now that I think about it it's more like a naruto fic
     
  15. Probellum

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    Only two chapters, but this is looking to be a pretty good DAO fic, that follows a Dalish Warden after the Blight.
     
  16. Caledfwlch

    Caledfwlch Sixth Year DLP Supporter

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    The Two Year Emperor by EagleJarl.

    An original fiction that features a programmer from our world being dragged into a DnD setting where a new ruler is summoned every two years to reign with autocratic power. It's self-indulgent but a good read if you're looking for something that doesn't take itself too seriously and need to pass the time. 3/5.
     
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    Tasoli Minister of Magic

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    Does ruler die at the end of 2 years?
     
  18. Hero of Stupidity

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    Meh.

    /10char
     
  19. Nemrut

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    Read that one, while it was entertaining at the beginning, it became less so as it went on and I dropped it. 2-3/5 sound about right, although I am not sure the rating applies when one drops it.

    If you want something in that vain, I think Milo and the Natural 20 is a superior story making fun of the DnD tropes. It is genuinely laugh out loud funny. At least for me, it was.
     
  20. Clerith

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    Not just good, that was freaking fantastic. Tons of words for only two chapters. 5/5.
     
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