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Fanfiction Confessions

Discussion in 'Fanfic Discussion' started by Skeletaure, Aug 9, 2020.

  1. Silens Cursor

    Silens Cursor The Silencer DLP Supporter

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    The fact I liked Lily/Snape as much as I did as a teenager probably says more about my superiority complex at that time than I'd prefer.

    I genuinely wish I could write as well as I used to... which is what I would say if going back to my work a decade later doesn't make me wince a bit at the tryhard convolution, oversold melodrama, and serialized plot I somehow had to write myself out of.

    It's the big reason I stopped writing Criminal Limit - I have an outline completed and another ocean worth of plot to craft, but I lost so much of the human locus of the story that it'd just be plugging in a hole.

    Finally, it was in horrible taste how I utilized sexual violence in Renegade Cause, and its inclusion in that story did everything a disservice - I honestly wish I had gotten called more on that shit a decade ago.
     
  2. darklordmike

    darklordmike Headmaster

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    I can't stand post-Hogwarts stories. I want to like them, but I can't. They just lack the charm of canon.

    Edit: the only exception is nonjon. I've read Browncoat, Green Eyes way too many times.
     
  3. Archinist

    Archinist Hαn Sαlsæd First

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    I enjoy empire-building fics with dogshit plot and characters more than small-scale stories with excellent plot and characters.
     
  4. Utsane

    Utsane Groundskeeper DLP Supporter

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    My favorite fic to go back to is that old cywscross fic, because Harry is nice to everyone and people are nice to him.
     
  5. Paradise

    Paradise Paraplegic Dice DLP Supporter

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    Seventh Horcrux by Emerald Ashes, while not necessarily my favorite fanfic of all time, is the one of I've re-read the most, at about 8 times.

    Its always funny, and some scenes can still make me laugh just thinking of them.
     
  6. EkulTeabag

    EkulTeabag Seventh Year

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    I actually like Ron but dislike the twins. Any story that features overt Ron bashing and twin praising is not one I continue reading.
     
  7. Blorcyn

    Blorcyn Chief Warlock DLP Supporter

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    I recognise it’s terrible but I still have fond memories of A Second Chance at Life, tbh.
     
  8. DukeC

    DukeC Squib

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    I actually don't mind Harry/FemRon pairings.

    That pairing actually makes sense.

    I actually don't mind Ron's appreciation for food and think it's odd authors harp on it. If you're ever been in a situation where you had to eat fast or you got nothing at all it makes that completely reasonable.
     
  9. ScottPress

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    I read a lot of fanfic for a ship from a TV show. I will not say which one. That is a thing too terrible to reveal even on DLP.
     
  10. LucyInTheSkye

    LucyInTheSkye Competition Winner CHAMPION ⭐⭐

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    I started out reading and writing gen and het, but nowadays it's mostly slash and I don't even regret it.
     
  11. Silveron

    Silveron First Year

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    I once wrote a smut-story as a teenager where Naruto gangbanged Tsunade in the Hokages office with clones.. It never saw the light of day.
     
  12. Joe

    Joe The Reminiscent Exile ~ Prestige ~ DLP Supporter ⭐⭐⭐

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  13. DrSarcasm

    DrSarcasm Headmaster

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    I've come to really enjoy SI stories. Not all are good, but the literal author avatars no longer bug me as they once did.
     
  14. Skeletaure

    Skeletaure Magical Core Enthusiast ~ Prestige ~ DLP Supporter

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  15. Download

    Download Auror ~ Prestige ~ DLP Supporter

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    I don't like Browncoat, Green Eyes. I got bored of it and left around the time of the goblin thing.

    Pussy.
     
  16. Othalan

    Othalan Headmaster DLP Supporter

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    Yeah, me too, but with the added tidbit that if the author gets the lore wrong, I rage!quit, but not before I leave a fucking dissertation in the comments section explaining in minute detail every single thing they got wrong. It's... kind of a problem, actually.

    Also, I have a weird sort of thing for post-Hogwarts Harry/Narcissa. And none of that pansy-ass time travel shit; I'm talking those full on Harry-goes-to-cougar-town, uncomfortably large age difference fics.
     
  17. dudeler

    dudeler High Inquisitor

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    I enjoy time travel/Peggy Sue/fix it stories.

    I would never admit reading fanfics to my RL social circle.
     
  18. Othalan

    Othalan Headmaster DLP Supporter

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    You should try telling some of them. I think you'd be surprised at how common it is as a hobby.

    Hell, I remember sitting at a table one time in prison, talking to a nerdy friend of mine about Star Wars fanfic ideas, and this tatted up mexican gang-banger looking dude stops short as he's walking by and just lights up. He sat down and wound up regaling us with all the details of a Star Wars fic he had written that had gotten thrown in the trash when a couple C.O.s shook down his cell. It had been like two years since it happened, but he was still pissed about it.
     
  19. Red

    Red High Inquisitor DLP Supporter

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    I wish there had been more HarryIsKingOfMagic fics.

    This less of a ff confession and a more a HP canon confession I guess? I think the HP magic system is better (more nuanced consistent, sensible, FUN) than 95% of other fantasy magics. And I'm being generous with the 5%.
     
  20. Jeram

    Jeram Elder of Zion ~ Prestige ~ DLP Supporter

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    One of the weirdest situation I ever ran into was about that. I was talking to a RL social acquaintance, and he admitted that he was into HP stuff. I did the "but not like fanfiction right?" leading question but he actually admitted to it, and I mentioned I had written something. And then he said he knew it, from this forum! It was the only time that's ever happened, it was quite surreal.
     
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