To be frank, Dark Lord Potter and perhaps The Archive are the only two websites I trust to have quality Dresden Fics.

However, the list of material is shorter than any of us would prefer. Where, if at all, do you go for more of the same or similar quality Dresden fiction?

 

I have no idea. Every time I've looked for DF fics, I've been disappointed.

I think I glanced at the Archive once, and ran away the moment I saw "Harry/Marcone".

 

Not counting crossovers, I don't think I have read more than 5 DF fics. They were all excellent, though.

If anyone has a list of >decent fics, I'd love to see it.

 

^This

I went there once or twice and in both visits I think I saw mebbe three non-slash fics. I'm fairly sure I even saw Harry/Micheal which just had me going WTF?

In short I've never seen anything worth reading on the Archive, any and all quality Dresden fanfiction I've ever seen has come from DLP.

 

Most of the DF fics on the internet are based on the TV show. I'm pretty sure the Dresden Files section on FF.net is under 'tv'.

I read the books before I saw the show and for that I'm thankful. The show was awful.

 

The TV show frustrates me - not because it was bad (and let's be honest - it wasn't mind-blowing) but because it was so different from the books. I understand taking a few liberties for the sake of budget or convenience for shooting, but why change character's names?

FF.net does have a few, but as was said, many of them are based on the show, and as such I can't read them. Many more are simply not well-written. Most of the rest are too short to be satisfying. That said, if all you want is a little one-chapter slice of life that is well done, you can find a few there.

But if you're looking for well-written, book-based, good-length work, you'll have to stay here.

 

There is a valid reason for changing Murphy's name, and that happens to be because there is a Karrin Murphy working in the Chicago PD and they didn't want to risk a lawsuit because of it.

 

Also Jim Butcher himself came out and said he knew how different it was and he approved it, I mean if you actually did listen they came up with fairly decent explanations for a lot of the stuff they changed such as what Aek mentioned.

 

Yeah, they have no fucking excuse for how shit that show was.

 

This one hasn't been updated in a while (and I haven't read it in a long time, so I'm going off memory), but it's pretty good:

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3495641/1/Bloods_Anchor

 

I suppose my opinion of the Archive was higher rated than it deserved. At the least a few stories are above the majority found at, say, fanfiction.net.

The biggest problem I have right now with DLP's Dresden Fiction is the number of crossovers with Harry Potter. There simply isn't enough straight-up Dresden, which is another reason I posted this topic :/

That said, thank you CheddarTrek and Ryuugi Shi for coming up with something browse-able. With some luck more work will turn up somewhere that doesn't fall into the same category of crap most of the stories do.

 

I honestly consider the Dresdenverse to be far harder to write than say the HP universe. It's too... linear, not enough room for experimentation. One simple change, would change EVERYTHING in the books, and unless you plan to start somewhere, and then go somewhere completely new and unfounded, you wouldn't be able to write anything that good.

 

I think Ellisande is right: DF is harder to write than HP. Which makes it hard to get my Dresden fix. But it's not impossible.

There's a few stories on FFN that show some promise. In particular, the one shot, The Outside, Looking In is short but seems to be pretty true to the DF characters. The author, Brownish, has started a longer work, Complications (somewhat similar to Standing in the Summer Breeze). They're both ``almost recomendable.''

And of course, LittleChicago just posted on FFN, which is awesome.

 

Dude, you really know how to warm a guy's cockles, if you know what I mean.

 

Sorry, I don't. If it's some sort of slang for insulted, I wasn't including you in the `almost recommendable' part; your stories rock!

 

Right, I like this author. Good one shots.

Is that you LC? If so, why aren't half your other fics up there as well?

 

<snickers>

No, all of my work is posted here, under the same name. "Warm the cockles of your heart" is an old expression meaning "make you feel good."

In other words, thank you.

I haven't read Brownish's stuff... I'll give it a go.




...And now I have. Damn, I'm going to go out on a limb and say I wish Brownish would step forward. Quality stuff, characters are true, grammar is correct, stories are enjoyable and make you want to read more. Top Drawer.



... and now I want a Snickers. Goddammit.