On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Jim Sharkey wrote: > Marvin wrote: > > > > Then this lunatic idea hit me: fan fiction. > > > > Please let me know what you think. > > Part of me thinks it wants to stab me in the eyes at the very thought. > That's the part that's been exposed to some horribly bad fanfic.
Well, yes. That's why I slept on the idea rather than post it last night. But the awfullest fan fiction tends to fall into certain categories that I'm pretty sure we can avoid. I'm not interested in anything very serious, or deeply emotional, or slashy, or where we try to rewrite DB's universe. I'm thinking of stories that focus on the characters, treating them with humor and affection, while showing them trying to solve the problems that we might normally expect to come up in the course of their trying to get home. The tone should be light, perhaps occasionally melodramatic for effect in a self-aware kind of way. > The other part says, "What the heck, there's a reasonable intelligence > and maturity level here." So I guess I'll vote yes. Cool! Marvin Long Austin, Texas
