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jade_sabre ([personal profile] jade_sabre) wrote2011-07-27 11:03 pm

hello! ...if this page loads for you.

THOUGHTS ON THIS ARTICLE ABOUT FANFICTION FROM TIME MAGAZINE AND AM I LATE IN SHOWING IT TO PEOPLE?

also LJ why you failin' so bad

also also: still alive, road trip is going well, miss my boyfriend like whoa, moving right along! I have a whole folder devoted to posts I want to read/comment on, but tell me if there's anything in your lives I should know about!

all the love,
Jade

[identity profile] keestone.livejournal.com 2011-07-28 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, whoah. Is that the first totally mainstream article on fanfic that admits that fanfic can be better written than the original material?

[identity profile] jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com 2011-07-31 01:32 pm (UTC)(link)
possibly! And the first one to balance to devote a mere paragraph to the darker side of fanfic, while mostly focusing on the positive, the community-building, and the artistic debate.

[identity profile] checkers65477.livejournal.com 2011-07-29 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
I saw that fanfic article! And, well, you must see this (warning, hilarious yet naughty talk of HPslashfanfic)

http://thedailywh.at/2011/07/27/harry-potter-homoeroticism-of-the-day/

I'm glad your roadtrip is fun!

[identity profile] jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com 2011-07-31 01:33 pm (UTC)(link)
IS PEGASUS GOOD

I LOVED DRAGONHAVEN and enjoyed Chalice SO I AM KEENLY INTERESTED IN YOUR ANSWER

it also depends on your general thoughts on McKinley and your thoughts on her more recent work suddenly I want to discuss this.

also my mother and I GREATLY ENJOYED that video. :-b

it is! should be home tomorrow. :-)

[identity profile] checkers65477.livejournal.com 2011-07-31 02:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Well.

I love many of Robin McKinley's books, most recently Chalice. Couldn't get past the first 50 pages of Dragonhaven. Her retold fairy tales are my favorites.

Pegasus is good. I nearly gave up on it many times because there isn't any action, to speak of. Much of what happens happens off-camera. Reports of battles, history described only in journal entries after the fact, etc. But the characters are awesome and the world-building first rate.

I would have liked it a whole lot better if I had known that there is going to be a sequel to finish the story. It sort of ends like this:

Stuff
Stuff
50 pages of angst
VERY BAD STUFF
The end

I could't believe it. Had no idea it was only half the story. Anyway, you should read it. You'll like it!

[identity profile] tiegirl.livejournal.com 2011-07-29 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
Cool article. And funny interview, Chex!

Still drive safely, Jade and Jade's Mom!

[identity profile] jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com 2011-07-31 01:34 pm (UTC)(link)
:-D

THANK YOU TIE. should be home tomorrow!

[identity profile] elle-winters.livejournal.com 2011-07-29 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooh nifty article.

And i thought lj was just being mean to me. haha.

hope evrything else is well <3

[identity profile] jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com 2011-07-31 01:34 pm (UTC)(link)
(ELLE HOW ARE YOU DOING I FEEL LIKE IT HAS BEEN FOREVER SINCE I SPOKE TO YOU I AM SORRY.)

no! it turns out it was Russians being mean to Russians and taking the rest of us down too.

it is! hope all is well with you! :-)