Walking Dead II

[Buddy]

I still read a lot of fanfiction. Though I stay far away from the X-rated stuff but I find that in the case of some shows (mostly Supernatural) the fanfic writers portray the characters better than the show writers.   

[Pasta Chick]

Some of it is really ridiculously good. I think it depends heavily on the audience the source material draws. Walking Dead tries to pander to fans, so it makes sense that the fanfic would be a lot of fans twisting things to fit their vision. A lot of it is just regular, boring bad, but some of it is MST3K bad. Like, I read one the other day that was rated M, but included a ridiculous amount of justification for how they were totally in love so it was ok if they had sex, a way too long discussion about condoms, and ended on a super PG13 they kiss and fall off screen and wake up next to eachother in their underwear deal. Many lolz were had.

AU fascinates me too. It ends up either super creative and good, or hilarious from the concept alone.

I've read some awesome fanfic form different source material. And honestly suuuuuper into Star Wars EU for most of my life, which is pretty much just fanfiction. EU geeks created an actual world around the OT, which is kinda amazing.

[Pasta Chick]

Mystery solved!!

[Sandra Craft]

The poor cameraman!  We hardly got to know him!

[Sandra Craft]

An online club I belonged to in my Buffy days used to write fanfic for their own amusement.   I wrote a few jokey pieces but mostly I beta'd.  Usually the only thing that makes me write fanfic is if something strikes me as so badly done that I have to "fix" it or I can't sleep at nights.  I did that with the whole Franklin/Tara subplot from "True Blood", which I thought started out interesting and then just totally stuck its finger in a socket.

But yeah, some fanfic is slush, some is good enough and some is even better than what the show writers produce.  If I'm remembering right, two writers in BTVS started out writing fanfic that got Joss Whedon's attention, and he gave them jobs writing for Buffy and then Angel -- possibly also Firefly but I'm not sure about that one.

[Pasta Chick]

And then you've got Fifty Shades of Grey, which started out as fanfiction and remains just terrible fanfiction. BF and I actually watched 15 minutes of it because he thought all my ranting was misdirection and I secretly thought it was hot. And that it was sort core porn. It ended with him ranting at the television while I laughed hysterically.

But... Some seriously awesome fanfiction about it. I was following an 50 Shades hate group for a bit that produced some great sories.

[Sandra Craft]

And then you've got Fifty Shades of Grey, which started out as fanfiction and remains just terrible fanfiction. BF and I actually watched 15 minutes of it because he thought all my ranting was misdirection and I secretly thought it was hot. And that it was sort core porn. It ended with him ranting at the television while I laughed hysterically.

That'll teach him.

[Buddy]

Plus with fanfiction you have to know where to look. fanfiction.net is crap nowadays because like you said, it mostly has young teenage authors, but archive of our own is pretty decent. It at least has a nice tagging system so you can find exactly what you want.

[Pasta Chick]

When the memes nail it better than the show or fanfic...

[Crow]

Has anyone watched Fear the Walking Dead and if so is it any good?

The Telltale games are far superior to the show I think that is in part not being confined to the comic (seriously play the first episode of season one it is free, and you will see what I mean, if you get stuck use your noggin) and was wondering if this was similar.

[Pasta Chick]

I watched 3 or 4 episodes of Fear the Walking Dead and just absolutely could not bring myself to give a shit.

It's kind of the same fucking thing, actually, except Carl is a 16-year-old heroin addict.

[Sandra Craft]

I watched 3 or 4 episodes of Fear the Walking Dead and just absolutely could not bring myself to give a shit.

It's kind of the same fucking thing, actually, except Carl is a 16-year-old heroin addict.

Yeah, I tried watching one episode but when I realized I was reading a totally unrelated book thru it I gave up.

[Pasta Chick]

Ha!

Parents of Director Behind TWD Cliffhanger Not Speaking to Him

[Davin]

Are cliff hangers that big of a deal? I mean, the result is only a few months away, no big deal. I would be upset if they cancelled the show, but as long as a resolution is coming, I don't mind.

[Pasta Chick]

When the entire season has been sold on "OMG NEGAN IS COMING ONE OF THE MAIN CAST DIES ON SEASON 6!!!" Yes. That makes it a big deal.

Especially after using cliff hanger teasers throughout the season - it's just lazy. They're doing it in place of an actual plot.