salinea: (curses)
[personal profile] salinea
So, I've finished reading Vinland Saga.

Then I looked up the fanfics. All five of them. *siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiighs*

I hate small fandoms. I mean, I love small fandoms, I just hate how small they are sometimes :p

Date: 6 May 2011 04:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] q99.livejournal.com
Ah, I know the feeling :)

When you want there to be more and there just *isn't*!

Date: 6 May 2011 11:35 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] etrangere.livejournal.com
*sobs* why is it always the fandoms I'm not all that interest in which have a bazillion of fics by awesome authors? :)

Date: 7 May 2011 04:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] q99.livejournal.com
Maybe because they're things easier to write fic about?

Something that's off-beat from the norm is, by definition, off-beat and thus gonna be a bit harder than something like Harry Potter fic to capture the feel of.

Date: 7 May 2011 04:04 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] etrangere.livejournal.com
huh, i'm not convinced actually. I think fandom popularity has little to do with ease of writing. Usually it's more, like, does it include a lot of young, pretty, preferably male characters who banter a lot? Is it mostly addressed to young people / teen as a demographic? And, is it a medium which is popular in the first place and easily accessible (liveaction tv at the top of the list)? And then some random stuff would account for Harry Potter and the like.

Date: 8 May 2011 02:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] q99.livejournal.com
I think those questions are related. Banter and young-pretty people stereotypes are what most fanfic writers know how to write after all.

Date: 8 May 2011 01:41 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] etrangere.livejournal.com
Ah, I see what you mean.

When I hear "stuff difficult to write", I was thinking of things with complicated setting that needs research (historical stuff for example), plots which deal with a lot of technical stuff that needs research, complicated plots in general :3 etc.

Date: 8 May 2011 02:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] q99.livejournal.com
Well with historical and technical stuff, you can always just Make Stuff Up ;)

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