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Rose:

--- Quote from: Purpura Lipstick on August 15, 2012, 04:21:15 PM ---That is why I said there was a multiple reasons. Undead is written by authors that people know write well and it has had word of mouth.  I really don't think it has to have all three things to be popular, it's a combination.  You can definitely have romances that aren't read because they aren't written well and no one suggests them. 

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I know, but your post made it sound like genre is the main one, which I disagreed with.

If the well known author thing was fool proof though, 00Carter would have more feedback lol. I wasn't that well known before Undead, actually. Obviously Julie was, but the readership from Broken didn't carry over really.

kevmylove:
If you could pick five fanfics to put in a time capsule that would best represent the BSB fanfic fandom what would you choose and why? 

Life According to Baylee by Alota_Cookin

 Chronos Project by PurpuraLipstic k 

On Nightingale Hill by Filiklepto 

Searching For Mercy by Honey

The Thirteenth Step by Mare


Why do you feel certain stories are talked about a lot/are popular?

I think word of mouth is definitely the main reason some stories are more popular.
Os4Also Nick is much more popular in the fandom. lol. 


I'm most know for Sinister Devotion,  Just One Kiss and Fight Me. I'm really happy with that. I'm proud of those stories and readers seem to really like them. It actually makes me giddy when I see someone recommending/mentioning them or when someone takes the time to nominate them. 

mare:
Thanks Erika! :)

I am having a lot of trouble with the five stories question lol because I want to make sure I am picking the ones i'd like Aliens to walk away from thinking "Wow, these Backstreet Boy earthlings are pretty awesome! And so are the people who write about them!"

1. Ground Zero by Chaos because i'd like aliens to know that even boys who aren't really fans of the BSB can write an incredible story about them told in first person.

2. Where Can We Go From Here by Whitney - to let them know we can be a little cheesy and sappy but in the end these boys cared about each other enough to sing one of the guys right out of a coma!

3. Climbing Up That Hill by Sakabelle - because this one shows that even through the hard times, in the end the boys all manage to come through for each other and what better way to tell that story then through all of their points of view.

4. Seven Days by Refuse - Because it's the classic survival story featuring a bus crash. You gotta have a good old fashioned bus crash and or hijacking followed by a kidnapping and hunt of the boys. And a pet squirrel...or was that the sequel? lol Either way. I loved it!

5. Documentaries by Izzy - I feel like I need to always include this story in anything epically related to a must read list because it's my favorite! lol and again, tells an angsty tale about lonliness even when uber famous.

I'm sneaking The One With Nick by Mersey in there because it's my all time favorite short short story! I don't really consider Documentaries that short of a short story. And Mersey deserves to be in this group because she is a perfect example of an incredible writer who isn't comfortable writing in English but you'd never know it! Plus she's my doppleganger and I loves her! lol

There are quite a few more i'd love to include but these are the five erm....six I whittled it down to. lol

FrickingKaos:
Fanfics in a time capsule?

Definitely Where Can We Go From Here by Whitney, I just read it for the first time last night, and I think it is simply amazing. Really shows the bond between the guys and how they pull together through tragedy.

Running Up That Hill by Sakabelle. Pretty
much for the same reason Mare said. It's a good representation of a tough time in the boys lives.

Song For The Undead by Rose and Julie because its just so good it doesn't really need a reason. Story explains itself, a really great survival story.

A Million Little Things by Mare - this story taking place during Never Gone, another time period in their lives that was explored really well, how the guys have changed and has a lot of real events in it.

I can't think of a 5th story so I will come back with one later.

Purpura Lipstick:
aw thanks for the mention Erika! :)

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