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Questions to ponder part 11
mare:
With all the talk of old stories lately, here's a few questions for you.
Is there a 'classic' story you have always wanted to read but never have gotten around to?
Is there a 'classic' story you have read because everyone recommended it but when you read it, you didn't like it?
Name five stories you consider 'classics' and why you think people should check them out.
RokofAges75:
Good questions. I think I have read or at least tried to read every classic that sounded appealing to me, but maybe reading other people's answers will remind me of some I haven't.
One classic story I finally read after seeing it nominated everywhere back in the day was "A Tale of Two Popstars," and while it was better than it sounded, I didn't like it after I found out that the author had posted like five other versions of the exact same story featuring different boyband members (from other boybands). That just made it feel so cheap and ruined the characterizati on for me.
My top five classics would be:
1. Where Can We Go From Here - the bus crash story that started 'em all! A little cheesy, but still worth the read, if only for the extreme Millennium-era nostalgia it will bring about. It's pretty well-written for a Millennium era fanfic, too.
2. Between the Lines - This is one that I resisted reading for a long time because it's an AU about the Boys being baseball players, which did not sound like something I'd be interested in, but I ended up reading it for Mare's fanfic club and LOVED it! It's actually one of the best-written fanfics I've ever read and about way more than baseball.
3. Cover Me With Dreams - Another story that took me a couple of tries to get into, I finally read this one at a reader's recommendation and, again, LOVED it! It's probably my favorite fanfic of all time. It's a great romance, but again, it's about more than just that. I love the characters, and it's very well-written!
4. Faceless - I know Mare hates this story (in fact, this may be her answer to #2 LOL), and I can understand why, but it's still an old favorite of mine. It's basically like a fanfic version of Beauty and the Beast about Nick going into hiding after a horrific, fiery crash leaves him badly scarred.
5. Signal to Noise - One of the best suspense stories of all time! It's about a psycho stalking the Backstreet Boys, using their song lyrics as threats online, and trying to take them down one by one.
Links to all of these stories and more can be found on my favorites page here: http://dreamers-sanctuary.com/stories/favorites/
mare:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on June 27, 2014, 09:23:13 PM ---4. Faceless - I know Mare hates this story (in fact, this may be her answer to #2 LOL), and I can understand why, but it's still an old favorite of mine. It's basically like a fanfic version of Beauty and the Beast about Nick going into hiding after a horrific, fiery crash leaves him badly scarred.
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*nods* lol
RokofAges75:
A follow-up question that came to mind as I was thinking of classics was, what qualifies as a "classic" in your mind? Does it have to be a story of a certain age? If so, where do you draw the line? If not, what constitutes a newer classic?
I tend to draw the line around 2003, but hell, that's 11 years ago! I think that's just my own personal cut off because it coincides with a major change in my life, graduating high school and starting college, as well as me coming into my own as a fanfic writer. I tend to divide my own work into two eras, pre-Broken and post-Broken, since Broken is the first truly popular story I wrote and was a lot better than anything I'd written before it. Some of you probably weren't even involved with fanfic then, though, so I'm curious to see what you consider classic.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: mare on June 27, 2014, 09:28:00 PM ---*nods* lol
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:)
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