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Questions to ponder part 11

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Rose:

--- Quote from: mare on June 27, 2014, 09:49:03 PM ---I think for me a classic isn't really about a specific time period, but more how the story seems revered. If people do nothing but go on and on about a story, it ends up being a classic, whether it was written in 1999 or 2014. Or you mention the name of an author and the first words out of someone's mouth is, "Oh they wrote...so and so..."

I would personally consider Broken a classic. I think when people hear your name, it's one of the first stories that will pop into people's heads. The girl who wrote Broken.

That would be another great question. When you say a certain author's name, what's the first story that pops into your head?

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I agree with you, just like when I think of Mare my thought immediately goes to Why I'd Do It All Again, and Fly Fishing LOL.

To add on to this because I agree "current" stories can be classics for me too. List a couple fics you think are modern classics. (Aka probably written after 2005/Post Never Gone)

mare:
Thanks, Rose. I always wondered if it's Why that people attach to me or not. I'm kind of glad it is and not all the groundhog stories! lol

Modern classics - hrmm this is a tough one because I don't really pay much attention to when things were written, but I shall do my best.

Broken - It was one of the first stories that I can say I enjoyed the female lead throughout the entire thing. The way Julie introduced Clare was so subtle and she became so real, that by the time that relationship turned into an actual relationship, I was already a fan. Plus it had such a creative storyline, I mean we've all seen the cancer thing done a thousand times, but to chop Nick's leg off was a pretty epically awesome idea. I know she does not agree, but I still think it's Julie's best story.

Save a Prayer - Loved the premise and before it, we were greatly lacking a plane crash survival story. Plus all the New Kids bite it! What's not to love? I think what I loved most about this story was the role reversals. Don't get me wrong, I love me some in peril Nick, but it was refreshing to see him in the hero position this time around. Being the one to come up with the brilliant ideas and saving everyone. I mean he dug bot flies out of Jordan's head! Gross, but still...

On The Rails - Again, I have to call this a classic because it's the only historical AU that has ever kept me wanting to read more. It has everything I hate in it and I mean loathe - the guys are not the guys, there are no bromantic moments. It takes place way back when, it's mainly about a female and Nick. Yeah...I know! Right? But I ADORE this story. I actually squee when I see it on the most recent page. Which is not nearly enough!

Yesterday's Blue Skies - What a great Sci Fi AU. Another one that has a ton of things I usually hate and if truth be told if Maria wasn't one of my best friends, I probably would have never read this story because of that... but it is so well written and the characters are so compelling and the world she creates is so bleak and desolate. You just want to know what's going to happen! I hate that most likely we will never find out. Even though it's not complete (like On the Rails) this is one of the only stories that if she waited fifteen years before updating, I'd still rush to read the next chapter.

Those are the only ones I can think of at the moment. I'm sure as people list theirs I'll be like "Oh, yeah...I forgot about that one!" lol 

Carter:
I don't really know any classics =( and if I did remember its been so long I have probably forgotten all about them by now =/

FrickingKaos:
The fly fishing story always reminds me of Mare too. Or anything to do with fishing in general.

Classics for me would be Ground Zero by Chaos, Swollen Issues, Nick and Lizz series, Perfection. Plus any of Mare's old stuff.

All Nick torture and suspense stories obviously LOL.

Modern classics: Song for The Undead,  Curtain Call, Remember Me This Way, and any of Mare's newer stuff (maybe I'm a biased lmao)

mare:
I love you, Tracy lol

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