Lost/Dead Fics -- a Wish List

[batzulger]

That is the number one reason I have never written any Worm fics. It would mean I'd have to read Worm again to get a lot of the background material right, and that is NOT going to happen. Once was enough...actually, more than enough.

[Bob Schroeck]

Heh. That's almost the reason I won't do Worm fic other than the nanoSteps I've posted -- I would have to actually read Worm to do it by my own rules, and everything I've heard and read suggests I would absolutely loathe the experience. I guess it just means no one will ever see the scene I wrote where Panacea is utterly baffled by parts of Doug's biology. <grin>

[Matrix Dragon]

I've tried to read it several times. I've made it to Leviathan, never make it much further than that. Usually the bit with Taylor going back to the Undersiders is where my frustration with every single character reaches my limits.

It's fascinating. Great foundational setting for writing fanfics, but the source...

[batzulger]

Oh, I finished it. I was there from the very beginning when Wildbow started posting it, so I kind of felt compelled to. And Bob, you would absolutely hate it. It is so depressing that it makes you exhausted by the end.

[ECSNorway]

Judging from Worm and what little I've read of his other alleged stories, Wildbow begins with the assumption that WH40k os insufficiently grimderp.

[classicdrogn]

Well yes. In 40K the inevitable, multi-directional systemic collapse is immanent, not in progress.

[batzulger]

And 40k has a sense of humor about it. It's meant to be largely satirical.

[Bob Schroeck]

Getting back on topic -- here's a fic I just stumbled across, by the late Scrivener, which obviously he will never complete: Nothing Succeeds Like Success. Worm AU: Danny Hebert triggered only a couple days after Taylor triggered in the locker, with a power that lets him get other powers whenever he touches a parahuman -- and disable the originals if he so desires. For three months he manages to stay under the radar. Then ... well, the best way to put it in a non-spoilery way is, stuff happens, and won't stop happening. Fourteen chapters, sets a few great hooks to keep you reading, and then, of course, that's where it ends. But it's a hell of a ride getting there, with developments I (and judging by the comments, more than a few of the other readers) have never seen before in a Worm fic.

[Mamorien]

Then ... well, the best way to put it in a non-spoilery way is, stuff happens, and won't stop happening.

So, basically the same as canonical Worm with the addition of Danny's trump?

[Bob Schroeck]

Heh. You've obviously read it. How about... "the story looks at where canonical Worm is headed, and says 'no, turn left here instead'"?

[classicdrogn]

this is what karma feels like, isn't it? I thought bitterly

Tattletale delivers all the reason you should need to go read Delerium (SB threadmarks link)

Seriously, check it out. It's really funny, but without more context than fits into a sound bite quote it would just seem like random crazy-talk. Mostly because it is in fact crazy-talk, but informed by VtM precog/clairvoyance powers rather than being random. I forget which specific vamp[ire breed, as I never gave half a shit about VtM or most White Wolf games in general because I hate their edgelord mechanics that punish you for doing the cool things that define your character archetype, but the one known for being crazy precogs.

68k words in 37 chapters, and marked as complete... but more because the author ran out of juice than anything else, as it's one of those deeply unsatisfying fics that doesn't end, just stops, and only arguably not on a cliffhanger. Still, it was a lot of fun while it lasted.

[Matrix Dragon]

Might wanna fix that link there drogn.

[Mamorien]

I forget which specific vampire (clan), but the one known for being crazy precogs.

That would be the Malkavians, at least according to recently undiscovered fragments of the Book of Not.

[classicdrogn]

Might wanna fix that link there drogn.

Eh?

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Oh, had an extra set of single quotes in there somehow. I blame "smart" copy-paste handling in rich text mode, and differences in handling it between xenforo and ... whatever Bob's got here, ezbb or something like that?

Anyway, fix't

[robkelk]

Oh, had an extra set of single quotes in there somehow. I blame "smart" copy-paste handling in rich text mode, and differences in handling it between xenforo and ... whatever Bob's got here, ezbb or something like that?

Anyway, fix't

MyBB. And it's a pain (if not impossible) to do certain formatting in it.

The first rule of creative writing is you don't talk about... no, that isn't right. The first rule of creative writing is turn off so-called "smart" quotes. Who's in charge of your story - you or the computer?

[batzulger]

The computer, duh.

[classicdrogn]

Would it count as the computer iof you were using somethjiong like Mythic GM Emulator or the Modiphius solo play system to run the plot?

But yes, "turn off smart quotes" is always the first thing I look up in a new word processor's help files, and the setting not being sticky for a new document in one I was stuck with for a few years in the late 90s is why I got used to just using a plain text editor and only opening files in it later for spellchecking.

[Bob Schroeck]

Guys... this is just a bit off-topic for the thread.