Aug. 10th, 2009
More Five By Fives
Aug. 10th, 2009 11:17 amMy top five books and movie fandoms where I wish there was more fic.
1.) Sandman. There is some, but not much, especially if you discount the inevitable "a lonely teenager becomes friends with one or several of the Endless" type of stories. The fact that everything that doesn't fall into this category tends to be awesome only makes me long for more, plus the canon manages to be both richly detailed and leaving up all kind of room for other stories.
2.) Blade Runner. The movie, not the Philip K. Dick novella it's based on. There is a dreadful "sequel" published as a media tie-in, btw, and a sequel to that one but sequel No.1 managed to miss the point for me so entirely that I left the second book alone. And was ever more frustrated there is nearly no fanfiction. It could be about any of the characters, or about the world they live in; again, great canon, still much to explore.
3.) The Prestige. Again, the film, not the book. Again, there is some, but not much, and I find all the characters fascinating and would love to read more about them. (Also, I don't really buy the main slash pairing in what little fanfic exists, because this is one case where two men's obsession to destroy each other really doesn't translate into UST for me, so.)
4.) Armadale. Actually, I'd be happy about more fanfiction based on Wilkie Collins' novels, full stop, and in this case on the novels themselves, not any of the adaptions. (Especially for the Woman in White.) But I have a particular soft spot for Armadale because it has one of my all time favourite female villains/ambiguous characters (she's somewhere in between categories, truly), Lydia Gwilt.
5.) The Sunne in Splendour. I love most of Sharon Penman's novels. This one, her first, actually isn't my all-time favourite though I'm still pretty fond of it. But it's the one I most urgently wish to read fanfiction based on. I remember telling![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
linaerys, not entirely tongue-in-cheekly, that I'm surprised Heroes fandom didn't discover it ages ago because see, there is this highly successful, charismatic and morally ambiguos older brother (Edward IV) who has an intense emotional bond with his idealistic younger brother who is eleven years younger (Richard III); said brother hero-worships him, comes to realize the flaws of the older brother in a drastic way, but their bond survives this. Also, Edward's oldest daughter has a big crush on her uncle... But all kidding aside, this novel about the Yorkist kings is chock full of interesting characters and the kind of emotional drama that fanfic thrives on. And it's all thanks to history. :)
( Top Five Spoilery Arvin Sloane Moments )
( Top Five Slightly Spoilerly Londo Mollari Quotes )
1.) Sandman. There is some, but not much, especially if you discount the inevitable "a lonely teenager becomes friends with one or several of the Endless" type of stories. The fact that everything that doesn't fall into this category tends to be awesome only makes me long for more, plus the canon manages to be both richly detailed and leaving up all kind of room for other stories.
2.) Blade Runner. The movie, not the Philip K. Dick novella it's based on. There is a dreadful "sequel" published as a media tie-in, btw, and a sequel to that one but sequel No.1 managed to miss the point for me so entirely that I left the second book alone. And was ever more frustrated there is nearly no fanfiction. It could be about any of the characters, or about the world they live in; again, great canon, still much to explore.
3.) The Prestige. Again, the film, not the book. Again, there is some, but not much, and I find all the characters fascinating and would love to read more about them. (Also, I don't really buy the main slash pairing in what little fanfic exists, because this is one case where two men's obsession to destroy each other really doesn't translate into UST for me, so.)
4.) Armadale. Actually, I'd be happy about more fanfiction based on Wilkie Collins' novels, full stop, and in this case on the novels themselves, not any of the adaptions. (Especially for the Woman in White.) But I have a particular soft spot for Armadale because it has one of my all time favourite female villains/ambiguous characters (she's somewhere in between categories, truly), Lydia Gwilt.
5.) The Sunne in Splendour. I love most of Sharon Penman's novels. This one, her first, actually isn't my all-time favourite though I'm still pretty fond of it. But it's the one I most urgently wish to read fanfiction based on. I remember telling
linaerys, not entirely tongue-in-cheekly, that I'm surprised Heroes fandom didn't discover it ages ago because see, there is this highly successful, charismatic and morally ambiguos older brother (Edward IV) who has an intense emotional bond with his idealistic younger brother who is eleven years younger (Richard III); said brother hero-worships him, comes to realize the flaws of the older brother in a drastic way, but their bond survives this. Also, Edward's oldest daughter has a big crush on her uncle... But all kidding aside, this novel about the Yorkist kings is chock full of interesting characters and the kind of emotional drama that fanfic thrives on. And it's all thanks to history. :) ( Top Five Spoilery Arvin Sloane Moments )
( Top Five Slightly Spoilerly Londo Mollari Quotes )
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