# Recommend me some good fanficiton **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 29, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-fanficiton/185231 "2003-06-29T23:12:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![margin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@margin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/margin)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-fanficiton/185231/21 "2003-07-01T01:34:17Z")
Erm, well, you could try mine. [http://www.allaboutspike.com/auth.html?au=114](http://www.allaboutspike.com/auth.html?au=114) I should mention there’s a high sexual content and it’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer. There’s a slew of good Buffy writers at Livejournal, most of whom really should be writing regular fiction: Harmonyfb, Herself, MustangSally, and so on. When I started reading fanfiction I was astonished that I could read this stuff for free. In particular, Mustang Sally is just wondeful—sort of like a cross between Janet Evanovich and Carl Hiasen. ---
**Author:** ![Cataclysm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Cataclysm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cataclysm)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-fanficiton/185231/22 "2003-07-01T09:58:30Z")
Ah, another Tamora Pierce fan! I love her work (esp the Alanna series). Some of my favourite authors include: [Lady Berenice](http://www.fanfiction.net/profile.php?userid=104163) on [fanfiction.net](http://fanfiction.net) produces some great work. Her TP fics focus on Kalasin and use a mix of original and Tortal characters. She brings in quite a few other characters and it can get a bit confusing but they’re definitely worth it! For some fics that centre in the Tortallan world and have a few appearances by the characters we know, try [Krizsta](http://www.fanfiction.net/profile.php?userid=249767). Her original characters are extremely well rounded and storylines are unique and original. [HuntressDiana](http://www.fanfiction.net/profile.php?userid=288928) is more of a ‘what if’ author and focuses mainly on Alanna and what would have happened if she hadn’t become a knight. I know I’ve read some other good TP fics, and when I can remember them, I’ll post them straight away. I hope this helps **Nightingale!** ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-fanficiton/185231/23 "2003-07-01T10:51:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by margin \* > \*\*Erm, well, you could try mine. [http://www.allaboutspike.com/auth.html?au=114](http://www.allaboutspike.com/auth.html?au=114) > > \*\* You should definetly read this. I’ve long been a fan of **margin** (Ginmar)…since I found Buffy fanfic, and with a good reason. I guess I’ll pimp myself while I’m here, since I didn’t in my first post. [http://www.pepperverse.net/ficlist.htm](http://www.pepperverse.net/ficlist.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Suzene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@Suzene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suzene)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-fanficiton/185231/24 "2003-07-03T08:10:30Z")
Ooo…somone got to Henneth-Annun and Fonts of Wisdom before I could. Well, here are some of my other favorites anyway. For Harry Potter, I recommend Sugar Quill – [http://www.sugarquill.net/](http://www.sugarquill.net/) --for great work in general and “After the End” in particular. As plug for my best-beloved 'ship in that genre, I suggest The Howl Kingdom – [http://www.voldeobum.net/thehowlkingdom/](http://www.voldeobum.net/thehowlkingdom/) . I should warn you that the latter is exclusively about 'fics exploring the possibility of a Sirius Black/Remus Lupin relationship. For LOTR, I suggest Kielle’s 'fics at the Twelfth Ring – [http://www.subreality.com/ring12.htm](http://www.subreality.com/ring12.htm) And my shameless plug – [http://members.aol.com/dhayhurst3](http://members.aol.com/dhayhurst3) – for my site. Theres a mix of stuff there. Best to just peruse it and see what likes you. Take care, Suzene ---
**Author:** ![Nichol\_storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Nichol\_storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nichol_storm)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-fanficiton/185231/25 "2003-07-04T08:11:13Z")
Well hell. Since everyone else is doing it, I’ll [pimp my own fic](http://www.fanfiction.net/profile.php?userid=67949). Found a Spirited Away fansite earlier today that’s a real treasure – [Tea With A White Dragon](http://sekaiseifuku.net/hakumain.html). Has the only good SA fanfic I’ve found. There’s Remember Us, a multifandom site for characters of color from movies, TV, comics, you name it. If you love Kendra, Adebisi, Storm or Hoshi, check it out. Slash and adult fic abounds. .:Nichol:. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-fanficiton/185231/26 "2003-07-04T10:13:41Z")
…And I’ll whore out my [fixed link](http://www.home.pon.net/phoebeg/Grade_D_but_Readable.html), to boot. ---
**Author:** ![audit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@audit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audit1)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-fanficiton/185231/27 "2003-07-04T14:35:40Z")
I reccommend THE BUFFYBOT ADVENTURES. [http://www.geocities.com/the-visitor/Buffybot/Buffybot](http://www.geocities.com/the-visitor/Buffybot/Buffybot) for the continuing adventures of Sunnydale’s robotic heroine. Coming soon will be the season one finale. You only think you know the story. ---
**Author:** ![jeanster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc348/32.png) [@jeanster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeanster)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-fanficiton/185231/28 "2003-07-04T16:59:56Z")
[Hornblower Meets Blackadder](http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=839433) [The Rawhide Kid Meets Wrangler Jane](http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1322208) [Bob, the Slash Version of Bells](http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1018582), a Blackadder slash fic; **Snapdragon** , thanks for the nice review for this one. [The Fellowship and the Fairy Tale](http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1175595) [The Fellowship and the Fairy Tale World](http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1192475), slash fic ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-fanficiton/185231/29 "2003-07-04T18:35:11Z")
[adultfanfiction.net](http://adultfanfiction.net) is a good site-not all of it is too explicit-I have a story there under the _Star Wars_ section, that’s rated R. ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-fanficiton/185231/30 "2003-07-04T18:43:34Z")
**Ranchoth** , you forgot Canadibrit! Her stuff is the only fanfic I read anymore. (It’s Daria, but it pretty much goes off into it’s own little series after a while.) Unfortunately, she seems to have stopped writing. ---
**Author:** ![Quantum\_Butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e79b87/32.png) [@Quantum\_Butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quantum_Butterfly)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-fanficiton/185231/31 "2003-07-05T00:23:57Z")
Anyone got good fanfic in the following universes? -Mercedes Lackey -Patricia Wrede -David Weber’s Honor Harrington -David Eddings -Anything REALLY funny Erm… dangit, I know I had more but cannot think in this heat. Thanks to all who have posted… I can’t wait to check some of this out! ---
**Author:** ![Nichol\_storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Nichol\_storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nichol_storm)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-fanficiton/185231/32 "2003-07-05T00:46:52Z")
Sorry, **Quantum Butterfly** , but Mercedes Lackey has forbidden fanfic based on her fictional works. There is a list of authors at [ff.net](http://ff.net) who have specifically requested that fanfiction about their characters and/or concepts should not be written: Anne Rice Anne McCaffrey Raymond Feist Robin McKinley Laurell K. Hamilton Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb Irene Radford P.N. Elrod Another of my favorite authors, George R.R. Martin, has also requested that no ASOIAF fanfic should be written. Anne Rice loves fanart but hates fanfic; McCaffrey used to allow Pern fic under very strict rules (none of her characters could be used, no special dragons, etc.) but I think she’s stopped allowing even that. On the other hand, there are many authors/creators/owners who are not opposed to fanfic and a few even support it. I know J.K. Rowling seems friendly enough about Harry Potter fic, and J. Michael Straczynski doesn’t mind Babylon 5 stories. I know some ficcers who used to email one of the writers of their favorite show, and he would discuss characterization and plot points with them regarding their fic. .:Nichol:. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-fanficiton/185231/33 "2003-07-05T02:11:26Z")
There IS some Mercedes Lackey fan fiction on [fanfiction.net](http://fanfiction.net), regardless, though. It shouldn’t be there, but people still write it, I guess. Actually, she doesn’t quite forbid it-one can write fan fiction for fanzines by filing a [release form](http://www.dragonlordsnet.com/qomlrel2.htm). To read it, you need to subscribe to one of the fanzines. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-fanficiton/185231/34 "2003-07-05T02:20:45Z")
Joss Whedon told us specifically that we should write fanfic, especially porn. He said he loves fanfic and he’s happy that his characters will live on through fanfic and the Internet. _sniff_ I love that guy. He’s the greatest. (Until he does something to pissme off again) ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-fanficiton/185231/35 "2003-07-05T02:31:55Z")
Well, I just hope he’s got himself covered, because that’s what happened with Lackey and Marion Zimmer Bradley-people sued them claiming that they stole ideas from fan fictions. Which sucks. _Star Wars_ erotica is the best! BTW, **plg** , did you find that Angel/Spike story I said was on adultfanfiction? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-fanficiton/185231/36 "2003-07-05T02:57:46Z")
I mostly read x-files fics… The best I’ve read are the Starkweather stories over here [http://www.geocities.com/phantmoftheopera/index.html](http://www.geocities.com/phantmoftheopera/index.html) both girls are really really good writers. Their fics are better than **any** of the X-Files novels… Even if X-files isn’t your bag, check them out. You might like them anyway. There are tons of decent fics on the X-files OS [http://forums.prospero.com/foxxfiles/messages](http://forums.prospero.com/foxxfiles/messages) but then, there are even more that aren’t worth reading. Oh well. And then, of course, I devote too much time to **my** own fics [www.geocites.com/mulderscreek](http://www.geocites.com/mulderscreek) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@Anni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anni)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-fanficiton/185231/37 "2003-07-05T06:33:11Z")
I could go on and on for hours about X-Files fic but I’ll keep this short. **elfkin477** , I can’t believe you didn’t mention [Gossamer](http://www.gossamer.org/)! I know there’s a lot of crap archived there but it’s still the oldest and biggest XF fic archive. Here’s the best XF fic I’ve ever read: [The Other Man](http://homepage.mac.com/jinkies420/jess/TheOtherMan.txt) ---
**Author:** ![Tanaqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Tanaqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanaqui)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-fanficiton/185231/38 "2003-07-05T07:07:34Z")
> [@](#): > > -Anything REALLY funny [Twofish](http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=677017&chapter=1) It’s slash, mind you, nothing explicit since it’s on ffn, but if that icks you… It’s Good Omens slash! Aziraphale/Crowley. Though if you just read the first half it’s not. Goes a bit overboard in the second. But it’s _very_ funny, written in the same style as the book. > [@](#): > > Crowley tipped the plastic bag full of water into the bowl and watched with some satisfaction as the goldfish slid out. It made a tiny plunck as it hit the water, righted itself, and came face to face with another fish, known as The Great White Bastard, Jaws of Steaming Hot Death, Tour Guide of the River Styx, Gilled Terror, and Your Ass Between My Teeth. > > He was also known as Crowley’s newly acquired pet. There’s a lot of funny slash out there, but most of it’s pretty explicit. I don’t want to recommend anything _inappropriate._😃 ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-fanficiton/185231/39 "2003-07-05T16:27:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anni \* > \*\ ***elfkin477** , I can’t believe you didn’t mention [Gossamer](http://www.gossamer.org/)! I know there’s a lot of crap archived there but it’s still the oldest and biggest XF fic archive. \*\* To be honest, I don’t go there often. I keep losing the link 😃 I actually have a story archived there. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-fanficiton/185231/40 "2003-07-06T04:48:10Z")
Back when Captain Comics had his own website, there was a continuing story involving a Batman/X-Files crossover. If anyone has info on this, I would greatly appreciate it [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-fanficiton/185231.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-fanficiton/185231.md?page=3)