Subject: Re: Bad G1 Transformers Slash (neither safe for work nor brain)
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Posted on: 2011-04-28 15:14:00 UTC
Hi, have some fudge!
I'll pass on the link, if you don't mind. I don't see the appeal of even good slash, so I steer clear of anything flagged as bad slash.
Okay--so I'm one of those long-time readers, first-time posters. It's, um, lovely to ... meet you all, I guess?
Anyway. One day, a classmate of mine showed me something a former friend of hers wrote a few years ago: http://www.mediaminer.org/fanfic/view_ch.php?cid=558608&submit=View+Chapter&id=159340
I'll admit, it's not the worst fic I've ever read. It's not terribly long, and I'm actually pretty happy with spelling and grammar for the most part. BUT. What the author managed to pull off with Optimus Prime, Megatron, Starscream, and UNICRON (yes, you read that right) is just, just ... eurgh, as Lavender Brown would say.
*shudders*
Goggles are highly recommended.
Have some snacks and water!
Fair winds!
Now you can throw BBQ parties!
Hi, have some fudge!
I'll pass on the link, if you don't mind. I don't see the appeal of even good slash, so I steer clear of anything flagged as bad slash.
Er, that's "pass on the link" as in "not clicking, thanks", not as in "relay to others".
And he's already got... what honestly isn't really that bad. It at least understands proper grammar and story structure, which is a marked improvement over the badfic I tend to see these guys sporking.
Either way, nice to see you here! =D Here, have some Berg for the road:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQYNIfxLqw8
Hello fellow new poster! (Though it sounds like you were around here for much longer than I was.) And you already found a possible badfic. Not bad! (And since I know next to nothing about Transformers I probably won't read it...) Here, have an extra pair of socks- you never know when you'll need socks. They can be even used as (improbable) weapons if you feel a need to improvise!
You might want to be careful about this one. There's a lot of stuff on the internet that are intensely squicky but not badly written per se; the spelling and grammar is good, the characters still retain most of their personality, etcetera. You may find what's being described distasteful, but unless it's being described badly, we can't really spork it. A fic can be NSFW, but still SFB, if you understand me.
I don't really know much about Transformers canon, so I can't give a judgement on how in- or out-of-character everyone is. My advice is just, as I said before, proceed with caution. This 'ere might be a tricky one.
P.S. Newbie, eh? And a former lurker, for that matter? Well, welcome to the club, and have a fuzzy scarf for your sins.
Lovely to meet you!
Here, have a Dramatic Longcoat - for all those moments when you need something swirling in the wind dramatically. Even if there isn't any wind.
Wow, wasted no time putting up a possible badfic, did you? I'm still trying to find a particularly bad one to help out the PPC agents. In any case, welcome! Here, have a portable HAL 3000.