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I read the damn story all the way through. I want to die. Could someone shoot me through my monitor now? Or at least recommend me to a good psychiatrist? Oh merciful Hades below, I want to die.....
Wait. I deserve this mental anguish. I read *all* of it, in one go, with no bleepka. Oh Hades, I want to die...!
-Honu_Wahine

I have said this before: I am a Harmonian, I ship Harry/Hermione and on this issue I am completely SMEGGING DELUSIONAL in my like for AU fanfic which disregards the epilogue (perhaps also the 6th and 7th books).

But will not defend THIS:

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4605681/1/TheRealUs

It perpetuates the worst Harmonian stereotypes, it showcases horrendous arrogance and character rupture.

AND IT BROKE MY SQUICK-OMETER!

WARNINGWARNINGWARNING: sexual contact (of the second base sort) between preteens.

Kill it! Kill it NOW!

*faints in disgust*

Welcome to the Board. Please deposit your sanity in the provided receptacle. *indicates bucket marked "Warg Fodder"* You shan't be needing it here. Also, here's a muffin.

I thank you from the bottom of my rehydration units.

But don't get too comfy, I'm coming with a new badfic report soon and between you and me, it's the worst, possibly most squicky Harry Potter Harry/Hermione fic I've ever seen (and as an OTP'er of that ship, that's saying alot, although it does have one redeeming feature).

THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU! This has totally made my day. Only one chapter in, and I'm already in love with it. If I didn't think that it'd get me virtually mauled by everyone on the board, I'd give an enormous fangirly "SQUEE!" of joy.
You deserve a medal for finding this. Seriously, you do. But since I can't find you a virtual medal, have a plate of virtual brownies.
-Thank Hades below,
Honu_Wahine

I ran across this particular story a bit after I saw the movie, and I thought it was fairly good.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5626349/1/TheEndeavorsof_Art

Multi-chapter, intrigue and completely canonical.

I'll just have to be careful not to leave it pointed at anyone after I feed it, I guess. ^_^

~Neshomeh, who is not sure why she's feeding a plushie, but OH WELL!

I apologize. I am a nutcase, I forgot to read his entire post(specifically the part about his wanting to write an AU), when I wrote my reply. I did not intend to cause any harm, but the fanfiction that seems to be coming out about Avatar is pretty much bad--what I've found at least--and it's making me rather cranky, and prone to being rather rude. If I've offended the board too much, I'll just stop posting in this thread, and find something else to read.
After the last bit of fanfiction, I've become obsessed with the facts and canon of Avatar 'verse to the point of becoming a bitchy, nasty, slightly sadistic person. I am in love with the Avatar universe, and, yes, while some of it seems over the top, it is what's canon, until Cameron puts out the next two movies or other proof to the contrary.
Once again--apologies for being just a bit too obsessive over my canon of choice.
-Honu_Wahine

Glad you'll be joining us!

~Araeph

Please Note: Neshomeh will not be responding to this post, so someone else should.

I solemnly swear I am up to no... wait... wrong oath. Let me try that again.

I comma square bracket recruit's name square bracket comma do solemnly swear to wipe out the UnCanon wherever I encounter it comma to kill any and all Mary Sues I encounter bracket unless they can be recruited bracket comma and to protect the Plot Continuum at all times semicolon also not to stampede comma drool over comma or otherwise attack Lust Objects comma and not to moan about Upstairs too much if I value my life full stop this I swear by square bracket recruit's deity of choice bracket preferrably Eru bracket square bracket full stop.

*Name: Barid
*Species: Jungle Troll (Darkspear Tribe)
Preferred continuum: Warcraft
Preferred department: All-Purpose Department, Warcraft Division
I like to: (check all that apply)
X kill 'Sues
X light fires
_ use gadgets
X administer first aid
_ fix things
_ provide psychological help
X yell
X assassinate
_ stop homicidal partners
X destroy fuzzy animal companions
_ wash bloodstains
_ be on medication
_ knit
X find new ways to kill 'Sues
X travel to new places
X Other (Please specify):
Collect shrunken heads
Practice Voodoo
Dance


*Name: Eamon Brightbeard
*Species: Dwarf (Ironforge)
Preferred continuum: Warcraft
Preferred department: All-Purpose Department, Warcraft Division
I like to: (check all that apply)
X kill 'Sues
_ light fires
X use gadgets
X administer first aid
X fix things
X provide psychological help
X yell
_ assassinate
X stop homicidal partners
_ destroy fuzzy animal companions
X wash bloodstains
_ be on medication
_ knit
_ find new ways to kill 'Sues
X travel to new places
X Other (Please specify):
Study history
Polish his armor
Avoid Luxury (he has taken a vow of chastity)

Barid and Eamon are both from Azeroth, a planet in the Warcraft continuum. They were recruited after having dispatched a Sue that wandered through their battle to the death on her way to seduce the Warchief, Thrall. The agents who had been tracking the Sue showed up shortly thereafter to find the Troll Priest and Dwarf Paladin dazed and covered in glitter. Barid and Eamon were transported to Medical to recover from their near-Sue experience.

Upon their release from Medical, the two were recruited into the Warcraft Division of the All-Purpose Department due to the fact that the Division is highly understaffed. They now share a Response Center and visit their home continuum frequently on missions, and the occasional food run for Barid (due to the clearly racist policy of not feeding Trolls).


Oh look, a writing sample.

I didn't want to give offense... seems I never want to and if I do, I always feel horrible about it.

(Enters Completely Smegging Delusional mode)

Besides, I'm saving up all my rage for when Rowling writes Books 8, 9 and 10, proving us right.

Beige - Who likes to think of himself as the Harmonian Sgt. Reznov (URA!!!)

(Exists Completely Smegging Delusional mode)

(:P)

Doesn't mean you deserved to be talked to like you're some fanbrat who decided what Avatar needed was shiny sparkles and pretty or that this sort of thing deserves to be treated like it is SRS BSNS (instead of as a hobby).

I'm inclined to agree with July, that that reply was way over the line.

I just thought I'd "correct" (canon is canon after all) some seemingly egregious exxagerations about the future of earth (pop. level, whether there'd be that much pollution with fusion power, etc.) and the plot and minor character changes just grew from there.

I think the only thing you'll not find here is a community of people who really know Avatar. I haven't seen the movie, and the discussion that happened when it came out was hardly to the same depth that some other films have been discussed.

Ultimately, see the board constitution. Interesting conversation is always welcome, regardless of topic. This would probably not be the best venue for long, multi-page epic discussions of every nuance of the AU, but a single thread on it is hardly excessive. Also, when you put pen to paper and get it on paper, please link us to it! Good fic is our friend, and I'm sure boarders would be happy to provide solid concrit.

My, quite acidic, don't you think?

You seem to be forgetting that the PPC is about fun, and fanfiction is about fun as well, and AUs can be fun, and if the Great Beige One cares to have a bit of fun in the sandbox, and is looking for opinions of others from a place they've frequented for far longer than you, the proper response is NOT to nit pick the fur off the dog.

The Avatar 'verse, I'm pretty sure, is nicely grounded in SOFT science fiction.

Maybe not as soft as O HAI MR SKYWALKER THAT SURE IS A NICE LIGHTSABER YOU HAVE THAR, but by no means is it a world of hard hard science fiction.

Surprisingly, one IS allowed to not check every single thing in extracanonical material when making an AU, since y'know, alternate universe is alternative, the Pearl Jam to AC/DC, and extra stuff costs extra, after all.

Just because you're on the Board now and with the PPC doesn't mean you can treat everything as serious business and as if it is an affront to the holy, oh so holy, idea of writing fanfiction if it deviates even slightly from canon or your own personal preferences.

Teal Deer:

Shaddup, calm down, get over yourself and your fandom a bit, this is for fun, not profit.

But definitely the experimental AU. It all begins to take shape.

Selfridge is indignant because he doesn't understand that the circumstances that necessitated the Hells' Gate Clans accepting RDA charity are not normal. Grace is ticked because one of the thugs under Quaritch shot up her and her school and got off (to her knowledge) scot-free. Quaritch, in accordance to Lang's interview, is a good man who, slowly and surely, is seeing more and more problems as nails to be fixed with a military hammer, compounded by minor brain damage from viperwolf attack and a secret pain-med addiction (stole this from another fic).

And let me say that the Destruction of Hometree would come as MUCH more of a shock in this version.

This is deep-level AU, so I don't know how it would go on this site.

That's an angle I hadn't considered. It does sort of change the feel of the Canon from the whole "humans are evil" thing (which I think is overdone and dogmatic, anyways), but it makes a lot of sense.

On the ship it takes second place to Antimatter (probably to power the more delicate internal systems).

Personally, I found the weaponry to be VERY realistic.

We don't have fur mainly because we were filthy and never took care of it, so it was an evolutionary plus not to have fur to prevent parasites and nastiness.

Nope, not really. Fusion takes second base to antimatter(it's kind of...mentioned once-ish in over 200 pages of minuscule writing, and nowhere on the sites) The only ship(now that I look in my guidebook--d'oh *headwall*) is the ISV Venture Star, and I think that got... No, the shuttle was blown up, not the big ship in orbit. Oh well.
The weaponry available--well, given the current trend, it could be available in the next 20 to 30 years (50 at the most).
All it is, is our stuff on steroids with "smarter" computers and really big freakin' guns. The guns are cool though...
Some of the stuff *can* however, be taken out with a well-placed rock or a good tripwire(at the height of your choice: decapitation, anyone?).
Probably the most advanced (IMHO) piece of weaponry that they have would be the MBS-22A Automated Sentry Gun. It's a big honkin piece of shit(compared to some of the stuff most sci-fi geeks come up with in twenty minutes), fires ball bearings, tracer rounds, and needles. Nasty little bastard, huh?
Everything else is stuff like chainsaws, machine guns, and SNS's on steroids like it was going out of style.
If you want any of the specs, just ask.(How big do you think we can make this thread before they tell us to quit?)
-Honu_Wahine(the giggling maniac with a book)

Most of the low tech weaponry in the movie was due to isolation (they could make it on-site) and the peculiar magnetic fields that would screw with the workings of guns running on magnetic propulsion. They used antimatter for the ISV to get up to near-light speed.

Is there Fusion power mentioned anywhere in the books?

-Good PR in "helping" the natives.
-Getting a ready-made workforce
-"Civilizing" the natives

I envisioned this particular future-earth in a Neo-Victorian "Age of Progress" with an immense faith in technology, hope that the future is getting better (as the effects of the industrial age are beginning to be mitigated) and an immense focus on making your own way, blazing to the stars and exploring the Howling Dark. The only reason they aren't trying to religiously convert the Na'vi is that Corporate doesn't give a hoot about that (except for how it affects their profits) and that it didn't play well with the focus groups.

I also had a thought about Selfridge being there as punishment for having an Affair with the CEO's wife. That way he could still be an almost Dilbert-esqe idiot as long as he had competent underlings.

Hehe. That last one was kinda funny.
Unobtanium(and this is just a nutty quibble), is worth 40 mill a Kilogram. Funny thing--one geek on the wiki calculated the cost to make the movie in unobtanium, and it came to 11.85 kg of the stuff. Gross revenue came to 119.5525 kg. Yeah, I look these up because I have no life to speak of.
And, well, those projections are *current*. Who says they can't change? But that idea could work...if you worked really hard... But the power is mostly nuclear, and the fusion thing wouldn't work, as I see it(for Hade's sake, they're still using *rockets*), but with a bit of fancy footwork, it might work. Yeah, the moon's been colonized, and I supposed by then Mars would have been to... Just put all my insane replies to your stuff as insane anger left over from a fic by some fanbrat with a horrendous, horrendous, horrendous grasp of canon. But still.... Eh. Just ignore the insane girl--I've been a Avatard since day one(what can I say, I'm obsessive).
Before you put any Na'vi dialouge in, could you please read the Na'vi dictionary in the back of the Activist Survival Guide? Reading fanfiction's phonetic spelling of Na'vi and some of the made up words are...painful.
Good luck with your story--and if I review, please know that I nitpick everything to death. It's a bad, bad habit I learned from Tirathon (on the Pit).
-Honu_Wahine(the Avatar nitpicker)