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Fan Fiction Writers Balk at FanLib.com
bill jackson writes "A couple of former Yahoo execs are trying to create the next MySpace by aggregating fanfiction on a website called FanLib. But the fanfic writers recognized that exploitation was written all over the idea and they've refused to participate. 'Instead of creating the Myspace of fanfic since the launch two weeks ago, FanLib.com sparked a white-hot Internet firestorm.The meltdown is a hard lesson in how not to conduct business on the Internet.But it's a firestorm of FanLib's own making because, in spite of the Yahoo pedigree (or maybe because of it), they plowed in like china shop bulls.'"
The fanfic crowd is riled up. Everyone take cover!
Let the bad fanfiction about the bad fanfiction site begin.
It never ends.
If the Internet doesn't exist to host Harry Potter slash fanfic, then what the hell is it for?
ScuttleMonkey was manning the Slashdot queue. "Fan Fiction Writers Balk at FanLib.com" suddenly appeared amid a sea of more interesting stories, but ScuttleMonkey knew this was his next frontpager. He always knew, even before he was an editor. Minutes before the story was set to go live, CmdrTaco saw it and ran, if you can call it that, down the hallway. "STOP!" he screamed. "This is a terrible story! You must remove it." ScuttleMonkey pulled out a knife, stabbing Taco in the heart before he had a chance to react. "Remove that, Taco!" cried ScuttleMonkey as he watched the story go live.
Quite frankly, I won't form an opinion until we've heard an official response from the most influential contingent in fan-fiction:
Furries.
Without their unique insight into subjects like "Kirk romances a full sized Gadget from Chip n' Dale's Rescue Rangers" or "What would happen if the crew of the NX-01 were anthropomorphic animals and there's maybe a crossover with the X-Men why not?", we would have no way of knowing what we did and didn't like about the various trek series, and, by extension, an online repository of stories.
So count me out until the "Commander Troi as a sexy lemur" crowd weighs in, THEN I'll know what to think.
Man, I gotta cut down on the caffeine and get more sleep. I was really confused about why the fanfic folks were having their LinuxJournal forum accounts terminated.
If the Internet doesn't exist to host Harry Potter slash fanfic, then what the hell is it for?
Why, Furries, of course. That plus Naruto.
-- Tigger warning: This post may contain tiggers! --
This marks the first legitimate shot for a Kirk/Spock TV pilot.
Star Trek
The Search for Spock's Nipple
If Nalgene water bottles are outlawed, only outlaws will have Nalgene water bottles.
It was a cold and windy night, the air was still and damp. A strange aroma arose from the streets below and he became nauseous, his hand slipping from the balcony rail. He made his way back inside his room, dizzy now he stood swaying for a moment. It was then that the fear came and he knew at once what he had to do. He ran into the bathroom and tore open the cabinet, grabbing the sleeping pills from the shelf he expertly flipped the top and downed the entire bottle. He Fell to the floor, clutching the bottle to his chest, convulsing, gurgling and foaming at the mouth. "A good thing I brought these sleeping pills" he thought and then the truth dawned, he hadn't brought any sleeping pills. "Oh shit", he thought.
Man NC17 that must have been one old Star Cruzier I mean hell they were already up to NC1701 in the seriess. Thats like 1684 ships prior to Enterprise.
Repeal the 17th Amendment TODAY! Also Please Read http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html
TROOOOLLLL! Trooooollll in the dungeons!!!!!!!!!
And I revoke the geek license of anyone who doesn't get that joke.
You can be honest with us. Fan-fiction stole your girlfriend and ran over your dog, didn't it?
Because slashdot isn't well known for "breaking" news. It's an aggregator of news that has already been published and sourced.
Though slashdot is well known for breaking sites that happen to have breaking news.