At 09:50 PM 1/21/97 +0200, you wrote:

A shudder? O_o  Hmm. I'm really curious to know which fanfic(s) illicited
that physical response.

I don't think it's that hard to guess. Otakufics of course. <shudder>

Hmm. I've been on this list long enough to know that this subject has been
debated several times over and the outcome is always the same: some folks
don't care for the self-insertion fic, claiming the author has been
self-indulgent, while some folks like them alot, claiming that the author
has provided an original tangent that fulfills the reader's desire for a
completed series to live on. Like any enduring debate, there really is no
clear winner.

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Now, there are otakufics I like. (Bubblegum zone eps. 1, 8&9 for example)

But about 90% of otakufics I've read the new charas are too powerful-all-good-
all-knowing for my taste. 

Yep, this is true.  On the other hand, there are times when the authors are
talented enough to make their characters so blatently all-powerful that you
got to love them for it.  Take Gryphon and Megazone's Hopelessly Lost.
Sure, despite their human personnality probelms, they are still capable of
taking Largo out singlehandedly.  But since it was so beautifully written
and it made you feel for the characters, people still loved it.

And I also picked up the desire to drive a semi truck through a hovering
armored transport at 300 miles an hour while I am the truck.  Gotta respect
that.  Here's hopein' that they write up some more of it later.

Otakufics can be good, but it's quite rare.

Well, since the 'fics themselves aren't all that common, I actually enjoy
most of them.
A lot of the old vets put out a good one now and again.

The Martian
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