Jason Liao wrote:
On Tue, 7 Jul 1998, David Johnston wrote:
Piers Anthony? At last a writer who will have characters notice all
those panty shots.
Two rules: No Crossover/Fusions, but you can write the established
characters as OOC as you want, provided that they are IC for your chosen
substitute writer.
So what's IC for a particular writer? You mentioned Anthony, so
let's examine him. Piers Anthony's book Tarot was written to be deep and
philosophical, delving into the meanings of religion and life. Ortho
Plus...well, it was less so. (Everybody who says that there are no
Ortho Plus was not particularly characteristic of the bulk of Anthony's
writing perhaps because it was an early, but he does have two
semi-distinct styles, the didactic one and the alleged comedy one.
Sometimes he combines them to a certain extent. If you were going to do
Piers Anthony's Sailor Moon you'd simply consider which he'd find more
appropriate for a story about teenage girls fighting energy sucking
monsters. It wouldn't be a challenge if it was entirely easy.
more
good Ranma 1/2 ideas available, I say pah! If someone can write a decent
story about intergalactic dentistry...) Xanth evolved from a serious
fantasy to comedy.
Uh... I would rather say that the comedic elements of Xanth grew to
eventually overshadow the rest. There was wackiness in it from the
start.
So, what is Anthony's normal classification? Is it
truly fair to give him a classification?
Or take a look at the stories of one of the established FFML
authors. Zen's Bitter End is certainly different than Long and Winding
Road.
Actually I find LWR to be very similar to TBE. The outcome is different
of course, but the perspective is obviously much the same as is the
narrative style.
Lawson's Nuku fanfics are different than TIL and TOP. How do you
No they aren't. They just have different subject matter. They are
still heartwarming, with varying degrees of angst, with most of the
original comedy removed in favour of a serious examination of
issues raised by ideas that were originally intended to produce laughs
and action. There are differences in emphasis of course, and certainly
authors can and do write in different styles but many authors have
a distinct authorial voice present in the main body of their work.
classify his 'normal' works. It seems to me that a gifted writer is able
to write in many styles and points of view.
If they couldn't, then the challenge would obviously be futile. But
many gifted writers do develop a distinctive authorial approach which
can be seen in the bulk of their work. That's what I'm looking for.
A decent forgery of that kind of style applied to other well known
concept. I actually got the idea from Manga Spiderman (and an old
English class.) It's safe to say that Ikegami's version of Spiderman
was a wee bit different from Stan Lee's, even though the basic
idea was the same. (A crime-fighting high school student with a garish
costume and spider abilities, a motherly aunt, an irascible newspaper
reporter, and a rogue's gallery consisting of characters like The
Lizard, Electro, Mysterio and the Kangaroo who have unaltered
appearances and powers).
Might I suggest that the above rule be modified, so that fusions
are allowed? Without the context of which story the 'new characters'
are drawing from, it's difficult to judge whether a modified story would
truly reflect another author's style.
Eh, you could be right...
-Natsume Ranma Ranma
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The sardines weren't worth the trouble. A few more shots, then
Ryoga-san would overheat and explode. Ducking around a corner,
I managed to lose him as I entered the ramshackle residence of
my Anime supplier.
One look at his face and I knew that I was betrayed. "Tell me."
I insisted. He refused, so I slammed him against the wall.
"Last chance. Where can Ranma-Ranma find good fanfics?"
"Try Jason Liao." he whispered, before he slumped to the floor.
I heard the sounds of a door splintering as I left through the
window, one step ahead of Tendo Heavy Industries...