Subject: Re: [FFML] Classic Fanfiction
From: George Mori
Date: 9/22/1998, 11:53 PM
To: Helen Szeto , ffml@fanfic.com

Ahhh... Thankfully I am not doing a page on classic fanfics ^^;


        Hehe. Oh this one was a bitch let me tell you. I think I have
gotten a total of 5 or 6 responses. Whoopdeedoo. I had hoped for a bit
more. I sure don't want it to be only what I think are classics.

I saw the TSY description at Tomobiki-cho and sighed... I can see
why the title was changed from Classic UY to TSY to distinguish
the series but I had no problems reading through all sixty odd
TSY stories ^^;


    I read the first chapter. It seemed ok, nothing great though. (I mean
it WAS only the first chapter.) I may put it as a classic in controversial
fanfiction. I mean I can't think of one story that is both so loved and so
hated by fans of the series.

I'll be archiving the rest of Herriot's writings.  He's already
had the UY-TSY/ The Ishinomaki Years and 20 years later handled,
which means that I'm covering A Remarkable Destiny, Galatea
Syndrome, the Sailormoon fics: Sailor Twins, Faith No More,
College Life: Sisters and Lonely Those Who Gaurd.


    Damn, that is a lot of stuff. I still never really liked the concept
of ARD and Galatea though.

I would guess that TSY is not suitable for all readers but it's
certainly not something to be hated.


    I never really got around to reading much, it never pulled me in.

In some senses, it could be considered a classic fanfic simply because
it is one of the giants of the field and the repercussions are
very much... Then again, I also would consider Lew Burton's Just
a Dream to be a classic because of its depth and the ideas
introduced...


    Yeah those were the reasons I may put it in, under a different
heading. I mean it is freaking huge. Just a Dream is most assuredly a
classic. I mean it fits all the criteria: It was before the huge fanfic
boom, it hold up incredibly well, and it's a very good story. I consider
it the defining Alternate Dimension fic. It's a shame that Still Dreaming
was nowhere rear as good as JAD.

In some sense, I've picked my own classics and I can stick with them
^^; and I won't expect anyone to agree with me either ^^;


    Please share what you think are classics, I NEED something. ANYTHING.
= )

        -George