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From: Elsa Bibat <aerolbj@i-next.net>
To: <ffml@fanfic.com>
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 1:15 AM
Subject: [FFML] [C&C] The Synopsis List Review for 28
Hiya kiddies!
For those who've been missing this or expecting this, well,
here it is. It took me some time, but hey, give me a break
you guys and gals are sending more and more of this stuff
weekly. It takes me thirty hours to go through the stories again
to refresh my memory and construct non-offensive constructive
criticism. ^_^ Anyway, here it is.
As always the opinions are mine and all responsibility goes to
me.
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[Neon Genesis Evangelion]
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Title: Gratuitous Theater
Segment: Two Hearts of One Mind - TimeRunner Reprise
Genre: WAFF
Author: TimeRunner
Email: keiichi@i-manila.com.ph
Homepage:
<http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/7482>http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo
/T
owers/7482
Date Sent to FFML: April 27, 2000
Archive Number: 9839
Size: 9839
Series Summary:
The Gratuitous Theater Project is the collective term for an anthology
of reprised fanfics written by different authors. It's an writing
experiment, designed to highlight the differences in writing style
between the writers involved. Different fanfics from different authors
will be rewritten in the style of the assigned author.
Segment Summary:
One of Scriviner's most well-known and well-read fanfics is retold in
the dialogue-intensive style of TimeRunner, who places his own spin on
the story.
Review:
The first statement that comes to mind is ... well... "Don't fix what
ain't
broken."
Gad. ^^; Will I never stop hearing this line?
Also the fic demonstrates why a piece of fiction can be only actually
done
by one person and is unique.
Not that I'm knocking the boys, Timerunner and Scriviner, for their
ambitious
project but still, you have to admit, what came out was radically
different
from the original.
Um... that was the point. ^^; If I was going to simply repeat what
Scriviner already did then why do it at all?
Anyway, the work can stand on its own though I sometime say WTF. Just
read it and judge for yourselves.
I concede that the first revison was a somewhat flawed piece of work, but
that was mainly because I DID try to emulate Scriviner's style a bit too
much. But that's what the second reprise is for -- to actually break away
from the original.
Oh, and what does WTF mean? ^^;