Subject: [FFML] Re: [Synopses-List] Synopses List for May 5
From: Adrian Tymes
Date: 5/18/2000, 12:02 AM
To: ffml@fanfic.com

Glazius Falconar wrote:
                   The FFML Synopses List Review (with cheese)
                   ====================== ******

Can I have mine with mayo, please?  ^_^;

Title: Chaos Race

...did you _really_ have to bring Scratch and Grounder into this?

Well, ye-

Don't answer that.

Ok.

Suffice to say I enjoyed it the first time, and it was a very plausible
mini-series, which dealt with a lot of things that a strange melding of the
continuities would bring together. If you found yourself enjoying the
Saturday morning Sonic cartoon ABC aired before Power Rangers knocked it
off, then my hearty recommendation is that you read this.

Acutally, Sega/DiC so thoroughly dissassociated themselves with this
interpretation of Sonic, that they have not (yet) barked at those who
uploaded the entire series to the Web.  They actually viewed the
presence of a plot and character development as negatives.  Too bad for
them, though it does give us easier access to the source material here.

Title: Shattered Dreams

This... went by too fast. Even considering the source material.

<rimshot>

Don't feel you have to fit an entire story into the framework of a
thirty-minute episode. This... feels like you tried that, and it does show
in several places. While the core concept it very good, it could use a
little more meat on its bones than you gave it. Show us what _else_ was
happening, let the story last for days instead of hours...

Actually, a number of Sonic fics (when I wrote this) were written as if
they were episodes of that cartoon, in direct opposition to the other
Sonic series being offered.  Looking back on it, one might speculate
that the fans were trying to send Sega and DiC a message...but one that
the corporations were completely ignorant of, and would continue to be
until the growing popularity of anime in America sent a similar message
to all such companies.  *Speculate*, that is; certainly not prove.

Title: Two Shades Of Sally Part 1 & 2

Again, this is an excellent idea for a story, and the execution is alright
up until the point where Sonic comes back from outer space. Then... it goes
too fast again. Since you've got a time constraint running, fill up the
story with the thoughts and emotions of other characters, drop hints as to
the other shade's behavior, aside from the ankle thing. It's a decent story
now; it'd be a _great_ story with a little more meat to it.

Had I not wimped out as to whether or not I would do a third part,
combining the two shades would probably have been a good conclusion.

And yes, I _do_ think the FFML is out for a bit.

At least it wasn't out for a bite.  ^_^;


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