[FFML] Continue dead or abandon fics by other authors

[Ignacio Moreno]

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> Ohh yes.  The first example that springs immediately to mind is Zen's
"The Bitter End", which is still affecting a lot of fanfic portrayals of
Akane and Ranma and Akane's relationship (for those who haven't read it:
"The Bitter End" postulates that Akane suffers from a genuine mental/rage
disorder, exacerbated by the canon events of the series, and, due to their
pride, the social stigma around mental illness, and lack of awareness of
treatment options, the Tendos have never admitted she has it and so she's
never been given the medical/psychiatric treatment she needs, causing her
to become an abusive spouse; the story is about how Ranma, post-series,
works this out and breaks free, and the consequences thereof). Admission of
bias: I'm a Ranma/Akane supporter, and most of the fan-fanfics skip the
mental illness bit, making Akane into an abusive bitch without any cause
for her behaviour.  I like "The Bitter End"; the ones that came after, not
so much.

The difference being that The Bitter End is a fic that ca be reader, while
there is a lot of fics where Akane is a bitch\All the fiancees are
bitches\Ranma go away because he can't resist it any more, because the
author want to pair Ranma with character X and it is the easiest way.
The Bitter End has a reasonable premise with a very dark development. It's
the same as Ill Met By Starlight.

> I'm not sure which of about five authors was the one who introduced BDSM
to Twilight fandom, but whichever one it was needs a kiss on the cheek and
a good slap.  The kiss, because dear god the number of times I've wanted to
turn Bella and/or Edward over my knee and give them a good spanking, and
there are actually a lot of good BDSM fics in the fandom. The slap, because
"Fifty Shades of Grey" started out as a Twilight BDSM fanfic (which I read
as it was being written, and I'll be honest, compared to the other BDSM
fics in the fandom at the time, I thought it was worth exactly what I paid
for it).

I would like to know how many people know that Fifty Shades of Grey started
out as a Twilight BDSM fanfic; but I am more curious to know why if it 'was
worth exactly what I paid for it' (that's nothing); it has had so much
success.
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