[FFML] Continue dead or abandon fics by other authors

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From: "Mythril Moth" <mythrilmoth at mythrilmoth.net>
To: "The Fanfiction Mailing List" <ffml at chez-vrolet.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 5:52 PM
Subject: Re: [FFML] Continue dead or abandon fics by other authors


> Well, in strict terms of modern fanfiction, I can certainly cite two 
> examples of fanfics that have inspired other fanfics which have in turn 
> inspired other fanfics written within the last 4-5 years.
>
> And depending on your point of view, these can be considered examples of 
> why this is not necessarily a good thing.
>
> Example One:
>
> The Conversion Bureau.
>
> One guy wrote a story that he swears wasn't intended to be as misanthropic 
> as it turned out to be. A bunch of misanthropes got on board the bandwagon 
> and wrote a shitload of misanthropic stories based on the same concept. 
> This in turn created an entire expanded universe and even a MULTIVERSE. 
> And of course, there were anti-misanthropes who got involved and put their 
> OWN spin on things.

The Other Side of the Spectrum by redskin122004 at 
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/42449/the-conversion-bureau-the-other-side-of-the-spectrum 
is pretty good and TCB: The Other Side of the Spectrum: Multiverse Journey 
by redskin122004 is also pretty good!^_^

> The end result? There are HUNDREDS of Conversion Bureau stories on FiMF, 
> by dozens of authors, covering a broad range of subjects, characters, and 
> political and philosophical positions.
>
> Example Two:
>
> Fallout: Equestria.
>
> Good LORD, Fallout: Equestria.
>
> HUNDREDS of sidestories have been written for Fallout: Equestria.
>
> It's difficult to pass one single day browsing FiMF without running into 
> the story itself, sidestories, or references to it.

I'm writing my own Fallout Equestria with spacefaring advanced humans in it.