Talk:Fan fiction - Revision history

AzimuthAcolyte: Tidying

2022-10-22T20:59:51Z

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 I think calling Mosaic "official" for the purposes of this article is something of a stretch.  There's an "it's not official" disclaimer at the bottom of every installment.  We need different wording.  --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 19:18, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
 :If Mosaic isn't official do Van Reyk and Knowler really qualify as fan fiction writers having made the jump to official media to begin with? Not to rib on these guys (they do great work on the project), just asking for the sake of the article's accuracy. --[[User:74.57.3.251|74.57.3.251]] 22:22, 19 March 2008 (UTC) ([[User:Detour|Detour at work]])
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 If you look at fan fictions you'll see that a lot of them actualy include made up charecters which the fan puts into the Transformer universe.
 (Like, and I'm jus making this up, Megascream a hideous combination of Starscream and Megatron who has taken over the Decepticon forces.)
-Maybe this goes in self insertion and maybe romance for some of them.
+Maybe this goes in self insertion and maybe romance for some of them. {{unsigned|DinoFreakUSA|20:46, 9 November 2010}}
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 The current page on fanfiction appears exclusively negative towards fanfiction and the people that write it. The genres in place could also really use an overhaul, since many of the mentioned genres are better categorised under 'ALternate Universes'.
-I have never edited a wiki before so I would like to know if it is okay to just ... begin, or if there's more i should be taking in mind.
+I have never edited a wiki before so I would like to know if it is okay to just ... begin, or if there's more i should be taking in mind. {{unsigned|SpeedyGrim|04:41, 14 January 2018‎}}

Khajidha: /* Romance */

2022-10-22T20:08:54Z

Romance

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	I'm hoping this person was talking about ships involving humans or other aliens when they wrote this--ships like TC/Marissa or Crankcase/Symbols. Because...		I'm hoping this person was talking about ships involving humans or other aliens when they wrote this--ships like TC/Marissa or Crankcase/Symbols. Because...

	If we're talking about two Transformers, they are the SAME species, even if one of them has a beast mode and the other one is a music box! (and yes, before someone asks, I am the cleverThylacine who writes the RavWave stories) [[User:CleverThylacine\|CleverThylacine]] ([[User talk:CleverThylacine\|talk]]) 01:23, 22 October 2022 (EDT)		If we're talking about two Transformers, they are the SAME species, even if one of them has a beast mode and the other one is a music box! (and yes, before someone asks, I am the cleverThylacine who writes the RavWave stories) [[User:CleverThylacine\|CleverThylacine]] ([[User talk:CleverThylacine\|talk]]) 01:23, 22 October 2022 (EDT)
			:That's exactly what it is in reference to. And I don't understand how anyone could be confused by the section as written.--[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha\|talk]]) 16:08, 22 October 2022 (EDT)<includeonly></includeonly>

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CleverThylacine: seriously, species?

2022-10-22T05:23:18Z

seriously, species?

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	:If Mosaic isn't official do Van Reyk and Knowler really qualify as fan fiction writers having made the jump to official media to begin with? Not to rib on these guys (they do great work on the project), just asking for the sake of the article's accuracy. --[[User:74.57.3.251\|74.57.3.251]] 22:22, 19 March 2008 (UTC) ([[User:Detour\|Detour at work]])		:If Mosaic isn't official do Van Reyk and Knowler really qualify as fan fiction writers having made the jump to official media to begin with? Not to rib on these guys (they do great work on the project), just asking for the sake of the article's accuracy. --[[User:74.57.3.251\|74.57.3.251]] 22:22, 19 March 2008 (UTC) ([[User:Detour\|Detour at work]])

			== Romance ==

			What do you mean, scale doesn't matter and neither does "species"?

			I'm hoping this person was talking about ships involving humans or other aliens when they wrote this--ships like TC/Marissa or Crankcase/Symbols. Because...

			If we're talking about two Transformers, they are the SAME species, even if one of them has a beast mode and the other one is a music box! (and yes, before someone asks, I am the cleverThylacine who writes the RavWave stories) [[User:CleverThylacine\|CleverThylacine]] ([[User talk:CleverThylacine\|talk]]) 01:23, 22 October 2022 (EDT)

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SpeedyGrim: /* Suggested change in wording ? */ new section

2018-01-14T10:41:01Z

Suggested change in wording ?: new section

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	(Like, and I'm jus making this up, Megascream a hideous combination of Starscream and Megatron who has taken over the Decepticon forces.)		(Like, and I'm jus making this up, Megascream a hideous combination of Starscream and Megatron who has taken over the Decepticon forces.)
	Maybe this goes in self insertion and maybe romance for some of them.		Maybe this goes in self insertion and maybe romance for some of them.

			== Suggested change in wording ? ==

			The current page on fanfiction appears exclusively negative towards fanfiction and the people that write it. The genres in place could also really use an overhaul, since many of the mentioned genres are better categorised under 'ALternate Universes'.

			I have never edited a wiki before so I would like to know if it is okay to just ... begin, or if there's more i should be taking in mind.

DinoFreakUSA: /* Fan charecters */ new section

2010-11-10T02:46:06Z

Fan charecters: new section

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	::::From what I come across when looking for fanfic, I'd say there are enough babyfics (or otherwise very young children) to warrant a mention as category. They are not always about baby versions of the main cast though. Sometimes, they are the baby versions of OC's (children of canon characters then). [[User:Geewunling\|Geewunling]] 15:05, 12 May 2010 (EDT)		::::From what I come across when looking for fanfic, I'd say there are enough babyfics (or otherwise very young children) to warrant a mention as category. They are not always about baby versions of the main cast though. Sometimes, they are the baby versions of OC's (children of canon characters then). [[User:Geewunling\|Geewunling]] 15:05, 12 May 2010 (EDT)
	:::::I think that these stories and those of "TFs as humans" need to be readded. Perhaps as a single "humanized TFs" category? --[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] 15:12, 12 May 2010 (EDT)		:::::I think that these stories and those of "TFs as humans" need to be readded. Perhaps as a single "humanized TFs" category? --[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] 15:12, 12 May 2010 (EDT)

			== Fan charecters ==

			If you look at fan fictions you'll see that a lot of them actualy include made up charecters which the fan puts into the Transformer universe.
			(Like, and I'm jus making this up, Megascream a hideous combination of Starscream and Megatron who has taken over the Decepticon forces.)
			Maybe this goes in self insertion and maybe romance for some of them.

Khajidha: /* Crossovers */

2010-05-12T19:12:58Z

Crossovers

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	:::Yeah, a list of typical fanart genres would be a lot different from a list of typical fanfic genres. They lend themselves to different topics. --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 11:31, 12 May 2010 (EDT)		:::Yeah, a list of typical fanart genres would be a lot different from a list of typical fanfic genres. They lend themselves to different topics. --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 11:31, 12 May 2010 (EDT)
	::::From what I come across when looking for fanfic, I'd say there are enough babyfics (or otherwise very young children) to warrant a mention as category. They are not always about baby versions of the main cast though. Sometimes, they are the baby versions of OC's (children of canon characters then). [[User:Geewunling\|Geewunling]] 15:05, 12 May 2010 (EDT)		::::From what I come across when looking for fanfic, I'd say there are enough babyfics (or otherwise very young children) to warrant a mention as category. They are not always about baby versions of the main cast though. Sometimes, they are the baby versions of OC's (children of canon characters then). [[User:Geewunling\|Geewunling]] 15:05, 12 May 2010 (EDT)
			:::::I think that these stories and those of "TFs as humans" need to be readded. Perhaps as a single "humanized TFs" category? --[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] 15:12, 12 May 2010 (EDT)

Geewunling: /* Crossovers */

2010-05-12T19:05:33Z

Crossovers

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	::It seems to inspire a lot of "art" over at deviantart, don't know how much is written about it. --[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] 11:21, 12 May 2010 (EDT)		::It seems to inspire a lot of "art" over at deviantart, don't know how much is written about it. --[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] 11:21, 12 May 2010 (EDT)
	:::Yeah, a list of typical fanart genres would be a lot different from a list of typical fanfic genres. They lend themselves to different topics. --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 11:31, 12 May 2010 (EDT)		:::Yeah, a list of typical fanart genres would be a lot different from a list of typical fanfic genres. They lend themselves to different topics. --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 11:31, 12 May 2010 (EDT)
			::::From what I come across when looking for fanfic, I'd say there are enough babyfics (or otherwise very young children) to warrant a mention as category. They are not always about baby versions of the main cast though. Sometimes, they are the baby versions of OC's (children of canon characters then). [[User:Geewunling\|Geewunling]] 15:05, 12 May 2010 (EDT)

ItsWalky: /* Crossovers */

2010-05-12T15:31:35Z

Crossovers

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	: Yeah, this article was full of redundant language. I pulled a lot of that out (Why add that this is a "fanfic favorite" WHEN THIS IS ALREADY A LIST OF FANFIC FAVORITES) and also yanked a few piggy-backed fanfic "genres" that I didn't think were really all that archetypical. Really? Are there that many fanfics where Transformers are babies? --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 11:19, 12 May 2010 (EDT)		: Yeah, this article was full of redundant language. I pulled a lot of that out (Why add that this is a "fanfic favorite" WHEN THIS IS ALREADY A LIST OF FANFIC FAVORITES) and also yanked a few piggy-backed fanfic "genres" that I didn't think were really all that archetypical. Really? Are there that many fanfics where Transformers are babies? --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 11:19, 12 May 2010 (EDT)
	::It seems to inspire a lot of "art" over at deviantart, don't know how much is written about it. --[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] 11:21, 12 May 2010 (EDT)		::It seems to inspire a lot of "art" over at deviantart, don't know how much is written about it. --[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] 11:21, 12 May 2010 (EDT)
			:::Yeah, a list of typical fanart genres would be a lot different from a list of typical fanfic genres. They lend themselves to different topics. --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 11:31, 12 May 2010 (EDT)

Khajidha: /* Crossovers */

2010-05-12T15:21:36Z

Crossovers

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	Uhhhh, isn't the quality of a story ALWAYS directly linked to the writer's skill? I would change it but I'm not really sure what this sentence is supposed to mean. Anybody want to take a crack at it? --[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] 10:35, 12 May 2010 (EDT)		Uhhhh, isn't the quality of a story ALWAYS directly linked to the writer's skill? I would change it but I'm not really sure what this sentence is supposed to mean. Anybody want to take a crack at it? --[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] 10:35, 12 May 2010 (EDT)
	: Yeah, this article was full of redundant language. I pulled a lot of that out (Why add that this is a "fanfic favorite" WHEN THIS IS ALREADY A LIST OF FANFIC FAVORITES) and also yanked a few piggy-backed fanfic "genres" that I didn't think were really all that archetypical. Really? Are there that many fanfics where Transformers are babies? --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 11:19, 12 May 2010 (EDT)		: Yeah, this article was full of redundant language. I pulled a lot of that out (Why add that this is a "fanfic favorite" WHEN THIS IS ALREADY A LIST OF FANFIC FAVORITES) and also yanked a few piggy-backed fanfic "genres" that I didn't think were really all that archetypical. Really? Are there that many fanfics where Transformers are babies? --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 11:19, 12 May 2010 (EDT)
			::It seems to inspire a lot of "art" over at deviantart, don't know how much is written about it. --[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] 11:21, 12 May 2010 (EDT)

ItsWalky at 15:19, 12 May 2010

2010-05-12T15:19:17Z

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	Uhhhh, isn't the quality of a story ALWAYS directly linked to the writer's skill? I would change it but I'm not really sure what this sentence is supposed to mean. Anybody want to take a crack at it? --[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] 10:35, 12 May 2010 (EDT)		Uhhhh, isn't the quality of a story ALWAYS directly linked to the writer's skill? I would change it but I'm not really sure what this sentence is supposed to mean. Anybody want to take a crack at it? --[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] 10:35, 12 May 2010 (EDT)
			: Yeah, this article was full of redundant language. I pulled a lot of that out (Why add that this is a "fanfic favorite" WHEN THIS IS ALREADY A LIST OF FANFIC FAVORITES) and also yanked a few piggy-backed fanfic "genres" that I didn't think were really all that archetypical. Really? Are there that many fanfics where Transformers are babies? --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 11:19, 12 May 2010 (EDT)

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	:::Yeah, a list of typical fanart genres would be a lot different from a list of typical fanfic genres. They lend themselves to different topics. --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 11:31, 12 May 2010 (EDT)		:::Yeah, a list of typical fanart genres would be a lot different from a list of typical fanfic genres. They lend themselves to different topics. --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 11:31, 12 May 2010 (EDT)
	::::From what I come across when looking for fanfic, I'd say there are enough babyfics (or otherwise very young children) to warrant a mention as category. They are not always about baby versions of the main cast though. Sometimes, they are the baby versions of OC's (children of canon characters then). [[User:Geewunling\|Geewunling]] 15:05, 12 May 2010 (EDT)		::::From what I come across when looking for fanfic, I'd say there are enough babyfics (or otherwise very young children) to warrant a mention as category. They are not always about baby versions of the main cast though. Sometimes, they are the baby versions of OC's (children of canon characters then). [[User:Geewunling\|Geewunling]] 15:05, 12 May 2010 (EDT)
			:::::I think that these stories and those of "TFs as humans" need to be readded. Perhaps as a single "humanized TFs" category? --[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] 15:12, 12 May 2010 (EDT)

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	::It seems to inspire a lot of "art" over at deviantart, don't know how much is written about it. --[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] 11:21, 12 May 2010 (EDT)		::It seems to inspire a lot of "art" over at deviantart, don't know how much is written about it. --[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] 11:21, 12 May 2010 (EDT)
	:::Yeah, a list of typical fanart genres would be a lot different from a list of typical fanfic genres. They lend themselves to different topics. --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 11:31, 12 May 2010 (EDT)		:::Yeah, a list of typical fanart genres would be a lot different from a list of typical fanfic genres. They lend themselves to different topics. --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 11:31, 12 May 2010 (EDT)
			::::From what I come across when looking for fanfic, I'd say there are enough babyfics (or otherwise very young children) to warrant a mention as category. They are not always about baby versions of the main cast though. Sometimes, they are the baby versions of OC's (children of canon characters then). [[User:Geewunling\|Geewunling]] 15:05, 12 May 2010 (EDT)

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	: Yeah, this article was full of redundant language. I pulled a lot of that out (Why add that this is a "fanfic favorite" WHEN THIS IS ALREADY A LIST OF FANFIC FAVORITES) and also yanked a few piggy-backed fanfic "genres" that I didn't think were really all that archetypical. Really? Are there that many fanfics where Transformers are babies? --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 11:19, 12 May 2010 (EDT)		: Yeah, this article was full of redundant language. I pulled a lot of that out (Why add that this is a "fanfic favorite" WHEN THIS IS ALREADY A LIST OF FANFIC FAVORITES) and also yanked a few piggy-backed fanfic "genres" that I didn't think were really all that archetypical. Really? Are there that many fanfics where Transformers are babies? --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 11:19, 12 May 2010 (EDT)
	::It seems to inspire a lot of "art" over at deviantart, don't know how much is written about it. --[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] 11:21, 12 May 2010 (EDT)		::It seems to inspire a lot of "art" over at deviantart, don't know how much is written about it. --[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] 11:21, 12 May 2010 (EDT)
			:::Yeah, a list of typical fanart genres would be a lot different from a list of typical fanfic genres. They lend themselves to different topics. --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 11:31, 12 May 2010 (EDT)

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	Uhhhh, isn't the quality of a story ALWAYS directly linked to the writer's skill? I would change it but I'm not really sure what this sentence is supposed to mean. Anybody want to take a crack at it? --[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] 10:35, 12 May 2010 (EDT)		Uhhhh, isn't the quality of a story ALWAYS directly linked to the writer's skill? I would change it but I'm not really sure what this sentence is supposed to mean. Anybody want to take a crack at it? --[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] 10:35, 12 May 2010 (EDT)
	: Yeah, this article was full of redundant language. I pulled a lot of that out (Why add that this is a "fanfic favorite" WHEN THIS IS ALREADY A LIST OF FANFIC FAVORITES) and also yanked a few piggy-backed fanfic "genres" that I didn't think were really all that archetypical. Really? Are there that many fanfics where Transformers are babies? --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 11:19, 12 May 2010 (EDT)		: Yeah, this article was full of redundant language. I pulled a lot of that out (Why add that this is a "fanfic favorite" WHEN THIS IS ALREADY A LIST OF FANFIC FAVORITES) and also yanked a few piggy-backed fanfic "genres" that I didn't think were really all that archetypical. Really? Are there that many fanfics where Transformers are babies? --[[User:ItsWalky\|ItsWalky]] 11:19, 12 May 2010 (EDT)
			::It seems to inspire a lot of "art" over at deviantart, don't know how much is written about it. --[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] 11:21, 12 May 2010 (EDT)