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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2010-03-08 05:42 pm

[ SECRET POST #1159 ]


⌈ Secret Post #1159 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Secrets Left to Post: 13 pages, 308 secrets from Secret Submission Post #166.
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the fandom is:

(Anonymous) 2010-03-09 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
The X-Files. If you couldn't tell by the X-files posts surrounding it ;)

I think part of this has to do with the length of time this fandom has been around, but yeah I just think as a whole it has such an impressive offering of authors...

at work at the moment, not much time to talk, but I will be back with examples :)

Re: the fandom is:

(Anonymous) 2010-03-09 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
and I should state for the record that there is puhhhlenty of fucking terrible X-Files fanfiction out there. I guess because of the sheer quantity of it that exists though, the bad can be offset by the amount of brilliant stories that exist in this fandom...

Re: the fandom is:

[identity profile] clarice.livejournal.com 2010-03-09 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
uh, this statement applies to basically every big fandom. And many of the small ones. I'm in a couple small fandoms in which few of the fics are bland or not-so-great, and basically all of them are good, if not excellent, because of who the fandom happened to attract. I've read in numerous fandoms, and X-files does have a fair number of good fics, but calling it the Dostoevsky of fandom is a huge hyperbole. In aggregate, it might be the Stephen King of fandom.

Re: the fandom is:

(Anonymous) 2010-03-09 07:53 am (UTC)(link)
I fully agree! Total abuse of hyperbole on my part.

But the D's match...you know. More eye grabbing.

;)

but yeah, Stephen King isn't a bad comparison. Especially considering he wrote an episode of XF!

Re: the fandom is:

[identity profile] asimaiyat.livejournal.com 2010-03-09 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not in the fandom, but I will say that the people I know in it are some of the nicest folks I know online.

Re: the fandom is:

(Anonymous) 2010-03-09 07:58 am (UTC)(link)
WORD. I don't suppose you're familiar with the X-Filesaholics ('Holics)? We were a major force on the AOL message boards back in the day, lol. I made some truly amazing friends who helped me get through some really shitty times. Still in touch with a few of them today.

Re: the fandom is:

(Anonymous) 2010-03-09 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, I can see where you're coming from, but X-Files is a large fandom with a lot of fic to choose from and which tends to have a more, er, mature fanbase, but it's hardly the *only* fandom where that's the case. It may be the only fandom where that's the case that you like, and that's fine. Rather than there being one fandom that's got better fic than every other fandom eveaaaar, I think there's probably several fandoms that have higher-than-your-average-fandom quality fic, just because of the nature of the source material and the length time the fandom's been around.

Re: the fandom is:

(Anonymous) 2010-03-09 07:54 am (UTC)(link)
I would say the one fandom I've seen compete, in pure literary quality, would be Battlestar Galactica. There are definitely authors who are amazing in all fandoms, but as a whole I just have to give it to the X-Files fanfic. Plus, there are an incredible amount of novel length pieces that are stellar. It's rare to find even a few in most fandoms that are good.

Re: the fandom is:

[identity profile] lilacsigil.livejournal.com 2010-03-09 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
I agree that there's a lot of good X-Files fic, but wow is there a lot of crap to wade through in order to find it!

Re: the fandom is:

(Anonymous) 2010-03-09 07:56 am (UTC)(link)
lol, so true. Gossamer is kind of ridiculous unless you really know what you're looking for. I still go to the Haven Fanfic board, by far the most active discussion/rec site. Good to find new stuff :) Bunch of good lj writers now too...

Re: the fandom is:

[identity profile] lilacsigil.livejournal.com 2010-03-09 08:07 am (UTC)(link)
Not if you're old school NoRoMo!

Re: the fandom is:

(Anonymous) 2010-03-09 08:10 am (UTC)(link)
lol, oh HellNoRoMo!

do you consider them after their relationship having dissolved as being noromo? because there is sooome of that stuff around still.

Re: the fandom is:

[identity profile] klaudyna.livejournal.com 2010-03-09 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Links to the best archives plz?

Re: the fandom is:

[identity profile] blackholevalley.livejournal.com 2010-03-10 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I was hoping it was this! I do agree that in terms of my own personal tastes, XF pwns all, but I'm sure that people in every fandom think that about their own brand of fic.

I think that the complexity of the characters and the general intelligence of the show (again, I'm biased towards my own fandom) lend significantly to the quality of fic. The other commenters do have a point that the quality of fic is probably produced by XF having a long history with a lot of time for people to write both gems and trash. It's helpful that we used to have a lot of award sites that picked out some of the best fics from the rest.