RP, Dreams, My Dark Fic Past

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This morning was hell for me. I woke up around three in the morning in excruciating pain. I'm happily doped up on medication for it now, which I'd like to think added to my dreams about me, Pyro, Magneto and Superman going on a crime spree to find three sacred gems. Superman was being mind-controlled by me, else he wouldn't have gone on a crime spree. Or let all those whales loose in the streets of Boston after he flooded it. Sawyer from Lost was in there somewhere, at a sleazy little hotel. But I probably would have had strange dreams anyway.

So, I was talking with ranchangrnl about fandom experiences and starting out in fan fiction. The first fics I wrote are long gone, swallowed by the great cavernous void of cyberspace. My Highlander Mary Sue series. My Babylon 5 Zack/Lyta schmoop. That's all gone. I have a printed out copy of one Babylon 5 fic, and a horrible Due South epic I once wrote. Why I saved these things, I'm never sure. Except that it's fun to go back and see how far I've come. And while those are gone, others still remain.

I come before you now to share with you the stories of my old fan fiction. The fan fiction full of cliches, purple prose and mary sues. Because I wrote it. I wrote it in the grand tradition of fanwit fiction. Back when I honestly believed characters that were half demon/half cat with wings and super powers were actually a good idea. Back when I saw nothing wrong with having an entire cast fall head over heels for my chaos demon reincarnated as a powerful sorceress - even though she was shagging the villain. I did it all. Super powers, amazing beauty, canon-warping, reincarnation-resulting-in-split-personalities (both of which were awe-inspiring and amazing, of course), animal bonding powers, the ability to save the soul of the twisted, power hungry villain...

There are two fandoms for which fics of this nature remain. The Halfblood Chronicles, and the Aladdin TV show. Yes, you heard me correctly. And if you're truly curious, I am willing to post these old fics here, so we can all look back and laugh. Because I'm not embarrassed of these god awful pieces of fantasy. They were a starting point, and I've come so very far in writing that it's nice to look back and remember where I started.

So come on folks! Share your stories of your embarrassing fiction! Share your tales of Mary-Sues, canon rape, ideas-that-seemed-good-at-the-time and everything else. Look back with me and laugh, and be thankful for those first stories that set you on the path.

Comments

[chaneystarr.livejournal.com]

Dude. You wrote Aladdin fic. That rocks in SO many ways!! *cracks up* I think I wrote my first fanfic to... My Little Pony. When I was like 6. Because I wanted to be Megan. Or replace Megan. I can't really remember, hahaha. But when I first found online, it was to Sailor Moon and Ronin Warriors and later a Fushigi Yuugi-like universe. I think I did a few Ranma, too, and I believe I did a Gravitation one once, since I was all about the anime before stumbling across Harry Potter, which consumed my sould till about a year ago when I remembered how much I loved anime and how better it was, hahaha. ;) Well, in some ways *snickers*

[theladyfeylene.livejournal.com]

Mozenrath Sues. Every single one of them. I'll be posting them, due to popular request. :D

That's awesome! My Little Pony ruled. I always wanted to be a pony. A flutter pony, to be exact.

[chaneystarr.livejournal.com]

*snickers* That's so awesome, I can't wait to read, haha!

And I know. I was all about My Little Pony and She-Ra and Thundercats (I wanted to be the girl twin and I was in love with the boy twin. Umm. I didn't quite get the concept of twincest way back then, but I blame them for starting it) and a cartoon called Wildfire that was also about a horse and a girl that NO ONE I know remembers, haha, but it was my favourite. I made up stories in all of them that were terribly mary-sueish.