|
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 3,118 Likes: 46
Boards Chief Administrator Pulitzer
|
OP
Boards Chief Administrator Pulitzer
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 3,118 Likes: 46 |
I know, I know...it's like asking 'What's your favorite movie?', but we can try to narrow it down a little...right? I've set up a few categories...hopefully to cover a large enough range...and you'll have to excuse the fact that the options on the poll are going to be *my* favorites...but that's where the posting part comes in.  Besides, I'm quite sure that some of mine and some of yours will overlap. I already know that there are far too many to mention, but I'm hoping this poll will bring about some new stories for some to read, especially those new to the boards or the fandom. Sara
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 1,133
Top Banana
|
Top Banana
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 1,133 |
This is a *very* limited poll that may hurt some feelings. I don't really have a favorite story -- there are just too many to chose from, same goes for favorite author, and I don't really have a favorite WIP because I am not reading anything right now, but I can see this being painful for the people whose stories aren't included and also possibly for the people who don't get many votes.
Sorry, I can't vote in this poll.
- Laura
Laura "The Yellow Dart" U. (Alicia U. on the archive)
"A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles." -- Christopher Reeve
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 1,763
Merriwether
|
Merriwether
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 1,763 |
I cannot vote here b/c I have not read all the stories. Also, some of my favs are not up there. THough, it has given me some fics I can read in the future. I am saving many of them in a binder so I can bring them up to a cabin I'm renting in the fall.
I've converted to lurk-ism... hopefully only temporary.
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 3,644
Pulitzer
|
Pulitzer
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 3,644 |
While I am, naturally, devastated to not have been mentioned in the poll choices  ... I voted anyway, 'cause there are stories I like in there I don't know if I can really narrow down an all-time favorite story -- there are lots that I re-read many many times. One that comes to mind, though, is Strange Relationships by Nan Smith -- it's the sequel to A Night at the Office, in which Lois discovers CK=S, but he doesn't realize that she knows. I seem to re-read that one a lot. My favorite WIP would probably have to be Long Strange Trip. My favorite author, of course, would be me  I only wish I'd write more... PJ
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 2,761
Pulitzer
|
Pulitzer
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 2,761 |
Well, I did vote, but, to be honest, I checked the 'other' option in all three questions too - but not just that one! There are just too many fanfics I've loved - "Faux Pas" and "Kidnapped!", which you include, LabRat's "Masques", Becky Bain's "Ad Astra Per Aspera", Gerry Ancklewicz's "Blind Spots" and Irene Dutch's "In Cat's Corner" are some of the long ones. And I also find myself totally in love with some short fics - some are comedies, like Anna Belcher's "Lois and Clark: The episodic adventures of Superman", "Smurfed!" by Alicia U. and Rivka, Messenger's "Mixed Messages" and others. Other are WAFFy - Supermom's "I've Got This Friend" and Kathy Brown's "Into Each Life..." come to mind. The good thing about our fandom is that most, if not all, fics are at least decent. My favourite WIPs are the three I've been reading: "Damaged", "Wedding Consequences" (although I'm a bit behind at that) and Mary Potts's "One Strange Year" (not listed). My favourite author now... Well, to be honest, I mostly care about stories. I gave a vote to Yvonne, because... please, don't make me explain because I'll start thinking I was wrong not to vote for the others, too. Anyway, above there's a fairly wide list of authors whose stories I've enjoyed. Add also Cyad, Paul-Gabriel Wiener and Mary Potts and I think you have my most favourites. I really hope that my reply doesn't offend anyone. After all, I'm a writer too  But, anyway, I think it's obvious that I couldn't possibly list all my favourites. See ya, AnnaBtG. (ashamed to admit she has read nothing by Sheila Harper or ML Thompson)
What we've got here is failure to communicate...
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 3,454
Pulitzer
|
Pulitzer
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 3,454 |
Yes, very, very difficult - and despite so many great choices included (such as stories by Yvonne, Tank, Nan, Chris Mulder and others), many not there. How could I even begin to pick favourite stories? I just know that I would end up leaving some favourites out. Okay, I'll try. - Love Beyond All Measure & Dimensions of Loving, by Chris Mulder
- Tryst, by Pam Jernigan
- Heaven's Prisoners, by Demi
- Masques by LabRat
- Addicted, by Yvonne Connell
- Rage, by LynnM
- Near Wild Heaven, by Kaethel
- All Nan's S1 and S2 series
- Couch Potatoes, by Phil Atcliffe
- The Hand that Rocks, by Christy Landrum
- A Love Well Worth the Wait, by Tracey
- Purity, by Yvonne Connell
- The Future series, by Tank Wilson
- Yesterday, Upon the Stair, by Carol Malo
- The Huntress's Revenge, by Jenni Debbage
- The One that Got Away, by Kathy Brown
- When The World Finds Out, by CC Aiken
- Starwood in Aspen, by LynnM
- The Playing series, by AnnieM
- The Snow series, by AliciaU
- In Cat's Corner, by Irene Dutch
- The Firestorm series, by Irene Dutch
- Caped Fear, by LabRat
- The People v Clark Kent, by ML Thompson
- The Fear of Discovery series, by Yvonne Connell (still waiting for FoD V!!)
- In A Dark Time, by Becky Bain
- The Marriage Pact, by Erin Klingler
- What It Means to Love you, by Erin Klingler
- In Dreams, by Kaylle
- Are You Lonesome Tonight...? by LabRat
- If Tomorrow Comes, by LabRat
And I know there are lots more, and I'll probably be back to add them too. Sara, I'm also loving your Wherever You Will Go, but want to see it finished before I add it to a list! Wendy List edited to add stories I forgot first time round...
Just a fly-by! *waves*
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 845
Features Writer
|
Features Writer
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 845 |
Hi, I didn´t vote for Fanfic because I haven´t read any of these ones you listed. You´d have to post a poll with 2500 stories so it would be fair enough. The author´s stories thing, though I haven´t seen mine there (i guess i´d vote for my baby ESM... afterall it´s mine.lol) I would vote for Aria´s new piece, Wedding Consequences by Nan, A Gift for Life by SQD, Lost Child by kitty and Jen, and Sarah´s piece Wherever You Will Go. This is a *very* limited poll that may hurt some feelings. (...) I can see this being painful for the people whose stories aren't included and also possibly for the people who don't get many votes. I totally agree with Laura with this. This is quite hard to post because I don´t see how people can truly not feel hurt not being mentioned. Well, I am.. (kind of) And if I were Lea, Aria and other newbies just like me... of course I´d understand that there are other amazing writers much more talented to be nominated here, but still...not being at least mentioned wouldn´t be fair enough. I hope I´ve made some point here. My limited English forces me not to say everything I´d want to. MDL.
"Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you."
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 9,362
Boards Chief Administrator Emeritus Nobel Peace Prize Winner
|
Boards Chief Administrator Emeritus Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 9,362 |
I'd agree that it's a difficult one to participate in because favourites are so subjective and personal. Those not included in the mix are naturally bound to be disappointed and almost everyone is guaranteed to have their own choices not given as options. So I'm not even going to try and start listing my own favourites. I'd be here all century. LabRat ![[Linked Image]](http://www.sg1archive.com/forums/html/emoticons/scotland.gif)
Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly. Aramis: Yes, sorry. Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.
The Musketeers
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 3,118 Likes: 46
Boards Chief Administrator Pulitzer
|
OP
Boards Chief Administrator Pulitzer
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 3,118 Likes: 46 |
Uh oh!  Please, please, please no one take offense to this poll!  tearjerker  ). This is one of the reasons I ran this poll, I'm wondering what other good stories are out there that I'm missing??? Sara (who hopes there are no hard feelings)
|
|
|
Anonymous
Unregistered
|
Anonymous
Unregistered
|
You hit a LOT of my favorites. *Super Stud* has a VERY special place in my heart thus ML was in my favorite author category.
Wendy and CC were also favorites and Tank is fast becoming a favorite as I read along *To Protect and Serve* Pt 1 which was initially a deal to get tapes and is now becoming a real reading pleasure.
Hell I like most everything I've read here, but I like the poll, I think it encourages writers who are hung up or in the wings to get out there more.
TEEEEEEJ
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 1,763
Merriwether
|
Merriwether
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 1,763 |
hehe. I have more to print off now. My reading binder *must* be BIGGER! It must! 
I've converted to lurk-ism... hopefully only temporary.
|
|
|
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 291
Hack from Nowheresville
|
Hack from Nowheresville
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 291 |
Sara, I know you didn't mean to offend anyone. And actually I understood the reasoning behind your poll. List your favorites, see if anyone else has the same ones, and allow people to post their own. The stories you listed are all great of course, and I've read most. Many other great ones out there too. I've been writing fanfic since before the show ended, and my stories have never made anyone's favorites list, as many times as people have responded to these kind of questions.  Oh well, I'm not offended! But then I'm used to it, hehe. So anyone who feels bad about not being mentioned, join the Whatever club, I'm the president, you get a button! Soooo favorite fanfics... well, as far as ones I keep going back to re-read... mostly the older ones, like the ones you posted in your poll. I got into fanfic reading in 1996 and the fics I loved then are kind of like my "old favorites" now, you know... I know them, they're comforting, I love them. I'm afraid I don't read as much fanfic now as I used to. This is why I crave recommendations, esp. ones that kind of say what the story is about and why they loved it. Pam's website has those, which rocks. Instead of listing individual stories, I'll say I love comedies. Short, quirky little stories. I also love "what if" stories and episode rewrites, where you ask yourself, what might have happened differently if Lois/Clark had done *this* instead of *this*? And anything to do with time travel or time loops, that kind of thing. And Early Years/Next Gens... okay I could go on forever, but I won't. 
Molly
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 845
Features Writer
|
Features Writer
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 845 |
Sara, It is OK.  I´m sure your intentions were the best. I was making a comment. don´t worry. I still think it was unfair to leave at least your story out of the list. I´m here taking tons of medication to calm me down and wait patiently for the next part of your story. So anyone who feels bad about not being mentioned, join the Whatever club, I'm the president, you get a button! I want a Button !!!!!!!! MDL. 
"Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you."
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 47
Blogger
|
Blogger
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 47 |
I love everything that Wendy writes  I think she should have been one of LnC's writers,  the stories would have been much more interesting.  Each night I read several chapeters of her stories.
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 383
Beat Reporter
|
Beat Reporter
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 383 |
I've been writing fanfic since before the show ended, and my stories have never made anyone's favorites list, as many times as people have responded to these kind of questions. Oh well, I'm not offended! But then I'm used to it, hehe. So anyone who feels bad about not being mentioned, join the Whatever club, I'm the president, you get a button! Can I get a button too? I don't have that many favorite: 1. Dutch, Irene's family serries (except the "brocelli dancing") 2. To the Stars I & II by Schnall, Carolyn B. 3. And my ultimate favorite is Psychic I,II, & III by Schnall, Carolyn B. (Only because I have some experience in this) 4. And my second favorite is "Cat's paw" by Tara Smith. Then again, I've always love anything that has to do with CATS! I can meow like a real cat too.
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 9,362
Boards Chief Administrator Emeritus Nobel Peace Prize Winner
|
Boards Chief Administrator Emeritus Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 9,362 |
It is OK. I´m sure your intentions were the best I don't really think there's a problem with the concept at all. To my mind, this is just much the same as someone starting a thread in Fanfic Related saying "What's your favourite fanfic/author? Here are mine.". We've had more than one such thread here and on other forums in the past. Threads on favourite comedy, favourite angst and so on. It seems to be a legitimate question - we all want to share our favourites with like-minded souls and know what others' favourites are. And along the way, perhaps we discover stories we've missed or never considered before. I think for me it's the poll format that causes me the difficulty and makes it hard to participate. But that's just my pov and others don't seem to be having problems with it. LabRat ![[Linked Image]](http://www.sg1archive.com/forums/html/emoticons/scotland.gif)
Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly. Aramis: Yes, sorry. Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.
The Musketeers
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 1,342 Likes: 1
Top Banana
|
Top Banana
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 1,342 Likes: 1 |
Whatever happened to the Gorn?  Her stories were the best: the humor, the lust, the total picture! And I just love echo - and her G&L is a classic in the making. I love the WIP 'One Strange Year'.
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 1,763
Merriwether
|
Merriwether
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 1,763 |
I read my first story by The Gorn a couple of days ago. I loved it. That's too bad that writer is no longer giving us some wicked fun.
I've converted to lurk-ism... hopefully only temporary.
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 3,118 Likes: 46
Boards Chief Administrator Pulitzer
|
OP
Boards Chief Administrator Pulitzer
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 3,118 Likes: 46 |
Whatever happened to the Gorn? I loved her stories too, but I wanted to keep it a PG poll. Sara (who wishes the Gorn was still around and had made pg versions of her stories...they were great)
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 1,763
Merriwether
|
Merriwether
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 1,763 |
OH, she only did naughties?
Hmmmm...I still cannot decide my favourtie story. It depends what mood I'm in. I like ones with more description than just talk. I need to feel like I'm there. I like introspection. I'll read ones that are choppy, but the ones with more last longer for me and I like to make a story last. I have a tendency to speed read. Not good.
I've converted to lurk-ism... hopefully only temporary.
|
|
|
|