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bktheirregularThings done today:
Bought a bed and carted it home. Damn thing weighs two hundred fifty pounds.
Proved once again that I have a talent for calling people on the phone at the worst possible time.
Realized that there's a very useful metaphor in fanfic during a discussion with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
neonhummingbird:
If the Vorkosigan Saga books began with a Star Trek fanfic that had to have its serial numbers filed off ... well, it wasn't just filing off the serial numbers, but a new engine had to be dropped into the chassis. Maybe some body work as well.
Then the metaphor extended: I remember reading about a car called the Studillac, a Studebaker with a Cadillac engine dropped in. (Reference here.) Working the metaphor, that's what a crossover would be. ("The Scarab" as a Studillac. I like this metaphor.)
Then you get the funny cars with the sparks and flames coming out the rear, maybe the wacky articulated suspensions: according to Perri, that'd be crackfic. Your average Star Trek novel would be an off-the-assembly line car. Perhaps a Crown Vic (though with the quality of a lot of the ST novels out there, a Pinto might be more appropriate).
Anyone care to add to the insanity?
Bought a bed and carted it home. Damn thing weighs two hundred fifty pounds.
Proved once again that I have a talent for calling people on the phone at the worst possible time.
Realized that there's a very useful metaphor in fanfic during a discussion with
neonhummingbird:If the Vorkosigan Saga books began with a Star Trek fanfic that had to have its serial numbers filed off ... well, it wasn't just filing off the serial numbers, but a new engine had to be dropped into the chassis. Maybe some body work as well.
Then the metaphor extended: I remember reading about a car called the Studillac, a Studebaker with a Cadillac engine dropped in. (Reference here.) Working the metaphor, that's what a crossover would be. ("The Scarab" as a Studillac. I like this metaphor.)
Then you get the funny cars with the sparks and flames coming out the rear, maybe the wacky articulated suspensions: according to Perri, that'd be crackfic. Your average Star Trek novel would be an off-the-assembly line car. Perhaps a Crown Vic (though with the quality of a lot of the ST novels out there, a Pinto might be more appropriate).
Anyone care to add to the insanity?
