The Vascillations of Fictional Desire

[tealin]

Does anyone have some recommendations for some good Snicket fanfic? I'm looking especially for something heavy on the VFD, with lots of intrigue and not so much kissing (though if the kissing is really important to the story I may be able to stomach it), and little things like plot structure, pacing, and keeping relatively close to canon in characters if not necessarily story points – so AU is cool, as long as it's true to the tone and characters.* In other words, anything goes plot-wise, but if they mess up Lemony or Jacques in any way, they're right out.

I would investigate on my own but I know the vast jungles of fanfic there are out there in cyberspace and I have neither the time nor the figurative stomach to hack through the bad stuff, so starting with something that comes highly recommended, I thought, would at least set me on my way ...

*Especially if it was written pre-Grim Grotto or by someone who wasn't too crazy about the last few books in the series. I am particular, aren't I?

11:39 pm
Having stumbled haltingly into the verges of the jungle, I realized that what I was looking for is basically VFD As Told By Joss Whedon. So, amending my parameters to include the possible: I would like something written by someone with a mental age over 18 that has a solid dramatic core and is not centred around a pairing. Does such a thing exist?

Comments

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

I ... LOOOOOVE the Autobiography. It is so delightfully infuriating. And the random historical photos! [sigh] So good.

[raisegrate.livejournal.com]

Excellent Choice Madam. I was browsing thru the Australian version of said book (I have the softcover American, I think) and it has a reverse-able dust jacket, so you can pretend it's a bright and happy picnic adventure book. I was thoroughly impressed by that. When I do a hardback book with a dust jacket, it is indubitably going to have a reverse-able dust jacket.

May I ask why you're looking for SnicketFiction? Is this for another mysterious project, or are you just looking to further explore the SnicketVerse?

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

The hardcover version of the U.A. comes with the reversible cover in the US and Canada, too. The Pony Party is hysterical.

I'm just in a Snickety mood and what I've most got a hankering for is what you catch glimpses of under the story of the Baudelaire orphans (or in the U.A.) ... I've read the books too many times to read them again just to get the bits in the cracks, I figured someone out there in the vast world of the internet would be similarly fascinated with the possibilities, and I know there are lots of good writers out there writing fanfic, so I thought perhaps someone in my acquaintance would point me towards a beautiful convergence of the three ... Shouldn't have posted on a Saturday night, though, that's just asking for obscurity.

[raisegrate.livejournal.com]

It's Saturday night? Y'know, I don't think I even realized... How sad is that?

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

I see you don't have rigourously enforced weekends! ;)

[moondog.livejournal.com]

I just want to chime in that I have a friend who will occasionally say, "Everybody loves ponies! Everybody loves parties!" The first time she did this I squealed with delight and we jumped around for a moment or two reveling in our geekery.

[crypticidentity.livejournal.com]

The mental image of that just made my day. Thank you so much.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

That is awesome. I have yet to meet someone who throws a geeky reference out there before they even know I'm into something. (Or if I did, I don't remember.)

[moondog.livejournal.com]

She also knit me a Jayne hat for my birthday, and I convinced her to steampunk-up her fashion show. We basically geeky soul mates.