Paul M. Arezina wrote:

WAIT! Don't trash this mail, not yet. I have something to say which you >may all want to listen to.

 

Tom: And The Eternal Lost Lurker reluctantly moved his finger away from
the left mouse button, the cursor still resting over the delete icon....

Crow: Better talk fast, Paul.  That trigger finger is itchy....

Oscar, at least in my opinion, deserves ridicule. He gives us bad >fanfic with bad plots and hackneyed devices, written without benefit of >spelling or grammar checkers.

 
 
Crow: Just read *Oscar Toon 6.7* if you don't believe him.  

Tom: Or even if you do believe him, why not give it a try?  It really is
a delightful MSTing.  Full of humor and whimsy and....

Joel: (places his hand on Tom's shoulder) Uh, I think that's enough
plugging for one day, Tom....  

Dr. Thinker, on the other hand, is perhaps less deserving. His works >are garbled to the point of being incomprehensible at times... but he >has some interesting ideas. He just expresses them badly, and therein >lies the root of his ridicule.

 

An excellent point.  The story of Judge Brainitite was original and
quite different from the average SM storyline, but the grammar was so
bad it just totally destroyed it.  Father Christmas and many of his
other fanfics are the same.

I was reading Megane 6.7's Christmas special...and laughing at the
awfulness of the fic, as usual. But somewhere, somehow, it ignited a >spark in my mind, and that spark has kept going...

 

Crow: So it *sparked* his interest?

Tom: Paul could see the creative *spark* in Thinker's fics....

Joel: Come guys, let him finish his point.... 

The upshot of which is that, sometime around the end of summer, I will >try and show the FFML that what Dr. Thinker puts out is salvageable... >by rewriting "Sailor Moon Meets Father Christmas". It won't be EXACTLY >the same as before, mind you, but there will be more than a few of Dr. >Thinker's ideas in it.

Crow: So it won't be coming from Dr. Thinker's own mind?

Tom: Nope.

Crow: Whew!  Much relief!  ;P

I think my recent flood of spamfics has more than proven my ability to >build on what exists to create something new. (I've STILL GOT IDEAS! >AAAAAA!) I hope that, perhaps, I can lift a little of the stigma off >Dr. Thinker's name by filling in more than a few blank spaces and >logical gaps.

 

This idea really sounds good and I'd personally love to see it happen.
As a measure of caution though, you might want to ask Dr. Thinker his
permission or at least acknowledge that many of the concepts of the fic
came from him before you do this.  

I know from talking to Dr. T that he has no problem with his work being
MSTed and MSTing is just another form of C&C but a rewrite using some of
his ideas may not sit as well with him.  Again, I could be wrong but you
might want to ask him, just to be sure.  :)

And, to Dr. Thinker, if you're reading this... this isn't intended as
piracy, but as a tribute.

 

Crow: But I thought Dr. Thinker already had a statue made of him for a
tribute?

Joel: You're thinking of *Rodin*, Crow....

To the rest of you: No, I haven't snapped. I really have been turning >this idea over in my head since last March.

 

Tom: Looks like the *Ides* aren't the only thing to beware anymore.  ;P

Until we meet again... >>sigh<< and until I post more adfics >tomorrow...

 

Joel: Hmmm, I wonder if I can modify my *Pretty Spammy* invention to
include adfics....  ;P

--G. Falconar

 

Crow: Second cousin, twice removed, of T. Hawk!

"Use your glamour, they said. Look like an elf, they said. You'll fit >right in, they said. Apparently, they forgot to COME UP HERE AND LOOK
ROUND!"   --Guess who?

Tom: Elva?  

Crow: Elvy?

Joel: Sally Struthers?


Sincerely,

Megane 6.7

P.S. Push the button, Lurker.  ;P