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From: Whimsical <demmitall@yahoo.com>
To: <ffml@fanfic.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 12:09 AM
Subject: [FFML] [rant] All about the Gratuitous Theater Project....
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Case in
point ... "TWo Hearts of One Mind" by the Scriviner.
The reprise has received much C&C (maybe because it's
an EVA fic? <snicker> If it were Dual or some other
obscure anime...) ... all of which basically say,
"It's cute, but I like the original much better."
No, some of them say, "It sucks; I like the original better."
Let me try my hand at giving a wordier version of that
blasted phrase.
After reading both fics and doing the inevitable
comparisons between them in my head, I came to a
rather amusing result. The Timerunner took the
Scrivener's fanfiction and rewrote it using his own
distinctive style ... I can see people going 'duh,
it's a reprise, moron!'. I agree. Duh. Timerunner
just basically rewrote Two Hearts. Nothing
earth-shattering (I find Rei giggling a good thing ...
always hated the ultra-robotic version of her so
common nowadays). And there lies the problem for me.
Me too.
It's just a rewrite, goddamn it! The upshot of it is
it's still a damned good work that can stand on it's
own. The downside of it is ... if you're going to
rewrite a fanfiction, why not play around with it
while you're at it? Keep the original concept (of
course) but do something that'll make the original
author go, "Now why didn't I go and do that?" I
I did, actually; there were elements in the Reprise that made Scriviner say,
"I would have ripped you off if I'd thought about these things."
realize this may be a rather tall order, but that's
life. You know ... rewrite the story exclusively from
the POV of ONE of the characters ... de-lemonize a
lemon and still maintain the story ...give a dark fic
a happily-ever-after-ending. Oh, male bovine
excrement. I've gone totally off-tangent now.
Shh! You're letting the cat out of Switch's bag!
Summation. The GT project is great and I applaud the
idea. Your version was good. Now could you please go
and give the readers a REAL re-write? By the bye ...
posting the original fic along with the retake would
be nice. ^_^
Yes, sir. To tell you the truth, I was actually in the middle of the rewrite
when I got this. Thank you for jumping the gun on me. :P
The rants and opinions presented here are entirely
mine. Any resemblance to people, places, and events
may or may not be coincidental. ^_^
Irreverently yours,
Whimsical
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