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[cimorene]

the shakespeare category at fanfiction.net is a cold and barren place. well, if by 'barren' you mean 'devoid of good fanfiction' and by 'cold' you mean 'rather disturbing in authors' notes and names and titles.' which i do.

i imagine much of it is like that.

what drives us to seek out bad fanfiction? and what drives people who can't write to attempt really difficult pastiches like shakespeare?

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[cimness.livejournal.com]

i don't even know what else he's written, giggle.

maybe inter-library loan could get it for you?

i haven't actually read the importance of being earnest. i saw the movie version with colin firth, rupert everett, reese witherspoon and... was it minnie driver?

[wolfsage.livejournal.com]

aaaaah have no clue. something like that. i can never remember their names. but that version was pretty good, yes. i still liked the play better. it's like... two hours to read it? you should! you can find it online, even. ^_^

[cimness.livejournal.com]

i'd better check it out from the library--severely restricted online time now.

OMG i got rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead from the library last night, and i finished it already. brilliant! fabulous! so sweet, poignant, hilarious. it adds some slashiness to the movie, but isn't overall more slashy cause the movie has chemistry (tim and gary being in loooooove helped a lot) and you can't duplicate that on the page. an eyefuck is worth a thousand words. BUT i still love it... i want to type it all up, but i don't think i have time. i have this fic-itch. maybe slashing tim and gary will satisfy it.

[wolfsage.livejournal.com]

oooh, i see. i wouldn't have thought! well you've disappeared a bit lately, i noticed! :3

isn't it awesome? i love it... i still have it around my room, i flip it open once in a while.

you know, i think the main slashiness is in the stage directions, you know, their actions. maybe a sub story plot. ^o^

dude i was supposed to write that slash after i watched the movie. i'm so pissed i can't find it.

[cimness.livejournal.com]

hmmm... now i'll have to re-read it again (she said happily), paying attention to the stage directions.