cimorene

there's no such thing as being wasted on fanfiction, cause i often enjoy reading it more than original fiction; but sometimes i think, this person could be making MONEY, and a lot of it; or THIS person is brilliant, and i want to know what her world-building would be like without the crutch.

and SOMETIMES you see someone who has all this raw talent--world-building, and... sheer inventiveness. but can't quite stand up to the demands of canon. this is someone who would write original fiction that you might not be able to quibble with at all, but whose fanfiction has flaws because of the difficulty of matching characters and voice and tone and--shape. and color.

and then i wish, again (or should i say especially?) that she'd turn her attention to original fiction.

i'll have a conditional rec forthcoming soonish.