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cimoreneI have this problem where effex bookmarked the best story that I've read all month (or maybe I should give it two months). And I clicked it because she was impressed according to her bookmark, and if there's anyone whose taste in fanfic I [mostly] trust (ie, agree with), it's her. So I read it and became completely swept away and infatuated by... Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory futurefic. Now, I like it! And I liked the last movie. And Tim Burton (who doesn't?). But this is definitely an occasion for facepalming. I'm sure, if you've been in fandom any length of time, the title immediately gives you the same two assumptions it gave me, namely
The awesome one wasn't chan at all - it was firmly futurefic. But of course both of those predictions were correct, although first I found some badfic that was very funny and which I was quite glad I had found (check #ficspelunking from a few days ago. Ex: "How could he, Charlie Bucket, Willy Wonka’s heir and the luckiest boy in the world… be gay?").
So the problem part came because I suddenly had this little flame of fannish enthusiasm for a pairing that, outside the story I've already read, for all intents and purposes doesn't exist (and isn't likely to increase its size), and I really hate that. Still, fruitless and after-the-fact as it is, I won't resist my impulse to buy the movie and books (just delay it a bit until we have some money again).
Everyone else should also read this orphaned story, which is one of those gems that's capable of inspiring a wistful yearning for the faint image of the imaginary fandom that could (should?) exist to fully explore all the possibilities it suggests, and explores them just enough to leave you needing more without being incomplete in itself.
It was hard to pick a quote there. Did I want to show a glimpse of the brilliant voice in the dialogue? Or a glimpse of the whimsical spot-on world-building (edible scenery, grown-up Charlie's Candy Factory expertise and role)? Or the faint hints of imagery that gently re-awaken the film's without lingering too heavily? Or the rather charming hints of wistful angst? Or the passage from which the author's summary was drawn, to further explicate the story's premise?
I think everyone should read this and ideally some more people should write it (not holding my breath there, just throwing it out). I'd really love to see some art, because Burton films are so visual.
effex bookmarked the best story that I've read all month (or maybe I should give it two months). And I clicked it because she was impressed according to her bookmark, and if there's anyone whose taste in fanfic I [mostly] trust (ie, agree with), it's her. So I read it and became completely swept away and infatuated by... Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory futurefic. Now, I like it! And I liked the last movie. And Tim Burton (who doesn't?). But this is definitely an occasion for facepalming. I'm sure, if you've been in fandom any length of time, the title immediately gives you the same two assumptions it gave me, namely- Uh-oh, there can't be much if any good fiction but there's bound to be some that makes you reach for the eye-spork
- SQUICKY CHAN ALERT
and
The awesome one wasn't chan at all - it was firmly futurefic. But of course both of those predictions were correct, although first I found some badfic that was very funny and which I was quite glad I had found (check #ficspelunking from a few days ago. Ex: "How could he, Charlie Bucket, Willy Wonka’s heir and the luckiest boy in the world… be gay?").
So the problem part came because I suddenly had this little flame of fannish enthusiasm for a pairing that, outside the story I've already read, for all intents and purposes doesn't exist (and isn't likely to increase its size), and I really hate that. Still, fruitless and after-the-fact as it is, I won't resist my impulse to buy the movie and books (just delay it a bit until we have some money again).
Everyone else should also read this orphaned story, which is one of those gems that's capable of inspiring a wistful yearning for the faint image of the imaginary fandom that could (should?) exist to fully explore all the possibilities it suggests, and explores them just enough to leave you needing more without being incomplete in itself.
Abracadabra bylyricality. R, future-fic, book- and Burton-based. Eight years after that fateful day in February, Charlie has finally learned how to want.
Now and then, Charlie likes to drift deep into himself and dream in silence, forgetting deadlocks and deadlines and anything else that ruins his creative process. Wonka is careful with time, in contrast. He never loses it, never wastes it, and most certainly never kills it. He likes to dream out loud.
Charlie doesn’t mind it anymore. Besides, he’s always liked listening to Willy Wonka speak...even when some of it really is perfect nonsense. But that’s the way the man’s mind works--getting the nonsense out of the way right off and turning the rest to genius. Sometimes turning the nonsense to genius, too.
It was hard to pick a quote there. Did I want to show a glimpse of the brilliant voice in the dialogue? Or a glimpse of the whimsical spot-on world-building (edible scenery, grown-up Charlie's Candy Factory expertise and role)? Or the faint hints of imagery that gently re-awaken the film's without lingering too heavily? Or the rather charming hints of wistful angst? Or the passage from which the author's summary was drawn, to further explicate the story's premise?
I think everyone should read this and ideally some more people should write it (not holding my breath there, just throwing it out). I'd really love to see some art, because Burton films are so visual.
