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Fan Fic My Immortal Discussion
The archived discussion somehow lost the part where I got annoyed at people who were putting the image back and getting the article re-locked. End result: A thread on Image Pickin'
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Hmm, how to split the examples properly between Rouge Angles Of Satin and You Keep Using That Word? I'm pretty sure "passively" (meaning "passionately") goes in the latter, and simple spelling errors that inadvertently cause unrelated words go in the former, but those that have likely been shifted by the spell-checker... not sure, especially since someone pointed out that it's unlikely the fic has ever seen the touch of a spell-checker.
I love the tone of this entry, it reads like an appalled sociologist is trying to make sense of it for a university project or something :-)
Snipped this:
- One of Tara's "Favorite Authors" on FF is none other than XXXmidnitegoffXXX, who is known for making intentional badfics and was the author of the spoof Wake Me Up Inside which many thought was the true sequel. Why would Tara favor someone who mocked her fic and hates "Mary Sues"? Because Tara's obviously a troller.
- Or because Tara got a few years older and saw how fuckawful her story was.
- One of Tara's "Favorite Authors" on FF is none other than XXXmidnitegoffXXX, who is known for making intentional badfics and was the author of the spoof Wake Me Up Inside which many thought was the true sequel. Why would Tara favor someone who mocked her fic and hates "Mary Sues"? Because Tara's obviously a troller.
I wish I could've seen the reviews for the fic's original publication, before it got deleted.
Wait, why is this locked again? Last time I could at least point to a few edits in the history and say "you see that, that thing, stop doing it, grow up etc", but this time, I have no idea what happened.
This is pretty much just for clarification, as I dislike not knowing.
I'd just like to say that making a Back to the Future cameo during a time travel scene (if done right) has serious Crowning Moment of Awesome potential.
There are a few suggestions I would live to make for the current lead, mostly because the revisions, while less wordy, took away some useful context. First, for the opening sentence:
Once upon a time, a person known as Tara Gilesbie created a Fan Fiction that re-defined the meaning of 'bad.' My Immortal is that fanfic.
"A person" was just a closing of a long-running joke of insulting Gilesbie with suggestions on her species. May I instead recommend this:
My Immortal, by Tara Gilesbie, is a Harry Potter fanfiction that set the gold standard for all subsequent badfics.
I'm tempted to pipe So Bad Its Good here, because I can't imagine not finding a single funny thing in this.
As you can see, this might just be the most polarizing fanfiction ever written for Harry Potter, or anything else.
Just scrap this line. It was originally a joke, but the context was lost when the struck out comments of "best" and "worst" were deleted.
Noteworthy on this Wiki for being the source of, Trope Namer and Most Triumphant (or scary) Example for Draco In Leather Pants.
This too. The trope namer was The Draco Trilogy.
For The Legend Of Zelda version, see My Inner Life, and you'll get Gannon Banned if you compare it to The Legend Of Zelda CDI Games.
The last bit of this sentence sounds ridiculous without its original follow-up "Those games are fucking epic." Consider scrapping it.
I may come back with more suggestions for the rest of the article, but really, next time a purge is done, Fast Eddie needs to find someone to double-check the remains.
"Beyond The Impossible: How bad can Tara's spelling get? The strongest case one could make for this being a parody is that no one could possibly make that many typos."
My friends, you have not spent nearly enough time reading the new submission listings on fanfiction.net if you believe that. I seen numerous fics with literally a typo every 2-3 words (and left mean reviews). That doesn't count all the punctuation, grammar, and capitalization errors. It's quite clear that literacy is not a requirement for writing fanfic. Hell, just pick a fandom's new submissions list and read the summaries for a few pages!
Isn't it a good idea to delete some tropes from My Immortal's main page? Many tropes there are also mentioned on the character sheet. I think deleting some tropes on the main page will result in a much more organized page.
We should add a link to the My Immortal Drinking Game.
Where would one put a dramatic reading? Links can be found on this page
There is actually an article Fail O Suckyname. Could someone fix the Awesome Mc Coolname entry? As it is it looks...rather bad, with a red link to the nonexistent article Mc Coolname.
Can we give an example of what My Immortal guessed correctly about the seventh book? You know, for the people like myself who don't want to actually read the thing for the sake of mental stability, but are still curious. I still haven't been able to find an article saying what the noodle incident was.
I would like to add that this includes Switching POV, but the page is locked.
If anyone can edit the article, should we add Half Life Full Life Consequences to the list of similar fanfics?
Holy shit, there's a biblical version. http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5263209/1/Heavenly_High
. I'm not even a religious person and STILL think this is blasphemy.
. I'm not even a religious person and STILL think this is blasphemy.
Reality Is Unrealistic: Just this morning, it started snowing and raining at the same time. No seriously, it did!
One commenter on the pottersues sporking shared this little confession:
"Ok... so I guess it's about time I finally set things straight. What a better day to pick then April Fool's, don't you think? I've just managed to pull off the scheme of the year. I tricked most of you (that is to say the idiots) into thinking this story was for REAL! Ha ha, not. I've been dropping ANVIL sized hints throughout the whole story, and to tell you the truth, I thought this fic wouldn't last a week. But you all caught on! Congratulations, you are all officially idiots. But hey, I don't mind, I had a good laugh out of all the reviews, especially the flames, and the ones offering constructive criticism... sorry, but all you people just wasted hours of time, for nothing! Ah, I love being a troll. ...
Sincerely, wishing you a lovely April Fool's Day, Tara"
This post was from back when the fic was still on FFN. Is there any way (geddit, like Gerard) to prove that this note existed? The post doesn't specify whether it was part of a chapter, or on her profile for one day, or what. I'm dying to know for sure whether this was real (although it probably can't be disproven, so here's hoping it did happen and that someone, somewhere, has a screenie).
shared this little confession:
"Ok... so I guess it's about time I finally set things straight. What a better day to pick then April Fool's, don't you think? I've just managed to pull off the scheme of the year. I tricked most of you (that is to say the idiots) into thinking this story was for REAL! Ha ha, not. I've been dropping ANVIL sized hints throughout the whole story, and to tell you the truth, I thought this fic wouldn't last a week. But you all caught on! Congratulations, you are all officially idiots. But hey, I don't mind, I had a good laugh out of all the reviews, especially the flames, and the ones offering constructive criticism... sorry, but all you people just wasted hours of time, for nothing! Ah, I love being a troll. ...
Sincerely, wishing you a lovely April Fool's Day, Tara"
This post was from back when the fic was still on FFN. Is there any way Just wondering, is there any trope that refers to unusual applications for a person's junk? I'm referring to the line "Sorious cocked on da door" from Chapter 34 and wondered if there was a relevant trope that could go in his entry on the character page.
Has anyone tried translating Taraese? I've done the first ten chapters in an attempt to make it legible and get rid of the plotholes. It's not because I hate the lulz, I just want to see what could be going through her mind (passively = passionately, apparently; I have no idea how I figured it out), and find out what the plot is, exactly. So far, the grammar isn't actually that bad; just a LOT of costume porn. I'm afraid of getting to sporking the spiked heroin cabaret, though. That'll be hard.
A few people have. Here's one. Also, I never realized the "Passionately" thing until now.
Also, I never realized the "Passionately" thing until now.
Okay, so the My Immortal rehost site seems to have gone down. Not sure how permanent this is, but still, could a mod please tweak the article to reflect this? The only other rehost I know of is on Encyclopedia Dramatica, unfortunately...
I was recently reading over this article, and the fanfic itself, and noticed something. What the hell happened to Justin? Many of you might be asking "who's Justin?" which would be understandable since it seems so many people forget about him, but he's there- in the first few sentences, no less! In the first AN, she [Tara] says this: "Justin ur da luv of my deprzzing life u rok 2! MCR ROX!". Considering the fact that Justin *is never mentioned again*, and given the fact that Tara just LOVES telling her readers random things currently happening in her life (which, of all people, you think would involve Justin) I feel like he warrants a major mention under What Happened To The Mouse or even perhaps, his own entry on the page under Chuck Cunningham Syndrome. I ask this simply because the page is locked (which is VERY frustrating to a My Immortal fanboy such as myself), in hopes somebody will do it for me.
Oh, also, Encylopaedia Dramatica recently noted that a fanfiction.net user posted this "confession" to writing it. It seems hard to believe, especially considering that they deleted that confession soon after, and, as of right now have deleted their account too. Is this notable enough to be mentioned here?
"confession" to writing it. It seems hard to believe, especially considering that they deleted that confession soon after, and, as of right now have deleted their account too. Is this notable enough to be mentioned here?
Anachronism Stew, since Tara keeps forgetting the story it meant to be set in the nineties (e.g. My Chemical Romance was formed in 2001)
I made a big bowl of popcorn before watching a movie, and happened to start reading this article while the popcorn was popping.
Now the it is all gone, and I didn't even notice it disappearing because this was so entertaining.
To everyone who worked on this page: thank you.
Time to read the actual fanfic.
There is a parody of this fan fiction for the Portal 2 franchise, called "ITS MY LIFE!"
Original: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7037708/1/ITS_MY_LIFE
Backup: http://pastebin.com/E8kLy9yh
Backup: http://pastebin.com/E8kLy9yh
I think the "may or may not" link in the sentence "The story may or may not be the work of a Troll." Should link to Poe's Law instead.
Look at this
http://myimmortal.wikia.com/wiki/
Zukos Adventure should be put there as the Avatar: the Last Airbender counterpart.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7317375/1/Zukos_Adventure
You know, the descent of this fanfic into an unreadable mess is made even "funnier" when you consider the fact that it was caused by Tara's former translator committing suicide.
Raven being dead was mentioned in the third Author's Note to the My Immortal sequel Wake Me Up Inside. This user originally posted it in 2008, before copping to being a troll; so it most likely didn't happen, if Raven was even real to begin with.
originally posted it in 2008, before copping to being a troll; so it most likely didn't happen, if Raven was even real to begin with.
I recently added a riffing of the first seven chapters to my Shadow Hearts Mystery Science Theater 3000 Fanfic. Here's a link: [1] Some advice would be nice.
Some advice would be nice.
In chapter 37, the one confusing sentence appears to be from Willow's POV, since she was in that scene as well.
I have an issue with the long list of "recommendations" at the end of the main text. While My Immortal is held as a benchmark for extremely poor fanfiction, the count of examples should qualify it as a Genre Launch. It should be moved into an index or something similar.
Not sure if this is Tara Gilesbie, but according to a few people this person might be her. Reading through this and My Immortal, the style seems similar. But you guys know her stuff better. Is this a real deal or not?
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7471728/1/This_Is_How_I_Disappear
Um. this is terrifying for me to admit... but... i had never heard of MCR untill i read this fanfic.
so, i looked up one of their songs on youtube, and was pleasantly suprised to find that they were a LOT better than the story here. well. not that thats hard. but. im rambling.
thank you, Tara.
- gulp* that was harder to type than i expected. but, yes. new fave band, so, i guess some good has come of this fic after all.
- shudders*
Need a mod to either delete the "Genre Launch" entry, or change the trope line to Genre Popularizer.
Might want to add Did Not Do The Research - in MI, Tara managed to get the names of Filch and Mrs Norris the wrong way round - calling Filch 'Mr Norris' and Mrs Norris 'Filch'.
Not to mention the MILLION. OTHER. EXAMPLES.
Since the page is locked, can somebody who has access to it add in two extra "counterpart" fanfics on the list given in the description? The other two would be FaCe ThE StRaNgE and Naruto Veangance Revelaitons.
Are these things from YMMV true?
- Does This Remind You Of Anything: Voldemortserum. Note that all the main characters use real life drugs with no negative consequences whatsoever. And Dumbledore condones smoking pot in school at the very least. Then again, they may not be smoking pot at all — just cigarettes that they think are pot.
- They're also Immune To Drugs, as the story never says anything about anybody actually getting high, or in fact feeling anything at all.
- I Am Not Shazam: She at one point refers to the band HIM, but in the same sentence then uses it lowercase. She tends to be pretty good on capitalizing band names, so it looks like she meant to refer to the singer Ville Valo.
- Poes Law: Ask three people whether this is a parody and you'll get four answers. It doesn't help that, if it is a parody, it's the stealth variety, and as such doubly vulnerable to this.