Talk:Claimed Badfic

I noticed that someone toke a claimed fic of this list. There, however, was no mission reported on the Killed Badfic list, nor was the fic returned to the Unclaimed Badfic list. It would make sense if either happened as it would keep the lists here somewhat coherent. Unless it was taken off the list because it turned out not to contain a Sue after all. Indemaat 05:40, 19 March 2008 (CDT)

About Saving Connor (HP fic)
I haven't read the fic so I can't judge the quality, but I heard that the author (Lightning on the Wave) was Limyaael, who wrote the Fantasy Rants on her LJ (and now on her InsaneJournal). The fic itself also has a LJ (lightningwave). What do you think ?

Khajidu 09:12, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

~Usually it's a good idea to read the fic first before you consider claiming it or PPCing it. JulyFlame 15:11, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

The fic has already been claimed. I was just pointing out a coincidence: I know one of the author's LJs (which actually inspired me to write original fantasy). I didn't know she wrote badfic, as she usually writes original fantasy unlike what is usually published, and LOTR/Silmarillion fanfic. She is also usually very anti-Sue and anti-badfic (even in original fiction). Khajidu 15:19, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

~ I think Saving Connor is the second to last fic listed under Harry Potter. My bad, it's still unclaimed. Same place, though. As I'm not into Harry Potter, I won't claim it. Khajidu 15:27, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
 * It has? I'm likely missing something since I'm still asleep but I don't see it on the Claimed Badfic page. JulyFlame 15:25, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Okay, now I see it. Good thing to consider: Not everything on the Unclaimed Badfic is automatically badfic. People use several methods, there: Look on FF.net and trawl based on summaries, go by word of mouth, or go by grudge. Or to them, it is indeed badfic. The main consideration, though, is if whoever claims it thinks it's badfic, and if they can come up with a good mission from it. Personally, while I'd say I can see why Saving Connor got put on the page I'm also wondering who put it on the page because I wouldn't, personally. To me, it's a badfic if the aggregate sum of the parts are worse than any individual thing that'd make something undeniably bad.

While Saving Connor has quite a bit of things that in usual HP Fic automatically point to badfic (OOC!Lily and Manipulative Bastard!Dumbledore amongst other things) Lightning on the Wave also is building an AU world which I thought was compelling and well put together, particularly since from what I recall from when I last read it she was doing her best to keep anything new in the canon that popped up in tune with the AU unless she outright contradicted it earlier.

TL;DR: With Badfic, Your Mileage May Vary, I liked Saving Connor and don't personally consider it a badfic. JulyFlame 15:48, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

~I never read it, but it seemed to me that this author would have done everything possible to avoid writing badfic. So it was strange also for me to find her fics here. Khajidu 15:52, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Perhaps you can bring it up on the unclaimed badfic talk page and ask reasoning. I'm trying to find out who put it on there, right now. JulyFlame 15:57, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

~Going there right now. Khajidu 15:59, 18 April 2009 (UTC)