Malymin
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- Princess Tutu (5)
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The Prince returns to his old world.
Postcanon ficlets from Mytho's perspective.
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- Part 3 of post-scriptum
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The Princess takes to her new world.
Postcanon ficlets from Rue's perspective.
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- Part 1 of post-scriptum
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The Prince has returned to his kingdom; the Raven has been slain.
In times of celebration, a minor character chats with the protagonist of the tale.
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- Part 2 of post-scriptum
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Just a small Rue character study.
Takes place during mid-late season 1.
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There's obvious Doylist reasons why Duck looks and acts less like a "real" duck than the other animals in the show. She's the relatable audience-viewpoint protagonist; she needs to be cute, appealing, not too inhuman. The other animals, with more naturalistic features, are either ordinary beasts without human intelligence, or they're framed as offputting and unsettling in their bestial forms and habits, as befitting animal bridesgrooms in fairy-tales. Duck can't be a real duck because a real duck is unpalatable, unrelatable; she's the idea of a duck, cute and sanitized.
What if there was a Watsonian reason for that, too?
What if she wasn't a real duck at all?
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Once upon a time, there was a prince, and a princess, and a kingdom... and they lived happily ever after.
Or did they?
A collection of short snippets taking place inside *The Prince and the Raven*, wherein something troubled lurks in the "happy ending."
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What’s wrong with me? Rue cursed inwardly as she leaned forward on the barre to catch her breath. Barely an hour into her practice and already she felt exhausted. Slanted rays of sunlight beamed down into the room like harsh spotlights, burning her skin. Or maybe that was her shame.
The soft gentle melody of Swan Lake continued to play from the gramophone. Rue waited for her heart to slow down then threw herself back into the steps.
Her movements were ugly. Heavy and sluggish, not at all the light graceful elegance required of a swan.
They weren't hers...
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The Circle of Stupidity is Complete: Social Performance Between Creator and Fan by Madam_Melon_Meow for sonnetstuck, Duckface, NakedBee
Fandoms: Homestuck, Detective Pony - Fandom, homestuck meta, detective pony meta
07 Mar 2021
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My paper seeks to chart the course of Detective Pony. Mentioned briefly in a page or two of Homestuck, it is a palimpsest- a written and drawn over copy of Jeanne Betancourt’s 1998 book. The idea was that a comic character, Dirk Strider, lovingly transformed the book into a ridiculous parody for best friend Jane Crocker’s birthday. In the comic, only the first few pages are displayed, but this included a table of contents page. A fanfiction author was so inspired that they wrote their own imagining of the rest of the book, picking up where Hussie left off. It would later be adapted by another fan into an audiobook and a youtube series, and was explicitly canonized in Homestuck^2. While an extreme case, it does exemplify the interplay between creator and fan, one that is entirely unique to Homestuck. To research, I have several sites where fans congregate and have discussed the importance of Detective Pony, including the fanfiction writer’s personal blog. This tradition is incredibly expansive, so I am using the Detective Pony example as a case study through which to analyse the practice as a whole.
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- Part 1 of homestuck meta
- Part 4 of Essays
Bookmarked by Malymin
22 Nov 2024
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An Excerpt From the Biography of the Devourer of All Things Horrible by AzureMist
Fandoms: ダンジョン飯 | Dungeon Meshi | Delicious in Dungeon
14 Nov 2024
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Some words from King Laios Touden's biography, regarding the debated existence of Kabru of Utaya.
Bookmarked by Malymin
15 Nov 2024
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THE FURY OF A SHATTERED MIRROR by ASpooky
Fandoms: Disco Elysium (Video Game), Slay the Princess (Visual Novel)
03 Oct 2024
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YOU - [Look around.]
INLAND EMPIRE [Legendary: Failure] - You are alone in a place that is empty.
PERCEPTION (HEARING) [Impossible: Failure] - It is quiet here.
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- English
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- 266,639
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- 18/?
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Bookmarked by Malymin
02 Sep 2024
Bookmarker's Notes
Genuinely one of the coolest and most ambitious crossover stories I've ever read. I only have secondhand knowledge of either source material, but every time this updates, playing one or both games gets a notch higher on my priority lists.
This, quintessentially, is what fanfiction is *for.*
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An online message board devoted to a cult fantasy author wrestles with his baffling final book.
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Bookmarked by Malymin
27 Sep 2024
Bookmarker's Notes
Fascinating work of original metafiction about 00's online forum culture, cult classic children's literature, and a gnawing feeling of incurable wrongness.
It's been a long time since I read it, so I can't easily tell you if it's "good" or not. Compels me though.