part 353 whalers on the moon

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We've been here over a year now! I can hardly believe it! Dreamwidth's been pretty good, I'd say, with almost no downtime to speak of and all that! Anyway... how is your spring going? Or I guess it's almost summer, isn't it? Hopefully it's been well! I've been catching up on work and new movies, all very exciting stuff, I'm sure.

Enjoy part 353!

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Re: itt: how you prefer your historical fanfic

[(Anonymous)]

Only interested if it's primarily about nations interacting with other nations.

Way too many Gary Stu/Mary Sue/woobie fanfics put me off them (mostly looking at you, Fritz, but there are plenty of other candidates) which are basically like the author loves a certain historical figure and wants to validate them by having the very personification of the nation coo over them or be in love with them or bawwww over their fate. And somehow this combination always leaves a sour note to me, regardless of whether I admire that particular historical figure or not. It's just so... cheesy. Or hell, maybe I'm too picky.

Then again, I almost always steer clear of historical fiction that's primarily from the point of view of a famous person. So often it feels like the author just fanboying/fangirling for 300+ pages.

Re: itt: how you prefer your historical fanfic

[(Anonymous)]

ia with it being cheesy

like okay include historical figures

but make them CHARACTERS

make them INTERESTING

don't just go "ohh boo bo america cried over ____" or w/e