So, there have been several authors who have been dancing a merry jig along this category for a good while now. All of them seem to be promising, and I have decided to take some time to profile them all and display their faults and strengths in my trademark assanine manner...oh wait...I'm not assanine, that's Haylias.
So first up, let's start with Haylias.
Haylias has been most well known for his fic Labours Of Love, which I gave a good thrashing a few weeks back. It was not long after this that he changed the name to Brian's Dilema, and I was disapointed. I like the title and the quirky nature of the author. He is also well known for his new feedback series: The Rules of Family Guy Fanfiction, which I have had a lot of fun reading. Haylias has been known to use either actiony or dramatic tension in his stories, and rarely goes along the humor line, the exception being The Rules Of Family Guy Fanfiction. Despite getting the least traffic of some other popular writers, Haylias has remained a beacon of quality, and rarely, if ever, posts something completley awful.
Moving on to Malcolm Fox...
Malcolm Fox has quickly risen to be the most famous FG fiction writer on this site, as well has having the two longest stories here. His pinnacle would be Meg's Family, which is a beacon of humor and wacky antics in an ocean of crappy fanfiction that floods the front page these days. I have also read Pushed Too Far, and I have to say, that it was completly awesome. It is almost impossible to say anything bad about Malcolm, but I'm sure if I look hard enough, I'll find something. Malcolm has become the model that every FG fiction writer has used to judge wether their fanfic is good or not. The massive amount of traffic he gets, along with the praise and domination of disscussion on the forums has left him walking through the streets, kicking dust in the eyes of anyone who tries to knock him off his perch. (You know who you are, you two.)
Moving on, lets explore Mr Semaj...
Mr Semaj...well, I don't know a lot about him, except that he wrote the very good The Rich Little Poor Girl. It was very good, and was one of the few remaining fanfics to still follow the Meg/Kevin it's kind of content is rare to find, it's still a great refresher to Meg fans. Mr Semaj seems to be more famous of Deviant Art, where he has a reputation of being the best artist there. In fact, he is so well respected there that there is little else to say that isn't just pointing out the obvious. So let's move on to someone else, shall we?
Loessar...
...Oh wait, Loessar hasn't posted a damn thing. He's just a Forum Bitch (No offense intended) who makes requests and submits chapter ideas to the three Virtual Seasons that plauge the Front Page. Sorry about that people. Hehehehehehehe.
Ander Arias...
Ander Arias, everyone's second favorite spainiard in the world, is kind of a new guy to this game. He has posted The Spellbook, a Meg's Family clone, and it has also risen to be a dominator in the traffic. He has posted little else, or at least, as far as we know. He also runs his own forum that quickly rose to be the third most popular in terms of traffic. He seems to be a respected member of the community, and there is not much in terms of critisizm that can be said about him...oh wait, he is a little touchy when it comes to Meg Bashing, but he can be forgiven for that.
Bhaalspawn...
Bhaalspawn seems to be like the little brother of Ander and Malcolm. He tails behind them with his own fic, despite being on this site longer than most of the authors here. His Meg's Family Clone, Whispering Illusion, get's much less traffic compared to Ander and Malcolm. Yet, despite all of this, he is quickly known for surpassing them on many occassions. He seems to specialize in dramatic moments, and high energy, bombastic fight sequences. He doesn't put much of an emphasis on humor, and only throws it in there as an easter egg. That's good, it means that readers never know where he's going to go next, as oposed to Malcolm, who has become predictable in terms of using obvious humor, or Ander, who you can usually guess is going to make a movie or pop culture reference. Despite not having as many fans as Malcolm and Ander, he makes up for it qith surperb quality, despite having sometimes innapropraite humor. Shine on you crazy diamond!
Soldier Of Sorrow...
Not really popular, as more of hated. He is a flamer who seems to be mimicing Yahtzee, only without all the humor to go with it. Soldier is an arrogant jackass who deserves to suffocate on his own stool sample. And if he ever bugs you, just blatently insult him on the internet...you know, kind of like what I'm doing right now.
Well, thank you. Next time, I'll make another awards show.
