Challenge: Green Lantern (Kyle)/Power Girl - In the Green Lantern: Circle of Fire mini-series, Power Girl got teamed up with the chivalrous Daxamite Green Lantern from medieval times and got to liking him before they found out that the green lanterns that were there were projections of Kyle's subconcious mind. What if after the events, Power Girl tried to get to know Kyle better and see if she could draw out that side of him. Can be friendship or romance.

Personal Rant:

I like fanfics as they allow the fans to change what they feel the author made mistakes with, and this extends to fanfics of fanfics, as you’ll see in some of my own fanfics, that I borrow heavily from other fanfic author’s ideas, concepts and plots.

That said, I dislike a number of fanfic authors, even though I myself am one.

Some of the reasons why are thus –

1. They often act like trolls. A number of fanfic’ers that I’ve read will often have longwinded rants at the beginning or end of a story or chapter of their story or sometimes they will work it into the story themselves. Often this is either a complaint or an attack against anybody that has criticisms about their story. And, again, often this is not only an attack against people who are flaming the story, but against people who are trying to offer constructive criticism. Often the attacks or rebuttal arguments boil down to ‘How DARE you not like my story. You have no say in what I write. This is MY STORY.’ Umm… no, this is not your story, the characters, concepts, plots and what have you are the intellectual properties of the original author and the publishing company. That’s why it’s FANfiction. It’s someone else’s sandbox you are playing in, and if you don’t like the idea that when playing in someone else’s sandbox someone might kick sand in your face, don’t get in the box.

2. Going along with the troll psychology, people who write stories or chapters in an ongoing fanfic specifically to anger or attack people who criticize or flame their story. This is actually copied verbatim from the beginning of a chapter in a rather long fanfic, “TO ALL YOU WHO WROTE AND COMPLAINED ABOUT HOW THE LAST CHAPTER DIDDN’T HAVE ENOUGH ACTION IN IT, THAT IT HAD TO MUCH PLOT SET UP AND DIALOG, WELL TO BAD, I WANTED IT THAT WAY AND THAT’S WHAT I PUT. SINCE YOU HATED IT SO MUCH, I’M GOING TO MAKE THE NEXT THREE CHAPTERS ACTIONLESS. THIS IS MY STORY, NOT YOUR’S. YOU HAVE NO SAY IN WHAT I DO IN THE STORY. SO SHUT UP OR IT WILL EVEN BE LONGER UNTIL THE NEXT ACTION CHAPTER.” So even though he says that it was his story, and that the readers have no say in what he writes, he’s still allowing them to dictate what he writes, only instead of giving them what they want, he gave them what they hate. This instead of what he was possibly planning on putting his story in the first place. And notice how this particular rant dovetailed with my first problem with most fanfic writers.

3. Angst. There is a difference between drama meant to add to a story and angst trying to make you go ‘oh, how horrible it is for that to happen to that character, let’s root for him to pull through like an underdog, because I, like everyone else love an underdog.’ While bad things can and sometimes do happen with alarming regularity to individuals in the real world, piling hardship on top of hardship, tragedy on top of tragedy to a character to either show them stoically or even happily persevering or in a bid to make the character seem sympathetic, unless you have the protagonist of your story lose in the end, it’s going to stretch the story beyond the ability of ‘suspension of disbelief’ if you have them come out with a happy end. Even a pyrrhic victory might not be able to do a just end to a story with to much angst as it might only up the angst tragedy rather than bring about closure.

4. Information given as if from a textbook rather than as if part of the narrative. This one really irks me as it interrupts the flow of the story, even though I have caught myself doing it in a number of stories that I’ve written in the past. I applaud the inclusion of cultural or historical facts and data to help readers, as not everyone may know what a crenellation or a mile-castle is, but it should be worked in as part of the narrative. I’ve read a number of stories where characters are talking to one another or even just thinking to themselves and something comes up that needs to be explained and the narrative goes from a first person or third person perspective to a non-perspective explanation that goes anywhere from a few sentences, or even (a sentence enclosed in parenthesis), to several paragraphs that read as if taken from a reference book. It wouldn’t upset the flow of the story to offer those explanations as if from the characters perspective, such as ‘“In order to defend the boarders from renewed incursion from the barbarians,” Jessica thought to herself, “I should use a setup like the old Roman Trajan’s wall, which included all manner of defenses, such as…”’ or ‘I could see that Jeff didn’t understand what I meant when I said ‘It’s like a hypercube.’ So I immediately launched into an explanation so he could benefit from our conversation, “You see, a hypercube is…’” Both of those ways offered explanations from third- and first-person perspectives respectively, but would allow for the explanations to flow with rather than hinder the flow of the story.

5. People who write characters so out-of-character simply because they either really like or dislike certain characters without warning you. Some characters are simply difficult to write in character, as some of the most popular characters in fanfiction to write into a story are secondary or tertiary characters that either didn’t get fully fleshed out or have almost no character development in the stories, as these characters can be taken almost any which way by the fanfic author. But taking a main character that has both positive traits as well as flaws and basically emphasizing either the positive or the negative traits while glossing over or giving humble or sinister spins on the other aspect just so you can go ‘I don’t like this character, so in my story I’m going to make you not like them as well.’ I understand this is fanfiction and that the author can take the characters in different directions from what is established in the original works, but if you do please make a note of it in the summery that there is some major OOC. Even if you have a really good plot and story that helps build up and support the character(s) in question new character development, it can be a little jarring to see a beloved character suddenly become the equivalent of the anti-Christ or the main villain be turned into an ultimately good but misunderstood character.

I have other things that irk me, but these are the ones that are the ones that really bother me and be the ones most likely to stop reading a story. And while some trolls or immature writers might read the previous sentence and scream at there monitor “Fine! I don’t care if people read my stories or not, so it’s no loss that you stopped reading my stories.” we all know that’s bull. Trolls want you to read their stories if only to piss you off, while puerile writers want you to read and like their stories then stamp their feet and scream when you don’t.

Trolls I can give no advice to, as it’s part of their persona to antagonize people, but for the childish writer, my advice is as such, let it go, as not everyone is going to like your stories, so first learn to not respond to the flames then you can learn to ignore them completely, and learn to listen to and appreciate constructive criticism, and remember, just because you listen to them doesn’t mean you have to follow their advice, still you should thank them for taking the time to not only read your story but for also taking the time to crafting a response to your story. Do this, even if only in your own mind if not actually writing them a thanks, and you’ll not only come to mind but to appreciate these constructive criticisms, and might find some of them might actually improve your writings.

I apologize to everyone else for having read through my rant, and thank you for reading it and my fanfics.

My name is Sarah,
I am but three,
My eyes are swollen
I cannot see,
I must be stupid I must be bad,
What else could have made
My daddy so mad?
I wish I were better
I wish I weren't ugly,
Then maybe my mommy
Would still want to hug me.
I can't speak at all I can't do a wrong
Or else I'm locked up
All the day long
When I awake I'm all alone
The house is dark
My folks aren't home.
When my mommy does come
I'll try and be nice,
So maybe I'll get just
One whipping tonight
Don't make a sound!
I just heard a car
My daddy is back
From Charlie's Bar.
I hear him curse
My name he calls
I press myself
Against the wall.
I try and hide
From his evil eyes
I'm so afraid now
I'm starting to cry.
He finds me weeping
He shouts ugly words,
He says its my fault
That he suffers at work.
He slaps me and hits me
And yells at me more,
I finally get free
And I run for the door.
He's already locked it
And I start to bawl,
He takes me and throws me
Against the hard wall.
I fall to the floor
With my bones nearly broken,
And my daddy continues
With more bad words spoken.
"I'm sorry!" I scream
But its now much too late
His face has been twisted
Into unimaginable hate.
The hurt and the pain
Again and again
Oh please God, have mercy!
Oh please let it end!
And he finally stops
And heads for the door,
While I lay there motionless
Sprawled on the floor.
My name is Sarah
And I am but three,
Tonight my daddy,
Murdered me.
Put this in your profile if you think that child abuse is wrong.--HOMOPHOBIA IS GAY--
I am the boy who never finished high school, because I got called a fag everyday.
I am the girl who was kicked out of her home because I confided in my mother I was a lesbian.
I am the prostitute working the streets because no one will hire a transsexual woman.
I am the sister who hold her gay brother tight through the painful, tear-filled night.
We are the parents who buried our daughter long before her time.
I am the man who died alone in a hospital because they would not let my partner of 27 years into the room.
I am the foster child who wakes up with nightmares of being taken away from the two fathers who were the only loving family I had.
I am not one of the lucky ones, I killed myself weeks before graduating high school.
We are the couple who had the Realtor hang up on us when she found out we wanted to rent a one bedroom for 2 men.
I am the person who never knows which bathroom I should use if I want to avoid getting management called on me.
I am the mother who isn't allowed to even visit the children I bore, nursed, and raised.
I am the woman who the court labeled an unfit mother because i now live with another woman.
I am the domestic violence survivor who has no support system to turn to because I am male.
I am the father who has never hugged his son because I grew up afraid to show affection to other men.
I am the home-economics teacher who always wanted to be the gym teacher until someone told me that only lesbians do that.
I am the women who died when the EMT'S stopped treating me as soon as they realized i was a transsexual.
I am the person who feels guilty because I think I can be a better person if I didn't have to always deal with society hating me.
I am the man who stopped attending church, not because i don't believe, but because they closed the door to my kind.
I am the person who has to hide what this world needs most; Love.
I am the person ashamed to tell my friends I'm a lesbian, because they constantly make fun of them.
I am the boy tied to a fence, beaten to a bloody pulp and left to die because two straight men wanted to "Teach me a lesson."
--IF YOU BELIEVE HOMOPHOBIA IS WRONG...REPOST THIS!--

I'm Sorry,

I'm sorry
that I bought you roses
to tell you that I like you

I'm sorry
That I was raised with respect
not to sleep with you when you were drunk

I'm sorry
That my body's not ripped enough
to "satisfy" your wants

I'm sorry
that I open your car door,
and pull out your chair like I was raised

I'm sorry
That I'm not cute enough
to be "your guy"

I'm sorry
That I am actually nice;
not a jerk

I'm sorry
I don't have a huge bank account
to buy you expensive things

I'm sorry
I like to spend quality nights at home
cuddling with you, instead of at a club getting drunk

I'm sorry
I would rather make love to you then just screw you
like some random guy.

I'm sorry
That I am always the one you need to talk to,
but never good enough to date

I'm sorry
That I always held your hair back when you threw up, and didn't get mad at you for puking in my car,
but when we went out you went home with another guy

I'm sorry
That I am there to pick you up at 4am when your new man hit you and dropped you off in the middle of nowhere,
but not good enough to listen to me when I need a friend

I'm sorry
If I start not being there because it hurts being used as a door mat, only to be thrown to the side when the new jerk comes around

I'm sorry
If I don't answer my phone anymore when you call, to listen to you cry for hours, instead of getting a couple hours of sleep before work

I'm sorry
that you can't realize.. I've been the one all along.

I'm sorry
If you read this and know somebody like this
but don't care

But most of all

I'm sorry
That you can't accept me for who I am

I'm sorry
I can never do anything right, and nothing that I do is good
enough to make it in your world.

I'm sorry
I caught your boyfriend with another girl and told you about it, I thought that was what friends were for...

I'm sorry
That I told you I loved you and actually meant it.

I'm sorry
That I talked to you for nine hours on Thanksgiving when your boyfriend was threatening you instead of spending time with my family.

I'm sorry
that I listen to you at night talking about how you wish you could have done something different.

I'm Sorry
That I cared

I'm sorry
For not being sorry anymore

Ladies always complain and gripe to their friends that there is never any good guys out there, and they always end up with assholes who mistreat them. Well ladies, next time you're complaining, maybe look up to see who you're complaining to, maybe that special someone is right there hanging on your every word as usual, screaming in his head "Why won't you give me a chance?"
Because the person you are usually searching for is right by you.

If you're a guy or a girl who agrees with this letter and are brave enough, copy and paste into your profile as 'I'm sorry'

FAKE VS. REAL

FAKE FRIENDS: Never ask for food.
REAL FRIENDS: Are the reason you have no food.

FAKE FRIENDS: Call your parents Mr./Mrs.
REAL FRIENDS: Call your parents DAD/MOM.

FAKE FRIENDS: Bail you out of jail and tell you what you did was wrong.

REAL FRIENDS: Will sit next to you saying “Damn … we really messed up … but that sure was fun!”

FAKE FRIENDS: Never seen you cry.
REAL FRIENDS: Cry with you.

FAKE FRIENDS: Borrow your stuff for a few days then give it back.
REAL FRIENDS: Keep your stuff so long they forget it’s yours.

FAKE FRIENDS: Know a few things about you.
REAL FRIENDS: Can write a book about you, with direct quotes from you.

FAKE FRIENDS: Will leave you behind if that is what the crowd is doing.
REAL FRIENDS: Will kick the whole crowds ass that left you.

FAKE FRIENDS: Will knock on your front door.
REAL FRIENDS: Walk right in and say “I’M HOME!”

FAKE FRIENDS: Are for awhile.
REAL FRIENDS: Are for life.

FAKE FRIENDS: Say they are too busy to listen to your problems, but when it comes to them they expect you to have all the time in the world.
REAL FRIENDS: Not only kick everything out of their schedule to listen to what’s wrong, but help come up with vindictive plans to make you feel a whole lot better!

FAKE FRIENDS: Make you say sorry when you want to talk to them at odd hours of the night, or even just hang out at odd hours.
REAL FRIENDS: Come right over and hang out with you, until you either fall asleep, or kick them out.

FAKE FRIENDS: Will ignore this.
REAL FRIENDS: Will repost it