Do You Read Any TMNT Fanfiction?

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by Tony Day

Each to their own I suppose. No one's forcing you to read it. That was not meant to be a snide comment to you Zarius, I know you have been following my comic for a long time now. But come on... I'm not getting paid to do this ya know.

Hugs and kisses

Tony

www.trydowave.com

Sorry for coming across as a bit "hot and bothered" there Tony, I get like that when I have to defend opinions that don't "go with the flow" of popular consensus.

At least you cleared the air up on the aspects of the story that were yours, I wish more of your vision could have been interpreted in the finished work, as I did enjoy it greatly when it started, and I still get a kick out of the illiustrations, your talent cannot be ignored no matter how angsty the plot gets. It's your artwork which keeps me coming back to it.

[Tony Day]

Cheers Zarius. It sure is hard producing a comic single handed and I imagine any fan project. Speaking of fan projects, I see you have written a film script. I'll have to give it a look

Cya mate
Tony

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by Tony Day

Cheers Zarius. It sure is hard producing a comic single handed and I imagine any fan project
Tony

I'm more impressed by the fact you do this for free. Having worked with artists on aborted fan comic projects, I know how easy it is for people to get "sidetracked" from commiting to non-paid work. Glad you've stuck it through.

[Refractive Reflections]

To ZariusTwo and TonyDay,
I wasn't intending to create any type of divisive questioning in exploring ZariusTwo's tastes about your great work "Turtle Turncoat" TonyDay, and I apologize if it came across that way. It was solely curiosity on my part, on what each fan's individual tastes/preferences are for any type of Fan work (since it was the topic of discussion on this thread), including and beyond just fanfiction.

Both of you two each have done exceptional fan works! As each of you have stated before, it's very commendable that both of you have stuck with each of your fanworks for so long despite the temptation of being sidetracked.

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by JLS

To ZariusTwo and TonyDay,
I wasn't intending to create any type of divisive questioning in exploring ZariusTwo's tastes about your great work "Turtle Turncoat" TonyDay. It was solely curiosity on what each fan's individual tastes/preferences are for any type of Fan work, including and beyond just fanfiction.

Think nothing of it mate, we dealt with our artistic differences pretty civially. Sometimes a good critical kick up the back side improves on a work.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Jephael has just finished "Seven Shredders", check out his fansite.

[Refractive Reflections]

To those readers who were disappointed by the fanfics and don't get into anymore (i.e. "Raph Tha Dude" and "Bauer536" and others) or maybe those who haven't even bother to read TMNT fanfics,

Have you checked out or heard about the "Stealthy Stories" Fanfic competitions? (It's another TMNT forum site.) It could help in filtering through the bad fics and actually make reading TMNT fanfics an enjoyable experience.

http://www.5wwwww5.com/stealthystori...tealthystories

Most of the repliers on this thread, I believe, are also members there. It could be worth another try to check it out. Speaking of which, do you think the Technodrome forums should have their own fanfiction competitions? It would be interesting since this forum has a significantly larger amount of members/traffic and has a more diverse variety of fans (ranging from preferences of lighthearted [i.e. OT] to darker toned [i.e. Mirage] style of TMNT writing.) I guess what I'm trying to convey is finding a way to make really good TMNT fanfiction easier to access/find that even the most devoted fans can enjoy, almost as if their favorite series "never ended" in way since the legwork of not being disappointed is already taken care of (through voting/competitions.)

Just something to think about....

In other news, the ff.net category of "Cartoons: Ninja Turtles" exceeded 10,000 which is both good (more stories) and bad news (also means more sifting through the bad fics.)

[Yorae]

I can't say I read fanfiction - maybe one or two random stories here and there. I am a not very quick reader, so I never seem to find the time to sit down and read any fics.

A pity, though. Since I've heard about some really good fics out there.

[Candy Kappa]

besides a couple of good fan-comics I don't dwell much into fan-fiction, mostly because it's not canon and if it's in it's own universe a lot of the fan made characters kills it for me. Like the Sues and Stus.

[Luzmagica]

I had read and enjoy so much some TMNT in FanFiction....
I peek different stories and i found some are great /interesting/well done and very well talented writers to enjoy.... some others just cute tales....also enjoyables!
and of course sometimes I read some fictions I didnt like....
To sum up.: I think if you enjoy reading about TMNT you can find stories you will love....!!! just need to find the one that fit with your taste....there are tons of stories....Im sure you will find any you will like to read once and again!!!!
Im following also a story waiting for an autor to updated next chapter for a long time!!!!!

[Vivi]

Yes. There is definitely an array of...uh...themes which puts many people off, but the aforementioned writers plus a few others are worth the sifting.

Not too keen on the Mary-Sue stuff, but I have read some of the more disturbing things online and have thought, 'wow, they really nailed that character.'. But for me my favorite stories are always the ones containing insight into the turtles themselves, peppered with a little violence.

[Powder]

Originally Posted by Candy Kappa

besides a couple of good fan-comics I don't dwell much into fan-fiction, mostly because it's not canon and if it's in it's own universe a lot of the fan made characters kills it for me. Like the Sues and Stus.

Definitely this.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by JLS

To those readers who were disappointed by the fanfics and don't get into anymore (i.e. "Raph Tha Dude" and "Bauer536" and others) or maybe those who haven't even bother to read TMNT fanfics,

Have you checked out or heard about the "Stealthy Stories" Fanfic competitions? (It's another TMNT forum site.) It could help in filtering through the bad fics and actually make reading TMNT fanfics an enjoyable experience.

http://www.5wwwww5.com/stealthystori...tealthystories

Most of the repliers on this thread, I believe, are also members there. It could be worth another try to check it out. Speaking of which, do you think the Technodrome forums should have their own fanfiction competitions? It would be interesting since this forum has a significantly larger amount of members/traffic and has a more diverse variety of fans (ranging from preferences of lighthearted [i.e. OT] to darker toned [i.e. Mirage] style of TMNT writing.) I guess what I'm trying to convey is finding a way to make really good TMNT fanfiction easier to access/find that even the most devoted fans can enjoy, almost as if their favorite series "never ended" in way since the legwork of not being disappointed is already taken care of (through voting/competitions.)

Just something to think about....

In other news, the ff.net category of "Cartoons: Ninja Turtles" exceeded 10,000 which is both good (more stories) and bad news (also means more sifting through the bad fics.)

Why don't we merge with Stealthy Stories? But what's the best with Fan Fiction Net is how you can add universe in the search functions.

[BubblyShell22]

Is Stealthy Stories back up? For the past few weeks, it's been down, and I haven't been able to access it.

[Jephael]

Originally Posted by Candy Kappa

besides a couple of good fan-comics I don't dwell much into fan-fiction, mostly because it's not canon and if it's in its own universe a lot of the fan made characters kills it for me. Like the Sues and Stus.

I never make up characters. I use people from my actual life. Of course I usually ask them if they're cool with it.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by Jephael

I never make up characters. I use people from my actual life. Of course I usually ask them if they're cool with it.

Another cool idea is to take one character that got an action figure, but didn't appear in any cartoon or comics, and give that figure a story. (I've seen that being done to Ace Duck, who just was seen on the TV screen, and Sergeant Bananas).

[Candy Kappa]

Originally Posted by Jephael

I never make up characters. I use people from my actual life. Of course I usually ask them if they're cool with it.

That still makes them fictional characters for the story, within the universe of your stories.

[gobo]

I'm not interested in reading any, but I might write a few more... eventually.

[Refractive Reflections]

Originally Posted by BubblyShell22

Is Stealthy Stories back up? For the past few weeks, it's been down, and I haven't been able to access it.

I have been able to access the website easily, its just that the website says there's a "general error" if you post anything. But the thing is, is that the website does post your reply despite the error. (I noticed myself posting 3 times accidentally.) I think its still generally working well, but just a couple of bugs.

Originally Posted by Candy Kappa

besides a couple of good fan-comics I don't dwell much into fan-fiction, mostly because it's not canon and if it's in it's own universe a lot of the fan made characters kills it for me. Like the Sues and Stus.

I definitely hear you about the whole Sues/Stus thing. That's why I throwing in the idea of maybe having a Technodrome competition/voting system where it could sift past that. It could provide somehow, I'm not sure exactly how, a way to quickly find how light or dark (or what universe) you want the Turtles to be without worrying about being disappointed since it was already read through by more devoted fans. Almost like a "Hall of Fame" fanfiction library of sorts... Do you (anyone) know what I'm trying say?
(I just worry though if that competition/voting system could evolve in time to more of a favoritism-type of competition rather than simply based on good plots and character development; thus making the whole process useless. )

The purpose behind that idea was just so that TMNT fans could find more ways of continuing their TMNT interest without wasting tons of time searching through it all.
...Remember, there's already over 10,000 stories already in just the ff.net "Cartoons: Ninja Turtles" category alone. LOL

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by JLS

I have been able to access the website easily, its just that the website says there's a "general error" if you post anything. But the thing is, is that the website does post your reply despite the error. (I noticed myself posting 3 times accidentally.) I think its still generally working well, but just a couple of bugs.




I definitely hear you about the whole Sues/Stus thing. That's why I throwing in the idea of maybe having a Technodrome competition/voting system where it could sift past that. It could provide somehow, I'm not sure exactly how, a way to quickly find how light or dark (or what universe) you want the Turtles to be without worrying about being disappointed since it was already read through by more devoted fans. Almost like a "Hall of Fame" fanfiction library of sorts... Do you (anyone) know what I'm trying say?
(I just worry though if that competition/voting system could evolve in time to more of a favoritism-type of competition rather than simply based on good plots and character development; thus making the whole process useless. )

The purpose behind that idea was just so that TMNT fans could find more ways of continuing their TMNT interest without wasting tons of time searching through it all.
...Remember, there's already over 10,000 stories already in just the ff.net "Cartoons: Ninja Turtles" category alone. LOL

I support the idea of having competitions at the Technodrome Forum (maybe we should have one per universe), but they would still be published at Fan Fiction Net.