Do You Read Any TMNT Fanfiction?

[Refractive Reflections]

Originally Posted by Original TMNT Cartoon Fan

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.

I agree with publishing on fanfiction.net because the format is more appropriate rather than combining both the story and comments on one thread.



Anyways though, another reason why I proposed the idea of competitions/voting is so that TMNT fans can find awesome fanworks without having to search through years of threads in the search feature. One example, is I really like Tony Day's "Turtle Turncoat" comic ( http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=13544 ) and had I not joined here in Nov. 2012, and joined 5 months later, I probably wouldn't have come across it.


Okay, so I've been brainstorming and I know this is a big task, for whoever decides to initiate it, and another responsibility for the moderators/administrators of this site. But this was my idea:

(1) Have two sub-forms within the "Fan Works Discussion" page with: "Honorary Fanfiction" and "Honorary FanComics"
(2) Each of those sub-forms would have subcategories/subforums within them for each universe (i.e. OT, 2K3, 2012 CGI, Mirage, Image, Archie, Alternate Universe, etc.)
(3) The requirements for a fancomic/fanstory to have an honorary distinction: (a) Must have a minimum of 25-100 users that have rated it. The number is debatable of course (I'm looking at the over 2,000 active members..that's where the 100 came in), but it should be significant enough that it reflects most of the TMNT fandom's opinions, but at the same time not too many where it's impossible to accomplish because of a small amount of readers/traffic. Of course this could change with fluctuating users/traffic. (b) The average rating must be 4 out of 5 stars minimum or (or I would prefer out of a 10 scale), 8 out of 10 rating minimum.
(4) Each fancomic/fanstory within each of its thread within its respective universe sub-forum has a list of reader's comments on why it was so awesome. That can elaborate on the character development, plot, artistic style/written description, detail, themes, etc (with appropriate spoiler boxes applied to the comments).

This is all just ideas I'm throwing out there...that's all...There just has to be a more accessible/easier way to find decent fancomics/fanstories without wasting time searching around the internet and fanfiction.net

What are your ideas and thoughts about this situation? Look forward to hearing them...