"OTL is in theory (somewhat ambitious theory, perhaps) supposed to be the mailing list for all comic-book fanfiction, even though having been started by admittedly a fairly X-Men heavy crew it hasn't been able to convince a very high proportion of DC ficwriters of this, I think. See DarkMark for extensive complaint on this topic. ;)"
Well! ;-)
Actually, Perse, DM's complaint, to be a bit more accurate, is not that there wasn't / isn't enough DC fic on OTL. It's that there wasn't / isn't enough fic that wasn't X-based. Though, of course, the ratio is getting a bit better. I've maintained that I'd be happy to see ficts starring other Marvel characters (and sometimes I have). But thanks to the majority of ficcers in CFAN seeming to be heavily X-oriented, we don't seem to get much of that.
Which is a darned shame.
OTOH, when Smith or Nute or I want to use characters from Outside, we've got the field to ourselves. So there is a benefit.
But usually, if you want to read about something that isn't X on OTL, you're gonna have to do some hunting.
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Re: Quick question
Date: 2002-10-29 02:19 pm (UTC)Well! ;-)
Actually, Perse, DM's complaint, to be a bit more accurate, is not that there wasn't / isn't enough DC fic on OTL. It's that there wasn't / isn't enough fic that wasn't X-based. Though, of course, the ratio is getting a bit better. I've maintained that I'd be happy to see ficts starring other Marvel characters (and sometimes I have). But thanks to the majority of ficcers in CFAN seeming to be heavily X-oriented, we don't seem to get much of that.
Which is a darned shame.
OTOH, when Smith or Nute or I want to use characters from Outside, we've got the field to ourselves. So there is a benefit.
But usually, if you want to read about something that isn't X on OTL, you're gonna have to do some hunting.