fan fiction
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Who Would Your Favorite Disney Characters Play In 'Harry Potter'?
Two of our favorite things growing up were the Harry Potter series and watching Disney movies. It is fun to imagine what houses we would be in if we were to go to Hogwarts, but have you ever wondered where your favorite characters might have ended up if they had been in the Harry Potter world? Thanks to Disnerds on Facebook, we no longer have to wonder. Imagine how cool it would be to see these Disney characters delivering some of the best lines from the books and movies.
By Tisha Eaton8 years ago in Geeks
The Fictional World and You
So as a forward warning, this essay is highly opinionated and based loosely on facts or quotes. In other words, this article does not even qualify for a half-ass source document for a liberal arts college essay. But this is a place where I hope to raise some thoughts and stir the thinking pot: Fan Fiction and how it should be used.Okay, so we all must have had some interaction regarding Fan Fiction works, whether they be good or bad. Speaking from my participation in a website known as Figment (a free-to-write site where aspiring writers come to start stories and share with a community of avid readers, writers, and dreamers) and needless to say, Fan Fiction is rampant in that website: fandoms from medieval RPG stories that share similar concepts to Game of Thrones to complete rip-offs of Doctor Who only with love interest twists (I'll leave that to your imagination. Just please don't share them; there could be children watching). Now it is not a wrong assumption to claim that this is what Fan Fiction is based off of; taking someone else's work and either making an alternate universe where difference events and outcomes happened is always an interesting concept to pondering (after all, that's what the Injustice comic book series is all about). But there is something dangerous about that kind of thinking; at least it was a pattern I have noticed while active in the Figment community. When it came to the Fan Fiction stories, many were just cardboard cut-outs of what happened in the show or followed the story-line of a character to the letter (save for a name or gender change). Now it is clear that it just a free-writing community and you are entitled to write whatever you please, but it does raise a question. "Can a writer build a series off of the world created by other writers?" For example, the Star Wars universe is MASSIVE! I mean, it's larger then anything else since the ships can literally jump to other galaxies in a manner of minutes or hours. And the Empire is massively large as well since they can clone soldiers and pump them out like cars in a factory. But if the Rebellion or the Resistance (hell, even the Galactic senate depending on what era you are more inclined toward) had to have stretched across the same scale and may be smaller in numbers does not mean that they are still present. Point is, there is possibility for stories that even the creators cannot keep up with or do not even think about.Now, yes there is such a thing as "stealing copyrighted work" and I am sure that there are laws out there that protects people's work from getting stolen, and yet Fan fiction is still getting put out there. Let me be clear: I am not trying to get people to starting dissing Fan Fiction; I myself would love to read some if it matches the fandom and the story is good. What I'm trying to get at is: is it a good idea to write stories based off of the worlds that are created by other stories even if there is no direct connection to the source material? Granted, Robert Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga made a story regarding a group of survivors who had to live under the rule of the Governor in their book Road to Woodbury, but that seemed to have the original author involved in the creation of the story. But what if someone was to rebuild a lost series and bring it back into the modern spotlight? Not reuse the original characters but use the same rules built in the universe? Is it a good idea or a lost cause?
By Alex LeBlanc8 years ago in Geeks
Loki
I was at work one day, I work at a small coffee shop in New York. It was a pretty normal and slow day until they walked in: Thor and Loki. Thor was talking about a mile-a-minute to Loki about what I assumed was their last mission; and Loki was listening, but also had a bored look on his face. He was clearly not as excited about what Thor was saying as Thor was. When they got to the counter, I had the honour of serving them. Thor ordered a double macchiato with a double shot of expresso. Loki ordered a black coffee. As I placed their order, I saw that Loki was holding a book, it was Hamlet by Shakespeare. “I love that book," I said to Loki. Loki looked at me with curiosity and I continued talking since there was no one in line behind them. “Shakespeare is one of my favorite authors. If you like Shakespeare’s Hamlet, you should try Kenneth Branagh’s Heart of Darkness. I think you’ll find that it is intense and compelling. It looks into the darkest recesses of human nature. It takes the reader through a horrific tale in a very gripping voice.” He never once said anything while I spoke; he just looked at me. When they called his name to pick up his coffee he kind of nodded and said, “Thank you.” He then took his coffee and left with Thor, who seemed to be teasingly shoulder-bumping Loki. The rest of my day was relatively boring compared to that.
By Nicole Cormier8 years ago in Geeks
Post Credit Scene for Season 4 'Once Upon a Time'
What we were left with: A lot of the time, season finales leave us with major cliffhangers, even more so than the movies that are angling for a sequel. It's to build the tension, leaving us with months to wait before we find out what is going to happen. When we left off with the Once Upon a Time group, they were watching as Emma got swept into the darkness, presumably to become The Dark One, leaving the dagger behind. While that is a big teaser itself, I feel like they could have gone with a post credit scene to take the tension one step further.
By Tisha Eaton8 years ago in Geeks
Fan cast of a Live-action "Anastasia"
I have been on kind of a kick of Anastasia personally and with Disney having many more plans to make live-action versions of their Disney characters, I was wondering who might be cast if Fox decided to revive their classic movie, Anastasia, as it rivaled Disney's own princesses back in the day. So here is who I would cast if they were to make a live-action version today.
By Tisha Eaton8 years ago in Geeks
From Star Wars to Men In Black: Sneaky Zebra Ups The Ante With New Prop Wars 2
After three long years, Sneaky Zebra has finally dropped the much anticipated new video sequel to their Prop Wars video from 2013. But what is Prop Wars? I hear you ask. Well, think back to when you were a kid and you had all kinds of toys from various different franchises.
By Jay Vergara8 years ago in Geeks
A YouTuber Re-Makes An Iconic Weapon, Tests It On The Public and the Results Are Hilarious
A YouTube channel going by the name of Sufficiently Advanced claims that he makes pretend things into real things. He really followed up on that claim by remaking Thor's hammer, Mjolnir, and then taking it out to Venice Beach to see if anyone was worthy of lifting Thor's hammer. The results were pretty funny as people struggled to lift the thing.
By Jay Vergara8 years ago in Geeks
Freddy & Jason Join Forces In This Hilarious Fan Video
Back in 2003 someone had the idea to put Freddy and Jason in the same movie and just have them go at it. Per the usual, mayhem ensued. But what if instead of trying to out kill each other, they were best friends in high school with Freddy giving Jason advice on how to get the girl of his dreams? Weird, right? Who would do something like that? As it turns out, Lowbarcomedy (awesome name, by the way) did.
By Jay Vergara8 years ago in Geeks
Music and Action Come Together In This High Impact Kingsman Fan Video
I'm an immense fan of Kingsman: The Sercret Service. I'm also a big fan of its fans. They get real creative with how they show their love from awesome fan art to creative GIF sets on Tumblr. One of those fans is voordel over on youtube and they posted a video way back in June that really caught my eye. If you've haven't seen the movie yet, quick heads up, this clip does have spoilers.
By Jay Vergara8 years ago in Geeks
