Random Ramblings CXLVIII · 5:50am Mar 7th, 2017
IN WHICH I ADMIT MY GUILTY PLEASURE
I'm a 3X-year-old dude who likes Friendship Is Magic and Equestria Girls. *gasp!* *faint*
Seriously though. now that I've finally finished my P.D.P synopsis -- eight LONG blogposts over nine days -- I want to get on to something a lot more fun. Stuff that's "So Bad It's Good". Follow me past the jump!
I've made no secret of my long stint in the anime fandom -- nearly 15 years now, although I've been gravitating heavily towards classic series from the 70's & 80's lately -- and I've seen dozens of different series of all genres to completion. But there's a special place in my heart for old anime that's legitimately terrible. While I have yet to see much of Mad Bull 34, Angel Cop, or (*gag*) Garzey's Wing, there's one bad anime I have seen that will always hold a special place in my heart, and that is Charge-Man Ken. This is a series from 1974, and is both the worst and greatest anime I have ever seen. It is my guilty anime pleasure and I was overjoyed to learn that it's having a legit release here.
FYI, I legitimately liked School Days and don't find it to be a bad show at all, though I hope to play the original (superior) visual novel soon.
Why do I mention CMK? Because the same applies to fanfiction. I enjoy reading badfics, often more than I like reading stories from capable authors, because I need more laughs in my life. I've considered writing a badfic myself, just to see if I can unlearn 17+ years of formal schooling.
For Sunset's "Recovery Arc", many readers have given me comments along the lines of "Emotional rollercoaster", "Made me cry", "Beautifully written". I'm very thankful for all the positive feedback I get, and it makes me feel like my efforts were worth it. Problem is, Highs & Lows aside, I've never not put effort into a story. Hell, I consider a lot of my work here to be experimental in nature -- even H&L was my attempt at what I could write during a manic rush -- which is why certain stories take a while.
After reading the works of a certain badfic writer on this site, I think I have an idea for a one-shot that has nothing to do with Sunset -- I'm going to call it Comma Comma (Down Dooby-Doo Down Down), and it'll be Celestia had some rotten tea or something and in her delirium banned the comma, and the entire story will be written without a single comma.
What do you think? Or should I try something else in an attempt to make a badfic/trollfic? Or do you think it would kill what credibility I have to even attempt it?
I think it sounds like a wonderful idea. Good potential, and the story being self-aware (not the right term but oh well) makes it all the better .
4446743 - Thanks for the input!
I'm writing it, but I keep looking at what I have on NotePad and find myself screaming NOT BAD ENOUGH! So I'm throwing in sassy narration too. My instincts keep making me compensate for the lack of commas by throwing in conjunctions.
I've also considered a story where Celestia bans capitalization.
Or one where I simply ape the style of the worst writer on this site, whose laughably terrible work made me want to do this to begin with.