Akamatsuverse [Love Hina] General Reccommendations
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General Reccommendations
If we are still talking 'For His Own Sake' by karndragon it is not really *bad* per se, as I've read far worse, even just in the Love hina Fandom...
I'm not too fond of some aspects of it though... some of that author's other love hina fanfiction is in a somewhat similar theme.
If we are still talking 'For His Own Sake' by karndragon it is not really *bad* per se, as I've read far worse, even just in the Love hina Fandom...
I'm not too fond of some aspects of it though... some of that author's other love hina fanfiction is in a somewhat similar theme.
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I wouldn't recommend it. Hell, it's not even a story. Just a single chapter that the writer deliberately left so other people would write something. Although, it's publishing date does strangely coincide with when the swell of "anti-Love Hina" fanfiction started having an upswing. Not a comforting thought, mind you.
As I said, people confuse melodramatic stories for dramatic ones. Always with the gross over-exaggerations of character flaws and outright replacing Keitaro with some kind of asshole. It's like many of these writers think that the core of the characters is an exchangeable part. It isn't.
I wouldn't recommend it. Hell, it's not even a story. Just a single chapter that the writer deliberately left so other people would write something. Although, it's publishing date does strangely coincide with when the swell of "anti-Love Hina" fanfiction started having an upswing. Not a comforting thought, mind you.
As I said, people confuse melodramatic stories for dramatic ones. Always with the gross over-exaggerations of character flaws and outright replacing Keitaro with some kind of asshole. It's like many of these writers think that the core of the characters is an exchangeable part. It isn't.
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Regarding the <a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/r/7106346/0/1/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>reviews</a> of For His Own Sake, I read through the first four pages, and I got really suspicious.
Go check out a few of the longer reviews. Note how many of them start sentences/paragraphs with the word "Also". Note how this subset make the same points, in the same order. Note the heavy use of rhetorical questions. Note how all of these reviews are unsigned.
I smell sock puppets.
Regarding the <a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/r/7106346/0/1/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>reviews</a> of For His Own Sake, I read through the first four pages, and I got really suspicious.
Go check out a few of the longer reviews. Note how many of them start sentences/paragraphs with the word "Also". Note how this subset make the same points, in the same order. Note the heavy use of rhetorical questions. Note how all of these reviews are unsigned.
I smell sock puppets.
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It's fairly good.
I liked that Keitaro wasn't used as a puppet for author rants. I didn't like how he had too much insight into the girls' character traits when he initially met them, nor how he didn't have any of his trademark clumsiness. He didn't make any mistakes or have any misinterpreted accidents. I thought it made him Gary Stu-ish.
I thought Naru was both out-of-character and out of control. She simply wasn't that bad that early in canon. She should have been able to get through a formal introduction without overt hostility.
Motoko, on the other hand, seemed too reasonable. I would have expected standoffish politeness toward Keitaro in the final third of the fic, but she invited him to tea.
It's fairly good.
I liked that Keitaro wasn't used as a puppet for author rants. I didn't like how he had too much insight into the girls' character traits when he initially met them, nor how he didn't have any of his trademark clumsiness. He didn't make any mistakes or have any misinterpreted accidents. I thought it made him Gary Stu-ish.
I thought Naru was both out-of-character and out of control. She simply wasn't that bad that early in canon. She should have been able to get through a formal introduction without overt hostility.
Motoko, on the other hand, seemed too reasonable. I would have expected standoffish politeness toward Keitaro in the final third of the fic, but she invited him to tea.
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It's a bashfic without being a bashfic, if that makes any sense. I was actually just about to rec it, 'cause I haven't visited this thread in a week or two. Anyway, on to another rec. <a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7827860/1/An_Alternate_Keitaro_Urashima' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>An Alternate Keitaro Urashima</a>. Written by Karndragon, the same guy who wrote For His Own Sake.
Plot start: Keitaro got over his promise girl thing several years before LH begins, and is all the better for it. Then he's invited by his grandmother over to her "Inn." The story kicks off from there.
It does go into some of the pitfalls that most LH stories fall into, but overall I think it's an interesting story. If you've read For His Own Sake, you'll recognize some similar things. The author uses some of the same OCs (Keitaro's extended family) he introduced in For His Own Sake, so it's a nice bonus to see how their relationships are much different because of Keitaro's decision.
It's a bashfic without being a bashfic, if that makes any sense. I was actually just about to rec it, 'cause I haven't visited this thread in a week or two. Anyway, on to another rec. <a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7827860/1/An_Alternate_Keitaro_Urashima' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>An Alternate Keitaro Urashima</a>. Written by Karndragon, the same guy who wrote For His Own Sake.
Plot start: Keitaro got over his promise girl thing several years before LH begins, and is all the better for it. Then he's invited by his grandmother over to her "Inn." The story kicks off from there.
It does go into some of the pitfalls that most LH stories fall into, but overall I think it's an interesting story. If you've read For His Own Sake, you'll recognize some similar things. The author uses some of the same OCs (Keitaro's extended family) he introduced in For His Own Sake, so it's a nice bonus to see how their relationships are much different because of Keitaro's decision.
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Ehhh... except the more in depth development of a couple of the characters... I really prefered the anime over the manga, and really see little difference in most of them...
It cannot be anime or manga continuity as the author refers to Haruka as cousin/aunt, which means visual novel. Of course... it could merely be author perogative and be aniime continutiy with that one change in place. But as the saying goes... whatever floats your boat...
Ehhh... except the more in depth development of a couple of the characters... I really prefered the anime over the manga, and really see little difference in most of them...
It cannot be anime or manga continuity as the author refers to Haruka as cousin/aunt, which means visual novel. Of course... it could merely be author perogative and be aniime continutiy with that one change in place. But as the saying goes... whatever floats your boat...
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A new story, just out. <a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8174040/1/The_Married_Life' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>The Married Life</a>, a Ranma crossover different from the norm. Ranma always thought getting married would get rid of the complications of his life. Too bad his little sister decided otherwise.
Basic plot: Ranma is married to Tsuruko Aoyama, and has been for several years. It's been a rather <s>peaceful</s>happy marriage so far(as much as being married to a somewhat insane woman like Tsuruko can be). Too bad his little sister-in-law made the idiotic decision to lie to her sister. Which is a bad idea. About getting married. Which is an even worse idea.
A new story, just out. <a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8174040/1/The_Married_Life' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>The Married Life</a>, a Ranma crossover different from the norm. Ranma always thought getting married would get rid of the complications of his life. Too bad his little sister decided otherwise.
Basic plot: Ranma is married to Tsuruko Aoyama, and has been for several years. It's been a rather <s>peaceful</s>happy marriage so far(as much as being married to a somewhat insane woman like Tsuruko can be). Too bad his little sister-in-law made the idiotic decision to lie to her sister. Which is a bad idea. About getting married. Which is an even worse idea.
