I Don't Normally Plug Fanfic....
Oct. 6th, 2008 11:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
caraigMaybe it's the late hour, but I thought I would plug a fanfic that's been around for a while. Children of an Elder God is a Neon Genesis Evangelion fanfic, which has half the angst, three or even four times the sympathetic characters, and 100% more Cthulhu Mythos than the original, and is pretty decently well-written, too. There's some fairly well-written meta-humor in there, which adds to the entertainment. And there doesn't seem to be any Mary-Sue or Gary-Stu that I can see. There are a few parts that I'm concerned about, where the author might simply not have the emotional experience that the scene would require to write properly, if at all, and one part might be triggering.* Without dismissing that part, the rest of the story is engaging and fairly entertaining, and probably one of the better story mashups I've read.
And frankly, nothing made me splort like Nyarlathotep unexpectedly getting dream-smacked with both Carrie and the truck from Maximum Overdrive.
Some good stuff in here, an excellent addressing of the Elemental theory put forth by August Derleth (and torn down) and an excellent blending of the many disparate traditions of the Mythos, including the Xothian Cycle. If you can deal with fanfic, then this might be of interest to you.
EDIT: Unfortunately, the series stops one or two chapters before the climactic battle. As recently as earlier this year, the authors have said they have the last chapter outlined out but one of them las lost his writing mojo. Unfortunate, but you can't force writing to come out. Well... I guess you can, but the output doesn't always mesh well with prior work.
* - If you are interested in reading this, please, let me know and I will discuss it and provide suitable warning..
And frankly, nothing made me splort like Nyarlathotep unexpectedly getting dream-smacked with both Carrie and the truck from Maximum Overdrive.
Some good stuff in here, an excellent addressing of the Elemental theory put forth by August Derleth (and torn down) and an excellent blending of the many disparate traditions of the Mythos, including the Xothian Cycle. If you can deal with fanfic, then this might be of interest to you.
EDIT: Unfortunately, the series stops one or two chapters before the climactic battle. As recently as earlier this year, the authors have said they have the last chapter outlined out but one of them las lost his writing mojo. Unfortunate, but you can't force writing to come out. Well... I guess you can, but the output doesn't always mesh well with prior work.
* - If you are interested in reading this, please, let me know and I will discuss it and provide suitable warning..
