GFRW 2006 - Day 5

First off, I changed my LJ layout. Component was getting kind of boring after a couple years. Just wish I was able to do things like change the font style, though...

Second...It's Day 5 of Good Fic Recc Week. And for today's fandom I have chosen...The Muppets!

Yes, you read that correctly. No, I have not lost what's left of my mind.

Really, there is quite a bit of good Muppets fic out there (and by Muppets I mean pretty much anything created by Jim Henson, like Fraggle Rock and the like), and a majority of it can be found at the Muppet Central Forums.

I'll start off with an in-progress Fraggle Rock fanfic by one Convincing John. Titled "The Choice". In it the Fraggle Five (Gobo, Red, Wembley, Boober and Mokey), led by Cantus the Minstrel, must venture out into Outer Space (their term for the human world) to aid a Silly Creature (human) who is in great trouble.

Next up is one of my favorite authors, Lisa or to use her SN, TogetherAgain. Lisa has written several fics, including "Swamp Call" which introduces Kermit's OC sister Maggie, "Summer in the Theatre", "Chasing Robin" in which Doc Hopper makes another appearance, and Lisa's currently in-progress epic "Flippersteps in the Sand", which chronicles the Muppets' history starting from Kermit's first meeting with Jim. Lisa seemlessly weaves in elements from The Muppet Movie and the innocuous Kermit's Swamp Years.

Beth C. wrote a story awhile back called "We Need a Little Christmas". Unfortunately it hasn't been updated since August of last year, but what's there is still an enjoyable read.

Beauregard is another fairly prolific author at the MC boards. He's written quite a bit, but my favorite still remains "Muppet Terror", which was written in response to the subway and bus bombings in London last July. And it's more like three fanfics written in one thread, as some of us who wanted to contribute our own chapters did. I myself contributed three chapters showing the reactions of the group from The Ghost of Faffner Hall. Beau has also written a lovely piece called "Robin's Story" that gives a take as to why Kermit's nephew Robin stays with him instead of in the swamp with his parents.

Sarah, aka ReneeLouvier, a fellow Scooter and Richard Hunt fan (as well as president of the Richard Hunt Lover's Club or RHLC), is the author of a series she has entitled "Sadie's Stories". They chronicle her version of Scooter's history, including the identity of his mother (the aforementioned "Sadie") and the whereabouts of both her and Skeeter. All of the stories in "Sadie's Stories" can be found at Sarah's FF.Net account, as well as at the MC board. A word of warning - Sarah either doesn't use or hasn't grasped the chapter function of FF.Net, so the stories are all in big long documents.

And naturally I can't bring this entry to a close without highlighting the masters of the TMS Outline, Dave "Gorgon Heap" Ebersole and TravellingMatt (known around LJ as drteeth26. Their outlines are so good you wish that they had been actual episodes.

And of course, you can check out all sorts of Muppet fanfic in the Fan Fiction and Fan Art forum of the MC Board.

GFRW 2006 - Day 5

First off, I changed my LJ layout. Component was getting kind of boring after a couple years. Just wish I was able to do things like change the font style, though...

Second...It's Day 5 of Good Fic Recc Week. And for today's fandom I have chosen...The Muppets!

Yes, you read that correctly. No, I have not lost what's left of my mind.

Really, there is quite a bit of good Muppets fic out there (and by Muppets I mean pretty much anything created by Jim Henson, like Fraggle Rock and the like), and a majority of it can be found at the Muppet Central Forums.

I'll start off with an in-progress Fraggle Rock fanfic by one Convincing John. Titled "The Choice". In it the Fraggle Five (Gobo, Red, Wembley, Boober and Mokey), led by Cantus the Minstrel, must venture out into Outer Space (their term for the human world) to aid a Silly Creature (human) who is in great trouble.

Next up is one of my favorite authors, Lisa or to use her SN, TogetherAgain. Lisa has written several fics, including "Swamp Call" which introduces Kermit's OC sister Maggie, "Summer in the Theatre", "Chasing Robin" in which Doc Hopper makes another appearance, and Lisa's currently in-progress epic "Flippersteps in the Sand", which chronicles the Muppets' history starting from Kermit's first meeting with Jim. Lisa seemlessly weaves in elements from The Muppet Movie and the innocuous Kermit's Swamp Years.

Beth C. wrote a story awhile back called "We Need a Little Christmas". Unfortunately it hasn't been updated since August of last year, but what's there is still an enjoyable read.

Beauregard is another fairly prolific author at the MC boards. He's written quite a bit, but my favorite still remains "Muppet Terror", which was written in response to the subway and bus bombings in London last July. And it's more like three fanfics written in one thread, as some of us who wanted to contribute our own chapters did. I myself contributed three chapters showing the reactions of the group from The Ghost of Faffner Hall. Beau has also written a lovely piece called "Robin's Story" that gives a take as to why Kermit's nephew Robin stays with him instead of in the swamp with his parents.

Sarah, aka ReneeLouvier, a fellow Scooter and Richard Hunt fan (as well as president of the Richard Hunt Lover's Club or RHLC), is the author of a series she has entitled "Sadie's Stories". They chronicle her version of Scooter's history, including the identity of his mother (the aforementioned "Sadie") and the whereabouts of both her and Skeeter. All of the stories in "Sadie's Stories" can be found at Sarah's FF.Net account, as well as at the MC board. A word of warning - Sarah either doesn't use or hasn't grasped the chapter function of FF.Net, so the stories are all in big long documents.

And naturally I can't bring this entry to a close without highlighting the masters of the TMS Outline, Dave "Gorgon Heap" Ebersole and TravellingMatt (known around LJ as drteeth26. Their outlines are so good you wish that they had been actual episodes.

And of course, you can check out all sorts of Muppet fanfic in the Fan Fiction and Fan Art forum of the MC Board.