Have any of y'all read the rather infamous fic
The Conversion Bureau and its numerous spin-offs?
Granted, I am
not a fan of the 'verse, save for three spin offs. What puzzles me is how the hell it got on EQD? The original story by Blaze was quite frankly, a piece of s---.
And the most famous author of the 'verse, Chatoyance is a complete nutcase; she creeps me out in the way that no dark fic can.
Look at some of the quotes she says on Fimfiction.
On the importance of a self-consistent, mythic world: the entire basis of all fantasy and science fiction - not to mention religion or any story - the very engine that powers it is suspension of disbelief. A fool says 'it's only a cartoon' or 'it's only a movie' or 'it's only a book'. No, it is more than that, if, and only if, it manages to create a stable, self-sustaining artifice in the mind of the audience, if it manages to get them to suspend their disbelief. This is only possible if the world is consistent, if the tone is appropriate, if the details support the artifice, if everything comes together to generate emotional and intellectual immersion within the fictional world. It all falls apart, and becomes 'only a cartoon' when those making it no longer make that effort, stop believing in their world, and use it cheaply and without the effort to make it believable.
