ECB call to arms

[Brian]

Okay.  I'm targeting this fic:

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8374549/1/Haruhi-Suzumiya-SOS-Brigades-Greastest-Actor

It's 10k words total.  If no one else wants to join, I'll just be doing a straight-up scathing review, but if anyone else is willing to help out with this effort, it's appreciated.  We'll probably use #kitago for it, since it's a fanfic, and would disrupt #sr something fierce.  I'll probably end up starting either tomorrow or Saturday; in any case, I will be wading through the entire thing.  My goals are not just to lambaste the author, but also point out for other authors things to avoid, or how they are done badly.

I don't think it needs to be said, but this fic is really bad.  Enough that I want to fire up the ECB for it again.  Let's see if we can make this happen, or if I'll end up just being a jerk on my own (as per usual ;).

Soulriders, roll out!

[alethiophile]

* alethiophile will do it, because just on the strength of the first sentence alone this fic totally deserves it.

[Arakawa]

Yeah, I can be a jerk about fanfiction, alone or with others :-/ Not exactly one of my most prized talents...

We'll see if I'm around at the indicated time...

EDIT: first sentence? Pff... take a look at the fic description. 'Major Kyon beatings'...

[The4thEmperor]

I scanned the fic, and I have to say it is pretty damn bad (not that I'm one to talk.)

I'd join in this crusade if I wasn't so wretched at writing scathing reviews. So, I simply wish the best of luck to you all.

[alethiophile]

For some reason I'm less contemptuous of people who bash characters or write them OOC than I am of people who just can't string a single sentence together. Probably something along the lines of I've seen a few fics which do push characters OOC into more antagonistic territory, and some of them are even good. It can be a legitimate creative decision.

Of course, from what I've heard the treatment of Kyon in this fic can't see "legitimate creative decision" with the Hubble Space Telescope, so I don't think that'll be a major contributing factor to my overall opinion of the fic. >_>

[Brian]

Okay, we'll be starting today at 5:00 PM PST in #ecb or at Midnight in GMT.

[Kt3]

PST?  Pshaw.

7:00 PM CST.  That's "Correct Standard Time" to you.  :)

[Dracos]

Damn, that's early drac time.  :P

*eats all your timez*

[Brian]

Chapter one successful, picking up for chapter two tomorrow around 11:00 AMish PST.

I'm about 50% through editing chapter one; I've got dropbox set up so people can get to it.  I've dropped a lot, since our commentary outweighed the actual fic by a pretty crazy factor -- the logs were 22 k words for chapter one.  That's something when the entire fic is only 10 k words.

Too sleepy to continue editing; will try and finish this up tomorrow before chapter two.

[Grahf]

For some reason I decided to look at the couple of paragraphs of the last chapter.

What. Just. What.

Do I even want to know? I don't do I?

[VySaika]

So after Aleth's comments, I opened up that thing to read the first sentence out of curiosity. This turned out to be a mistake, because now I have a headache. Reading the ECB review when you're done should be entertaining.

[Brian]

Chapter two down.  Still need to polish them, but the primary editing's been done.

Chapter three ... I need a break.  My mind has to heal.  Wendesday, aiming for 7:00 PM PST.

[Xsen]

Just wanted to clarify, are you guys just commenting on this fic or rewriting it to see if anything better can be made?

You see, I somehow managed to read it through, and if it is the latter, I'd love to see the result... :)

[alethiophile]

Just commenting, in snarky and insulting tone. The result is entertaining in its own right, but more so for those who can be induced to enjoy others' discomfiture when they deserve it.

I'm pretty sure the premise of this one is irreparable. And while certainly proper writing skills would make it better, that doesn't mean any of us want to write something on this (stupid) premise.

[Brian]

Well, I will be writing a story inspired by this one, but that will happen later.

It will be a horror story.