Fanfic Links

1. Martyrdom - A crossover fanfic piece which sees Professor Charles Xavier (X-men) transported to biblical times as a result of a botched time-travel experiment. Recuperating with a family of Aramaic-speaking farmers, Xavier is without his wheelchair and passes himself off as a disoriented cripple. While staying with the family, Xavier encounters Jesus, the biblical messiah at the height of his popularity. Witnessing Jesus' healing ministry, the Professor decides the man is a powerful mutant and decides to accompany him and his disciples to Bethlehem. While a good crossover piece, Martyrdom could do more to explore the mutant spin on Jesus - is the messiah simply a good-willed mutant, or he using his gift for deceptive purposes?

2. Joker Delight - A lyrical crossover that tells the tale of Batman villain The Joker, banished to a strange work detention by the exasperated lawmakers of Gotham City. Exiled to work at Charlie's Chocolate Factory, the Joker is welcomed in the form of a song, sung by his new colleagues, the Ooompa-Loompas. At first, the pint-sized labourers mourn The Joker's twisted crimes, lamenting the fact he 'thinks nothing of a casual kill', but as they reflect on the demise of the Chocolate Factory's prior guests (Violet, Verruca, Mike - "we sent one brat right up a pipe!"), they realize that their dark mischief is on par with his, ending the ode with a request to join his gang. A great example of crossover, where both world's are represented and their facet's melded well.

3. Family Guy - Road_to_Nintendo - This unoriginal Family Guy fanfic piece finds the characters of the leftfield comedy up to their usual tricks - Meg hits on a strange Scottish man, while Chris cleans up after the evil monkey in his closet, and Stewie jacks up one of his many handheld gaming consoles to create a parallel universe-spanning machine that sends Brian and him on a quest to discover a universe of bones. Perhaps best left on the cutting room floor...

4. Knight Rider - The Phoenix Knight - This Knight Rider/MacGyver crossover opens with Michael Knight hospitalized by a malfunctioning KITT, while in a junkyard faraway, the daughter of fabled fix-it hero Angus MacGyver rifles through the wreckage of a mysterious black Trans-Am that took the life of her father. A good example of altering characters by switching generations and genders .

5. Castaway - Irony - In a great example of effective fanfiction, the author presents an alternative ending to the Tom Hanks feelgood hit Castaway. The altered closing scene sees Chuck returning the Fed-Ex parcels he had collected whilst on the island - he delivers one of the final packages, only to witness the recipient open it and eagerly produce a satellite phone, batteries for the satellite phone and a GPS unit. A hilarious twist.

6. The Shining - Return To The Overlook - A fanfic piece which takes place ten years after the tragic events that befell the Torrance family as chronicled in the original Shining. Invented protagonist David Trevanall serves as nothing more than a duplicate of Stephen King's character Jack Torrance, the storyline almost aping the first couple of chapters of the book - the only noticable difference being that Trevanall's child is a girl, as opposed to Torrance's child, who was a boy.

7. Truman Show - Show Must Go On - As the intro to this piece says, "A TV network would never let such a succesful concept get away" - 3 years after Truman Burbank's escape from the created world of Seahaven, shamed producer Christof is coaxed back into the producer's chair, creating a "new flawed and strangely unremarkable world." As the world in large watches in anticipation, another innocent soul is born into the manufactured goldfish-bowl world in which he will live. A great example of the continuation of a movie's storyline, however, not the most original continuation - the author could have offered some speculation from Christof about how he was going to avoid a repeat occurence of Burbank's awakening and escape.

8. Seriously Floating - A crossover piece which sees the two most sinister clowns of all time meet, painted face to painted face. Having terrorized the children of Derry for decades, Pennywise (from Stephen King's It) hears about some competition to his monopoly on terror and party tricks - a sinister villain named The Joker. Pennywise crawls the sewers to Gotham City, meeting The Joker and confronting him, while they each assert their respective turfs. The author could have made more of this piece; essentially, Pennywise does nothing more than crawl up a drain and say hi to the Joker. For two such well-developed, iconic and sinister characters, you would hope for more fireworks upon their meeting.

9. Assigned To What - Crossover. The ever mischievous Gregory House takes his workplace pranks to a whole new level when he gets himself and colleague Cuddy assigned to the X-Files. Their first case? Spontaneous human combustion. Storyline is not well developed - not entirely sure how House talked his way into the FBI, nor is it made clear where Mulder and Scully have gone - one can only guess they are the spontaneously combusted cold-case.

10. He Wishes He Was Elrond - A crossover ode to Agent Smith from The Matrix, who can't help but be occasionally overwhelmed by "weird" urgings to become Elrond, a distant cousin. "I wish I was Elrond, just for one day" Smith laments, "Ruling half the elves, send those quest dudes away." A great crossover parody, which centres around the actor of two roles as the common thread.

Fanfic Links, and my own Fanfiction

1. Carrie_and_Alexander_in_Paris Carrie finds herself in Paris with Alexander, her lover whom she fell in love with in New York. Paris seems to be a different atmosphere, physically and emotionally. The chemistry and communication between she and Alexander has a new dynamic and she finds herself alone, due to Alexanders' busy schedule and away from friends in New York. Carrie ends up reminiscing about Big, and as Alexander once again scurries off to 'work', Carrie feels the pain of abandonment in a foreign land.

2. I_Heart_New_York_another_way Big has told Carrie he is leaving New York for California. She goes over to his empty apartment where he pulls her in and they begin to dance. As he holds her tight she enjoys the smell and security of being with him. Carrie is still confused and asks Big why he is leaving. After asking if it had to do with his job or residency, Carrie asks the dreaded question of whether it has to do with his most recent flames. Big denies and carries on dancing, holding Carrie close so she cannot see his facial expressions. Carrie is persistent and the tone behind her questions is one of not wanting him to leave. She makes a comment about how they are friends so they should be able to talk to eachother about anything. Upon hearing this Big laughs, knowing that not to be true. He tells Carrie he is in love but that the feeling is not mutual because he had ruined the foundation of the relationship with this person. Carrie, not suspecting it to be her tells Big to just speak to the woman. Big continues to pour out his heart, Carrie suspects it might her, however she cannot be sure and walks away out of fear of rejection. Out of desperation Big yells out to Carrie that shes the one, that he loves her, and will always love her. She confesses her love for him also and they spend the night making love.



3.Love_sex_and_death_Sex_and_the_City There are many different stories intertwining, with most of the regular characters involved. We touch on Charlottes pregnancy, she no longer needs to adopt a child. Carrie meets up with Big and they take a walk down memory lane, we almost get the feeling that Big was about to propose to Carrie but something came up and he had to leave. Carries visits with Miranda and they do the analysis of Big and Carries almost proposal, with Miranda being cynical as ever. Carrie goes to a job interview, along the way getting muddy and stepping in fecies, and once she turns up to her interview it needs to be rescheduled. We get the feeling that Carries day is getting worse for wear, only then to receive a phone to rush to the hospital and upon arrival finds that Samantha has passed away suddenly. As one life ends, another begins.


4. Big_Changes
In this piece of writing we see a natural theme for the Sex and the City cast. The author has created a situation where Charlotte sees that Carrie is pregnant and coerses her to go to the doctor for confirmation. On the other hand Miranda and Steve have been experimenting with punishment and Samantha treats Miranda to a day at the spa. The conversational style is this piece makes it easy to follow, and i find that the language is that of how i imagine the characters to speak.

5. Me_and_you_just_us_two In this post, we find Carrie lost in inner thought as she discovers a positive pregnancy test. The signs had been there and a the result clear but she has hope that it was a false positive. This leads Carrie to think about her past, present and the implications this might have on her future. The writer had used third person perspective, which allows a nice change to the usual first person narrative. The story line is easy to follow and creates a descriptive, detailed account of how Carrie is feeling enabling the reader to relate to her.

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Immortal_and_the_City In this post the author has taken an abstract view. The characters have changed completely, both personality and appearance. The names are similar enough to understand, but do not take the usual story line, an advantage of having a site with an open forum. I appreciate the interpretation of this author as being creative and different, however the genre of her work is not what i would typically read.

7. Need_You_Now. In this post the athour has was influenced by a popular song- Need You Now by Lady Antebellum. The song in the eyes of the author reflects the love and desire that Big and Carrie share for one another. As more lyrics unfold the plot thickens and what began as a lonesome night for the pair, in their separate appartments ends up with them in bed together, declaring their love and vowing never to leave again. I love the way the author has intertwined the two texts, and i feel in my opinion accurately reflects the desires that they feel for eachother.

8. An_Act_of_Friendship. This blog describes the struggle Charlotte has gone through to tyr and get pregnant and adopt a baby. Miranda is about to give birth dan decides she is not ready for a child. She offers the child to Charlotte and an overwhelmed, grateful Charlotte accepts Braidy with open arms. The story is short and sweet and reflects the love that the women in this show have for one another.


9. Death_Sex_and_New_York. This story takes place after the last episode ever made. The plot is that Samantha's cancer returned and she died. Carrie wakes up the next morning and finds herself confusing Big with Samantha. She is in denial and shock and wants nothing to do apart from sleep and not have to deal with the reality- that her bestfriend had gone. I like the description in this piect, it includes dialogue and third person narrative. The feelings are artculated very well and a true Sex and the City fan would feel for how much of a loss this is to Carrie, by the way the author has worded this piece.


10. Blinded In this piece of writing the author has chosen to look back at the first Sex and the City movie. A few key points in the movie have been strategically articulated to summarise the major moments in a few short paragraphs. The plot is after Big leaves Carrie at tht altar, it follows to where she sees him on the road and runs up to him.. He mistakes this for her running back to him. The author describes how Big managed to mess up everytime and how Carrie seemed to always go back to him. Not this time. A broken hearted Carrie picks up the pieces with her friends and moves on. The author has written this story in a succint manner and sums up all the major points in the Carrie and Big saga of the first movie.



MY FANFICTION

This takes place as an alternate ending to the Sex and the City 2 movie, from the perspective of Carrey.

I don't own any of the characters..

Aidan- Wow kitty kat, you look fantastic, i'm loving you in Abu Dhabi.. Get comfy..
Carrie- Why thank you, you're looking good yourself mister! Mmm your hotel smells good, I'm starving!
Aidan- They have the best curry here, been living on it the past two weeks
Carrie- Oh, you know me, still can't eat hot food, now hot men on the other hand- easy peasy
Aidan- Hah! You haven't changed, if its not stepping over the line, i must say- i miss you..
Carrie- I miss you too..
Aidan- Really??
(My heart started beating faster than ever)
Carrie- I can't do this- you're married, i'm married, i need fresh air!!
Aidan- Carrie, wait!
(He grabbed me, and pulled me into his chest, it felt warm, I felt closer to him than I have to Big in a long time)
Carrie- It feels so right, but I can't
Aidan- Carrie, it's a sign.. I've thought about you every single day since i read about your success in the New Yorker a year ago! And now you're here! In Abu Dhabi! I can't pretend this isn't perfect..
(I felt my lips lean into his, all my emotions flooded back and before i knew it, he was leading me up to his hotel room. I felt like a school girl, romancing my crush)
Aidan- F**k you're sexy
Carrie- Shut up and make love to me!!
(It was gentle and passionate, I started to think about Big. The guilt made my eyes well up with tears. I pushed Aidan off and said
"I can't do this!!!!!!"
Aidan yelled out for me to stop, but i buttoned up my coat and ran to find a taxi)

Carrie- Taxi!!
Cab Driver- ughh?
Carrie- Do you speak English?
(Tears were flooding down my face)
Cab Driver- Sorry???
(The Bell Hop must have been finished for the night, my hotel was nearby so I decided to run home instead..)
Carrie- DAMMIT! I'm such an idiot!!
(Mascara from my tears got into my eyes, it burned. I closed my eyes to rub them, and stepped in a tiny pot hole and fell.. My Minollo Blanic snapped at the heel.. They were the heels Big had used to propose to me)
Carrie- NO!!!!! It's karma!! I'M SORRY!!!!!

(I managed to pull myself together, as soon as I opened the door to our luxury penthouse suite, I burst into tears in a pile on the floor)
Charlotte- Carrie!! What's wrong?
(Miranda and Samantha rushed over to pick me up)
Carrie- I slept with Aidan!! I broke my Minollo!! I'm going to hell!!!!
Samantha- Is that the shoe Big proposed to you with??
(I nodded in shame!)
Miranda- What are you going to do??
Samantha- Nothing! We are going to have a drink and figure out a solution.. Besides, we're in Abu Dhabi for crying out loud- It doesn't count!!
Charlotte- How can you say that?? Of course it counts!! You HAVE to tell Big!!!
Miranda- No, when Steve told me he cheated, and I found out it was only once, I felt i'd gone through all that anguish for nothing! Don't tell him
Samantha- Do you love Aidan now?
Carrie- NO! Half way through my sin I felt guilty and started crying.. I pushed Aidan off me and ran out of there as soon as i put my clothes on..
Charlotte- See? You feel guilty, you'll always feel that way until you get it off your chest and tell Big!
Samantha- No, she's already learned her lesson.. Big doesn't need to know
Miranda- For the first time ever, I agree with Samantha!
Carrie- Oh my gosh!!! I had the perfect relationship, a man that adored me, who trusted me, and what do I do? I sleep with my ex! I don't deserve love!
Miranda- Don't say that! Just get some rest, and once you've had time to calm down, you'll see it's not such a big deal
Samantha- Honey, let me tuck you in, it's going to be alright.. We'll talk about this in the morning.

(I didn't bat an eye lash all night, I decided to call Big)
Big- Hello?
Carrie- John? It's me..
Big- Well hey there baby, how are you? Must be early morning, can't sleep?
(I started sobbing uncontrollably)
Big- What's happened?
Carrie- I've done something horrible, you're never going to forgive me.. I don't deserve forgiveness!!
Big- What? What do you mean?
Carrie- I slept with Aidan! It didn't last long 'cause I realised I was making a big mistake and I promise..
(BEEEEEEEEEEEEEP, the call ended before I could explain or hear Big's response... I tried calling back but it went to answer machine)
Carrie- What have I done? I ruined my marriage!

Carrie-Samantha, wake up, Samantha..
Samantha- What is it Honey?
Carrie- We have to go to the airport now.. I just rang Big, I HAVE to go home..
Samantha- Wake up the girls, i'll book the flight now!

Air Hostess- Cold beverage ma'am?
Carrie- Another cosmopolitan..
Charlotte- I'm proud of you for telling him.. It's going to be okay
Carrie- Thanks, but I doubt that
Samantha- He's a prick if he holds this against you, especially since he's seeing another woman.
Carrie- WHAT??
Miranda- Yeah, WHAT?
Samantha- Oh, forget I said anything.. I just saw him at lunch with a woman, didn't see her face
Over Head Speaker- Please fasten your seat belts as we prepare to land, thank you
Carrie- must have been a business meeting.. OMG I SLEPT WITH AIDAN!
Charlotte- Carrie, keep drinking!


Carrie- My key wont work!!
Miranda- Kick the door down!
Samantha- Let me try it
Carrie- He's changed the locks, my life is officially over!
Charlotte- Come here honey..
Samantha- I can hear a female voice inside...!!!
Miranda- OPEN UP!!!
(door opens)
Charlotte- NATASHA!!!!
(Carrie faints)
Samantha, Miranda, Charlotte- CARRIE!!