WC Fanfic critique
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spiderbraidsDisclaimer: For the record, none of the comments I make in this post are meant to be taken as an attack on anyone (or anything).
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winx_club, and one of the moderators made me delete this. However, he said that I could post it at my personal journal, and so did Lori (although she tells me that I'm not allowed to refer to this post at the community). So I'm doing this.
Last month, to celebrate its 2nd anniversary, Michael's Winx Club Page ran a series of contests. One of them was a fanfic contest, where the topic was (in my words) "Stella and Tecna in Freaky Friday". The text below is a direct excerpt from the winning piece by Eva L... but there's a twist.
"Lets see how they would like it if the fashion-reject and the tecno-geek would like it if they were in each others body!" sad Icy. "Great idea Ice!" said Darcy. "Yeah maybe they'll faint and never wake up of the horror!" said Stormy.
And that twist is... that's not how Stella and Tecna get switched. That's how Stella and Tecna get switched back. Michael wrote a "set-up" which we had to work from, and the winning entry is what Eva came up with.
Personally, I'm disappointed by that resolution. I don't like the concept of the Trix doing the Winx any favors (even unintentional), and yes, I know that Lori and gang will say something about the S2 finale (and other eps), but that doesn't convince me it's a good idea. Besides, it makes a lot of sense to link the switch with the Trix (as other writers do). And why wouldn't the Trix know about their mortal enemies' latest problem?
The winning entry
Other critique:
Abby A's entry might have done better than for it to end a bit earlier. Just because it would have been, to say the least, different. (And bummer endings aren't unusual to Winx, for example "Day of the Rose".) For things to work out the way they do... too convenient. What kind of modeling agency would let its models stop and talk on the runway, anyway? (And I'm sure that the Trix would be out to cast the spell when it does the most damage... think of how they humiliated Lucy at Miss Magix, and you get the idea. What would the Trix think when they find out that the humiliation did nothing?)
Danielle B should have read Michael's "set-up" better, then she'd know that Stella calling Tecna names isn't why they got switched. Yet it's almost as if Stella said, "I'm sorry I called you names, otherwise the curse wouldn't have hit us."
Jennifer M (I think of Apprentice runner-up for some reason): Printa running off, and leaving at just that? No wonder why you lost. Making it a bit too convenient for the Winx to find out what the switching spell was (it was supposed to be impossible, and all they had to do was ask Griffin???) doesn't help the story either.
To all: Anyone who has Tecna end up going in Stella's place and vice versa (hey, Eva, why didn't you go that way?) deserves credit for not making a Shaggy Dog Story out of Tecna teaching Stella and vice versa.
To some: Tidy up your spelling, capitalization and punctuation at least!
To Michael: Personally, I don't see any good in creating a new character just to allow this conflict to happen. I mean, heck, having the Trix make the switch (using the excerpt in the cuttext link) would make more sense. And to have that new character be a relative of a known character? Also not good for me (thinks about Morgana in the Disney DVD flick Return to the Sea [IMO, essentially created to have an Ursula-like villain after she got harpooned in The Little Mermaid] and shudders).
The other entries
Body switch... hmm... (adds it to wishlist of Winx plots we'd like to see). Given that the fic writers can come up with quite a few ideas on how that might complicate things (read the fics yourself), one wonders what the real writers could come up with...
If anyone from winx_club sees this, feel free to comment.
I had previously posted this at
winx_club, and one of the moderators made me delete this. However, he said that I could post it at my personal journal, and so did Lori (although she tells me that I'm not allowed to refer to this post at the community). So I'm doing this.Last month, to celebrate its 2nd anniversary, Michael's Winx Club Page ran a series of contests. One of them was a fanfic contest, where the topic was (in my words) "Stella and Tecna in Freaky Friday". The text below is a direct excerpt from the winning piece by Eva L... but there's a twist.
"Lets see how they would like it if the fashion-reject and the tecno-geek would like it if they were in each others body!" sad Icy. "Great idea Ice!" said Darcy. "Yeah maybe they'll faint and never wake up of the horror!" said Stormy.
And that twist is... that's not how Stella and Tecna get switched. That's how Stella and Tecna get switched back. Michael wrote a "set-up" which we had to work from, and the winning entry is what Eva came up with.
Personally, I'm disappointed by that resolution. I don't like the concept of the Trix doing the Winx any favors (even unintentional), and yes, I know that Lori and gang will say something about the S2 finale (and other eps), but that doesn't convince me it's a good idea. Besides, it makes a lot of sense to link the switch with the Trix (as other writers do). And why wouldn't the Trix know about their mortal enemies' latest problem?
The winning entry
Other critique:
Abby A's entry might have done better than for it to end a bit earlier. Just because it would have been, to say the least, different. (And bummer endings aren't unusual to Winx, for example "Day of the Rose".) For things to work out the way they do... too convenient. What kind of modeling agency would let its models stop and talk on the runway, anyway? (And I'm sure that the Trix would be out to cast the spell when it does the most damage... think of how they humiliated Lucy at Miss Magix, and you get the idea. What would the Trix think when they find out that the humiliation did nothing?)
Danielle B should have read Michael's "set-up" better, then she'd know that Stella calling Tecna names isn't why they got switched. Yet it's almost as if Stella said, "I'm sorry I called you names, otherwise the curse wouldn't have hit us."
Jennifer M (I think of Apprentice runner-up for some reason): Printa running off, and leaving at just that? No wonder why you lost. Making it a bit too convenient for the Winx to find out what the switching spell was (it was supposed to be impossible, and all they had to do was ask Griffin???) doesn't help the story either.
To all: Anyone who has Tecna end up going in Stella's place and vice versa (hey, Eva, why didn't you go that way?) deserves credit for not making a Shaggy Dog Story out of Tecna teaching Stella and vice versa.
To some: Tidy up your spelling, capitalization and punctuation at least!
To Michael: Personally, I don't see any good in creating a new character just to allow this conflict to happen. I mean, heck, having the Trix make the switch (using the excerpt in the cuttext link) would make more sense. And to have that new character be a relative of a known character? Also not good for me (thinks about Morgana in the Disney DVD flick Return to the Sea [IMO, essentially created to have an Ursula-like villain after she got harpooned in The Little Mermaid] and shudders).
The other entries
Body switch... hmm... (adds it to wishlist of Winx plots we'd like to see). Given that the fic writers can come up with quite a few ideas on how that might complicate things (read the fics yourself), one wonders what the real writers could come up with...
If anyone from winx_club sees this, feel free to comment.
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Date: 2006-08-04 02:25 am (UTC)I would have been surprised if anyone else had commented with critiques. Most people have more tact than that.