I take back about what I said about Digimon fanfiction being garbage. Okay, most of it still is, but there's some quality out there. I was fortunate enough to discover two such stories. The fans really did grow up and they're around my age. We've finally achieved baseline competency, and the only things I can complain about now are the stories instead of the writing. Nice to be liberated from mechanical criticism. I swear, the next time I see someone use a period instead of a comma after a quote, I'm gonna choke somebody.
I did the same thing as last night and stayed up until 7 reading a fanfiction. I don't know what's wrong with me. I either can't sleep or I've started a new cycle. It's funny because I haven't enjoyed reading another story in a long time. Whenever I read something enjoyable, I try to learn from it and see why I like it. I'm always trying to add to my arsenal.
In this case, what I liked was that it was solid. That's it. It didn't try to reach for the stars with hyperbolic descriptions and sweeping metaphors. I appreciate the restraint. Like with every story, I have qualms, but the fact that I could read a paragraph without stumbling upon an error is somewhat of a miracle in this cesspool of fan-driven fiction.
After finishing the story (it's still not completed and it was started in 2008), my friend hit me up for some BF4 action. I swore up a storm even through my Battlelog reports show that we won the overwhelming majority of our matches. Still, there's something about this Dragon's Teeth expansion that infuriates me. Even when we win, we still lose. In either case, I added some nice clips to the collection. Mostly cool snipes and a couple killing sprees. Most BS moment was getting killed by a supply drop.
News of the Digimon revival series definitely rekindled my interest, and I'm interested in seeing how things turn out with Tai in high school. It seems like they wanna dip into the latest trends in anime. I'm wondering if it's going to be a kid's show or is it being upgraded to shounen? Maybe incorporate more interpersonal elements. It can't all be about digivolution levels.
Man, I'm such a nerd.
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