http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7818733/1/Spongebobs_High_School_Adventure
Synopsis: This fan-fiction writer puts Spongebob and gang in "what I think would happen if they went to high school." It's the starting of Spongebob's freshman year entering a school far away from Bikini Bottom Middle School and as you would expect, id doesn't go as smoothly as hoped. Spongebob meets the school bully, makes new friends and checks out his Algebra class before heading to P.E. It all ends on a bit of a cliff hanger.
This was an enjoyable fanfiction to read because i am a fan of the show to begin with, and the writer seemed to capture all of the characters persona's very well. The writer re-introduced the usual characters of this cartoon to Spongebob as if meeting for the first time, which fit the 'first day of new school' storyline he had created. Apparently this was the writers first fan-fiction attempt and made sure to introduce his intentions a lot in the beginning, middle and end of this fanfiction...This, i thought, was slightly distracting because i kept cutting between the storyline and the authors thoughts of his storyline. Also, the second (last) chapter was apparently written months after the first one. This meant that he, again, started it off with his mindset when going into writing it. Over all, i give it a good 7/10
CARTOON: Adventure Time with Finn and Jake FanFiction - 'Finn's Origin'
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8061439/8/Finns_origin
Synopsis: Finn discovers a message left by his father. He now must embark on a journey along with his friends to defeat the enemy of the past. He runs into most of the usual characters along the way and there is an epic battle scene in the chapter as well. It ends with a question and an insight into the next chapter
This is chapter 8 of 16 but reads very well as its own mini story. It is written in the style of a script and reads very much like a script taken straight from the show itself. The original cartoon is very random and sometimes doesn't make much sense, so it offers a great basis for the fan-fiction platform. The writer again has captured the feel of the original show very well and because it was written in the very straight-forward script style, i was able to picture the entire chapter in my mind with the established characters and settings. As a reader, I liked this style of fan-fiction very much and i give the reading an 8.5/10
MYTH: Greek Mythology Fanfiction - 'Sons Of Poseidon'
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8333190/1/Sons_Of_Poseidon
Synopsis: Poseidon has two sons and then abandons them. Iphimedeia, their mother has cheated on her husband Aloeus with a god, and now he is not interested in his wifes' sons either. What happens when they decide to take revenge on Poseidon? It is never answered but the ending lends ideas for what might happen.
I found this to be a great read and excellently written. Very descriptive style of writing, similar to a novel, it also uses words and phrases that one would expect when reading a Greek Mythology. I am not familiar with the characters or the apparent myth that this fan-fiction surrounds, but after doing a bit of research, i found that the writer has based this fan-fiction very closely with the original myth, using the same characters and similar storyline to the original. It is a very short piece of writing and only offers the beginning of the story in the 2 chapters provided. But the writer makes it work, and the ending, although finishes just as the story gets interesting, is very intriguing...almost a twist. If i was more aware of the original Myth, i would have enjoyed this fan-fiction even more. I give it a solid 8/10
BOOK: Dr. Seuss series Fanfiction - 'Lorax Pancakes'
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8296222/1/Lorax_pancakes
Synopsis: Once-ler wakes up to find the Lorax using his stove. Apparantly, the guaradian of the forest can't cook.
I thought this short piece of writing was very gripping. And for a 'Dr Suess' fanfiction, it was refreshing to find it written in a very descriptive novel type fashion, with great use of adjectives and verbs, in an almost polar opposite writing style then the original rhymes. But still managing to capture the established Dr Suess characters 'the Lorax' and 'the Once-ler' in a similar way that he himself did when writing in his usual imaginative riddles. I found out that these short fanfictions are called "one-shots" and the way this one was written, and the size and style of this piece of writing, has really captured my interest, and driving me in a direction i would like to take with mine. 9/10
MOVIE: Matrix Fanfiction - 'The Price of Being the Operator'
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8261886/1/The_Price_of_Being_the_Operator
Synopsis: Set right in the first movie - This fanfiction narrates Tank's thoughts starting from when the glitch occurs in the Matrix while he is back on the ship as 'the Operator' to when he's talking to Trinity and Neo (right after he kills Cypher). Literally following what would have been a 10 min segment of the original movie.
I liked the idea of starting off a fanfiction within a certain point of a movie or book, and then taking over the story line from there. Here, the author has chosen to narrate the thoughts of a minor character within a 10 min time frame of the original movie following the original story line as well. But personally, i wasn't very captured by it. I was vague, and slightly repetitive, using incorrect verbs for some of the descriptive sentences and also many spelling mistakes, which were very distracting. I honestly thought it was quite immaturely written and i guess, if you are going to continue on from a successful cannon, you might have to have a certain standard of writing in order for it to hold weight for the reader. So i learnt a lot from reading this i guess. 6/10
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