Military

[ladifantasia.livejournal.com]

I just read this well-written fic: Semper Fi, By My Side by kiera81487 and it reminded me of a rather long fic of Brian being in the military and met Justin very early on career..it was very long and modern..I remember loving it because Justin stuck by his man through out the years and i really dont remember the title...help?

Thank you!

Ladi

Vertigo Chapter 5

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Does anyone have a specific link for chapter 5 of Vertigo/Diary of a Manhattan Call Boy by Noelle?
I checked the tags and they all say Chapter 5 is in the DL More Lost Fics but for the life of me I can't see it.

Found! Link in the comments :D

AU Justin sent to Earth as Punishment

[yvonnereid.livejournal.com]

Hello good people,

I am looking for a story and I have no idea who the author is (sorry miss author).
Anyway the story is about Justin who has been sent to earth (he's a person who wait's for the dead at the other side).He's sent to earth to live as human as punishment for not letting people cross over.It's a work in progress fic,but I want to reread it again and can't because I can't remember who wrote it. Do you?

Daphne is a dog (or uses a dogs body to come to earth secretly to visit Justin,if that will spark something in you're pretty head)

For now I am calling this post 'Looking For A Fic' until I get a reply,because I don't know what to call it,so please someome help me find it :)

Thanks in advance kind ladies and gents,Yvonne

Edited: found thanks to mander3_wish Buses & Trains by lupin111 : http://bjfic.livejournal.com/tag/lupin111

My apologies

Fics by illusionofdepth

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I know this author has locked her fics for friends only, but I am actually friended and I was in the mood to read her stories but didn't find any of her fics in her LJ. I think she made them privet, although I don't know why. I have contacted her, but I didn't get any reply.

Do you have any fics by illusionofdepth saved? She wrote a brilliant series of AU standalones, about Brian and Justin meeting in different ways, in an adult video store, rivals in high school, students in a catholic school, pirates. etc...

Taped by discothequey and a general fic question

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Does anyone have a copy of Taped by discothequey? It's the one that's written in the form of a transcribed video tape. I've found much of her work, but unfortunately, not this one.

On a semi-related note [mods, please delete/modify/have me do so if this is against the rules], I was wondering what the "rules" are concerning currently inactive fic authors and the rights to their work. Specifically, when she was still around, I read disco's Particles and what was posted of the abandoned sequel, and I fell in love with that world, particularly Gus and the baby. The other day, I found myself sitting down and writing, and I wrote half a one-shot about Gus in high school before I realized that I was writing disco's Gus, with his tenderheartedness, extreme heterosexuality, and his relationship with Brian. I just stopped because I felt like I was crossing a line. But I wanted to finish it though, so I thought I'd go back and modify his character, but then it felt less genuine because I realized that disco's Gus has become the canonical teenage Gus for me.

What's the general consensus about situations such as this? I'm speaking specifically concerning authors who are no longer writing and the worlds they have created. Are their worlds completely off-limits, or can others play with them? I don't mean literally going in and taking plots, finishing their unfinished stories, or writing fics from their 'verse, but gathering inspiration from what they've written and using it to write your own fic, ie: the Gus I've written in a story all my own is very similar personality-wise to discothequey's Gus. Also, what about borrowing themes (Brian and Justin have a baby or Brian gets amnesia or Justin is a hustler, etc.) At what level does inspiration become stealing?

edited to add more detail