Josiah's 10

Viking Vs Vampire
The first chapter is a fun little story, following the events of the 4th True Blood book but diverging very early on. It's fun and enjoyable, and the ending was enough of a surprise to make me want to continue reading. An alternate universe that uses established events in a slightly different way, it illuminated the characters and some of their conflicts well, establishing drama and mystery early on especially to those familiar with the book series.



Batman And Sons is a cute fan-made comic series, featuring the Robins and the Batman of the future as if they were the mischievous, light-hearted sons of Batman. There's a wide range of one to five page comic strips, which are small amusing comedic gags. The characters are reduced greatly, with hints of the originals they're based on, but besides Batman and Alfred they're reduced to playful children.


Fashion Fades, Style Is Eternal is too long to be a drabble, but is short and effective at displaying Sophie-Anne's character, as just a moment in any day for her. It's nicely written, and is free of any angst.




Spinning off from the Dark Knight movie,it's a low-key psychological introduction to a fan-favourite character from the comic books, bringing her into the universe of the Batman films.
Production values are average, partly because it's set in a single room, and presented as therapy sessions with the Joker.
They slowly (within their self imposed time limits) transform her character, showing the cracks in her facade through established character tics.



Becoming Tomorrow is a piece of Teen Titans fiction, bridging the gap between established canon and a potential dark future glimpsed in the comics. It explains these character transitions quite well, with the narrative coming from the POV of each of the core characters. It has some action but is mostly reflections and small scale dramatic scenes.
Because it is so character driven, if I was completely unfamiliar with the comics I might not be sure who the characters are, but I think they explain enough of the links so you can follow it as you go along and discover each character.



Superman Classic (A short film)
I greatly enjoy the classical, iconic imagery, and how he picks and mixes from a range of the Superman actors/visual influences to provide a brief yet enjoyable story. This would probably be the fan-film equivalent of drabble, short and sweet but ending on a hook. I personally liked the addition of the creator's words at the end delving into the process, though it really wasn't necessary to enjoy it as a whole.


Hello Megan is a fluff piece, showcasing her thoughts during a moment from a recent episode of the show. I thought it showed the weird tension between the two characters pretty well without going overboard. It actually reflected the events simply as they happened, and attributed meaning to them which made it really feel like just an extension of the canon itself.


Aftermath is a Battlestar Galactica short piece. I thought it was well enough written, despite dropping a word to make it fit as a drabble (while having other words which could have been cut) however it didn't totally work for me. The flashback scenes were clunky and rather cliche, and IMHO didn't really add a huge amount to the weight of the story. I would have enjoyed it more had the moments not been totally generic.
The fact that they got the name of the planet wrong took me out of the story as well, even if it was just by a letter.



Sookie, Interrupted is an alternate universe, altering the history just enough to have a radically different yet familiar starting point. It did lose me towards the end of the first chapter just from spelling errors that took me out of the story marginally, and I think the writing was a little bland at a couple of points while sidelining some of the important canonical characters and radically altering others, but for the most part it's a really interesting idea that's readable. They manage to change most of the characters in a very logical way following the canon, and the new characters fit well into place.



Two Ships Passing is a sort-of sequel to American Gods, a vignette in the tradition of the character to have a chance encounter with a deity. There's plenty of angst-it's almost entirely the purpose of the other character to voice her angst. Some of the exposition felt slightly clunky, with more telling than showing, but it was a short space to establish a character with enough hints as to who she is without stating the goddess she's based on.