Sapphires fanfiction picks briefly analysed.

What I did this summer-Glee

The first Fanfic I looked at was a cross-over between Glee and Buffy. The fanfic was told in the second person through Brittany's perspective. I really enjoyed this cross-over. It had some humour in it and the author stayed true to the character of Brittany. It was quite interesting reading about how Brittany reacted to her experiences in such a serious environment,her character is always portrayed as somebody that acts 'aloof' and does not seem all there. Instead of the fanfic being a story about one event the fanfic included various events throughout a time frame, the author separated these events by a single line. By separating each event within the story it made the fanfic easier to read and understand.

New Betty-Ugly Betty

This Fanfic was based on the main character Betty Suarez. It portrayed an alternate universe where Betty is presented as a sophisticated young assistant and not the clumsy inexperienced character that we are used to. The story was written in and contained mostly dialogue said between the characters. The author tried to focus on small details to help the reader focus on specific aspects of the setting. A good way the author achieved this was by describing the state of Betty's teeth compared to Marc's.

With just one blink of an eye-Slum dog Millionaire

This fanfic was told from Latika's point of view and is set in the slum's when Latika and Jamal were still children. Although this fan fiction kept with the story of Slum dog Millionaire I felt that the author was not telling the story through the eyes of a child but through the viewpoint of an adult. The author said things like 'my dreams were of Jamal, living in a house with our family. Two boys and one girl' which is something a small child does not really think about. This made the fanfic sound a little inaccurate. I did like how the author described the setting e.g. 'the sound of fire crackling filled the air', it made the story interesting and more enjoyable to read.

The Gangsta Conundrum-Based on Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code series

Although this fan fiction is yet to be completed I found this story very humorous. The author took a much debated novel and turned it into what seems like a comedy, they even go on to say that the story they have written is a 'piss poor knock off'. Although this may offend some people I thought it was a refreshing change from the other fan fiction stories based on the Da Vinci Code series that tend to focus more on serious aspects of the novel. The chapters that were written were very easy to read even though they were mostly made up of dialogue with very little introduction to the setting. The author also tried to change the name of the main character the story was based on (Robert Langdon to Bobert Lungdon), this could have been done to make the readers laugh. Overall I enjoyed this rather short fanfic.

How Phil got injured- The Hangover

The author of this fanfiction has decided to write a background story of an unexplained event that happened in the movie The Hangover. Written in third person this story contained a lot of dialogue that seemed to fit well with the characters. This fanfiction in my opinion is believable because the author has tied it in to fit the original story. They have not introduced any new characters but have simply tried to explain to those who have watched movie, what might have happened to Phil. This fanfic would be more suitable for an adult reader because of the use of use of swear words, guns (etc).

Precious Memories-WALL-E

Based on the Pixar Comedy WALL-E this fanfiction was a brief insight what a normal day for wall-e might be like. While this story had a lot of description I found that the story was lacking some excitement. The author ends the fanfic with 'what precious memories teenagers carry' this makes it seem as if the whole reason for their story is to write about teenagers. I thought that writing about humans while relating it to the movie WALL-E, was a little inaccurate in terms of the story line because the main character (wall-e) has never been in contact with a human before. The fanfic was overall easy to read and the description of the setting was well written.

I'm a famous movie character get me out of here!-Pirates of the Caribbean, Harry Potter (etc)

This fanfiction is a crossover between Pirates of the Caribbean, Harry potter and Disney. The author took selected characters and placed them in a different setting. This is the first fanfiction I have read that has done this and I thought that this approach to fanfiction writing was enjoyable to read. The story was very humorous and the author has used the same mannerisms that the characters use in their movies. This allowed me to see how each character would relate to each other in a different environment. There were a few spelling mistakes (Larry instead of Harry) but the mistakes did not make the story difficult to read or understand.