[1]
Mobile Fighter Evangelion. Started a few chapters in, so counting... 120k words.
Premise: Neon Genesis Evangelion with heavy Super Robot (I.e.: HOT-BLOOD!) themes.
General opinion: Decent construction, numerous sufficiently amusing scenes. Shout-outs were a bit heavy-handed, but relatively ignorable. Be interesting to see how the fic progresses into the future.
Other comments:
I am a cat. Started: Chapters 1-3:
3-11:05/01
Finished: 05/01[1]
[2]
Zero's Noble Overlord 120k words.
Premise: Louise summons the Overlord game's main critter.
General opinion: Just... there. Not exactly impressive, but more or less readable. There's considerably better ZnT crossovers, and at least one overlord crossover that's much, much better (if considerably shorter, for now.). Wouldn't recommend.
Started: I've... forgotten. Some time in the last week.
Finished: 11/01[2]
[3]
The White Devil of the Moon ~120k words.
Premise: Sailor Moon is reincarnated as Nanoha Takamichi... a couple of decades before the SM series starts, and with MGLN proceeding as normal. SM canon promptly runs face first into the White Devil Wall.
General opinion: Pleasing to my sensibilities! Treated the reincarnation bit interestingly enough, had your generally decently thought out results of a battle hardened and trained character with significant support sideswiping the sailor moon timeline, flowed well, ended succinctly. Would definitely recommend if you're looking for a quick and well constructed romp.
Started:11/01
Finished:12/01[3]
[4]
Big Human on Campus ~350k words.
Premise: Ranma 1/2 x Rosario + Vampire crossover. Ranma gets kicked out of school for truancy, then invited to Youkai High. Various hijinks ensue.
General opinion: Something of a crack fic, as most of the author's works are. Still, I'm fond of the fellow's humor and reading 'is works are fairly soothing to me, so... reread it to catch up on the latest chapters. I'd recommend the author in general if you have a taste for 'is style of writing.
Started:12/01
Finished:13/01[4]
[5]
Shadow and Wind: New Legends 250k words.
Premise: Naruto muckery. Shikamaru and 'Ruto become friends, then, like. Stuff happens. Too tired to think beyond that.
general opinion: Sufficiently readable, and strangely compelling for reasons I couldn't put my finger on, but not very
sexy. Written well enough, flows well enough, feels... strangely unconnected? Dunno. S'not bad. S'alright. But it's not exactly competing for a top fifty slot. Maybe top two or three hundred.
Other comments: Not that I actually have a top
anything list. I don't really rank beyond a sort of amorphous "readable y/n".
Started:14/01
Ended:15/01[5]
[6]
The Mission Stays the Same 200k words.
Premise: Chaos dickery sticks an Imperial Stormtrooper and an Eldar Farseer in the Mass Effect universe, an'den stuff happens.
General opinion: Quite nice! Fair character interactions, sufficient action, reasonable handling of a pair of habitual bigots being stuck in a largely non-bigot cast. I'd recommend it.
Started:... some point after 15/01
Ended:Some point before 25/01[6]
[7]
The Swarm of War 175k words.
Premise: Human gets ressurected as a zerg larva, said larva ends up in Warhammer 40k land. Things progress from there.
General opinion: Okay, so there's occasional grammatical spelling hiccups, but it wasn't too bad. The fair warning is that this is a consummate example of what's known as a "wank fic"... which fortunately usually has nothing to do with physical masturbation. A wank fic is where someone takes something they really like and... basically performs literary masturbation upon the thought of it, putting their liked thing into situations involving other things and ultimately walking all over said other thing. Something along those lines. You can largely expect stuff like character growth to be non-existent, and there's not really meaningful tension involved, generally (you know who's going to win
).
That said, these sorts of things often do provide interesting scenarios and neat thought experiments, and generally have a solid base for good action scenes and things along those lines.
This particular one was... surprisingly readable, and much better than I was expecting it to be when I started reading. Plenty of interesting crap going on, nice play out of events, not too hammy, etc., so forth, so on. I wouldn't exactly recommend it (wank fics are definitely an acquired taste), but I wouldn't say avoid, either. I've read worse material, and better material that was less enjoyable.
Started: See [6]
Ended: See [6][7]
[8]
The Circle Must be Broken 415k words.
Premise: Merchant ship from WH40k under Inquisitorial control ends up chasing a techno-heretic across dimensions, landing itself in the Babylon 5 universe. Between trying to survive and continuing pursuit, the Imperials manage to royally bugger up a fair crapload of B5's universe.
General opinion: I liked it, quite a lot. So much ended up going down I can't really recall all the
reasons I liked it, but I liked it. Solid characterization, reasonable interactions, excellent action and all in all an excellent romp. I'd definitely recommend.
Started: See [7]
Ended: See [7][8]
[9]
A Black Comedy 250k words.
Premise: Harry Potter crosses dimensions trying to save his godfather from the Veil. Stuck in a new, more peaceful, world with his godfather, no prophecy hanging over his head, and no one knowing who the hell he is, Harry decides to... have a little
fun.
General opinion: It's flipping nonjon. Nonjon is a consummate humor author and a solid writer besides that. Pretty much any of his works is going to be not only readable but eminently enjoyable, and A Black Comedy is no exception. If you can stand a little naughty here and there, I would recommend without hesitation.
Started: See [8]
Ended: 24/01[9]
[10]
In the Mind of Scientist 80k words.
Premise: Harry Potter is a genius that quite promptly goes batshit insane, in a fairly good way.
General opinion: Some blatantly obvious influences, but all in all... not too bad. Decent enough mad scientist stuff, for most of the fic, though it does get a little, ah. Sue-y. Near the end. Wouldn't recommend, but wouldn't say shy away, either.
Started: 25/01
Ended: 25/01[10]
And considering I ate through ~120k words in about, uh. Four-five hours. I think I'll be making up any slack, in terms of quantity. Hohoho. Anyway, I'm revising my goal to 52 works and 5.2 million words, just in case one or the other isn't fulfilled by its partner goal.