Fan-works that they deserve to be official.

[SweetShark]

All Star Wars books written by Timothy Zahn. I'm disappointed that Episode VII isn't going that route. The Thrawn trilogy is just awesome.

They are very good. But the aren't fan made. They are official EU novels that sold really well.

Not anymore it seems, cause Disney have plans to film Star wars: Episode VII.
Or I am wrong? I don't know really....

My point is, that the definition of a "fan made" product is (and this may shock you with my maverick opinion) a project made by fans. The Zahn books were official spin off novels that were officialy published and acknowledged by Lucasfilm and Expanded Universe canon. The movies may be different. But at least in terms of the EU the Zahn books don't need to be on the list as they are officialy recognized.

A, yes indeed, you have right.
I must change that it seems.Thank you for point that out [I am very tired from my work to think more clear sometimes....]

 

[SweetShark]

AAAA!!!
How the f*ck I forgot this one!!!!

Starcraft Universe

 

[cojo965]

Dragon's Charge, a Dragon's Dogma fanfic that sets the story in the modern day and, in a clever bit of writing, never names the Arisen of the story.

The Arisen? Who is Arisen?
Also does the original game justify somehow that in the future there will be Dragons and similar creatures?

Fancy name for Chosen One. In the game you become one after a red dragon tears out and eats the character's heart. To answer your second question' no, not the game itself, but the lore does say that the appearance of the red dragon Grigori is quite random. What I mean is that ten years may pass before Grigori reappears or it could be a thousand. It is also during these times that monsters like hydras and griffins become more common. Sothe way I see it give the humans of the world enough time and knowledgeof the creatures would slip the noose because noone in Dragon's Charge remembers that the creatures existed save one cult.

 

[Guffe]

Not sure if it is what you're looking for but I find DeadFantasy very very good.
And I've nerv played any FF or DoA...


This version is the six movies so far put together, if you want to see them in shorter clips just type "Dead Fantasy" into the Youtube search bar.

This MontyOum also has a thing called "Haloid" (Halo + MetroidPrime) which is bloody awesome!

 

[Entitled]

.........solar flaring orgams................I was about to ask where and when this happened, but I said f*ck it

For the record, that's not something that actually "happened", the phrase was a running gag along with a number of similarly colorful curses, blasphemies, and obscenities. My favourite one was "Sit on my horn and spin!".

And no, it wasn't exactly "published" officially, it was printed in a few hundred copies by a group of fans with an industrial printer on their hand, and sold non-profit, with the novel author's consent.

 

[jdogtwodolla]

Fighting is Magic, the fan made 2D fighter of MLP. It actually looks really interesting so far.

Also:

Spoiler: Anyone remember this?

Exept of course the developers have a solid story to reason the actions of the ponies to beat each other in a Fighting Tournamet.

Isn't there a king of fighters game that had no story at all? I heard despite that, the combat more than made up for it.

 

[Master_of_Oldskool]

I'd have to go with the absolutely astounding The Man With No Name [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3486089/1/The_Man_With_No_Name]. It's a Doctor Who/Firefly crossover that combines both series' wit and charm in a way that makes it totally believable that they both take place in the same universe.

Besides, RTD ripped off Angel so hard when he made Torchwood that I think it's pretty much a Whedonverse fanfic anyways.

 

[aba1]

This thread bothers me a lot........

See nobody ever thinks about how the artists would feel about having other people start adding and changing there works would feel. Would you like it if you worked your whole life on say a painting and somebody came up and said I like this a lot but we should change it and proceed to start painting over your work.

If the original artists are supporting the work than sure you know that is cool but really you shouldn't mess with a story or piece of work that is not your to mess with. It is doubly insulting to go and attempt to get it published as you are not only breaking the law but ripping off the original artist.

 

[JustOrdinary]

This thread bothers me a lot........

See nobody ever thinks about how the artists would feel about having other people start adding and changing there works would feel. Would you like it if you worked your whole life on say a painting and somebody came up and said I like this a lot but we should change it and proceed to start painting over your work.

If the original artists are supporting the work than sure you know that is cool but really you shouldn't mess with a story or piece of work that is not your to mess with. It is doubly insulting to go and attempt to get it published as you are not only breaking the law but ripping off the original artist.

It's never done out of malice, only out of adoration for the original source material. In fact, the level of dedication put into maintaining canonical information into some of those works borders on near-fanaticism. More importantly, it's rare to find anyone seeking profit or even compensation for their hundreds of hours of work, mostly since - like I said - they're doing it out of love* for the original material.

As far as 'retroactively trying to change the original work' goes, I think that's kind of a fallacy. You can't really erase the original out of history, especially in this digital age. And also, transgenre covers or artistic reimainings are intended more as homages to the original, even if it's through a different lens to shed a new light on the subject matter. They're not 'improvements' as you say, because that implies something was missing or was in need of fixing in the first place. If anything, they're celebrating the original work.


*umm, I should clarify I have a slightly different outlook on cross-over fiction and uhhh, stories about 'sexy times.' Some people might find it harmless, I cry a little whenever I discover little gems like 'velociraptor love tobasco' around the internet.

 

[oddball250]

Ive got to say some of the best made fanfiction i have ever read is In flight a Sekirei and Fate/Stay night crossover by Gabriel Blessing and Shinji and Warhammer 40k written by Charles Bhepin.

 

[SweetShark]

This thread bothers me a lot........

See nobody ever thinks about how the artists would feel about having other people start adding and changing there works would feel. Would you like it if you worked your whole life on say a painting and somebody came up and said I like this a lot but we should change it and proceed to start painting over your work.

If the original artists are supporting the work than sure you know that is cool but really you shouldn't mess with a story or piece of work that is not your to mess with. It is doubly insulting to go and attempt to get it published as you are not only breaking the law but ripping off the original artist.

And that why I want the fan-works I put in this Thread to be as close as possible with the officials works.
For example.....terrible example really...I won't put a very well drawing comic of Mass effect series if this comics doesn't have anything to do with the actual story or have something completely random inside.

Also I don't find a reason why the original artist should feel insulted. Sure, I will not feel so proud if someone take an character I created and make a pornfic with him/her[/it?], but if it is for a fanwork that capture the spirit of my original work, I would feel very happy about that.

Why do you think the artist behind the comic "Bacon and Hobbes" did this "sequel" for "Calvin and Hobbes"?
He love the comic and to show his love he simple draw something that the artist see suitable for this specific occasion.

 

[IrenIvy]

If I had to chose it would be Door of Souls [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7219108/1/The-Door-of-Souls]
It is a Dissidia 012 fanfiction about what happened to six heroes of main 012 storyline after the game ended, while events of thirteen cycle are going on background.

 

[SweetShark]

OH!!!
Btw, I want also put the fan FULL-EPISODE animation for MLP "Double Rainboom".

http://www.doublerainboom.com/

They deserve to be here AND they took permision from Hasbro to do this fan episode!!!!

I salute the whole team for this difficult but awesome task they have.

EDIT:
Also I go for sleep, so the other update will be tommorow. Later Escapist users!!!

 

[karloss01]

The Lord Inquisitor definitely should be on this list.


this was the first trailer the guy released, since then its now got a production team made of fans with the script writer being one of the authors of black library (GW's novel/fiction department). also GW has apparently given the team their blessing to proceed with it and not be road-blocked like Damnatus was.

The Lord Inquisitor (Warhammer 40K) http://thelordinquisitor.com/

 

[Ninjat_126]

Also, obligatory Falout:Equestria mention. But really, that novel *IS* one of the greatest products of out times, I'm almost tempted to call it a tragedy that it's just a mere fanfiction, so it is destined to stay relatively obscure. But then again, I love fanfiction, and anyone else who is prejudiced against it actually deserves to miss it, so it's all right.

And Project Horizons, which starts off a bit derivative but really hits its stride a few chapters in and proceeds to depress you to death.

Seriously, there should be a "Give Khat and Somber some money" Kickstarter. There are professionally published bestselling novels out there that barely hold a candle to those two.

 

[waj9876]

I don't know if this counts, but how about a crossover between two series?

'Big Human On Campus' by Black Dragon6. It's a Ranma1/2-Rosario+Vampire fanfiction, and it is amazing and completely in character. It starts off like any other good Ranma1/2 crossover, and gets even more awesome as it goes along. Words cannot describe the love I have for this story.

 

[aba1]

This thread bothers me a lot........

See nobody ever thinks about how the artists would feel about having other people start adding and changing there works would feel. Would you like it if you worked your whole life on say a painting and somebody came up and said I like this a lot but we should change it and proceed to start painting over your work.

If the original artists are supporting the work than sure you know that is cool but really you shouldn't mess with a story or piece of work that is not your to mess with. It is doubly insulting to go and attempt to get it published as you are not only breaking the law but ripping off the original artist.

And that why I want the fan-works I put in this Thread to be as close as possible with the officials works.
For example.....terrible example really...I won't put a very well drawing comic of Mass effect series if this comics doesn't have anything to do with the actual story or have something completely random inside.

Also I don't find a reason why the original artist should feel insulted. Sure, I will not feel so proud if someone take an character I created and make a pornfic with him/her[/it?], but if it is for a fanwork that capture the spirit of my original work, I would feel very happy about that.

Why do you think the artist behind the comic "Bacon and Hobbes" did this "sequel" for "Calvin and Hobbes"?
He love the comic and to show his love he simple draw something that the artist see suitable for this specific occasion.

That is just the thing this very thread is about taking fan work and making it official. I may hate fan fiction but I have always left it alone because it keeps to itself and stays in its own corner. To get fan work published is to alter the original authors work through association. It doesn't matter if it is good or bad the fact is it directly alters the perception, reception and appreciation of the original work not to mention the message and story behind it all. Like I said if the origenal artist gives his blessing the way I see it is all the best to ya but without that to me your just a jackass taking liberties with someones life work that really isn't yours to touch. Like I said before though fanfiction I generally leave alone just because it doesn't pretend to be official it stays off to the side and anyone reading it is extremely aware that it is not part of the original artists work. When you make these things cannon it blurs that line and people forget who did what to the point that the original artists work isn't even his anymore its his and others who added on. Good intentions or not it is disrespectful to alter other peoples work. Even a retelling isn't so bad because at least then it is really obviously standing on its own.

 

[aba1]

This thread bothers me a lot........

See nobody ever thinks about how the artists would feel about having other people start adding and changing there works would feel. Would you like it if you worked your whole life on say a painting and somebody came up and said I like this a lot but we should change it and proceed to start painting over your work.

If the original artists are supporting the work than sure you know that is cool but really you shouldn't mess with a story or piece of work that is not your to mess with. It is doubly insulting to go and attempt to get it published as you are not only breaking the law but ripping off the original artist.

It's never done out of malice, only out of adoration for the original source material. In fact, the level of dedication put into maintaining canonical information into some of those works borders on near-fanaticism. More importantly, it's rare to find anyone seeking profit or even compensation for their hundreds of hours of work, mostly since - like I said - they're doing it out of love* for the original material.

As far as 'retroactively trying to change the original work' goes, I think that's kind of a fallacy. You can't really erase the original out of history, especially in this digital age. And also, transgenre covers or artistic reimainings are intended more as homages to the original, even if it's through a different lens to shed a new light on the subject matter. They're not 'improvements' as you say, because that implies something was missing or was in need of fixing in the first place. If anything, they're celebrating the original work.


*umm, I should clarify I have a slightly different outlook on cross-over fiction and uhhh, stories about 'sexy times.' Some people might find it harmless, I cry a little whenever I discover little gems like 'velociraptor love tobasco' around the internet.

I just answered essentially the same reply from someone else so I am just going to use the same reply since it is just as applicable here and I don't feel like typing up essentially the exact same things over again.

That is just the thing this very thread is about taking fan work and making it official. I may hate fan fiction but I have always left it alone because it keeps to itself and stays in its own corner. To get fan work published is to alter the original authors work through association. It doesn't matter if it is good or bad the fact is it directly alters the perception, reception and appreciation of the original work not to mention the message and story behind it all. Like I said if the origenal artist gives his blessing the way I see it is all the best to ya but without that to me your just a jackass taking liberties with someones life work that really isn't yours to touch. Like I said before though fanfiction I generally leave alone just because it doesn't pretend to be official it stays off to the side and anyone reading it is extremely aware that it is not part of the original artists work. When you make these things cannon it blurs that line and people forget who did what to the point that the original artists work isn't even his anymore its his and others who added on. Good intentions or not it is disrespectful to alter other peoples work. Even a retelling isn't so bad because at least then it is really obviously standing on its own.

 

[JDLY]

Hands down, the winner of this is the astoundingly awesome fanfic Mass Effect: Interregnum. [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5775707/1/Mass_Effect_Interregnum]

The writing is just superb, only surpassed by the character development. I'd love to see it officially published.

Without know nothing about this fanfic, I find it very difficult if Commander Shepard is dead to be an official release.
But if the writing is so good as you said, no problem at all to see come true.

[Btw, I know that Shepard is dead cause it is the first thing you read in the page, so no a spoiler for the people want to read this].

It takes place during the two years in between the events of the 1st and 2nd games in which Commander Shepard is dead. It's the story of Garrus on Omega during those two years while he runs around as Archangel. So if fits in with the cannon story.