I said I’d work out some more formative fandoms I’d forgotten about, and I have! This time, it’s a fanfic author: Silver Pard.
Silver Pard is one of my absolutely favourite fanfic writers. They’re one of those people whose stuff is just always on point, no matter what fandom they’re writing in.
I think part of my love for the introspective, for odd point of views, and definitely some writing style in particular comes from Eidolon, which remains one of the most fascinating and original pieces of Final Fantasy 7 fanfic I’ve ever seen. It’s primarily narrated by a dead Zack, from the life stream, and it’s a mix of his commentary on what’s become of the living characters, memories of what’s been before, and some interaction between him and several other dead people in the lifestream. It was pre-Crisis Core, when we really no characterisation for Zack, and while he’s bitter, he’s very, very real. I love the way the narrative is crafted.
Other noteworthy stories are insurgere, a one-shot where Tom Riddle is the most terrifying Hufflepuff of all time (it’s a concept that should not work, but really, really does), and Redivivus, which is a Death Note AU where after the events of the original series, Light has to go back in time (right back to being a baby, but with full awareness of the first time) and save as many lives as he killed the first time around. Again, this concept really shouldn’t work, but it does because Light is still very, very much Light. I also really appreciate the look at Sachiko that it gives. And Rewrite, which I love despite not even liking Batman, because the Joker POV is amazing (also a one-shot). I think some of it is, again, that admiration for being able to write totally different narrative styles and from many different POVs: compare Eidolon, to Redivivus, to Rewrite, and it’s hard to see it’s the same author.
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Silver Pard is one of my absolutely favourite fanfic writers. They’re one of those people whose stuff is just always on point, no matter what fandom they’re writing in.
I think part of my love for the introspective, for odd point of views, and definitely some writing style in particular comes from Eidolon, which remains one of the most fascinating and original pieces of Final Fantasy 7 fanfic I’ve ever seen. It’s primarily narrated by a dead Zack, from the life stream, and it’s a mix of his commentary on what’s become of the living characters, memories of what’s been before, and some interaction between him and several other dead people in the lifestream. It was pre-Crisis Core, when we really no characterisation for Zack, and while he’s bitter, he’s very, very real. I love the way the narrative is crafted.
Other noteworthy stories are insurgere, a one-shot where Tom Riddle is the most terrifying Hufflepuff of all time (it’s a concept that should not work, but really, really does), and Redivivus, which is a Death Note AU where after the events of the original series, Light has to go back in time (right back to being a baby, but with full awareness of the first time) and save as many lives as he killed the first time around. Again, this concept really shouldn’t work, but it does because Light is still very, very much Light. I also really appreciate the look at Sachiko that it gives. And Rewrite, which I love despite not even liking Batman, because the Joker POV is amazing (also a one-shot). I think some of it is, again, that admiration for being able to write totally different narrative styles and from many different POVs: compare Eidolon, to Redivivus, to Rewrite, and it’s hard to see it’s the same author.