Based on a suggestion from Eric Scovel, today I found myself looking for transcripts of the MTV show "The Hills". Coming up empty I began looking for fanfic based on the series (of which there is PLENTY). While scrolling among this heaping pile of trash, I happened upon some of the best fanfic I have ever seen. Ever. If you don't believe me look at this:
"Lauren goes downstairs to make breakfast. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but breakfast is also the easiest meal to skip. This is a difficult and complex issue. Darfur is also a difficult and complex issue. When Lauren did the public service announcement about Darfur, she felt good. People in Darfur don’t have enough to eat but they also have a lot of other problems like rape. Lauren remembers when Jason had been drinking too much. He would look at her when he had been drinking too much and he would have this look in his eyes that was different. Lauren knows a lot about how to control the way her eyes look, but Jason didn’t look like he could control the way his eyes looked then. Because of her life experiences and personal beliefs, Lauren can identify with the problems of all the people in the world and she wants to, she wants to identify with everyone, she wants to listen to them and understand them and help them be stronger and more independent and not get raped and dress well and make healthy eating choices."
Needless to say, I read a lot of "The Hills" fanfic today and loved it. On further research, I found a couple conspiracy theories that offered up Joan Didion as a possible author, which, after laughing for about five minutes started to actually make a lot of sense, though, I must say, it also sounds a lot like Stan Apps.
This is all a couple years old, and there may be more up-to-date info on who it is writing this blog, but anyway, a nice surprise, and worth a minute of your time.
