Baughn comments on August 2013 Media Thread - Less Wrong Discussion
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In Memoriam and Halkeginia Online are every bit as good as typical published fiction, if not better, and I've bought things that turned out to be significantly worse. I might add To The Stars (Puella Magica) to that list, but IIRC it was already recommended in a previous thread - I can't check at the moment, my internet connection is like unto wet string.
Uchibi Sasuke is pretty much pure crack. Amusing, but if you're asking that question you shouldn't read it.
Game Theory and Overlady are harder to judge. They're competently written, certainly, and I by no means regret spending time on them; however, my judgement is compromised by wanting to see more of the characters used. A lot of fanfiction is like that - you get attached to particular worlds, and want to expand on them. If that doesn't happen to you, there are better options in ordinary fiction. Of the two, Overlady depends more on comedy; Game Theory is straight drama.
To the Stars hasn't been recced yet, according to the site search.
Googling
"to the stars" OR (madoka fanfiction) site:lesswrong.commay help.First thing I checked, but then again I didn't go past the first two pages or so.
...You didn't have to. Even now with this discussion in the results, you still could have found on-LW recommendations of "To The Stars" via hit #3:
or hit #5
or hit #7, where one of the replies to
reads "Relevant fanfic, for those interested."
Ah! We are disagreeing on the definition of "recommendations." I had in mind something a little meatier - a dedicated post, or at least a plot/concept summary.
? I recall recommended it in May and think I've seen it recommended in a different media thread.