Summary: Thirteen years after being run out of Hill Valley, Buford Tannen and Clint Eastwood are two of the most notorious outlaws still at large when the law — and their pasts — finally catch up with them.
Rated M || CW: Depression, Mature Themes
"Correcting it implies this was the wrong life."
Summary: Thirteen years after being run out of Hill Valley, Buford Tannen and Clint Eastwood are two of the most notorious outlaws still at large when the law — and their pasts — finally catch up with them.
Rated M || CW: Depression, Mature Themes
"I told him he'd find trouble if he came here," Buford said at the cliff's edge, counting the glimmers of dim lamplight dotting the hazardous landscape. "Now he's gone and found trouble for all of us."
Hi! I'm Erica (BG), and I write fan fiction! I've been writing fic since 2004, and you can find me on AO3 and FFN! As you might have gleaned, I predominantly write Back to the Future fanfic, but I have written for many fandoms over the years!
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Summary: Thirteen years after being run out of Hill Valley, Buford Tannen and Clint Eastwood are two of the most notorious outlaws still at large when the law — and their pasts — finally catch up with them.
Rated M || CW: Depression, Mature Themes
"You're like me in a lot of ways, boy, but not like that," Buford said. He picked up the whiskey again. "I never would have done this for your mother. For anyone." "You're doing it for Clint Eastwood."
Summary: Thirteen years after being run out of Hill Valley, Buford Tannen and Clint Eastwood are two of the most notorious outlaws still at large when the law — and their pasts — finally catch up with them.
Rated M || CW: Depression, Mature Themes
"Justice is swift for men like us. We're not criminals, we're outlaws! We die in the sun. We die with a gun in our hand." "Well, I'm sure if you ask real nice, they'll let you hold one while you're being hanged."
Summary: Thirteen years after being run out of Hill Valley, Buford Tannen and Clint Eastwood are two of the most notorious outlaws still at large when the law — and their pasts — finally catch up with them.
Rated M || CW: Depression, Mature Themes
"I loved him so much, Doc. I still do." "So do I." Emmett hung his head; the words hit harder than expected when said aloud. The years had stacked between them all like bricks, and the wall it created would have to be dismantled one by one to rebuild. "Your father used to be my closest friend," Emmett said to the dirt between his boots. "I still consider him so, but I'm afraid he's forgotten who he is. What matters. Who matters."
Summary: Thirteen years after being run out of Hill Valley, Buford Tannen and Clint Eastwood are two of the most notorious outlaws still at large when the law — and their pasts — finally catch up with them.
Rated M || CW: Depression, Mature Themes
Marty and Tannen reflexively reached for their guns and raised them, but they reconsidered their position upon counting the number of muzzles pointed at them – and the encircled silver stars glimmering on the marshals' chests.
Summary: Three years after the events in New York, Marty alienates himself on the outskirts of an estranged Hill Valley. As Doc leaves on the Time Train, Buford's business in the big city catches up to them with a devastating secret, and it's only a matter of time before nobody knows who "Clint Eastwood" really is anymore.
Rated M || CW: Depression, Mild Sexual Content
"Remember when I said I was the only one allowed to shoot you?" Marty blinked Buford into focus. He was reloading his gun. "Well, today's the day, Eastwood." Tannen snapped the cylinder back in line with the barrel and drew the hammer, hellish with the distant blaze intensifying his silhouette. "I'm shootin' you."
With our third installment complete, I'm off to wrap up my other WIPs so I can give you the final cardinal direction (Once Upon a Time in the North) in November during the challenge that started this all, Cowboyvember! Til then, enjoy! Thank you!
xvi.
Marty paused mid-story as Doc and Clara approached.
“What’s up, Doc?”
“The power is out,” Emmett said, laying a blanket next to Jules, “so we thought we’d come hear a story since we can’t watch the movie we rented.”
Marty plastered on a tight grin.
“Uh, sure. Yeah.” He scratched the back of his head. “So, the, uh—“
“Princess,” Jules supplied.
Clara smiled at Doc, missing Marty’s wince. “I didn’t know you knew a princess.”
“I don’t,” Doc deadpanned. “Do you, Marty?”
Marty chuckled nervously.
Verne barreled on.
“Where did you take Princess Anastasia once you helped her escape?”
Summary: Three years after the events in New York, Marty alienates himself on the outskirts of an estranged Hill Valley. As Doc leaves on the Time Train, Buford's business in the big city catches up to them with a devastating secret, and it's only a matter of time before nobody knows who "Clint Eastwood" really is anymore.
Rated M || CW: Depression, Mild Sexual Content
"When we have Ellie, take her straight back to the farm," Marty said. "If something happens to me or I'm not back by morning, would you give her a home?" Seamus's brow deepened, but he offered a hushed, hurried reply as Virgil came within earshot. "She'd be one of my own."
Summary: Three years after the events in New York, Marty alienates himself on the outskirts of an estranged Hill Valley. As Doc leaves on the Time Train, Buford's business in the big city catches up to them with a devastating secret, and it's only a matter of time before nobody knows who "Clint Eastwood" really is anymore.
Rated M || CW: Depression, Mild Sexual Content
"Your daddy is learnin' a lesson right now," Virgil said, carefully putting his legs under the table. "There are consequences for every sin, and one way or another, he will remember that every day for the rest of his life, from here on out. But if'n he shows me he's willin' to repent, I shall be merciful."
Summary: Three years after the events in New York, Marty alienates himself on the outskirts of an estranged Hill Valley. As Doc leaves on the Time Train, Buford's business in the big city catches up to them with a devastating secret, and it's only a matter of time before nobody knows who "Clint Eastwood" really is anymore.
Rated M || CW: Depression, Mild Sexual Content
All that time he spent trying to prove to himself that he could be the more distant one, more aloof than her; he lived a life aside from Ann, yet he was outraged she'd done the same? No, not outraged, he realized. Afraid.
Summary: Three years after the events in New York, Marty alienates himself on the outskirts of an estranged Hill Valley. As Doc leaves on the Time Train, Buford's business in the big city catches up to them with a devastating secret, and it's only a matter of time before nobody knows who "Clint Eastwood" really is anymore.
Rated M || CW: Depression, Mild Sexual Content
"The only road Clint Eastwood walks is the road of ruin, child." "I don't know, Momma," Sarah said dreamily. "Haven't you heard him play his guitar?" "I haven't heard him singing in church."
I got this comment on a story from my Other AO3 Account this morning.
(Info redacted because I prefer keeping these accounts separate but no one follows me on the side blog I have for that account.)
The story was posted almost a year ago and is relatively “popular” by my average statistics even though it has tropes and themes that are big turnoffs for a lot of people (hence separate accounts). This popularity is undoubtedly because it’s a Marvel Loki story and that fandom is massive.
So there is obviously an algorithm or a bot scrubbing ao3 statistics and leaving this comment on fics that meet a certain metric with the main character of the fic inserted into the comment.
I had a little time to kill this morning so I decided to investigate further. And y’all this is so predatory. Come on this journey with me. It made me mad. It may make you mad.
First, if you go to Webnovel’s website, you HAVE to choose between male lead or female lead stories before you can go any further. WTF?
And that’s weird, but this gets so much worse. This is basically a pay-to-read site that has different subscription models. Which… okay BUT! The authors don’t get paid! Look at that comment again. They’re promising a supportive and nurturing community, but zero monetary compensation. It’s basically, “post your stuff here so we can get paid and you can get… nice vibes?” I mean look at this Orwellian writing:
Using the phrase “pay-to-read model” in the same sentence as “qualitative changes in lifestyles for authors” deliberately makes you think that you can get paid and maybe even make a living on this website. But that’s not actually what it says and authors will not receive one red cent.
Oh but wait, the worst is still to come. In case this breaks containment (which I kind of hope it does) this is where I mention that I’m a lawyer in the US.
I don’t do intellectual property or copyright law but I do read and write contracts for a living. So I went to look at their terms of service. It was fun!
Highlights the first, in which Webnovel gets a license to do basically whatever they want with content you post on their site. This is how they get to be paid for people reading authors’ writing without paying them anything.
Highlights the second, in which Webnovel takes no responsibility for illegally profiting off of fan fic. This all says that the writer is 100% responsible for everything the writer posts (even though only Webnovel is making money from it).
Highlights the third which say that by posting, the author is representing that they have the legal right to use and to let Webnovel use the content according to these terms. So if a writer posts fan fiction and Webnovel makes money from people reading the fan fiction, and the House of the Mouse catches wise, these sections say that that’s ALL on the writer.
So that’s a little skeevy to start off with but the thing that is seriously shitty and made me make this post was that these assholes are coming to ao3. They are actively recruiting people in comments on their fan fiction. And they are saying they are big fans of the character you’re writing about and that they share your interests.
They are recruiting fan fiction writers and giving every impression that you can make money from posting fan fiction on their site and hiding the fact that you absolutely cannot but they can make money off of you while you try, deep in their terms of service which no one but a lawyer who writes fan fic and has some time to kill will read.
I see posts on here regularly from people who don’t understand how this stuff works, don’t understand that they (and others) can not legally make a financial profit from fan fiction. And there are tons of people who will not take the time to dig into the details.
Don’t deal with these bastards. Fuck Webnovel.
This is very helpful considering I got the exact same comment yesterday. Fuck Webnovel is my sentiment after reading this too and it confirms my decision to just report that comment as spam to AO3
My stuff got stolen and put on NovelWW and marked as “Anonymous”. So they straight up stole my work, took my name off it, and have it under a pay wall. But it’s another country and I can’t contact anyone about it. I’ve been fuming for a year over this.
Summary: Three years after the events in New York, Marty alienates himself on the outskirts of an estranged Hill Valley. As Doc leaves on the Time Train, Buford's business in the big city catches up to them with a devastating secret, and it's only a matter of time before nobody knows who "Clint Eastwood" really is anymore.
Rated M || CW: Depression, Mild Sexual Content
"Doc, if I show up eight years older with a three-year-old daughter, do you really think my family would just accept that? That Jennifer would even be able to look at me?"
There is a crack in the storytelling That’s how fanfic gets in
