Some fics deserve a special place, because they fit nowhere else. Some people praise their unique style, others reject them totally. This is the feature fic area of Lawndale Leftovers, for especially leftover fics.

Carnival


The fic that caused the PMRC - no wait - the PPMB to finally act against all the innuendo. There are very little kids in the fan community and they need to be protected. But who protects us from them? I certainly donīt and therefore this fic deserves to be featured. Voted "Worst fanfic ever" by everybody except for me. This is great stuff. Very provocative and innovative.

Metal Machine Fanfic


Metal Machine Fanfic was based on the Lou Reed album "Metal Machine Music". Lou Reed wrote apollogetic liner notes, and so did the author of this fic. Lou Reed album was considered "unlistenable" and I doubīt anybody ever read through the whole fic, which is the FIRST fanfic to have total stereo separation. Lou Reeds record was praised by grumpy reviewer Lester Bangs, who claimed that he drove down the road with MMM on his tape deck and the girls came in masses. I still wait for a certain BNR to announce that he could only get a certain BNPNG into his treehouse of love, because he read her passages from MMFF, but it probably wonīt happen anytime soon.

The Crayon


The crayon is another brillantly fucked up fic. If you get into the rhythm of the thing it has an amazing feel. Not for Daria or any of the shows characters, but for language. Yes it is flawed, yes it is grammatically incorrect, but it is also charmeful and interesting in an "Gertrude Stein without reflection" way. A couple of times thereīs just the right two words next to each other and that makes up for the whole miserable rest.