What are your fan fiction gripes?

Discussion in 'Fan Town' started by OtherCat, Aug 27, 2016.

  1. jacktrash

    jacktrash spherical sockbox

    same hat. i occasionally tag other characters in an editorial way if they do something interesting, like i think i have a homestuck fic tagged "terezi is Better Than You" or something like that. but for just the character names, i only tag the focal characters.

    i also make sure to tag the main relationship even if it's not romantic. using 'and' rather than / is important and useful! sometimes i want to read friendships!
     
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  2. Jemmy

    Jemmy Don't Do A Hit

    WHEN THERE'S ONLY TWO PAGES OF FIC FOR A CHARACTER YOU REALLY LIKE BUT NOT ONLY DO MOST OF THE FICS NOT INVOLVE THEM IN ANY MEANINGFUL WAY THEY ALSO ARENT ALL THAT GOOD AND THE ONES THAT DO INVOLVE THEM ARENT FINISHED

    PUTS MY HEAD INTO MY HANDS, BEGINS TO SCREAM
     
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  3. aetherGeologist

    aetherGeologist Well-Known Member

    Please don’t describe the giant metal robot as having a plush ass. It’s kind of immersion breaking and makes me think of smuppets
     
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  4. Jean

    Jean Let’s stop procrastinating -- tomorrow!

    A great fic, and then, in the comments- sorry, i prefer this dynamic with the roles switched, but your idea is good... write a fic with character a falling into the exact stereotypes you pointedly avoided with character b in this fic, then [annoying and frankly stupid plot idea]. I look forward to hearing from you.
    (Paraphrased)

    Dude.
     
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  5. jacktrash

    jacktrash spherical sockbox

    so far this fic is fantastic, except that it keeps flip-flopping between present and past tense. like within a single sentence. i just checked a short paragraph and it went present present past past present past present past past. the whole fic is like this. it's really hard to read.
     
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  6. Jean

    Jean Let’s stop procrastinating -- tomorrow!

    I always feel bad when people use blatantly wrong words, especially when they don't sound or look anything like each other. I try not to be too exasperated. It might not be their fault that they can't remember the difference between succumbed and resigned.
     
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  7. Codeless

    Codeless Cheshire Cat

    "She succumbed from office" ?
     
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  8. spockandawe

    spockandawe soft and woolen and writhing with curiosity

    Sounds like starscream :ppp
     
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  9. Jean

    Jean Let’s stop procrastinating -- tomorrow!

    Barry Allen is a csi, not a police officer. Stop making him do police officer things in non-au situations.
     
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  10. JVS

    JVS Member

    how big do you think dicks get? what kind of monster cock needs four fingers worth of prep? "you're still tight and my cock's a lot bigger than my [four] fingers"? dude, have you ever seen a penis? i promise they're not actually three inches in diameter.
     
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  11. Aondeug

    Aondeug Cringe Annoying Ass Female Lobster

    That sounds about right for me when it comes to like...vaginal penetration. Anal I need less prep. Granted vaginal is like. A questionable ass proposition in general.
     
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  12. hyrax

    hyrax we'll ride 'till the planets collide

    i mean... do they mean 4 fingers side by side, or 4 fingers together in a cone/duckbill shape? because most cocks are thicker than 4 of my fingertips, if they're pressed together into a cone. the problem there is that, with the pinky involved, the fingers widen out really abruptly. but 3 fingers in a cone shape, even bottoming out, isn't always enough.

    and if they mean lined up side by side, who the hell even does that. not how fingering works, in my experience.
     
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  13. Aondeug

    Aondeug Cringe Annoying Ass Female Lobster

    To clarify I'm talking cone. I've...never once encountered someone who just stuck in more than two just lined up.
     
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  14. ChelG

    ChelG Well-Known Member

    I know Rule 34 names are often dubious, but I think Harlequin Potter might be the worst I've ever seen.
     
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  15. bornofthesea670

    bornofthesea670 Well-Known Member

    As someone whose main OC started off as a Harley Quinn daughter, my expectations are WAY too high

    I want a discussion between Batman and mcdonagal about the morality of vigilanty justice now

    Sorry if I spelled her name wrong it's past my bedtime and I get a lil overtired-drunk
     
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  16. jacktrash

    jacktrash spherical sockbox

    yeeeeeah i'm gonna need the avengers fandom to stop writing steve rogers as a weepy creampuff.

    where do they get this crap. jesus mary and joseph.
     
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  17. LadyNighteyes

    LadyNighteyes Wicked Witch of the Radiant Historia Fandom

    The sheer prevalence of weepy creampuffs is one of many reasons I tend to avoid shipfic of characters I actually care about, especially if they're in a juggernaut pairing in a large fandom.
     
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  18. jacktrash

    jacktrash spherical sockbox

    the good stuff is good enough that i can't give it up. sigh.
     
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  19. LumiLapin

    LumiLapin Bad Bad Bun

    I fucking love both weeping and creampuffs but I cannot count the amount of times I have gone "excuse me, that boy should be repressing like a motherfucker! What's all this oenly expressing his feelings bullshit, what do you think he is, emotionally honest????" at a fic
     
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  20. jacktrash

    jacktrash spherical sockbox

    the worst sin of captain america fanon, imo, is having steve be too timid or self-effacing to make an effort on things he cares about. like... have you MET the guy? the one who kept trying to enlist under fake names even though his chronic illnesses had chronic illnesses? steve is not a man who lets "but what if it goes wrong" stop him from making huge messes and going on terrible adventures, literal or figurative.

    and yet people keep writing him angsting and hand-wringing about like... asking bucky on a date, or telling natasha that tropey spy kiss was actually pretty nice, or whatever the ship of the day is.

    drives me up the wall. if you want to write about bruce banner, just write about bruce banner. he's adorable. he deserves shippy fic. come on.
     
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