What annoys you in fic?

Open Season, folks. Post what drives you crazy in fanfics, what makes you roll your eyes and go "not again" or fight an urge to stab the author with a rusty knife. It can be general (e.g. "twincest sucks") or fandom specific ("how can anyone have Jedi eat hamburgers?"), long or short. Rant and vent away. Oh, and anonymous posting is enabled, as it always is.

I'll start. My pet peeves:

Song fic

I don't care if you think Celine Dion or Linkin Park is the coolest thing ever to happen to music. Chances are, an ancient Greek or a futuristic alien would have never heard of either of them. Moreover, if all I wanted to do was to read lyrics for a song as opposed to fanfic, I'd read liner notes. If your fic is two-thirds someone else's words, I am forced to conclude you have no imagination.

Author Notes in the middle of the story itself

Should lead to instant strangulation.

We are friends? I am your sister? We shook hands once? It means we are so doing the nasty

No, not everything is about burning secret love, crossing the boundaries of sexual orientation and familial taboo. According to this logic, every person who isn't an orphan and has been on a deserted island his whole life, has had way too much sex. F-R-I-E-N-D-S. And F-A-M-I-L-Y. Look it up in the dictionary. I guarantee neither one has "fuck buddies" listed as synonyms. It is possible to interact for *gasp* hours with another person without wanting to shag them senseless. Oh, and incest fic? Incest is sick, sorry. If you write it as a disturbed thing, fine. But happy flowers and kittens are not for that particular thing.

Bwa-ha-ha. You know how you like those 19th century English Gentry, or alien robots, or Jedi, or Japanese samurai? Well, they are even cooler now because they are in HIGH SCHOOL

High school was boring enough the first time around. Besides, robots would bust metal detectors and so will the samurai, and the gentry have already had a good classical education, thank you very much.

( Other peeves )

What annoys you in fic?

Open Season, folks. Post what drives you crazy in fanfics, what makes you roll your eyes and go "not again" or fight an urge to stab the author with a rusty knife. It can be general (e.g. "twincest sucks") or fandom specific ("how can anyone have Jedi eat hamburgers?"), long or short. Rant and vent away. Oh, and anonymous posting is enabled, as it always is.

I'll start. My pet peeves:

Song fic

I don't care if you think Celine Dion or Linkin Park is the coolest thing ever to happen to music. Chances are, an ancient Greek or a futuristic alien would have never heard of either of them. Moreover, if all I wanted to do was to read lyrics for a song as opposed to fanfic, I'd read liner notes. If your fic is two-thirds someone else's words, I am forced to conclude you have no imagination.

Author Notes in the middle of the story itself

Should lead to instant strangulation.

We are friends? I am your sister? We shook hands once? It means we are so doing the nasty

No, not everything is about burning secret love, crossing the boundaries of sexual orientation and familial taboo. According to this logic, every person who isn't an orphan and has been on a deserted island his whole life, has had way too much sex. F-R-I-E-N-D-S. And F-A-M-I-L-Y. Look it up in the dictionary. I guarantee neither one has "fuck buddies" listed as synonyms. It is possible to interact for *gasp* hours with another person without wanting to shag them senseless. Oh, and incest fic? Incest is sick, sorry. If you write it as a disturbed thing, fine. But happy flowers and kittens are not for that particular thing.

Bwa-ha-ha. You know how you like those 19th century English Gentry, or alien robots, or Jedi, or Japanese samurai? Well, they are even cooler now because they are in HIGH SCHOOL

High school was boring enough the first time around. Besides, robots would bust metal detectors and so will the samurai, and the gentry have already had a good classical education, thank you very much.

( Other peeves )

What annoys you in fic?

Open Season, folks. Post what drives you crazy in fanfics, what makes you roll your eyes and go "not again" or fight an urge to stab the author with a rusty knife. It can be general (e.g. "twincest sucks") or fandom specific ("how can anyone have Jedi eat hamburgers?"), long or short. Rant and vent away. Oh, and anonymous posting is enabled, as it always is.

I'll start. My pet peeves:

Song fic

I don't care if you think Celine Dion or Linkin Park is the coolest thing ever to happen to music. Chances are, an ancient Greek or a futuristic alien would have never heard of either of them. Moreover, if all I wanted to do was to read lyrics for a song as opposed to fanfic, I'd read liner notes. If your fic is two-thirds someone else's words, I am forced to conclude you have no imagination.

Author Notes in the middle of the story itself

Should lead to instant strangulation.

We are friends? I am your sister? We shook hands once? It means we are so doing the nasty

No, not everything is about burning secret love, crossing the boundaries of sexual orientation and familial taboo. According to this logic, every person who isn't an orphan and has been on a deserted island his whole life, has had way too much sex. F-R-I-E-N-D-S. And F-A-M-I-L-Y. Look it up in the dictionary. I guarantee neither one has "fuck buddies" listed as synonyms. It is possible to interact for *gasp* hours with another person without wanting to shag them senseless. Oh, and incest fic? Incest is sick, sorry. If you write it as a disturbed thing, fine. But happy flowers and kittens are not for that particular thing.

Bwa-ha-ha. You know how you like those 19th century English Gentry, or alien robots, or Jedi, or Japanese samurai? Well, they are even cooler now because they are in HIGH SCHOOL

High school was boring enough the first time around. Besides, robots would bust metal detectors and so will the samurai, and the gentry have already had a good classical education, thank you very much.

( Other peeves )

Crouch This!

I am reading The Book and the Sword by Louis Cha, which is amusingly labeled as a "martial arts novel." Does this novel wear a lot of black, do strenuous exercises, and can chop bricks in one stroke of its pages? Not sure.

It's quite interesting, actually, though mainly for the 'never read anything like this before' factor. Not great literature though. I am not sure whether it's the fault of the author or the translator but the prose is very simplistic and clanky. Also, it has way too many characters and I find it very hard to keep track of them, despite a helpful index in the beginning. Of course, seeing the rapid rate at which they seem to drop off in sudden and amusing ways, this is becoming less and less of a problem. But despite all this, it's keeping me entertained.

I am also amused by one of the OTPs because all they do is argue and insult each other, even though they are OMG attracted. Of course, since their first meeting consisted of fighting each other, as he was trying to kill her father (a giant misunderstanding as the characters in this book are prone to act first think later. Much later), that's rather understandable. I am not too worried about their future as the helpful character index, which clearly does not believe in suspense, states they marry each other.

Oh, and then there is a character who is madly and angstily in love with a wife of a fellow secret society member. He finally confesses and says that he's always taken long missions for the society so as not to be around her but after all he is closer to her in age than he elderly husband but she is all outraged and tells him older guys are better in the sack he should be ashamed of himself. And then he goes emo and tells her he knows he is all wrong and evil and paraphrases the famous song by admitting "When I think about you I cut myself" and shows her his arm which is full of cut scars. Yes. He cuts himself. When he isn't clobbering bad guys or scheming against the evil government. And when you add in the fact that he fights using a flute, I am forced to admit the man is a fruitcake. Ergo he is my favorite character.

As to the plot, it's much too confusing, but it involves a noble secret society out to overthrow the evil bad Manchu emperor. And there are some Uigurs who want to get their Quaran back. And lots of fighting. And men with flutes who cut themselves. And the leader of the secret society falls tragically in love with the same woman evil Emperor wants. It's delicious.

Also, I caught the last 10 minutes of Prison Break ep last night and I didn't know much of what was going on (I saw eps 5 and 7 and that's about it), but I liiiiiked it. It's like a hit of angst straight to the veins. I think I'll start watching the show now.

Crouch This!

I am reading The Book and the Sword by Louis Cha, which is amusingly labeled as a "martial arts novel." Does this novel wear a lot of black, do strenuous exercises, and can chop bricks in one stroke of its pages? Not sure.

It's quite interesting, actually, though mainly for the 'never read anything like this before' factor. Not great literature though. I am not sure whether it's the fault of the author or the translator but the prose is very simplistic and clanky. Also, it has way too many characters and I find it very hard to keep track of them, despite a helpful index in the beginning. Of course, seeing the rapid rate at which they seem to drop off in sudden and amusing ways, this is becoming less and less of a problem. But despite all this, it's keeping me entertained.

I am also amused by one of the OTPs because all they do is argue and insult each other, even though they are OMG attracted. Of course, since their first meeting consisted of fighting each other, as he was trying to kill her father (a giant misunderstanding as the characters in this book are prone to act first think later. Much later), that's rather understandable. I am not too worried about their future as the helpful character index, which clearly does not believe in suspense, states they marry each other.

Oh, and then there is a character who is madly and angstily in love with a wife of a fellow secret society member. He finally confesses and says that he's always taken long missions for the society so as not to be around her but after all he is closer to her in age than he elderly husband but she is all outraged and tells him older guys are better in the sack he should be ashamed of himself. And then he goes emo and tells her he knows he is all wrong and evil and paraphrases the famous song by admitting "When I think about you I cut myself" and shows her his arm which is full of cut scars. Yes. He cuts himself. When he isn't clobbering bad guys or scheming against the evil government. And when you add in the fact that he fights using a flute, I am forced to admit the man is a fruitcake. Ergo he is my favorite character.

As to the plot, it's much too confusing, but it involves a noble secret society out to overthrow the evil bad Manchu emperor. And there are some Uigurs who want to get their Quaran back. And lots of fighting. And men with flutes who cut themselves. And the leader of the secret society falls tragically in love with the same woman evil Emperor wants. It's delicious.

Also, I caught the last 10 minutes of Prison Break ep last night and I didn't know much of what was going on (I saw eps 5 and 7 and that's about it), but I liiiiiked it. It's like a hit of angst straight to the veins. I think I'll start watching the show now.

Crouch This!

I am reading The Book and the Sword by Louis Cha, which is amusingly labeled as a "martial arts novel." Does this novel wear a lot of black, do strenuous exercises, and can chop bricks in one stroke of its pages? Not sure.

It's quite interesting, actually, though mainly for the 'never read anything like this before' factor. Not great literature though. I am not sure whether it's the fault of the author or the translator but the prose is very simplistic and clanky. Also, it has way too many characters and I find it very hard to keep track of them, despite a helpful index in the beginning. Of course, seeing the rapid rate at which they seem to drop off in sudden and amusing ways, this is becoming less and less of a problem. But despite all this, it's keeping me entertained.

I am also amused by one of the OTPs because all they do is argue and insult each other, even though they are OMG attracted. Of course, since their first meeting consisted of fighting each other, as he was trying to kill her father (a giant misunderstanding as the characters in this book are prone to act first think later. Much later), that's rather understandable. I am not too worried about their future as the helpful character index, which clearly does not believe in suspense, states they marry each other.

Oh, and then there is a character who is madly and angstily in love with a wife of a fellow secret society member. He finally confesses and says that he's always taken long missions for the society so as not to be around her but after all he is closer to her in age than he elderly husband but she is all outraged and tells him older guys are better in the sack he should be ashamed of himself. And then he goes emo and tells her he knows he is all wrong and evil and paraphrases the famous song by admitting "When I think about you I cut myself" and shows her his arm which is full of cut scars. Yes. He cuts himself. When he isn't clobbering bad guys or scheming against the evil government. And when you add in the fact that he fights using a flute, I am forced to admit the man is a fruitcake. Ergo he is my favorite character.

As to the plot, it's much too confusing, but it involves a noble secret society out to overthrow the evil bad Manchu emperor. And there are some Uigurs who want to get their Quaran back. And lots of fighting. And men with flutes who cut themselves. And the leader of the secret society falls tragically in love with the same woman evil Emperor wants. It's delicious.

Also, I caught the last 10 minutes of Prison Break ep last night and I didn't know much of what was going on (I saw eps 5 and 7 and that's about it), but I liiiiiked it. It's like a hit of angst straight to the veins. I think I'll start watching the show now.

Eeeeeee

I have no excuse. I just want to show off my new Aoshi icon (by gravitykills).

I am a sad sad fangirl.

To make this not completely fruitless, check out this site about the crazy baby names scary parents give their kids:

http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/index.html

Eeeeeee

I have no excuse. I just want to show off my new Aoshi icon (by gravitykills).

I am a sad sad fangirl.

To make this not completely fruitless, check out this site about the crazy baby names scary parents give their kids:

http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/index.html

Eeeeeee

I have no excuse. I just want to show off my new Aoshi icon (by gravitykills).

I am a sad sad fangirl.

To make this not completely fruitless, check out this site about the crazy baby names scary parents give their kids:

http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/index.html