Pet Peeves in Fanfiction
After a nice chat with my new friend terrayn which got me thinking about Pet Peeves in Dramione, I found a highly amusing list for fanfiction from the link below
http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/writers/biggest-fanfiction-pet-peeves/t.15468781/
Enjoy! :-D (The commandments for Visual effect and smut are priceless!)
The Ten Commandments of Fanfiction
I. Thou shalt not create Mary Sues. Punishment will be anything and everything we can think of. Rest assured, it will be extremely painful.
II. Thou shalt not meddle with a character's personality in order to make him more "romantic," "hot," "fluffy," or any other adjective. Vengeance shall come from the very irate character for the libel.
III. Thou shalt obey the laws of the canon. If group X does not exist, then don't create an X OC, or if there are Y amount of X, then don't create an extra one. Etc.
IV. Thou shalt not murder the English language with thy leet speak, and improper grammar or spelling. Thou shalt attain a beta reader even if thou art fluent in English.
V. Thou shalt make thy story presentable and not an eyesore. Thou shalt not use bright colored font, tiny font sizes, walls of text, weird alignments, or all the above.
VI. Thou shalt not delete thy fic off of Gaia because of conrit.
VII. Thou shalt not attain a bitchy attitude because of said concrit.
VIII. Thou shalt keep thy fic as realistic as possible. If thou hast a relationship in the fic, thou shalt take time to develop it. If thou character has a wound, then thou character shalt require time to heal. (Thou shalt not make said character bleed more blood than is possible in a human body -- add. by Lil Kai.) Basically, for every action, there is an equal or greater consequence.
IX. Thou shalt not be an attention whore. Thou shalt not hold thy fic hostage for more reviews, ignore concrit, or write atrocities purely for reviews.
X. Thou shalt not use the excuse of AU to try to get away with OOC and breaking the laws of the canon.
The Ten Commandments of the Visual Effect
I. Thou shall not write large paragraphs of doom. Thou shall embrace the concept of paragraphs.
II. Thou shall learn a blank line is good between paragraphs for thy readers shall not become dizzy upon reading thy fic.
III. Thou shall NOT use BRIGHT font unless thou art trying to blind thy readers.
IV. Thou shall not use a tiny font. It’s highly irritating having to put thy face to the screen. On the other hand, thou shall not use huge font and stretch the screen.
V. Thou shall understand the concept of bolding. Thou shall use it to emphasize a small portion or a word of a fic, not the entire fic.
VI. Thou shall understand English is read from left to right. Strange alignments detract from the story and distract as well.
VII. Thou shall separate the dialog/thought/etc. from the narrative.
VIII. Thou shall not place announcements (A/N or OOC chat) during the fic. It disrupts the story.
IX. Thou shall not abuse the capslock key or shift key. As a writer, thou shall understand that thou canst write a story without using capslock to show rage or anger. In addition to that, thou shall not abuse the exclamation point or any other punctuation especially the ellipsi.
X. Thou shall not use any combinations of these for these by themselves are horrendous eyesores.
The Ten Commandments of Smut
I. Screaming 'No!' at the top of one's lungs be not consent.
II. Smut shalt not breaketh a character's chosen orientation.
III. Smut shalt not break canon laws of universe.
IV. Thou shalt not create anatomical anomlaies for they art not hot.
V. Thou shalt not put thyself nor Mary or Murray Sue in smut.
VI. You shalt not put any object 'there' that was not made to be put 'there.'
VII. Thou shalt not write smut in which one or both partners resembles a corpse.
VIII. Thou shalt not write bestiality nor shalt thou write necrophilia.
IX. Thou shalt not write smut that appears to be 'chaste,' for that be ridiculous.
X. Sex be not a plot in and of itself.
http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/writers/biggest-fanfiction-pet-peeves/t.15468781/
Enjoy! :-D (The commandments for Visual effect and smut are priceless!)
The Ten Commandments of Fanfiction
I. Thou shalt not create Mary Sues. Punishment will be anything and everything we can think of. Rest assured, it will be extremely painful.
II. Thou shalt not meddle with a character's personality in order to make him more "romantic," "hot," "fluffy," or any other adjective. Vengeance shall come from the very irate character for the libel.
III. Thou shalt obey the laws of the canon. If group X does not exist, then don't create an X OC, or if there are Y amount of X, then don't create an extra one. Etc.
IV. Thou shalt not murder the English language with thy leet speak, and improper grammar or spelling. Thou shalt attain a beta reader even if thou art fluent in English.
V. Thou shalt make thy story presentable and not an eyesore. Thou shalt not use bright colored font, tiny font sizes, walls of text, weird alignments, or all the above.
VI. Thou shalt not delete thy fic off of Gaia because of conrit.
VII. Thou shalt not attain a bitchy attitude because of said concrit.
VIII. Thou shalt keep thy fic as realistic as possible. If thou hast a relationship in the fic, thou shalt take time to develop it. If thou character has a wound, then thou character shalt require time to heal. (Thou shalt not make said character bleed more blood than is possible in a human body -- add. by Lil Kai.) Basically, for every action, there is an equal or greater consequence.
IX. Thou shalt not be an attention whore. Thou shalt not hold thy fic hostage for more reviews, ignore concrit, or write atrocities purely for reviews.
X. Thou shalt not use the excuse of AU to try to get away with OOC and breaking the laws of the canon.
The Ten Commandments of the Visual Effect
I. Thou shall not write large paragraphs of doom. Thou shall embrace the concept of paragraphs.
II. Thou shall learn a blank line is good between paragraphs for thy readers shall not become dizzy upon reading thy fic.
III. Thou shall NOT use BRIGHT font unless thou art trying to blind thy readers.
IV. Thou shall not use a tiny font. It’s highly irritating having to put thy face to the screen. On the other hand, thou shall not use huge font and stretch the screen.
V. Thou shall understand the concept of bolding. Thou shall use it to emphasize a small portion or a word of a fic, not the entire fic.
VI. Thou shall understand English is read from left to right. Strange alignments detract from the story and distract as well.
VII. Thou shall separate the dialog/thought/etc. from the narrative.
VIII. Thou shall not place announcements (A/N or OOC chat) during the fic. It disrupts the story.
IX. Thou shall not abuse the capslock key or shift key. As a writer, thou shall understand that thou canst write a story without using capslock to show rage or anger. In addition to that, thou shall not abuse the exclamation point or any other punctuation especially the ellipsi.
X. Thou shall not use any combinations of these for these by themselves are horrendous eyesores.
The Ten Commandments of Smut
I. Screaming 'No!' at the top of one's lungs be not consent.
II. Smut shalt not breaketh a character's chosen orientation.
III. Smut shalt not break canon laws of universe.
IV. Thou shalt not create anatomical anomlaies for they art not hot.
V. Thou shalt not put thyself nor Mary or Murray Sue in smut.
VI. You shalt not put any object 'there' that was not made to be put 'there.'
VII. Thou shalt not write smut in which one or both partners resembles a corpse.
VIII. Thou shalt not write bestiality nor shalt thou write necrophilia.
IX. Thou shalt not write smut that appears to be 'chaste,' for that be ridiculous.
X. Sex be not a plot in and of itself.