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[schizo_niko]

This is not exactly a rant, but I figured that you guys, of all people, would have some good ideas.

For Advanced Composition class I'm writing a compare/contrast essay. My topic? Good!fic versus bad!fic.

If necessary, I can write this on my own, but I would love for your input on characteristics of good fics and bad fics. What makes them different

Comments

[yui_hime]

Good plot + good style + good grammar + good characterization = good fic

Lame plot + bad spelling/grammar + OOC + bad characters + crack humor + gratuitous violence/sex/language/etc + cliches = bad fic

Though actually, I go more by gut instinct in practice.

[schizo_niko]

Well, pretty much everything in the world should be taken on a case-by-case basis, but having concrete guidlines (even if we don't always follow them) is helpful. Thanks!

[yui_hime]

I'm partway between amused and annoyed that Those Lacking Spines has most of my symptoms of badfic and yet is one of the greatest things in KH fandom.

[schizo_niko]

Well, it does everything it does on purpose. It's this community in fanfic form. I guess that's why TLS works so well.

[yui_hime]

True, true.