Fanfic Pet Peeves, Post #293184
1. Describing clothing in excruciating detail (especially when it's fugly) and making it OOCYour characters are going to a club. Okay, let's assume that they're the type to go to clubs and do that sort of thing. Character A comes out wearing a white tank top with the bottom cut off to show off his stomach, the sleeves ripped off, a mesh shirt over
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2. What if you have a fever and the only prescription is more Taco Bell?!!?!?
3. Misspelled words in fic make me sad. Especially since the internet has spellcheckers already. (Ke$ha, fic, and "spellcheckers" are all highlighted in red right now for me. Granted, I'm not sure "spellcheckers" is actually a word or just a figment of my imagination). Long story short, THEY HAVE NO EXCUSE TO SUCK.
4. Authors notes don't necessarily bother me, I usually skip over them. But some of these kids don't know how to break between the notes and the beginning of the text, so then I have to go back, read through, and figure out what's part of the story and what's the kid's assery. That ticks me off.
5. blarg. If your summary consist of your immediate thoughts farting onto the computer screen, I don't even bother with the story. It doesn't matter if you've written the next War and Peace, if all I see in the summary is "Summary Unicorns! I ate grilled cheese for lunch! Enjoy!" I'm not even going to bother.
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... thank you. :D
2. ajfksldafj Taco Bell is always the right prescription, clearly!
3. I KNOW. It drives me nuts. Not having a beta is annoying, but okay, it takes time and effort. Spell-check? DOES NOT TAKE THAT LONG. And can substantially improve fics. Oi.
4. Oooh yeah. It's like, "Um, if you need to explain what's happening in your story through an author's note, you're DOING IT WRONG."
5. Exactly. Though "Summary Unicorns!" is my new favorite thing, fyi.
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5. haha, i've been using Unicorns alot as analogies.
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