Seriously, what's with all the fanficcers who love formatting their communities with itty-bitty teeny tiny fonts? *squints at screen* I'm not getting any younger here (yes, I just said that) and it's straining my eyes trying to read light-gray-on-white Helvetica 9 point. *squints some more ( Read more... )

If you are writing a story about Lord of the Rings characters, and it is not an AU or futurefic (really fucking far into the future), please leave out all sloppy anachronisms like "showers" and "lingerie." It's not that difficult, people.

Oh, and referring to a horse as Eowyn's "mate" is just bizarre.

Well golly gee it's been several months already. I'm still alive, I suppose.

So, pet peeve #1 is the stupendous cliché of describing sex like it's a dance.Pet peeve #2 is something somewhat less serious (occasionally I'll be able to forge ahead with reading a fic even if it comes up) - it is any variant of the phrase "chocolate brown orbs" in reference to eyeballs ( Read more... )

Sex is not a dance.It is not a tango, it is not a rumba, it isn't even a genteel waltz. It features movement of limbs and a general interest in not slamming said limbs into the other person's sensitive parts and also, it burns calories, but the resemblance ends there ( Read more... )