Comments | lunardreamed: I can't take it anymore! I have to get this out!

lunardreamed

I can't take it anymore! I have to get this out!

Apr 12, 2007 20:58

Pet peeves in SPN fandom. These are minor plot points that people seem to feel the need to stick in stories that really get me going. (Amazingly enough genderswap, slash, animal transformation, excessive angst, crack, and other controversial topics will not be featured here.)

( self-serving rant here )

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lunardreamed April 13 2007, 04:19:04 UTC

Yeah, -ish being the key suffix, or dirty-blond, maybe, if you insist on using blond. Or bronzed, especially in the sun where it catches the blond highlights. I've even seen Jensen with hair that could be called blond, but not in SPN. I suspect he's one of those people that gets blonder when he spends a lot of time in the sun. But I get redder in the sun and that doesn't make me a redhead.

albydarned April 13 2007, 05:49:41 UTC

My biggest pet peeve? When I'm reading along, and the (probably) British author writes down 'arse.' It's just ... I have to stop reading it. Because Sam and Dean do NOT say arse ... I don't know anyone who does around here! It's ASS OMG!!! *spasms*

lunardreamed April 13 2007, 23:34:09 UTC

Oh yeah! Some I can get over, but I tend to think that in dialog, at least, Dean and Sam should be speaking American. Mum also bothers me. Listen to them, they clearly say Mom. To me, it's like them calling John 'Pop.' How about torch? That's especially bothersome in a fandom where they could be using either a flashlight or a flame.

But 'arse'. If Sam ever said that, Dean would fall over giggling. He'd spend the rest of the day muttering 'arse' and then laughing his ass off. Sam would never be able to say 'ass' again.

tigriswolf May 4 2007, 21:11:24 UTC

Ooh, write it!

lunardreamed May 4 2007, 23:22:46 UTC

Damn you! Now there is actually a plot forming in my head.

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tigriswolf May 4 2007, 21:10:43 UTC

I think Dean's hair is dark blond, his eyes are hazel, and he's six one.

I think Sam's eyes are green and he's six five.

And anime eyes? Dean has 'em, just not the color.

lunardreamed May 4 2007, 23:19:54 UTC

Fair enough, but is Dean short? Not shorter, just short?

I have seen Sam's eyes more closely and am not so sure they are brown, anymore.

I will keep this in mind when you write stories that identify them just by eye color, and would appreciate similar codes when other authors do the same. Cause seriously, I've seen both boys with every eye color under the sun - and maybe a few that aren't.

Okay, I admit, I love Dean's anime eyes. PS - they are green like the most precious emeralds to tempt the avarice of even the most generous of men (or women) and when Sam gets lonely for normal he looks deeply into Dean's eyes and remembers the color of the lawn of his perfect normal home and they have especially angsty sex with Dean's eyes open the whole time and dewy like a spring morning exposing the mental anguish in the depths of his soul. :P

tigriswolf May 4 2007, 23:22:42 UTC

*sporfle*

Dean is not short. He's taller than every member of my family except my cousin who's six three.

By the way, isn't the average height for men five seven?

I always call Dean's eyes hazel and Sam's green. In every fic that talks about eye color. And it really annoys me when Sam's are called brown, but *shrugs*

lunardreamed May 4 2007, 23:35:23 UTC

Goes to show how useless average is.

I went all over the internet for this. It partly depends on country and race (ie: one site that claimed to be copied from legitimate sources said white American men were 5'10", and I really wanted to quote that, but the grammar made me doubt its authenticity. If you can't get that right, who knows what else is wrong - a warning to all who think grammar doesn't matter.) Another source agreed with you for all American men. The average is higher in Scandinavian countries, but still under 5'10".

Whatever, Dean/JA: still tall.

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