A Catalog of Cliches...
Hey all,
So I was on fanficrants grousing about the over-use of rapid-fire twinspeak in fics. And I realized "there's a lot more, too!"
How about:
Did I miss anything? ^_^ :-P
So I was on fanficrants grousing about the over-use of rapid-fire twinspeak in fics. And I realized "there's a lot more, too!"
How about:
- 'Mione as an extremely overused abbreviation for Hermione's name (to the point of her never being called Hermione, like, ever)
- "Herms" which is just about as bad
- Snarky, witty, street-smart Draco well beyond how he is in canon (I blame Cassandra Claire)
- Snape speaking "silkily" like all the time, as opposed to speaking in other forms - like, acidly, normally, quietly, etc.
- Dumbledore always offering only sherbet lemons. Hell, didn't he ever try M&Ms or something?
- When it's a boy/girl shipfic, invariably the worse ones will have the boy and girl schmooping at each other at least once a chapter how much they complete each other and how awesome the other person is and how unworthy they are?
- Gender-essentialist RAWR THE PROTECTIVE DADDY fics in which the obligatory "You hurt her, I'll punch you out" line is spoken? C'mon, Harry can defend himself magically pretty damn well.
Did I miss anything? ^_^ :-P