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:

• '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 ( Read more... )

"Hermione and Ron are only friends with Harry because Dumbledore paid them to be ( Read more... )

I get this sadomasochistic urge sometimes to head over to fanfiction.net and read as many Draco/Hermione fanfics I can get my hands on. Invariably, they involve either summer makeovers or Head Boy/Head Girl antics; the worst are a hideous combination of the two ( Read more... )

Why is it that so many Snape/Hermione stories have Snape calling Hermione his "Pet" or "Little One"? To me, that is what you'd call your six year-old daughter, not someone you are having a sexual relationship with. Calling her "Little One" seems to remind me about their extreme age difference, which by itself is not so terrible, but also brings ( Read more... )

"Miss Granger, do you have nothing better to do with your time than memorize your textbooks word for word?" Snape sneered, peering down his overly large nose at Hermione.

Hermione's face burned, not from embarrasment, but from anger. This was the last straw. Slamming her books down on the table she jumped to her feet, glaring at Professor Snape.

"I ( Read more... )

Another post from fanficrants, this one from February ( Read more... )

Leading a love story to the point where the happy couple is going to have a baby is actually a cliché in itself - and it's even one I can talk competently about because I do that all the time. Yet by reading through a few fics in the last day I discovered something I actually found quite funny ( Read more... )

Hi! I don't really have much to say. But, I just got done reading a fic...(Author and Name of fic will remain annomyious ( Read more... )

Dear Harry/Draco and Harry/Ginny authors ( Read more... )

You know what's coming already, don't you?

( So I've put it under a cut for reasons of space )