Instead of writing, I thought I’d ask you all a few things about your reading preferences. Procrastination for the win! :-)
So tell me! How do you like your fanfic?
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I frequently stumble across odd little tropes and themes that throw me out of a story. I don't mean big anti-buttons or turn-offs here - these things will not make me dislike a story as a whole, or permanently harm my suspension of disbelief (unless they occur in larger number, that is). They're just small details that ring false to me, but ( Read more... )

A good author - or even a mediocre one, if I am invested in the story and/or characters - can get me to forgive a character a great many things. But there are also things that are deal breakers for me; things that will render a fictional character irredeemably unlikable in my eyes.

( Some of my deal breakers... )