Top Ten Fanfic Warnings list
There's a gal on my f-list whom I've known for a number of years who is a superb writer of Man from U.N.C.L.E. fanfic, and also a voracious reader of same. She recently reposted this list she came up with a few years ago and I got her permission to share it with y'all.
Does this list apply to our fair fandom as well? Do we have our own peculiar sins we could add to the list? Which of the lot is the your favorite, i.e., the one you most love to hate?
The Top Ten Fanfic Warnings I'd Like To See by st_crispins:
No. 10: I’ve never seen even a minute of this series and can’t even spell the lead characters’ names.
No. 9: I vaguely remember seeing one episode over my friend's house a couple of years ago and thought ‘what the hell.’
No. 8: I scribbled this on a bar napkin after my fifth drink at 3 am.
No. 7: Any resemblance to the characters you saw on screen is purely coincidental.
No. 6: Ditto any resemblance to any breathing human being who has ever lived.
No. 5: I’m actually only twelve years old and I typed this on my mom’s computer.
No. 4: I really have no idea how people have sex so I just guessed.
No. 3: I don't brake for punctuation.
No. 2: I already wrote this for another fandom, so I simply did a search and replace for the characters' names.
And the No. 1 warning I'd like to see:
Not to be mistaken for real writing.
Does this list apply to our fair fandom as well? Do we have our own peculiar sins we could add to the list? Which of the lot is the your favorite, i.e., the one you most love to hate?
The Top Ten Fanfic Warnings I'd Like To See by st_crispins:
No. 10: I’ve never seen even a minute of this series and can’t even spell the lead characters’ names.
No. 9: I vaguely remember seeing one episode over my friend's house a couple of years ago and thought ‘what the hell.’
No. 8: I scribbled this on a bar napkin after my fifth drink at 3 am.
No. 7: Any resemblance to the characters you saw on screen is purely coincidental.
No. 6: Ditto any resemblance to any breathing human being who has ever lived.
No. 5: I’m actually only twelve years old and I typed this on my mom’s computer.
No. 4: I really have no idea how people have sex so I just guessed.
No. 3: I don't brake for punctuation.
No. 2: I already wrote this for another fandom, so I simply did a search and replace for the characters' names.
And the No. 1 warning I'd like to see:
Not to be mistaken for real writing.