Comments | eternalotome9: KT fanfic rant

eternalotome9

KT fanfic rant

May 26, 2007 22:27

The name is Yuichi. Nakamaru Yuichi. So can people please stop spelling it "Yucchi"? It's bad enough the boy still gets called Nakamura on occasion, at the very least stop messing up his fairly straightforward first name. Thanks ( Read more... )

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4_03_am May 27 2007, 02:35:29 UTC

Err, I don't read many Nakamaru fics, but umm, I thought "Yucchi" was like a nickname type thing like "Yu-kun," "Yu-chan," etc? I can't remember exactly where I'd sear/seen it, but umm, didn't he say when he was younger people called him Yucchi? Hmm. :|

4_03_am May 27 2007, 02:36:27 UTC

Where I'd HEARD*

Obviously, my spelling is atrocious. -_-

eternalotome9 May 27 2007, 02:52:07 UTC

Hehe, so I figured this out right after I posted. Oops ^^;; It still annoys me, especially when it's not used in dialogue but in exposition, and from the quality of certain fics I'm not sure those authors are intentionally using the nickname. Ultimately though, it's just me being irrational...which is why I posted it here, since y'all know that I haven't a rational bone in my body when it comes to fandom. =D

4_03_am May 27 2007, 03:03:32 UTC

Oh I know what you mean. Umm. I have a problem thta is somewhat similar. I don't like it when authors refer to any of the JE boys by names that are usually not used to refer to them, even if those are their given names. If you have Yamapi referring to Ryo as Ryo-chan, okay, I understand that. But like, how many times have we seen Yamapi being called Tomohisa, or Kame, Kazuya? I only remember Yamapi's mom calling him that, and Kame has always be just that, or Kamenashi. So when Jin comes crying to Kame because he misses him so much and can't live without him and OH KAZU-CHAN I LOVE YOU, that kind of thing annoys me.

Umm there may have been a point I was trying to make but I got too rambly, as usual. Sry. -_-

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chibifuji May 27 2007, 04:59:59 UTC

That would get on my nerves too. But unlike you, instead of it appearing in narrative that is annoying, I'd hate it more in the dialogue. ^^; It's like, you never really know what name these guys call themselves in their head, so maybe if the person explained the personality behind "Yucchi", that would be okay. On the other hand, since it's unlikely the other KAT-TUN members would call him that, unless it's a joke or once in a while, seeing it every line of dialogue would really get on my nerves.

^^;

It's like... I use Junno a lot in some of my less serious fics instead of "Taguchi". Why? Because the fandom is used to it, so even though the usage is incorrect, I'll write Junno in the narrative because the fandom is used to seeing that and referring to him as that. But always in dialogue, it's 'Taguchi', not 'Junno'.

chibifuji May 27 2007, 05:04:04 UTC

*edit: on the other hand, if the author uses a certain name for a reason (character development, contrast, etc), then that's fine, even if it seems weird- as long as it fits with the story.

eternalotome9 May 27 2007, 05:16:54 UTC

True true. I'd buy a mentally-regressed Kame (or whoever) calling Yuichi "Yucchi" or even if it were properly introduced as an exclusive pet name. Starting out with it though, that's a little hard to believe.

eternalotome9 May 27 2007, 05:15:23 UTC

Good point! Sometimes it's okay to use in exposition what fandom is used to, if that's how it thinks of that character. For instance, I wouldn't call Koki "Tanaka" or Ueda "Tatsuya," but "Kame" is acceptable in narrative even if KT calls him "Kamenashi-kun". There's a limit though: at some point, it doesn't matter what you call him in your head; if it did, I'd probably calling Jin...yeah, you get my point. ^^

I don't know which is worse in this particular case, narrative or dialogue - "Yucchi" just annoys me all around. Unless he's twelve in your fic, stop calling him that! No one else does, at least not anymore.

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