Comments | ixchel55: OK, see, here's the thing...And this is a totally personal opinion

ixchel55

OK, see, here's the thing...And this is a totally personal opinion

Apr 13, 2006 22:19

I can't even begin to tell you how much the nauseatingly cutsey contractions of fic pairings make me want to scream ( Read more... )

rant

Comments 9

dirty_diana April 14 2006, 04:14:15 UTC

Heh. Having spent time in pop where everything is contracted, I sorta don't care anymore. It was annoying at first, especially because all the boys in nsync have names that start with the same letter and I didn't know which pairing was which.

ixchel55 April 14 2006, 04:55:05 UTC

I'll just have to avert my eyes and think of porn *G*

And noticing your icon, just where the hell did the name Sparky come from?

fleur_de_mort April 14 2006, 06:20:01 UTC

I'll agree with you on that. Contracting names is...annoying. Very much so. I still can't wrap my brain around the idea. I mean...c'mon, it doesn't take very long to type a whole name, unless you're my dad. But he types using the "seek and ye shall find" method of typing. -_-; Some of them make me want to kill things: Harmony (Harry/Hermione) Spuffy (Spike/Buffy). I mean...ugh!

ixchel55 April 14 2006, 06:24:00 UTC

Ack!

Spuffy!

::headdesk::

That's just grotesque!

fleur_de_mort April 14 2006, 06:29:03 UTC

Oh, god, I know, right? I did a spittake when I first figured out what it meant. Like, literally. Followed immediately by a headdesk. o_O

merricatk April 14 2006, 13:03:41 UTC

You would think that the press doing it with celebrity names (Brangelina? Is that right?) would be enough to discourage others. I mean, that's one of my rules: if the press is doing it, avoid it at all cost.

I can assure you that these guys ^^^ would not like to have their names mushed together. Would not like it at all.

ixchel55 April 19 2006, 19:55:54 UTC

Brangelina?

GAG!

I can assure you that these guys ^^^ would not like to have their names mushed together. Would not like it at all.

Yeah, I know we like to think of our OTP as two halves of a whole, but I think that's taking things a bit far. *G*

khaleesian April 15 2006, 21:41:20 UTC

Amen, sistah. Preach it. Oddly, I don't ever seem to wander into fandoms (or pairings!) that can be contracted to nauseating effect. Thank goodness.

ixchel55 April 19 2006, 20:02:47 UTC

It's rare in whatever I'm interested in, also. It sneaks in around the edges though and it's quite distressing to see it pop up where least expected.

The 'Shex' thing just kinda pushed me over the edge.

(((shudders)))