Fic Pet Peeve: Bad Latin

[lambentfiction]

I am constantly running into fics with terrible Latin titles or phrases or general nonsense. If you don't know it, don't write it. Using the online Latin dictionary you found will not allow you to make proper Latin sentences. Poor Latin, like poor language of any kind, does not make you look intelligent and mysterious. It makes you look like an

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[tenismoresonic]

This is why I don't use an online translator... I know they don't work so well.

When are you going to finish Dreaded Creatures Glide? D: I've been waiting forever. lol

[charisstoma]

*looks pitiful* story? *stealthily pushes the Latin and other classics books under the furniture with a foot*

[ceanshinythings]

Hey, just wanted to ask if Within A Forest Dark is an abandoned WiP? I'm really intrigued by it and would like to rec it, but just want to know its status to add to the rec.

[lambentfiction]

It is, sadly, abandoned, at least as things stand now. There's a chance that I may return, which is the only thing holding me back from just posting a summary of what happens in the rest of the story.