Comments | musesfool: i am not an angry girl

musesfool

i am not an angry girl

Mar 29, 2009 11:50

I am staring down a day full of family obligations, so I am kind of cranky, which I guess makes it time for another round of "I won't read your fic if..."

( cut because I put on the ranty pants )

i won't read your fic if

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cageyklio March 29 2009, 16:13:53 UTC

My next story shall begin thusly: "It was a Tuesday when Ianto discovered that Jack's dick was, in fact, magical."

musesfool March 29 2009, 16:16:03 UTC

But will it be in 6pt type?

cageyklio March 29 2009, 16:23:38 UTC

6 pt, but I'll use italics a lot. And grey font on a black background.

musesfool March 29 2009, 16:27:38 UTC

The trifecta!

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dissident March 29 2009, 16:18:48 UTC

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DEVALUE PAST RELATIONSHIPS TO MAKE THE CURRENT ONE SPECIAL.

You also do not have to devalue women IN OUR ENTIRETY to make the point that your boy likes the gay sex.

THIS.

And is it bad that I think I know exactly which fandom/pairing you're referring to?

musesfool March 29 2009, 16:20:09 UTC

Sadly, it's kind of rampant in EVERY fandom, so...

cageyklio March 29 2009, 16:26:52 UTC

"It was a Tuesday when [insert name] discovered that [insert name]'s dick was, in fact, magical."

Sorry, I'll stop spamming your journal. You just hit exactly the right rant for the day. Week. Year.

musesfool March 29 2009, 16:28:14 UTC

Yeah, they're pretty timeless complaints.

Thread 7

such_heights March 29 2009, 16:33:24 UTC

MOUNTAINS of word, yes. The second especially is so annoying on about every level.

musesfool March 29 2009, 16:38:33 UTC

I know! I click out of the story and invariably want to punch the author in the face.

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musesfool March 29 2009, 16:52:58 UTC

I know! And it's not like I wasn't guilty of it when I first started writing, either, but I learned there are ways around it, ways to get your point across without bashing other characters.

madeline871 March 29 2009, 17:05:08 UTC

And grey font on a black background.

Word!

Actually anything on a black background is hard to read - I've got crap eyesight too.

musesfool March 30 2009, 16:15:04 UTC

I know it was popular in the late 90s/early 00s to have white or grey on a black background, but I'd hoped it had disappeared. Sadly, some people still use it, and while on LJ I can avoid it with style=mine, sometimes if they hard code stuff in, there's nothing I can do, except close the tab and move on.