You have just made me want to sit down with my scarily extensive collection of obscure Latin epics and collect really stupid epithets and write Sam/Dean fic in which I don't use their actual names even once. It will be bad enough to make your orbs pop out.
And yeah, that's not quite as irritating to me as the other stuff, but yeah. Also, people hissing things that have no sibilant sounds in them. I know what it's trying to say, but I have that moment of, "wait."
You know what's currently driving me nuts? Fic in the Leverage fandom because in one scene we'll have Eliot, Hardison, Parker, the hitter, the hacker, the thief, the blonde, the long-haired man, the taller man, the computer wiz, the fighter, the pickpocket...it goes on and on and on and the only thing I'm thinking is damn, who knew you could fit that many people in one bed? And I know very well that isn't what the writer is meaning.
husking (dear god, if you are not shucking corn, please to not be using "husk" as a verb; this has rapidly moved up my list of pet peeves)
AMEN, SISTER. Preach it! Every time I see "he husked", I'm waiting for someone to get out the boiling water and the butter. It does not add the tone of sexy they appear to be going for.
the only thing I'm thinking is damn, who knew you could fit that many people in one bed? And I know very well that isn't what the writer is meaning.
Exactly! I mean, there are times and places to play with people's names and how they refer to themselves or each other - the switch from Sam to Sammy, or from Moony to Remus for example - that has meaning in a story. But just randomly using a lot of descriptors because you don't want to repeat the person's name a lot and can't figure out the pronouns is just poor writing.
Every time I see "he husked", I'm waiting for someone to get out the boiling water and the butter. It does not add the tone of sexy they appear to be going for.
I love you for saying this because as a non-writer, I don't feel right stifling other's creativity...but you, as their peer, can point out these truly annoying badfic habits. This medium-build-hazel-eyed reader thanks you profusely, she said.
I don't think it's stifling creativity to point out that there are POV errors etc. I mean, I know fandom seems to think that's the case, so you're taking your virtual life in your hands in some cases, but really, some things are just annoying and jar a reader out of the story.
Hee. This stuff annoys me as well (though god, I find myself doing it sometimes) and this entry made me laugh :D It's like with H/D, in Harry Potter fandom... It was always 'the blond' and 'the dark haired boy', etc.
My favourite (out of fandom) are the porny-romance novels that try to make it more legit by using comparisons like 'hidden garden' and 'love juices', though that's a whole different type of writing, haha.
My favourite (out of fandom) are the porny-romance novels that try to make it more legit by using comparisons like 'hidden garden' and 'love juices', though that's a whole different type of writing, haha.
Yeah, I didn't even want to get into "her molten womanly core" and "his proud manroot". WTF?
*dead* hahaha, y'know, you'd think that the person involved in that sort of situation might be worried about getting lava on their hands/other parts of their anatomy... And man root makes me think of planting, and a garden of penises (penii?) isn't something that appeals.
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Amen to that. Fucking word orbs, especially.
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(I tend to hate when it's: "I want to eat corndogs," he laughed.) Because it's not easy to laugh out dialogue.
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And yeah, that's not quite as irritating to me as the other stuff, but yeah. Also, people hissing things that have no sibilant sounds in them. I know what it's trying to say, but I have that moment of, "wait."
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husking (dear god, if you are not shucking corn, please to not be using "husk" as a verb; this has rapidly moved up my list of pet peeves)
AMEN, SISTER. Preach it! Every time I see "he husked", I'm waiting for someone to get out the boiling water and the butter. It does not add the tone of sexy they appear to be going for.
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Exactly! I mean, there are times and places to play with people's names and how they refer to themselves or each other - the switch from Sam to Sammy, or from Moony to Remus for example - that has meaning in a story. But just randomly using a lot of descriptors because you don't want to repeat the person's name a lot and can't figure out the pronouns is just poor writing.
Every time I see "he husked", I'm waiting for someone to get out the boiling water and the butter. It does not add the tone of sexy they appear to be going for.
SERIOUSLY!
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My favourite (out of fandom) are the porny-romance novels that try to make it more legit by using comparisons like 'hidden garden' and 'love juices', though that's a whole different type of writing, haha.
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Yeah, I didn't even want to get into "her molten womanly core" and "his proud manroot". WTF?
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*dead* hahaha, y'know, you'd think that the person involved in that sort of situation might be worried about getting lava on their hands/other parts of their anatomy... And man root makes me think of planting, and a garden of penises (penii?) isn't something that appeals.
Also, icon love!!
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I imagine fandom would LOVE a magic garden of penii.
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