i don't have to fear it

[musesfool]

You guys, I don't understand how badfic is bad in exactly the same ways in EVERY SINGLE FANDOM I'VE EVER READ. To wit

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[musesfool]

I KNOW!

I'm like, um, I don't think that's the response the author's looking for here.

[ceilidh]

POV BREAKS. Hate them so much no matter the fandom.

[musesfool]

And they pop up IN EVERY FANDOM!

[pandarus]

To be fair, they pop up in some perfectly respectable published fiction too. But I do tend to find them a bit of a headfuck, whether in amateur or published work.

[musesfool]

I don't see them nearly as much in profic, but I don't read as much of that as I used to.

[musesfool]

*spits out water*

A COTTERIZING POKER, JEN! GET IT RIGHT, FERCHRISSAKES!

[musesfool]

SURGERY SHE PERFORMED ON HERSELF!

[cathybites]

Have you been reading Inception fic? I swear, I was just complaining to a friend this morning about how, for a new fandom, it already has SO MANY stories that use freakin' epithets.

[musesfool]

There and elsewhere. Heh.

[florahart]

My brother-in-law refers to my sister as "My wife" in conversation all the time, but my sister rarely calls him "My husband" when she talks about him. Notice these things - they can be facets of characterization when used well,

I am always astonished to learn that many people apparently are totally unaware that characters (and other people) refer to/address others differently in different contexts. How does anyone not know that? I mean, they totally do it themselves, and still, they seem to totally have no idea. ?!

[musesfool]

People aren't very observant. You would think people who spend a lot of time reading and writing and thinking about texts would be, but a lot of 'em just aren't.