Most mpreg fic, because it's hardly ever portrayed realistically.
The pregnant guy is usually a really OOC delicate butterfly character, and they're completely fine with being pregnant, even when they didn't even know it was possible for them.
It's a shame, because it could be an interesting story line.
Most mpreg fic, because it's hardly ever portrayed realistically.
The pregnant guy is usually a really OOC delicate butterfly character, and they're completely fine with being pregnant, even when they didn't even know it was possible for them.
It's a shame, because it could be an interesting story line.
Unless the species of the main characters are seahorses, how would you even portray male pregnancy realistically? As far as I know, the only way for a man to become pregnant would be for an embryo to be surgically implanted into his abdomen, which is pretty much guaranteed to result in his eventual death.
Most mpreg fic, because it's hardly ever portrayed realistically.
The pregnant guy is usually a really OOC delicate butterfly character, and they're completely fine with being pregnant, even when they didn't even know it was possible for them.
It's a shame, because it could be an interesting story line.
Unless the species of the main characters are seahorses, how would you even portray male pregnancy realistically? As far as I know, the only way for a man to become pregnant would be for an embryo to be surgically implanted into his abdomen, which is pretty much guaranteed to result in his eventual death.
I'm not really bothered by the impossibility of male pregnancy. Magic isn't real, and I love books about that.
It's the fact that whenever a guy gets pregnant in fanfic their whole reaction is just off. They're always completely happy to be pregnant and become all mumsy.
It's always portrayed in a super cutesy way, when really I think it should be more of a horror plot. Like the scene in Prometheus where she has the alien squid baby.
The Prayer Ponies: Charity Sue gets Twilight Sparkle to convert two minutes after meeting her. This causes Twilight to lose all her friends including her beloved mentor, but that's OK! Charity Sue and Jesus are the only friends she needs! Includes a BLAM where Fluttershy goes mountain climbing.Shows where my mind is that I imagined Fluttershy suddenly being in the "Ohne Dich" music video.
And then there's Christian fic, where the characters act like they've never heard of God before, but once they do, it's all they want! Writers of Christian fics are rather thin skinned so it's hard to find some of their works. here's a few titles:
How Can I Go On?: Sailor Moon fic. No transformations or talking cats. Serena is converted to Christianity by her new friends and is so happy she doesn't care that she's later raped and impregnated. It's all God's plan, after all! Includes a scene of Serena praying in front of a prom dress.
Harry Potter Turns to the Lord: Harry Potter goes flying on his broomstick, has an accident and is helped out by a Muggle. Muggle tells Harry all about Jesus and gives him a Bible to read. Harry thinks the Bible "makes sense" and snaps his wand in half, vowing never to do witchcraft again. No mention made of You-Know-Who
The Prayer Ponies: Charity Sue gets Twilight Sparkle to convert two minutes after meeting her. This causes Twilight to lose all her friends including her beloved mentor, but that's OK! Charity Sue and Jesus are the only friends she needs! Includes a BLAM where Fluttershy goes mountain climbing.
I have this thing against song fics I don't know why I just do every time I see one I just wish there was a way to destroy them.
Fanon: Varies from property to property, but consists of information concerning characters or their world that is frequently taken as a given in many varieties of fan-work, but which has no basis in any official sources. Can be as small as the propagation of fan-names for unnamed characters, to as large as entire assumed backstories. Spreads via the bandwagon effect due to fans seeing the same fan name or theory crop up multiple times and assuming that since more than one person uses it, it must be true, and are too lazy to verify, so then they start using it, which adds to the bandwagon.
And then there's Christian fic, where the characters act like they've never heard of God before, but once they do, it's all they want! Writers of Christian fics are rather thin skinned so it's hard to find some of their works. here's a few titles:
How Can I Go On?: Sailor Moon fic. No transformations or talking cats. Serena is converted to Christianity by her new friends and is so happy she doesn't care that she's later raped and impregnated. It's all God's plan, after all! Includes a scene of Serena praying in front of a prom dress.
Harry Potter Turns to the Lord: Harry Potter goes flying on his broomstick, has an accident and is helped out by a Muggle. Muggle tells Harry all about Jesus and gives him a Bible to read. Harry thinks the Bible "makes sense" and snaps his wand in half, vowing never to do witchcraft again. No mention made of You-Know-Who
The Prayer Ponies: Charity Sue gets Twilight Sparkle to convert two minutes after meeting her. This causes Twilight to lose all her friends including her beloved mentor, but that's OK! Charity Sue and Jesus are the only friends she needs! Includes a BLAM where Fluttershy goes mountain climbing.
And then there's Christian fic, where the characters act like they've never heard of God before, but once they do, it's all they want! Writers of Christian fics are rather thin skinned so it's hard to find some of their works. here's a few titles:
How Can I Go On?: Sailor Moon fic. No transformations or talking cats. Serena is converted to Christianity by her new friends and is so happy she doesn't care that she's later raped and impregnated. It's all God's plan, after all! Includes a scene of Serena praying in front of a prom dress.
Harry Potter Turns to the Lord: Harry Potter goes flying on his broomstick, has an accident and is helped out by a Muggle. Muggle tells Harry all about Jesus and gives him a Bible to read. Harry thinks the Bible "makes sense" and snaps his wand in half, vowing never to do witchcraft again. No mention made of You-Know-Who
The Prayer Ponies: Charity Sue gets Twilight Sparkle to convert two minutes after meeting her. This causes Twilight to lose all her friends including her beloved mentor, but that's OK! Charity Sue and Jesus are the only friends she needs! Includes a BLAM where Fluttershy goes mountain climbing.
There was a Mary Sue calculator to try and help writers decide if their OC was a Mary Sue. It did note some people are really that awesome, though. Bono scores an 87 out of a 100 on that test, putting him firmly into Sue territory.The one test I found went well over 100, so it isn't that, and a real person one I found doesn't go to 100, so I'd love a link to the one you're talking about. Marilyn Manson, Till Lindemann and Trent Reznor are all Gary Stus according to the one I found for real people. Which, actually, seems about right.
There was a Mary Sue calculator to try and help writers decide if their OC was a Mary Sue. It did note some people are really that awesome, though. Bono scores an 87 out of a 100 on that test, putting him firmly into Sue territory.
There was a Mary Sue calculator to try and help writers decide if their OC was a Mary Sue. It did note some people are really that awesome, though. Bono scores an 87 out of a 100 on that test, putting him firmly into Sue territory.
The Mary Sue litmus test is another thing people use to try and discredit the term. The problem with the litmus test is that I don't think it takes into account the universe being used and the way the character is used and written. To me, a fic Mary Sue is a character that affects it's chosen world in a way it shouldn't (this really doesn't apply to canon Sues, since that's more a problem of the universe itself rather than just the character).
I know that's probably not what you intended when you wrote this post, but I have seen people try to say the term is flawed because some random test on the internet said *insert popular character here* was a Sue. I don't think it just comes down to specific traits; there has to be a context to those traits, which is why most people don't consider *popular character* a blatant Sue.
That sounds so bad it's perfect.
And then there's Christian fic, where the characters act like they've never heard of God before, but once they do, it's all they want! Writers of Christian fics are rather thin skinned so it's hard to find some of their works. here's a few titles:
How Can I Go On?: Sailor Moon fic. No transformations or talking cats. Serena is converted to Christianity by her new friends and is so happy she doesn't care that she's later raped and impregnated. It's all God's plan, after all! Includes a scene of Serena praying in front of a prom dress.
Harry Potter Turns to the Lord: Harry Potter goes flying on his broomstick, has an accident and is helped out by a Muggle. Muggle tells Harry all about Jesus and gives him a Bible to read. Harry thinks the Bible "makes sense" and snaps his wand in half, vowing never to do witchcraft again. No mention made of You-Know-Who
The Prayer Ponies: Charity Sue gets Twilight Sparkle to convert two minutes after meeting her. This causes Twilight to lose all her friends including her beloved mentor, but that's OK! Charity Sue and Jesus are the only friends she needs! Includes a BLAM where Fluttershy goes mountain climbing.
Not fics, but there is this person who does these various Star Wars characters convert to Jesus artwork on DA, and every time someone comments that they're being a bit too in your face with their religion, this person flips their shit.
As to what annoys me in fics, I like to call them Professor AU fics, where the said character is made a professor, and you're the student, and both of you are fucking. No real reason other than I've seen just way too many of them.
Why are real people fics a thing? These aren't fictional characters you're writing about; these are actual living people. It's uncomfortable and awkward.Because they don't all have sex tapes, or sometimes, those sex tapes suck. That said, I have read a few good ones, mainly when they capture peoples' personalities so perfectly that you suspect the actual people wrote it to troll fans.
Why are real people fics a thing? These aren't fictional characters you're writing about; these are actual living people. It's uncomfortable and awkward.
Why are real people fics a thing? These aren't fictional characters you're writing about; these are actual living people. It's uncomfortable and awkward.
There are certain acceptable ones. People whose persona on tv is a caricature of who they really are are sort of free game. Like Shipping Colbert and Stewart from the Colbert Christmas Special is different from shipping the real guys.
I really hate to sound stupid, but what is an AO3? I tried looking up that term on Urban Dictionary and got nothing.
Archive Of Our Own.
A. O to the power of 3.
Not the worst fan nickname for a site ever.
Ding ding ding. The waiting list for a non friend spot is something like six months to a year. Every accepted member gets something like 20 referrals they're allowed to hand out. It tends to keep the quality up.
You know, unless some sniveling brat gets a kindhearted soul to give them one.
There was a Mary Sue calculator to try and help writers decide if their OC was a Mary Sue. It did note some people are really that awesome, though. Bono scores an 87 out of a 100 on that test, putting him firmly into Sue territory.The one test I found went well over 100, so it isn't that, and a real person one I found doesn't go to 100, so I'd love a link to the one you're talking about. Marilyn Manson, Till Lindemann and Trent Reznor are all Gary Stus according to the one I found for real people. Which, actually, seems about right.
I don't touch RPF with a ten-foot pole...
What's RPF?
This is very NSFW but it is also genius (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5735704/1/No-Data-Available)
It's obviously not a true effort at proper fic. It's a parody but not of much of anything except other bad fics.
With that said, I normally really hate fics like that. But I'm also a fan of bad fanfic in its own right.
As for genres I dislike, mpreg, real life (celebs), and things that defy belief (such as an OC doing the same amazing shit as a canon character). Oddly, the last one is based on the fact I did that very same shit. So I think I have a right to complain.
Oddly, the last one is based on the fact I did that very same shit. So I think I have a right to complain.
This is very NSFW but it is also genius (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5735704/1/No-Data-Available)
It's obviously not a true effort at proper fic. It's a parody but not of much of anything except other bad fics.
With that said, I normally really hate fics like that. But I'm also a fan of bad fanfic in its own right.
As for genres I dislike, mpreg, real life (celebs), and things that defy belief (such as an OC doing the same amazing shit as a canon character). Oddly, the last one is based on the fact I did that very same shit. So I think I have a right to complain.
That fanfic made me so happy <3
Oddly, the last one is based on the fact I did that very same shit. So I think I have a right to complain.
This should be a rule with certain exceptions. "I used to do this and it's bad fic, let me make suggestions on how not to bad fic." But, if you wrote something and people let you know they hated it (mpreg is the example I've seen most often) so you start flaming other people for writing it you get a douchebag card.
You can link to nsfw so long as you don't make a habit of it and you properly tag it as being nsfw.
That was perfect.You can link to nsfw so long as you don't make a habit of it and you properly tag it as being nsfw.
Well, in that case, I'll raise you this very NSFW Mass Effect parody fic (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9293561/1/The-Better-Species) It pretty much takes the common elements in Shakarian fics and dials them up to eleven. I found it absolutely hilarious.
As someone who actively dislikes Shakarian, that was great. Not as scarring as the one I found but lmfao.
Oh trust me I tried to teach other people not to repeat my mistakes. It didn't work. :/
Nothing pisses me off more than seeing people make the same shit mistakes I made.
Oh trust me I tried to teach other people not to repeat my mistakes. It didn't work. :/Nothing pisses me off more than seeing people make the same shit mistakes I made.
Guess you can't really learn from mistakes that somebody else made.
the woobification of villains.
To get off the shipping and back on topic; the woobification of villains. Probably one of the worst fandom traits ever.
Also, an inversion that pisses me off just as much; the demonization of otherwise non-malicious characters.
The Draco in Leather Pants trope takes an malicious, even abhorrent character character look like a bunch of "poor, hurt person" because the viewer loves that character so much, but Ron the Death Eater trope takes a non-malicious character and turns them into an asshole, even a Complete Monster because the viewer hates that character. In fact, I almost feel like necromancing the Pet Peeve Tropes thread just to update my list to add these, they piss me off so much.
Also, an inversion that pisses me off just as much; the demonization of otherwise non-malicious characters.
The Draco in Leather Pants trope takes an malicious, even abhorrent character character look like a bunch of "poor, hurt person" because the viewer loves that character so much, but Ron the Death Eater trope takes a non-malicious character and turns them into an asshole, even a Complete Monster because the viewer hates that character. In fact, I almost feel like necromancing the Pet Peeve Tropes thread just to update my list to add these, they piss me off so much.
This one can either royally piss me off or amuse the fuck out of me based on how it's being done up. There is a lot of TWD fic out there that makes Carol the evil, possessive bitch who is trying to keep Daryl from his true love Beth/Michonne/Mary Sue/Glenn/Whatever hot guy the yaoi fangirls are fapping to this week. The over the top ones just make me giggle.
Woobie villains aren't necessarily a bad thing. If written well a tragic villain can actually be a good addition to a story.
But if that was simply a complaint about fanfiction writers making fic where their favourite villain is turned into a woobie simply because they want to give them some sort of justifications for villainy or make them more likeable then it's just meh.
Woobie villains aren't necessarily a bad thing. If written well a tragic villain can actually be a good addition to a story.
But if that was simply a complaint about fanfiction writers making fic where their favourite villain is turned into a woobie simply because they want to give them some sort of justifications for villainy or make them more likeable then it's just meh.
I wish I could find a pic someone did that said something along the lines of "Loki was so busy trying to be Odin's favorite he didn't realize he was Thor's."
That wtffanfiction site hurts my eyes. Many of the pictures use font colour and backgrounds that make the text unreadable.
That wtffanfiction site hurts my eyes. Many of the pictures use font colour and backgrounds that make the text unreadable.
The quote is also written directly beneath the entry, as well as the fandom it's from.
(http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lubfqgOaWp1qmzl7to1_500.png)
The best I've read so far.
(For the curious, this is the Adventure Time fandom, and that is Finn crying out for his virginity, despite no boy his age in real life would say something like this, and this is why this quote is so ridiculous.)
So I have a real huge dislike of fics that use characters that are married and make them cheat on their spouse. (This mostly stems from me browsing a lot of Pokemon fanfics and finding Aloe (Lenora) always paired with someone other than her cannon husband.)
Edit: WTFFanfiction tumblr (http://wtffanfiction.com/) (Possibly NSFW, depends on what's quoted)
Hey Booker, the fic you posted was quoted here!
So I have a real huge dislike of fics that use characters that are married and make them cheat on their spouse. (This mostly stems from me browsing a lot of Pokemon fanfics and finding Aloe (Lenora) always paired with someone other than her cannon husband.)
The corollary to that is if you're going to set someone up with a non-canon love-interest, it is absolutely necessary to turn their canon love-interest into the biggest douchebag imaginable so that the infidelity is easily justified. Or just kill them off.
Case in point: In the Inuyasha fandom, the non-canon (and blindingly non-sensical) pairing of Sesshoumaru/Kagome is nearly as popular as the canon pairing of Inuyasha/Kagome. And I'd wager that 90% of those fics follow the format of "Inuyasha abandons Kagome for Kikyou, so Kagome runs away and gets found by a completely OOC Sesshoumaru who instantly has mind-blowing sex with her".
Someone on my tumblr stream is talking about how you can tell if someone has been into fanfiction for a long time. One of the signs was that they remember when smut fic was called lemons.
No idea why people used that term, but I remember it well.
Another one was when rape warnings were clearly called rape, not non-con.
Someone on my tumblr stream is talking about how you can tell if someone has been into fanfiction for a long time. One of the signs was that they remember when smut fic was called lemons.
No idea why people used that term, but I remember it well.
Also PWP (which for some reason could mean either plot what plot or porn with plot which gets to be very confusing)
I remember when smutfics were called lemons! Wow... that takes me back... I still call them that sometimes.
I remember when smutfics were called lemons! Wow... that takes me back... I still call them that sometimes.
S.... so do I. Whoa.
I've heard of fics that were "porn with plot" being called limes.
I also recall (and could probably find) a really good erotic fantasy series that actually had excellent plot to go with its excellent porn.
I've heard of fics that were "porn with plot" being called limes.
I also recall (and could probably find) a really good erotic fantasy series that actually had excellent plot to go with its excellent porn.
Eh, limes were more 'heavy petting with fade to black'
lemons, on the other claw, were downright explicit.
Behold, Hitler x Jesus shipping. (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6130321/1/Jesus_and_Hitler_A_Romance)
It can also have something with what you're tackling. At the moment I'm writing a slightly canon-divergent Mass Effect Shenko pairing. Reason people probably aren't reading it? The Shepard's a high-functioning autistic.
It can also have something with what you're tackling. At the moment I'm writing a slightly canon-divergent Mass Effect Shenko pairing. Reason people probably aren't reading it? The Shepard's a high-functioning autistic.
Are you on FFN? Because that shows you how many people have read it, as well as review count. Sometimes that can be a deterrent to the next chapter though. "X amount of you read this chapter and only Y reviewed? Bastards."
Which also varies fandom to fandom. Younger aimed fandoms (Disney anything especially" tend to get more reviews, if only because the reviewers will leave useless "OMG!!1!! So cool!" reviews.
It really has a lot to do with pairing, tropes used, fandoms, and how many Big Name Fans there are in your fandom.
There are very few writers in the Transformers fandom who can pull off ten reviews a chapter. You pretty much need to be The Spoon Of Doom to pull that off. Where as ten reviews a chapter is not uncommon at all for a Walking Dead fic, especially for popular-ish pairings like Daryl/Carol, Daryl/Glenn. Using the popular headcanon of a fandom gets you farther than being original. Sad, but true.
@Morgenleoht
I hate to say it, but it's the name. Anything that comes off as even remotely preachy, even when it's not intended to at all, scares off average readers. The exception would be in fandoms that have a canon character with autism spectrum disorders. You could actually use that title in a Community fic featuring Abed and no one would blink.
In both of these cases, I think it's their hang ups. Write what you guys enjoy and don't worry about people too hung up on stereotypes to appreciate your work.
It can also have something with what you're tackling. At the moment I'm writing a slightly canon-divergent Mass Effect Shenko pairing. Reason people probably aren't reading it? The Shepard's a high-functioning autistic.
It can also have something with what you're tackling. At the moment I'm writing a slightly canon-divergent Mass Effect Shenko pairing. Reason people probably aren't reading it? The Shepard's a high-functioning autistic.
There's a fic where the Shepard is a MtF transsexual. Forgot what the name of it was, though. And as long as we're getting into out-there fic subjects, I've seen two Mass Effect fics that were about abortion. One I thought was actually well-written and respectful to the subject matter, the other . . . not so much.
You will find more fics where the female character is futa than you will them being pre-op MtF.
I honestly don't know how I feel about this. Especially considering it is very common in the Mass Effect fandom for femshep to be futa. Whether on her own (idk how else to describe it, my apologies) or because Miranda Lawson had a kink for it.
You will find more fics where the female character is futa than you will them being pre-op MtF.
I honestly don't know how I feel about this. Especially considering it is very common in the Mass Effect fandom for femshep to be futa. Whether on her own (idk how else to describe it, my apologies) or because Miranda Lawson had a kink for it.
I came across one of those fics yesterday...
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/917b86393a440998cd6b9e1ffe89c8e6/tumblr_mtupubanlh1ql2x2yo1_500.jpg)
I find it horribly amusing when the actors of a show or film admit to reading the fanfiction tied to it.
(http://media.tumblr.com/43d3ca8c692bef0fdf598cec4aaecf67/tumblr_inline_mpnga64ah51qz4rgp.png)
I want to go back to the point where I hadn't read that.
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I want to go back to the point where I hadn't read that.
Patrick is a star fish, so he couldn't really stroke someones face in the same way a human hand could.
(http://media.tumblr.com/43d3ca8c692bef0fdf598cec4aaecf67/tumblr_inline_mpnga64ah51qz4rgp.png)
I want to go back to the point where I hadn't read that.
Patrick is a star fish, so he couldn't really stroke someones face in the same way a human hand could.
This seems appropriate:
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Oh god, do they have a link for that second one? I kind of want to read it...
My name is Isabella Swan Wolverine.
Eclipse is my code name
My dad has claws that are made of adamantium(covers his skeleton).
My mom could convince anyone anything as long as she touches them.
I have both powers and can move things with my mind.
Like my father I got my skeleton covered in adamantium.
A month after my 17th birthday my mom came and found me
she said that she wanted to take me some where special
and I made the mistake of hugging so she convinced me
to trust Stryker the man who made my father a peace of the metal.
The professor (I'm to lazy to explain his power google it)
saw this and sent my dad,Storm,Scott ,and Jean
"Have you ever been in Texas?"
"I was born there, Bub."
"Then why do you sound so Canadian?"
"Because my father is Canadian. And I lived in Europe for the majority of my life so mixing that in with the fact that English was never easy for me, talking without an accent ain't easy."
That Dr. Cullen thing has 160+ favs. Whereas my mass effect post-destroy fanfic has about 20.
Say, what fanfics would we say are THE worst?
Say, what fanfics would we say are THE worst?
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5883627/1/
You guys want more?
I think you guys ought to gaze at this beautiful abomination of a fic. (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5648476) Or anything written by Comics Nix (http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2194474/ComicsNix)
(Both links are NSFW, more specifically, the second link contains NSFW content.)
Hermione recieves a box containing all the information about her past. She discovers she descends from the mecha wolves tribe, and must fight against the wizard fascist domination over the magical world. Adventure, Romance, Tragedy, and a lot of snuff!
Snuff? Is that another fanfic term? Or are they referring to either the tobaccoish stuff that people used to inhale or films that have real murders in them?
Snuff? Is that another fanfic term? Or are they referring to either the tobaccoish stuff that people used to inhale or films that have real murders in them?
Snuff refers to killing (as in, snuffing out a flame, only the flame is a person).
I must admit that's not what I thought would happen when I read the words "shed their clothes."
I've seen weirder alterations to source material.
...Fuck I've probably written weirder alterations, I just don't remember.
Say, what fanfics would we say are THE worst?
Say, what fanfics would we say are THE worst?
Well that's somewhat subjective...
"My Immortal" isn't really a badfic though. It's an intentional trollfic. Wasn't that what was discovered and became the general consensus?
Now... "50 Shades of Grey", on the other hand...