Badfic blues
Apr. 4th, 2005 05:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
emmagrant01Have you ever read the summary of a newly-posted fic, and thought it sounded like something you would like, only to be disappointed almost immediately? Like, in the first line?
This just happened to me ten seconds ago. I feel terrible about it, but ya know, if the fic contains a blatant grammatical error or misspelling in the very first line, it just shuts me down. I can't read on. Yeah, I know it's my loss, and that the fic might be great if I just overlooked that one error, but it says something to me about what I might find in the fic in general. My fandom time is limited, and it's my choice how to spend it. Why should I force myself to read fic that annoys me?
Other things that turn me off:
• Four paragraphs of backstory before there's any hint as to what the story is about.
• Excessive use of terms like "the blond" or "the Gryffindor".
• Unnecessary description in general. I don't need to know the details of what each character is wearing unless it's important for the story. Really.
• Song lyrics incorporated into the text of the story. Just... no.
• First-time sex followed by an immediate declaration of eternal love. *vomits*
• First-time sex that is perfect, complete with simultaneous orgasms. (Or maybe the author knows something I don't?)
So what does it for you? What will make you stop reading a fic and hit the back button as fast as you can?
ETA: Y'all really needed to get this shit out of your systems, didn't you? *grins*
This just happened to me ten seconds ago. I feel terrible about it, but ya know, if the fic contains a blatant grammatical error or misspelling in the very first line, it just shuts me down. I can't read on. Yeah, I know it's my loss, and that the fic might be great if I just overlooked that one error, but it says something to me about what I might find in the fic in general. My fandom time is limited, and it's my choice how to spend it. Why should I force myself to read fic that annoys me?
Other things that turn me off:
• Four paragraphs of backstory before there's any hint as to what the story is about.
• Excessive use of terms like "the blond" or "the Gryffindor".
• Unnecessary description in general. I don't need to know the details of what each character is wearing unless it's important for the story. Really.
• Song lyrics incorporated into the text of the story. Just... no.
• First-time sex followed by an immediate declaration of eternal love. *vomits*
• First-time sex that is perfect, complete with simultaneous orgasms. (Or maybe the author knows something I don't?)
So what does it for you? What will make you stop reading a fic and hit the back button as fast as you can?
ETA: Y'all really needed to get this shit out of your systems, didn't you? *grins*
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Date: 2005-04-05 06:14 pm (UTC)I admit, I have written a pseudo songfic which used the theme of a song as inspiration(savage garden's "the lover after me")because I was 15 and lacking good plot inspiration, but there were NO SONG LYRICS in my fic!!! I feel like that's a more forgiveable option.
I also HATE it when people make someone dance to a song and then fall in lurve, even if it's within some larger fic *stabbity* It's so disgustingly cliche and quite frankly, when you're at some sort of school dance or club, who can really make out the lyrics of a song?