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amberfocus) wrote2008-06-03 05:03 pm
amberfocus) wrote2008-06-03 05:03 pm
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Fandom Fic Meme
Is there something in fic that really, really bothers you when you read it? The sort of thing that can turn you off reading, even if the rest of the fic is brilliant? Label it here... then tag five others to do the same!
I was tagged by lillitbetm3 and lostwolfchats.
I have a very hard time reading OT3 with Doctor/Rose/anyone, except maybe the TARDIS. I don't believe the Doctor or Rose would be willing to share each other with another person in the least. About the only person I'll read OT3 from is wendymr because she usually does it in a way that I can actually see possibly happening if it would happen under any circumstance.
If a fic has sketchy science in it, or wrong science in it, it bothers me. I like reasonable, rational explanations for how Rose gets back to this universe. Although I will buy she doesn't know how she got back and she's just suddenly here or Bad Wolf did it, I'd prefer to see how Bad Wolf did it, and not just be told she used her powers, now she's here. That bugs me. I'd rather the how of getting back be ignored completely and a writer start with her being back then to have it poorly explained or it be obvious the writer just couldn't think of a way to explain it. Research is good and it shows.
I don't like characters acting out of character. Mickey for example, is a sweet, loveable, easily hurt, smart, easily taken advantage of, all around good guy. If you're going to make him evil, there needs to be a logical reason behind it or possession by aliens or something or I'm not going to buy it. Martha is pretty but she's not a sex goddess and there was never even a hint of sex between her and the Doctor so I can't buy them in bed, though I could see Martha sleeping with Jack and regretting it the next day. Alien sex pollen or shag or die is the only way Donna would ever sleep with the Doctor and even then they'd both be freaking out about it the whole time, not deciding that this was something they now wanted to take up as a hobby. Ianto and Gwen are not going to shack up. They both would sleep with Jack, but they're not going to fall in love with each other. The Doctor would never sleep with Jackie, either Nine or Ten.
Fics with words spelled wrong all the time, using their, they're, and there or you're and your wrong all the time (once or twice I can handle, but all the time bugs me).
Always writing to the accent when it's not necessary. I hate it when I see someone write fink for think or 's instead of it's. I can handle 's once in a while, but not peppered through the entire fic. It's Rose, I already hear her accent in my head, I don't need it pounded in by non-words or wrong words. Though I don't mind gonna, gotta or wanna.
Overuse of the tongue between her teeth with Rose. Every single chapter? No. More than once in one chapter? Too much. Five or six times in a 30 chapter fic, okay.
If a fic has sketchy science in it, or wrong science in it, it bothers me. I like reasonable, rational explanations for how Rose gets back to this universe. Although I will buy she doesn't know how she got back and she's just suddenly here or Bad Wolf did it, I'd prefer to see how Bad Wolf did it, and not just be told she used her powers, now she's here. That bugs me. I'd rather the how of getting back be ignored completely and a writer start with her being back then to have it poorly explained or it be obvious the writer just couldn't think of a way to explain it. Research is good and it shows.
I don't like characters acting out of character. Mickey for example, is a sweet, loveable, easily hurt, smart, easily taken advantage of, all around good guy. If you're going to make him evil, there needs to be a logical reason behind it or possession by aliens or something or I'm not going to buy it. Martha is pretty but she's not a sex goddess and there was never even a hint of sex between her and the Doctor so I can't buy them in bed, though I could see Martha sleeping with Jack and regretting it the next day. Alien sex pollen or shag or die is the only way Donna would ever sleep with the Doctor and even then they'd both be freaking out about it the whole time, not deciding that this was something they now wanted to take up as a hobby. Ianto and Gwen are not going to shack up. They both would sleep with Jack, but they're not going to fall in love with each other. The Doctor would never sleep with Jackie, either Nine or Ten.
Fics with words spelled wrong all the time, using their, they're, and there or you're and your wrong all the time (once or twice I can handle, but all the time bugs me).
Always writing to the accent when it's not necessary. I hate it when I see someone write fink for think or 's instead of it's. I can handle 's once in a while, but not peppered through the entire fic. It's Rose, I already hear her accent in my head, I don't need it pounded in by non-words or wrong words. Though I don't mind gonna, gotta or wanna.
Overuse of the tongue between her teeth with Rose. Every single chapter? No. More than once in one chapter? Too much. Five or six times in a 30 chapter fic, okay.
I tag angelfireeast, ageless aislynn, azriona, bluevolvic, and galadriella1.