I wonder if you guys feel the same way

Hi guys

These days, scrolling trough aff, I found out a lot of authors still do these things

I know I can't just wish them to follow what I want, but these things really annoy me

1. Using *......* to describe the character doing an action

ex: *shivers*, *grins*

2. The same ridiculous storyline over and over again

ex: a gang of rich guys consisting of a jerk and nice guys falling in love with the same girl which is not pretty, kind, poor, is bullied by the whole school and only has one best friend and in the end the girl will fall in love with the biggest jerk instead of the nicest guy

3. Korean expressions romanized

ex: "kwaenchana?" "ommo!" 

I still can tolerate oppa, eonni, eomma and others but this of kwaenchana ommo saranghae mworago etc is so freakin annoying

and it's even more annoying when it's spelled wrong

like

"Bwoh??"

"Kanchana?" <-yes, there is someone that spells it like this

Oh what the

4. A with or without banging

ex: exo and a girl, infinite and a girl, bts and a girl

5. Placing symbols indicating a change of background (time, situation, place)

ex: ~★★~

6. Using different colored fonts in one chapter

ex: (using a line from my own fanfic)

The sun had set. The orange sky had turned black. Deep in the dark, a boy danced with all his heart.

He plugged in his earphones, pressing the button attached on it so the music would turn on. The vibration of the slow, sensual music entered his ears. He put one of his hands on his chest and let out a heavy breath

you do know that it's unnecessary to do that

7. Putting up pictures in the middle of a story (maybe except for facebook and chatroom stories)

especially annoying when used to let the readers know about the character's dress or room

even more annoying when the author had described it but still puts the picture anyway

8. Using an ulzzang on the poster to describe the main girl in the fanfic

and it's usually the same ulzzang over and over again

even more annoying when the main character is supposed to be ugly

9. A lot of POVs in one chapter when it's not necessary 

10. The use of emoticons to describe the facial expression of the characters

ex: "It's not like that!">////< 

I actually thought about some more earlier but I can't remember them 

If you've got anymore let me know in the comments below 

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cyberrghetto
#1
I'm guilty of #5. haha.
I honestly dislike the Korean in stories too. Romanizations usually just bug me in general because my mindset is like-- learn hangul. Even using oppa, noona, etc irks me if they don't use it right.
gonexx #2
you mean like cliche stories right? honestly, i dont really mind as long as the author writes it with more character and etc. and yeah, those are kind of disturbing. i dont know how some ppl manage to read and like those kind of stories.
and oh, some authors would go like this
"blah blag blah story story story" (A/N: omg blah blah >_<) and story story story
you know?
DragonTopsThePanda
#3
I personally did some of these before but I've learned now lol
DragonTopsThePanda
#4
I've noticed and its gross
oppach #5
#2 is the plot to many kdramas. hehe. #5 is actually used in many published novels. It keeps the reader from getting too confused, I think. I'm a bit guilty of #7. I try not to put many pictures, but yeah...
#8 is also used in many kdramas! lol Always disliked that about movies/tv shows--korean or american!