Fanfic Peeves

So I have certain peeves when it comes to fanfiction. The first one is comedy. Can't write it from my life. Love to read it though. It's a half-peeve I guess.

Second are rom-coms. Immensely popular, everyone's favourite, rom-coms. I used to love reading these until the same generic themes got stale. Now I can't pass one by without rolling my eyes.

Third is 'you.' OC 'you' is one of my biggest turn offs after rom-coms. 'You' got me running for the hills.

Next up is bad writing. To no one's offence I prefer to read good writing because it helps me develop as a writer.

What are your fanfic peeves as a writer and/or a reader?

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fanfansansan #1 Mar 27, 2018 17:03:43

I don't like 'you' stories and koreaboo stories with lots of korean and english words. Their confusing

Bana_Bana #2 Mar 21, 2018 17:15:11

I agree with you on the whole "you as an OC" fics. I've tried reading them before. However, ironically enough, I don't find myself very engaged in the plot. It just feels forced (if that makes sense). If anything, it just makes me feel out of place since I find myself thinking of different ways it could've gone. Having the reader as a character is tricky and can come off as lazy (at least to me anyway). Instead of telling how the reader should act and feel, why not use that to help yourself develop a character fitting the plot you're going for? I mean, what they're writing looks like an exercise I was taught for helping with fleshing out a character.

spicychocolatecoffee #3 Mar 21, 2018 07:14:32

Foe me

mistyblack #4 Mar 21, 2018 06:08:14

Mine was basic grammatical errors. That was before. I used to cringe on very basic grammatical lapses. But I've toned down my personal "silent" criticisms on this quite a bit. Because I get it that English is not everyone's primary language. And certainly/absolutely no one is perfect in English, not even native speakers. And I realize also that those mistakes can also be typographical unintentional errors.

SonJieun #5 Mar 21, 2018 03:26:34

1. When authors use Korean words in their writing. I'm fine to a certain extent (e.g. "Oppa") but I get turned off when they use "nado" or "mwoya".
2. When the main character is generic and 2D af.
3. Of course, bad writing.
4. When the story is character driven but there's no character development so the story goes no where.
I wouldn't really count this one but I don't like stories with the synopsis starting with "In which...". Granted, I would still read it but that kind of foreword is not...I don't even know.

Yeah, writing comedy and fluff is really hard. Everything just sounds cringy when it comes from my brain but it sounds fine when others write it 😂