B.i.t.c.hification
Fanfic Peeves{Submitted by Anonymous}
I have quite a few problems with this, but I'll start with the most basic: that is, making the main character's rival(s) ridiculously unpleasant. You shouldn't need to make the villain so absurdly evil to show how wonderful the OC is.
The second beef I have is the widespread adherence to Taylor Swift's propaganda. Sounds ridiculous, right? Well, so is the practice of making the main character a nerd who is picked on by the mean popular cheerleaders.
First off, this makes no sense whatsoever because we're talking about South Korea, where academic competition is super intense and every student who aspires to get a white-collar job (that is, nearly everyone) is studying a crazy amount to be accepted into university.
Nerds (the students who get the best scores) are, in fact, generally admired. The non-academically gifted students (the cheerleaders in these fics) are the ones who would get the most disapproval. In fact, they'd probably be lectured by their parents to be more like the nerds.
It's a bit ridiculous having the villain be illustrated, there's no nice way to say this but as a s l u t. And the nerd as a fashion crisis in the human form.
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