Oh lord, don't even get me started on this. Lol. I have so many things that bother me. I really am very picky when it comes to fanfiction.
First, and foremost, if the title itself isn't capitalized correctly and has spelling errors in it or the summary, I won't even try to read the fic. I can understand a typo here and there in the story itself, that's something everyone does, but if you are constantly misspelling words and it's blatantly obvious you didn't use spell-check or go over your own work, I'm out.
This probably sounds weird. In my own writing I misuse commas a lot, but when reading fic written by someone else I can tell if a comma is used correctly, and when they're not it bothers me. That's mainly the reason I don't write fanfiction myself. I figure if I do something that completely irritates me, I'm not gonna irritate someone else with it. I have written a few two or three part stories for the South of Nowhere fandom, but nothing major. I write well as far as spelling, grammar usage, and plot are concerned, but I'm horrible at using semi-colons and commas correctly.
I hate when author's notes are put into the story. That really bugs me because you could be having a really heavy and well-written moment and then you completely break the atmosphere by adding that in. It just ruins the whole thing for me.
Characters that are written to OOC to even be the same character bothers me.
Misspellings of characters names and lack of the basic knowledge of the show.
Do some research. Find out how their desks and offices are placed in the show. Find out the provided character history before writing for that character.
Another thing that really bothers me is when people write JJ as Jennifer throughout their fics. I can't stand that. I can see if someone gets closer to her and they use it every once in awhile, but she is known as JJ or Jayj for the most part, so I feel it should be written that way.
As for pairings, I am pretty flexible, my OTP is Emily/JJ though. I LOVE them. I can't explain it, but those two just clicked for me and that's just who I prefer to read.
I can read Emily/JJ, Reid/JJ, Reid/Emily, Morgan/Garcia, and Hotch/Hayley.
I can't read Rossi or Gideon fics unless their gen...it just weirds me out.
I agree with someone above me who said they feel Morgan would have trouble with same-sex relationships because of his past. I definitely think that would be an issue for him. Now, I can read Morgan/Reid, but it has to be established that his past affects certain things.
Don't like a story with too much dialogue, but also don't like one with not enough. It has to be balanced pretty well. I also don't like what someone else referred to as "wooden dialogue", it's horrible.
Um, I just can't read crossover fic or songfics at all. They usually bother me. It has to be really well done and have a strong and interesting premise for me to even give it a shot.
I am kind of a sucker for the angsty kidnapping, rape, character death, abused or tortured by an UnSub stories, but they have to be written well.
I could go on about this awhile, but basically you have to write really well and put a lot of effort into the fic for me to read it. I like it when they have extensive knowledge of the show, and really good plot.
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First, and foremost, if the title itself isn't capitalized correctly and has spelling errors in it or the summary, I won't even try to read the fic. I can understand a typo here and there in the story itself, that's something everyone does, but if you are constantly misspelling words and it's blatantly obvious you didn't use spell-check or go over your own work, I'm out.
This probably sounds weird. In my own writing I misuse commas a lot, but when reading fic written by someone else I can tell if a comma is used correctly, and when they're not it bothers me. That's mainly the reason I don't write fanfiction myself. I figure if I do something that completely irritates me, I'm not gonna irritate someone else with it. I have written a few two or three part stories for the South of Nowhere fandom, but nothing major. I write well as far as spelling, grammar usage, and plot are concerned, but I'm horrible at using semi-colons and commas correctly.
I hate when author's notes are put into the story. That really bugs me because you could be having a really heavy and well-written moment and then you completely break the atmosphere by adding that in. It just ruins the whole thing for me.
Characters that are written to OOC to even be the same character bothers me.
Misspellings of characters names and lack of the basic knowledge of the show.
Do some research. Find out how their desks and offices are placed in the show. Find out the provided character history before writing for that character.
Another thing that really bothers me is when people write JJ as Jennifer throughout their fics. I can't stand that. I can see if someone gets closer to her and they use it every once in awhile, but she is known as JJ or Jayj for the most part, so I feel it should be written that way.
As for pairings, I am pretty flexible, my OTP is Emily/JJ though. I LOVE them. I can't explain it, but those two just clicked for me and that's just who I prefer to read.
I can read Emily/JJ, Reid/JJ, Reid/Emily, Morgan/Garcia, and Hotch/Hayley.
I can't read Rossi or Gideon fics unless their gen...it just weirds me out.
I agree with someone above me who said they feel Morgan would have trouble with same-sex relationships because of his past. I definitely think that would be an issue for him. Now, I can read Morgan/Reid, but it has to be established that his past affects certain things.
Don't like a story with too much dialogue, but also don't like one with not enough. It has to be balanced pretty well. I also don't like what someone else referred to as "wooden dialogue", it's horrible.
Um, I just can't read crossover fic or songfics at all. They usually bother me. It has to be really well done and have a strong and interesting premise for me to even give it a shot.
I am kind of a sucker for the angsty kidnapping, rape, character death, abused or tortured by an UnSub stories, but they have to be written well.
I could go on about this awhile, but basically you have to write really well and put a lot of effort into the fic for me to read it. I like it when they have extensive knowledge of the show, and really good plot.