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criminalxminds2010-01-03 08:16 am
drasticbarbie.livejournal.com) wrote in criminalxminds2010-01-03 08:16 am
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let's discuss!
this if for those of you who read fanfic, which is hopefully most of you.
what are your fanfic pet peeves? is there a pairing or genre you won't read? do you hate mistakes in canon?
for me it's more about grammar. i get irritated with bad spelling (use spellcheck!), poor use of punctuation (besides commas because there are about 40 rules. you should know the basics), and capitalization. in posts i don't bother with caps. but when i publish i try to make it as correct as possible.
other things are the use of certain words. there/their/they're, we're/ were/where, bare/bear, lie/lay/laid etc., i/me, overuse of italics and bold. to me italics are good for emphasizing certain words that should be stressed, either in dialog or narration, sounds coming off the television/phone or written words read by the narrator or out loud in dialog, musical lyrics. it just makes it easier to understand that it isn't normal sounds. i only use bold in my author's note, disclaimer, and warnings.
also, i won't even read a fic that has all the text bunched up because someone didn't press enter. or something with only about 200 words.
also, when you address someone it should be like, Person, blah blah. with the comma there. that just bugs me.
for specifically CM i won't read Morgan with anyone but Garcia. i don't know, i just think they belong together and i love that Garcia is one of very few average sized women on television. in spite of what hollywood wants us to think, most women are more Garcia's size than JJ's.
what are your fanfic pet peeves? is there a pairing or genre you won't read? do you hate mistakes in canon?
for me it's more about grammar. i get irritated with bad spelling (use spellcheck!), poor use of punctuation (besides commas because there are about 40 rules. you should know the basics), and capitalization. in posts i don't bother with caps. but when i publish i try to make it as correct as possible.
other things are the use of certain words. there/their/they're, we're/ were/where, bare/bear, lie/lay/laid etc., i/me, overuse of italics and bold. to me italics are good for emphasizing certain words that should be stressed, either in dialog or narration, sounds coming off the television/phone or written words read by the narrator or out loud in dialog, musical lyrics. it just makes it easier to understand that it isn't normal sounds. i only use bold in my author's note, disclaimer, and warnings.
also, i won't even read a fic that has all the text bunched up because someone didn't press enter. or something with only about 200 words.
also, when you address someone it should be like, Person, blah blah. with the comma there. that just bugs me.
for specifically CM i won't read Morgan with anyone but Garcia. i don't know, i just think they belong together and i love that Garcia is one of very few average sized women on television. in spite of what hollywood wants us to think, most women are more Garcia's size than JJ's.
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I do love that a lot of fanfic communities have something in the title/description area now for whether a story's finished or not-- makes sure there are fewer "but it can't end there!!!" moments in my life. :-)
And yay, Morgan/Garcia! I love those two together. It makes me so happy to have a show where the writers seem more concerned with "so how do these characters click?" than with "okay everyone, let's pair up the conventionally pretty people, chop chop!" Their banter is fantastic.
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And yes! :) Those two are just perfect for each other, my favorite parts of any episode is when Garcia and Morgan talk and joke around. It's awesome.