Crapidty Crap Crap

[thistlechaser]

People should need to pass tests and get permission before writing fanfics. I've had the displeasure of reading so far this morning:

* An abused, teased, bullied girl gets accepted to Hogwarts... and is made Head Girl before she even arrives!

* Potter tries to kill himself. Draco finds him, heals him, and the two fall in love (and into bed).

* Snape has a stalker-girl who has loved him forever and followed him through "the ages".

Bah. People, people: enemies very rarely jump into bed and have sex for no reason. If you make a canon character act utterly off-character, then why the hell did you bother writing about him or her to begin with? No, no, no, Snape and Harry have NOT always had feelings for each other.

Gah.

My 'people who need to die' list just keeps growing and growing. If you cannot write, if you cannot stay within theme, if you cannot spell, if you do not know how a comma is used, then stop writing!

Comments

[ash-ketchum.livejournal.com]

I dunno about you, but *I* always end up in bed with my enemies. ^_^

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Sheesh. I guess I need more enemies!

[quasilemur.livejournal.com]

Lemme get this straight...You're reading fanfic, and you expect quality? What's the street value on whatever you're smoking? Good fanfic is akin to an intelligent redneck...It exists, but in not in sufficient quantity to make the prevailing stereotypes any less accurate.

[tersa.livejournal.com]

...not to mention that my friends who read fanfic and are trying to be writers recognize that fanfic is a good medium by which to hone one's writing skills. The nice thing about fanfic is, because you're not selling it, it doesn't have to have the high quality expected out of published works.

I.e., I agree with quasilemur here.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

To both of you: There is just enough good (even excellent) stuff out there that it keeps me looking. It's just that you have to wade through so much crap to find it...

[ash-ketchum.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't it be funny if JK Rowling actually has the following

Potter tries to kill himself. Draco finds him, heals him, and the two fall in love (and into bed).

happen in the final book? Bwahahahhaa. That sure would show you. ^_~

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Oh, thanks. You made me laugh out loud at work. :)