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Oh boy, do I have quite a bit to say, so here is some I can think off the top of my head. I'm spoiling this so users in the future don't have to deal with my yapping while scrolling. Please note this my own opinion and biases, you're entitled to your own opinion and don't have to agree with me.
Scenes where a character says or does something another character doesn't like or want to hear and they tell them they 'hate' them out of pettiness, and the former just smugly states they love them to. Snarky and adorkable characters in generally annoy me, but this one really grinds my gears. Perhaps this is different for others, but even then I believe your should never tell a loved one you hate them, even as a joke.
Perhaps it's because I'm a little autistic and socially anxious, but another thing I never liked is where in order show how close and/or familiar two characters are to each other, the author has them looking at each other telling us they're supposedly having a whole ass conversation like they're telepaths. The millions of years of evolution and the invention and continued progress of language were specifically so we no longer had to rely on vague and often misunderstood facial expressions to communicate.
Quick glances and brief expressions are fine, but there's other ways to write discretion, it's called going into an empty room and having a private conversation. Are people too coomer-brained nowadays to have two characters alone in a room without some kind of sexual vibe going on? Also whispering is a thing, and people know when to mind their own business, so there's that.
Quick glances and brief expressions are fine, but there's other ways to write discretion, it's called going into an empty room and having a private conversation. Are people too coomer-brained nowadays to have two characters alone in a room without some kind of sexual vibe going on? Also whispering is a thing, and people know when to mind their own business, so there's that.
Characters who growl or snarl when angry, because how is anyone is supposed to take you seriously and not think you have the ferociousness of a 5 year old? Glaring is overused, yes, but it's very effective in getting the intent across.
Not really a trope but I think it's prevalent enough for me to notice. Authors who don't bother giving descriptions when introducing any new characters to the story the current surroundings where a scene is taking place because they either expect everyone to already know or in forum sites like this one they just post an image and leave it at that. Describing a character or a place and letting the reader fill in the blanks and come up with their own interpretation is one of the biggest appeals in all creative literature.
Relying on the reader's supposed knowledge or images will massively hinder your ability to improve as a writer, especially if you want to write original fiction. It also creates a culture of laziness from the readers because they will expect an image and not know how to visual your own creative intention in their own way. Anyone who says they're tired of reading the same people and places being described is an uncreative hack who has never tried writing, so you shouldn't listen to them anyway.
Relying on the reader's supposed knowledge or images will massively hinder your ability to improve as a writer, especially if you want to write original fiction. It also creates a culture of laziness from the readers because they will expect an image and not know how to visual your own creative intention in their own way. Anyone who says they're tired of reading the same people and places being described is an uncreative hack who has never tried writing, so you shouldn't listen to them anyway.
In order to convey silence, particularly stunned silence, authors will use this "...", instead of just writing about the silence which serves the same purpose but much better. If a character isn't saying anything, there's no need for quotation marks if there is no dialogue being said, it can't be that hard. Ever since I noticed that it, infuriates me to no end and I want to yell at the author because it's so unnecessary. I am on my hands and knees begging people to please stop doing this.
I've been wanting to say this for a long time so be prepared. This is more for Worm but can apply to other examples as well, but it's whenever the story kills its own momentum and shifts over to a PHO react chapter just for the purpose fellating their own protagonist, especially after a big turning point in the story or a major story arc ends.
This one bothers me specifically not just because of my deep and systemic hatred for all forms of reaction content, but also because PHO is such a non-factor in canon. When I read Worm, I was honestly expecting for PHO to be included alot more, but before Greg's POV chapter, it only gets brief mentioning a few times at best. It's mainly a Ward thing, but apparently the community stopped ignoring that story for a second and just ran with it, writing it in a way that resembles an unholy abomination of reddit and twitter where a ton of important characters in the setting are on it and everything posted there is taken at face value.
In my opinion, where I very much could be wrong, it's supposed to be one of the many niche internet forum sites of that time period. But for some very strange reason I'm supposed to believe the opinions of Lubegonecold_1991, 88Hitlermybeloved88 (how the Empire and the other gangs in general are written is a topic for another time), and CapedickSuckerXxX on the protagonist and their actions are important enough to warrent pausing the story and hear them out? Who honestly gives a shit about these fake ass opinions, stop writing a reaction fic and get back to the story I want to read. PHO segments serve absolutely zero purpose to the story, nor does it advance the plot in any meaningful way.
No, Tin Mother isn't real, she is fanmade concept and certainly isn't Dragon, she has more important things to do. No, Greg isn't breaking the 4th wall and spouting crackpot theories that are actually true. In fact, in his chapter, it's shown he's a pathetic loser who shamelessly lied about being in BB when Leviathan attacked in order to get internet brownie points. And no, all the major heroes and villains and their organizations are not publicly known to be hanging around there and confirming or denying things, because again, they have better things to do then browse some internet forum. If you really want to make a PHO chapter, then that's fine, just put it under extras so I don't have to read it.
This one bothers me specifically not just because of my deep and systemic hatred for all forms of reaction content, but also because PHO is such a non-factor in canon. When I read Worm, I was honestly expecting for PHO to be included alot more, but before Greg's POV chapter, it only gets brief mentioning a few times at best. It's mainly a Ward thing, but apparently the community stopped ignoring that story for a second and just ran with it, writing it in a way that resembles an unholy abomination of reddit and twitter where a ton of important characters in the setting are on it and everything posted there is taken at face value.
In my opinion, where I very much could be wrong, it's supposed to be one of the many niche internet forum sites of that time period. But for some very strange reason I'm supposed to believe the opinions of Lubegonecold_1991, 88Hitlermybeloved88 (how the Empire and the other gangs in general are written is a topic for another time), and CapedickSuckerXxX on the protagonist and their actions are important enough to warrent pausing the story and hear them out? Who honestly gives a shit about these fake ass opinions, stop writing a reaction fic and get back to the story I want to read. PHO segments serve absolutely zero purpose to the story, nor does it advance the plot in any meaningful way.
No, Tin Mother isn't real, she is fanmade concept and certainly isn't Dragon, she has more important things to do. No, Greg isn't breaking the 4th wall and spouting crackpot theories that are actually true. In fact, in his chapter, it's shown he's a pathetic loser who shamelessly lied about being in BB when Leviathan attacked in order to get internet brownie points. And no, all the major heroes and villains and their organizations are not publicly known to be hanging around there and confirming or denying things, because again, they have better things to do then browse some internet forum. If you really want to make a PHO chapter, then that's fine, just put it under extras so I don't have to read it.
