Bob Bob
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I dislike retcons. Cases when author wrote good story, got dozens of pages of positive feedback, then declared that he does not like it and is going to rewrite everything. Just why? It is not like he would actually rewrite story, usually author rewrites several chapters and abandons it, sometimes he does not do anything after announcement.
Gamer-like systems and LitRPGs are major red flag. Very few of them are good. Most authors forget about the plot and start write about rising of parameters. For every action story contains several lines about skill or stat increasing and how it will change character's parameters on tiny percentage. Eventually it get worse, and author starts to post whole chapters containing nothing but character's parameters at current moment. Apparently, readers should remember that protagonist has not 8999 but exactly 9000 STR, because this is somehow important.
I dislike cases when author inserts in story perversions without any warning or foreshadowing. I am reading story, already read several chapters, story is interesting, well written and has original plot twists and suddenly YAOI MPREG SCAT!!! Or something even worse. And then I realize, that all this chapters that I liked were just overture to introduction of author's disgusting fetishes. Disappointment cannot be conveyed by words.
I dislike xenopatriotism. I mean, cases, when ordinary guy reincarnates or something in the body of aristocrat, mage, elf, vampire, dragon or something, and suddenly starts to demonstratively despise ordinary guys. That may be interesting plot point, but author writes story in such way that it is obvious that character in-story is right in his bigotry. But author, you are ordinary guy, and your readers also are ordinary guys, why do you brown-nose fictional guys so hard? Are they your target audience?
I dislike stories, where author suddenly starts to express his opinion about holywar-inducing themes from politics, religion, economics, history et cetera. There is a tiny problem with such themes, everyone already has opinion about them, and people are not going to change they opinion just because some ficwriter on the internet thinks otherwise. When I see such case, my immediate reaction: "this guy is so wrong, he totally does not understand how real life works, he cannot possibly write anything good". In rare cases, when I completely share opinion with author, I still dislike the situation, because story about fictional actions of fictional people in fictional world is not exactly best place to discuss serious real-life problems.
I dislike classical mary-sues. It is OK to make character overpowered, super beautiful, super rich, super smart, super privileged et cetera. It is OK to make character, who has all those qualities simultaneously. It is not OK when the whole plot is about demonstrating superiority of such character in comparison to canonical characters.
I dislike anti-mary-sues. It is OK to make character weak and to invent obstacles for him. It is not OK when the whole plot is about explaining how fucked character is.
I dislike cases when gods, ROBs or other higher beings act like humans, and not even like the best of us. Do you remember all those stories when some higher being personally meets candidate for reincarnation or transmigration, makes recruiting speech, argues, makes concessions… Why actual higher beings would bargain with ordinary mortal or explain their plans? Can't they just force mortal to do whatever they want? Can't they just brainwash or manipulate mortal into being they obedient servant? Can't they just miraculously find mortal who will do whatever they need without any instructions? Are they actually who they claim they are?
I dislike super long introduction chapters. You know, when author declares that story would be about X, and then posts lo-o-ong wall of text, where X did not happened yet. Because if you write story about adults doing adult stuff you really should start from protagonist's childhood. Isekais are even better, you can start from previous incarnation.
Gamer-like systems and LitRPGs are major red flag. Very few of them are good. Most authors forget about the plot and start write about rising of parameters. For every action story contains several lines about skill or stat increasing and how it will change character's parameters on tiny percentage. Eventually it get worse, and author starts to post whole chapters containing nothing but character's parameters at current moment. Apparently, readers should remember that protagonist has not 8999 but exactly 9000 STR, because this is somehow important.
I dislike cases when author inserts in story perversions without any warning or foreshadowing. I am reading story, already read several chapters, story is interesting, well written and has original plot twists and suddenly YAOI MPREG SCAT!!! Or something even worse. And then I realize, that all this chapters that I liked were just overture to introduction of author's disgusting fetishes. Disappointment cannot be conveyed by words.
I dislike xenopatriotism. I mean, cases, when ordinary guy reincarnates or something in the body of aristocrat, mage, elf, vampire, dragon or something, and suddenly starts to demonstratively despise ordinary guys. That may be interesting plot point, but author writes story in such way that it is obvious that character in-story is right in his bigotry. But author, you are ordinary guy, and your readers also are ordinary guys, why do you brown-nose fictional guys so hard? Are they your target audience?
I dislike stories, where author suddenly starts to express his opinion about holywar-inducing themes from politics, religion, economics, history et cetera. There is a tiny problem with such themes, everyone already has opinion about them, and people are not going to change they opinion just because some ficwriter on the internet thinks otherwise. When I see such case, my immediate reaction: "this guy is so wrong, he totally does not understand how real life works, he cannot possibly write anything good". In rare cases, when I completely share opinion with author, I still dislike the situation, because story about fictional actions of fictional people in fictional world is not exactly best place to discuss serious real-life problems.
I dislike classical mary-sues. It is OK to make character overpowered, super beautiful, super rich, super smart, super privileged et cetera. It is OK to make character, who has all those qualities simultaneously. It is not OK when the whole plot is about demonstrating superiority of such character in comparison to canonical characters.
I dislike anti-mary-sues. It is OK to make character weak and to invent obstacles for him. It is not OK when the whole plot is about explaining how fucked character is.
I dislike cases when gods, ROBs or other higher beings act like humans, and not even like the best of us. Do you remember all those stories when some higher being personally meets candidate for reincarnation or transmigration, makes recruiting speech, argues, makes concessions… Why actual higher beings would bargain with ordinary mortal or explain their plans? Can't they just force mortal to do whatever they want? Can't they just brainwash or manipulate mortal into being they obedient servant? Can't they just miraculously find mortal who will do whatever they need without any instructions? Are they actually who they claim they are?
I dislike super long introduction chapters. You know, when author declares that story would be about X, and then posts lo-o-ong wall of text, where X did not happened yet. Because if you write story about adults doing adult stuff you really should start from protagonist's childhood. Isekais are even better, you can start from previous incarnation.
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