User:	fanficrants (posted by allira_dream)
	Date:	2009-11-16 01:52
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Dearest reviewers at FF.net:

If you have a complaint or a question about the fic, would it kill you to leave a way for the author to reach you?

And with that in mind:

Dear particular reviewer:

While most teachers will tell you that redundancy within a text is something you should avoid - and they are right to a degree - there is another side to redundancy that is often ignored and it doesn't necessarily have to be bad.

It helps create a tone. Using some key words within your paragraphs and sentences will help you create a mood and a setting for a story. While it would be dangerous for a whole book to have the exact same tone because it can get boring, this can really help when it's a short story or, in this case, a one shot fic.

I'm not saying that I succeeded within the fic, but I can assure you: I repeated words constantly within the fic knowingly. I'm sorry that it didn't work for you.

However, if you mean the fact that I use the names of the characters rather than 'the blonde', 'the brunette', or thing like that, and thus the names appear rather frequently? Then I'm very, very sorry, but I'm going to keep on using names and keep the epithet to a minimum.

	User:	fanficrants (posted by amethyst_key)
	Date:	2009-11-15 23:50
	Subject:	Dear specific Clerith writers,
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Dear specific Clerith writers,

The next time you write a fanfiction for Cloud and Aerith... put it under Cloud and Aerith!! I am so tired of clicking on a fanfiction that has been labeled as a Cloud and Tifa, under Romance and finding out that it's all about Cloud and Aerith. I understand the whole,"But, it's main focus is on Cloud and Tifa, and how Tifa is responding to Cloud and Aerith's romantic relationship..." Yeeeeeah. The ones that I'm complaining about don't involve or mention Tifa whatsoever.

Thank you,

Me.

	User:	fanficrants (posted by jane_connor)
	Date:	2009-11-16 10:49
	Subject:	Little YMMV
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	User:	fanficrants (posted by dagas_isa)
	Date:	2009-11-15 23:37
	Subject:	Reviewer Rants
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( Dear Reviewer Who Thinks All Stories Must Be in Past Tense: )


( Dear Other Reviewer Who Liked My Fic Despite It Being Yaoi )

	User:	fanficrants (posted by gao828h_k)
	Date:	2009-11-16 17:45
	Subject:	Yandere? Nodoka FTW?!
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	Music:	Red Liberation, Glorious Revolution

Umm, I'm not so sure why Nodoka would need to make a deal with Ritsu not to shut down the club just to see Yui cause really they live pretty close to each other. So as such, I do not see why she would need to threaten non-con with Ritsu. And in regards to another fic, given how Ui was serving tea for everyone in episode 3 I do not see why she'd be getting jealous of Yui's friend or her guitar.

	User:	fanficrants (posted by flyingturtlesan)
	Date:	2009-11-15 23:34
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	Mood:	blah

Even when actively trying to avoid these subjects, I'm still seeing them.

( Cut for Hetalia stupid. )

	User:	fanficrants (posted by immortal_jedi)
	Date:	2009-11-15 20:56
	Subject:	Crossovers- respect both canons, folks!
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So... you have a couple of characters who are good at killing the supernatural beasties out there. They know how to take down all sorts of nasties. They're also brothers- Sam and Dean Winchester.

They're experts. In their own canon.

You have another show where there are supernatural creatures that follow different rules, with people who know how to take them out. Those people are Buffy Summers and her friends.

Do everyone a favor and don't portray Sam and Dean as idiots if they encounter some creature from Buffy.

Seriously, don't. Sam and Dean are experts in their own canon. Just because what they do won't work in Buffy the Vampire Slayer world does not make them stupid.

Also, you really have to work to make those two canons mesh well. The rules for vampires, werewolves, and demons are very different. You, buddy, just make it so the Winchesters are wrong about almost everything, and they only deal with minor threats- and that's not the way to do it.

Of course, I think I've seen it done the opposite way, where the BtVS crew doesn't know what's out there, too. It's just as annoying that way, too.

	User:	justira
	Date:	2009-11-15 23:49
	Subject:	[Daily Doodle] Baby Nyala
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Daily Doodle: Today = kind of balls. So back to animals, eh? This is my attempt at a baby nyala, from Zooborns. I basically cannot do hoofed critters.
Time: 15 mins?

( Daily Doodle: Baby Nyala )

	User:	fanficrants (posted by albiebly)
	Date:	2009-11-16 12:17
	Subject:	(near) death makes the heart grow fonder... expect when it doesn't
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Putting a character in a life or death situation is a great way to make another character realise how much they mean to them. You don't realise how much you love someone until you almost/think you lose them etc.

It's not an original plot device but one that is fine and believable, except, you know when it isn't.

Like when the characters are often put in such situations in canon and such feelings are not revealed.

Not saying it can't be done but you need to work a little harder.

	User:	fanficrants (posted by meyham_m2)
	Date:	2009-11-15 19:24
	Subject:	This is way too common and needs to be addressed
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( Gay men are not women with penises. )

	User:	fanficrants (posted by hexiva)
	Date:	2009-11-15 15:11
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You know, I'm not quite sure how you'd phrase it, but I think you need to warn in some way for the main character of a series eating one of the other characters (the one who most of the fandom, you included, ship him with) alive. Even if it's just a nightmare. I'd say warning for cannibalism might give the right impression even though it's not strictly correct.

Especially since it was marked as a humour story and the previous nightmares had been light, funny, and mostly standard Mpreg shorts.


Also, Smallville fandom, how is it possible that over half of all your rec links are broken? Is Google just giving me really old results? Has the fandom been dead for years (it doesn't seem to be)? It's not just the links leading to smallville.slashdom.com, either, because I've figure out how to fix that. Oh no. I've never seen such a wide array of 404 errors, domain-name-for-sale pages, and random apparently unrelated Japanese websites.

	User:	onepieceyaoi (posted by devlinnreiko)
	Date:	2009-11-15 16:56
	Subject:	Fic: Zoro's Birthday '09
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( You are about to view content that may only be appropriate for adults. )

	User:	fanficrants (posted by innosancta)
	Date:	2009-11-15 15:28
	Subject:	Sorry if this has been posted before.
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WARNING; May be YMMV!

Dear Vocaloid fandom,

Writing out a pv word for word IS NOT A FANFICTION. Your own take on it? Fine. A continuation? Awesome. But just rewriting it out? ESPECIALLY when it's something everyone and their mother is writing on FF.Net.

Daughter of Evil series, I'm looking at you.


Also, unrelated side rant. Writing stories with OCs for the sake of writing OCs to "combat the yaoi/slash" (which sounds kind of hilarious, actually) is silly. Especially when said OC has no real character development, and is a worse character than Henry Townshend from Silent Hill 4.

	User:	fanficrants (posted by artillie)
	Date:	2009-11-15 15:26
	Subject:	Oh bad Hetalia kink meme fic author
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I've never had reason to make one of these rants before, because it's not the sort of fic I generally read, but--

It's lovely that you decided to include condom-use in your fic! There's a dearth of people using condoms in smutfic. However, when preparing for anal sex, the order is condom, then lube. Not the other way around. It sort of defeats the purpose.

And I don't think France would make that mistake.

	User:	fanficrants (posted by cyanfox27)
	Date:	2009-11-15 12:24
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1. Tomoe Hotaru is not emo. Yes, she wore a lot of black, at least in the S season/Infinity Arc of the Sailor Moon manga. Yes, she had a very dark and tragic past. No, she is not a perpetually-depressed emo angstbucket. Seriously. (I'd also rant about people turning her into Saturn-Sue, but I know she's not the only Senshi it happens to.)

2. This has been said millions of times, but I can never repeat it enough: stop putting your author's notes in the middle of your fanfiction. Not only is it jarring, but I honestly don't care about your little tidbits of trivia or your thoughts on how the characters' romance is progressing. Stop. It.

3. Why do you find it necessary to bash another author or the character in your summary? You're not making me want to read your story. (And if you loathe the character that much, why even bother writing for them?)

4. Power Rangers writers: do we have to have Trini dead from a car crash in every other story? I'm not trying to act like the Fandom Police, but it seems...a little tasteless.

	User:	fanficrants (posted by jtav)
	Date:	2009-11-15 11:38
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It is not canon that Ginny ever drugged Harry Potter with a love potion. Stop acting like it's something more than your pet theory. God forbid a sixteen year old boy find a pretty redhead attractive.

Why haven't I left this fandom yet?

	User:	fanficrants (posted by misstumbledown)
	Date:	2009-11-15 16:13
	Subject:	why do people think this is cute or sexy?
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Why do people think that a man calling his love interest "kitten", "sugar", "babe", "baby" or any other endearing truck-driver-esque nickname is the height of sexiness? To me it just sounds trashy. Especially if it's absolutely OOC for the character to do so, as he's Brittish, upper-class and terribly snooty.

	User:	fanficrants (posted by chainofironrose)
	Date:	2009-11-15 09:37
	Subject:	Hey it's another 9 rant
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( This may be very YMMV, but I just have to get it off my chest. )

	User:	fanficrants (posted by kumori_no_ko)
	Date:	2009-11-15 05:14
	Subject:	This is difficult to understand because...?
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I don’t hate you at all, and you’re not a terrible writer. However, your approach to writing and reading fic can get annoying.

( No, you are not too special for proper punctuation. )

( What part of “I’m not interested” don’t you understand? )

	User:	fanficrants (posted by delwynmarch)
	Date:	2009-11-15 13:31
	Subject:	Having a pretty face =/= looking like a woman from head to toe!
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Dear brand-new addition to my list of authors to avoid,

( OOC and stereotypes galore )

Meditating on Sturgeon's Law,

Del