windofthenorth
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Fuck, I can stop reading a fic if a writer messes up characters' eye colours.
I know exactly what you mean, because I've done this myself. I once read a Twilight fanfiction which had this premise: Edward and Bella get into a spat, and Edward slaps Bella. Will they ever get over it?
Ugh. I'm going to ignore the huge flaw in that premise and make my point below.
Halfway through the first page, it described "tears falling from her startling blue eyes". Not only is "startling" the most overused adjective to describe blue eyes, but Meyer wrote probably a dozen times that Bella's eyes are brown.
And that's what the back button is for.
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Please, overlook our self-deprecation. It's all we have in this world.
Nope, doesn't work. Nobody is forcing us to post our stories. Each and every author on AFF (heck, on the internet) believes that their work is worth posting, and self-deprecating comments come off as very false. Even if we know it's fake self-depracation, it's just like those losers in high school who always moan about how much they suck and how everyone probably hates them. Maybe they're nice people, those guys, but I never knew, because I don't respect people who don't respect themselves, and I don't hang out with people whom I don't respect.
I have six college classes, two jobs, and the responsibilities of an Army Cadet to deal with; I don't have time to slog through a story that even the author thinks is crap.
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I'm sick of reading 'he scrubbed at his skin, feeling dirty, contaminated by those hands, the pain echoing..' in every single rape fic.
Seconded, thirded, and put on a bumper sticker. Rape fics can be so formulaic. I generally stay away from M/M rape, but I can tell you that it's just as bad in M/F.
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I don't think I've ever started a fanfic with an ending in mind. Probably not a good thing.
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The above example is why I said "readers." There will always be wild cards. Sorry about your bad experience. I trust you know better now?
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In my experience, a PWP is where the characters involved have little-to-no backstory and the actual sex is the majority of the chapter.
Also (and this is just my opinion), PWPs are usually written as masturbatory aids. If a fic is mostly sex but it clearly isn't supposed to be erotic, it may not be a PWP.
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Well, what do you mean by "boundaries"? When people talk about non-physical boundaries, they're usually referring to socially-constructed ideas of what is acceptable in any given situation. Said boundaries are also not usually rules, but unwritten (and often unspoken) agreements.
So...what do you mean?
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I skimmed the first chapter. My first impression was that the author is a bad writer who can't make the type of story work. After reading a little more, I strongly suspect that the writer is just going for shock value.
To answer your question: No, I don't think there are "boundaries" on AFF when it comes to what should be inside a story, nor do I think there should be. Censoring some types of adult stories but not others is a very slippery slope that AFF does not want to go near.
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Title: Victory Celebration
Author: WOTN
Fandom: Twilight
Rating: Adult +
Summary: In which Jacob goes too far. Many people have termed Jacob's aggressive kiss "rape". What if it actually was? The aftermath is held within.
Warnings: Death, N/C
Feedback: Yes, please.
Link: http://books.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=600094160
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I think you guys have missed the point of Mary Sue Litmus Tests. Mary Sue Litmus Tests test the MOST COMMON characteristics of Sueism. Same sex as yourself? Check. Loved by all? Check. Silver- or raven-haired? Check. Curves "in all the right places"? Check.
The hard truth is that most Mary Sues are teenaged, beautiful, female (because more girls right fanfic than boys), desired by the opposite sex, seemingly immune to hard substances, superpowered (or conversely, practically helpless, which invites a Rescue Romance with the hero), and just generally so perfect that it's a wonder that they don't shit rainbows. If your OC fits this description, you could very well have a Sue on your hands.
Mary Sues are, by most definitions, self-inserts of some kind. That's why the gender/sex question doesn't bother me at all--if an OC is the same sex as the writer, then the OC is that much more likely to be a Mary Sue.
Of course there are OCs who meet some or lots of the descriptions but pull it off with aplomb, but they are few and far between. The tests are meant to weed out those who don't.
These tests are for more than 14-year-olds; I can think of published authors (Stephenie Meyer comes to mind) that desperately need a reality check when it comes to their characters.
Also, a word of advice to the OP: don't take the result of the tests so seriously. The ultimate proof of Sueism is the feedback you get from your readers. The kind of reader who understand the concept of Mary Sue is the same kind of reader who isn't afraid of telling you your OC is one.
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Fandoms That Should Never Touch
Twilight/Anything - This even goes for Twilight/The Host (the latter is also by Stephenie Meyer). It's never done well. Never.
Avatar: TLA/Anything - It's an AU historical psuedo-magical fantasy saga. I can't think of one other fandom that is remotely compatible with it (that would be believeable).
Most SitComs/Non-SitComs - The unique structure of sitcoms makes decently crossing over with a non-sitcom difficult. Most authors can't pull it off.
Dark-and-angsty-live-action-show/happy-and-funny-animated-show - If you can't see why this doesn't work out, you're not old enough to write fanfiction.
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If you're going to post twitterfiction/microfiction (aka "drabbles"), I strongly suggest you post multiple stories on one page, or many many many chapters of such stories. Insanely short "stories" are the ultimate anti-climax.
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Here's something that makes me want to choke a bitch:
Military women being written as EITHER total sluts or butch lesbians. The former gets out of her uniform faster than an M-16's bullet and lives to sleep with the men in her unit, and the latter exists to torment the poor, weak new recruits.
I'm a long-time reader of AFF (and fiction in general). I've seen a lot of stereotypes, but this one pisses me off the most, probably because I'm a military woman. Now, I'm not not going to be Miss Offended about it, but I've seen first-hand how these misconceptions harm military women in real life. It's hard to be taken seriously at work when people think you just want to sleep around. It's hard to be taken seriously in civilian society when people think you're some kind of man-hating bulldyke. The vast, vast majority of military women are normal people with normal amounts of what Western culture calls "femininity". They just want to serve their country, and make a living while doing it.
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My suggestion: "Broken". Refers to the broken spell, a broken team, and perhaps broken spirits?
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If the reviewer really likes your work, they'll probably wait longer than two weeks. I've been reading fanfic for more than half a decade, and I've noticed that 6 weeks is around the point when the dedicated fans lose interest.
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It's curious how thinks like "meat whistle" and "prick purse" are too much, but the opposite words on the scale, "penis" and "vagina", often dampen the mood as well.
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I review the story if something about it stood out. An impressive sex scene, witty dialogue, or conversely, a bad sex scene or poor grammar.
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Transformers Movie universe.
Decepticons kidnap Sam and torture him for kicks. Bumblebee gets pissed. Commence Rescue Romance.
I don't think there'd be sex, though. Not that kind of story. Gah, I'd love to see it. I'd write it myself, but I just can't get the hang of writing Bee.
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Ack, so many things I hate.
The Usual - Bad grammar/punctuation, OOCness, Mary/Gary Sues, etc.
Unrealistic post-rape behavior - This is a BIG one. For some reason, a lot people think that girls who've been raped turn into sluts. Countless stories (I'm think of the Harry Potter fandom in particular) have a girl being raped and then when she shows up in the story, she's wearing a hooker outfit and practically throwing herself on the men.
Author's Notes in the middle of the prose -I will not read any more of a story once I come across an inserted author's note.
Weird names for no reason - I can't stand it when stories that take place in the here and now have characters named "Amaara", or "Samael", or "Taeryn", or something like that. I'm not being xenophobic, just honest: unusual names that don't fit the story disrupt the reading. I think a lot of authors feel they're being creative with the names, but they're not. The names are dumb.
Lots of hits, few reviews - This, I'm sure, is a common pet peeve. The site says 5000 people have looked at my story, so why do I only have four reviews? C'mon people, leave some feedback!
Judgmental reviewers - This is especially common in stories involving minors. Some self-righteous prick leaves a short (or sometimes sermon-length) rant about the evils of pedophilia (or whatever pissed them off) and how sick and twisted the author must be. In doing so, they completely ignore that they had fair warning with the tags, and that they have no idea what prompted the writer to share their story.
Self-effacing author's notes - If you don't think your story is very good, why should I read it? I'm not a charity.
Mpreg- Never have I ever read a convincing mpreg story. (Don't send me links to your favorites, though)
Suddenly Gay/Suddenly Straight - When a character who is canon gay/straight does a switcharoo, usually for someone's Mary/Gary Sue.
Really short reviews OR reviews that only ask for an update - Neither are actual feedback. You might think that "this was really good!" says it all, but WHAT exactly was good? The sex? The dialogue? And you might think that the good review is built in to a request for an update, but 9 out of 10 authors would rather have genuine feedback.
More later as I think of them.
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Title: First Kiss
Author: WOTN
Rating: M
Summary: A young girl sets out to have her first kiss. She gets something else.
Fandom: Original
Feedback: Desired greatly.
Warnings: Rape, MaleDom, Abuse, Anal, BDSM, Bond, D/s, Language, Minor, Oral, Tort
URL: http://original.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=600097527
This story is a corruption of the age-old "first kiss" tale.
Why Do We Hate Mary Sue?
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I'm not jealous of Mary Sue. I hate her because she's a canon-rapist and a vehicle for all wannabe fanfiction authors who lack the touch to write actual fanfiction.