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Reading Fanfic When Also Adult
Nov. 10th, 2024 05:04 pm***
Three reasons I have noped out of a fic within the first chapter this week despite the pairing and trope/concept being firmly in my likes list:
1. Concept: Childhood bffs to lovers. Reason I noped out anyway: Fic started with the characters being five and four, talking in long sentences with several conjunction words, and with high level of empathy and awareness of second order emotions. Analysis: Author has never been around small children and did no research about child development, which would be fine if childhood scenes would've been like short or just described but when including extensive dialogue that would've sounded stilted from adults it's a problem and I have no patience for it.
2. Concept: University AU. Reason I noped out anyway: A casual mention that a character's friend had written their assignments for them, no indication that this was anything ethically questionable or that the character felt bad about it. Analysis: Author has probably done this themselves. I am highly biased here but that's a hard limit. Back button.
3. Concept: Roommates AU. Reason I noped out anyway: The characters moved in and there was a reference of them going to sleep in their beds without any mention at all about them putting said beds together, or having to unpack to find bedding. Analysis: Author has never moved house. I don't need a blow by blow but if your whole fic premise hangs on 'they moved into a new place together' then I'm going to need at least some throwaway sentences about the pain of screwing furniture together and hunting boxes for sheets, like c'mon.
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Three reasons I have noped out of a fic within the first chapter this week despite the pairing and trope/concept being firmly in my likes list:
1. Concept: Childhood bffs to lovers. Reason I noped out anyway: Fic started with the characters being five and four, talking in long sentences with several conjunction words, and with high level of empathy and awareness of second order emotions. Analysis: Author has never been around small children and did no research about child development, which would be fine if childhood scenes would've been like short or just described but when including extensive dialogue that would've sounded stilted from adults it's a problem and I have no patience for it.
2. Concept: University AU. Reason I noped out anyway: A casual mention that a character's friend had written their assignments for them, no indication that this was anything ethically questionable or that the character felt bad about it. Analysis: Author has probably done this themselves. I am highly biased here but that's a hard limit. Back button.
3. Concept: Roommates AU. Reason I noped out anyway: The characters moved in and there was a reference of them going to sleep in their beds without any mention at all about them putting said beds together, or having to unpack to find bedding. Analysis: Author has never moved house. I don't need a blow by blow but if your whole fic premise hangs on 'they moved into a new place together' then I'm going to need at least some throwaway sentences about the pain of screwing furniture together and hunting boxes for sheets, like c'mon.
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