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 Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 8:57 am
Arineae I agree with the whole randomly using Japanese thing. I really think that those authors use it just to show off -- like they're saying "Hey, I know some Japanese, and here it is!" I don't have a problem with "kaasan" or "tousan" or words like that, but when they use "baka" a lot it irritates me. I also (like many, MANY others) despise Mary Sues. I once read a story where Heero forced this girl (the author) to kiss him while Relena watched just to hurt her. Relena then proceeded to whine out a "Heero, how could you?!" and ran crying in the opposite direction. First of all, Heero would never do something that cruel, especially to someone he respects as much as Relena. Secondly, Relena isn't a pansy crybaby like many Relena-haters portray her. I can't stand it when people write stories like this; I actually feel embarrassed for them. stare I've been guilty of the Random Japanese word..... in my RP's with friends not in my fanfictions. But that's amongst friends who cares. the mary Sue thing...... Now I can only accept Heero forcefully smoochin' on another chic if and only if he was doing so in some way of Protecting Relena... ie: he's got an assassin coming after him and he doesn't want Relena stuck in the crossfire or getting hurt because of him. >> Only way.... I tell you the only way.
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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:18 am
Hmmm as for your post Void I reread it and realised I had missed something.
Now I know your pet peeve is to stick the boys in an AU setting which is fine not all people like AU. The Doujinshi market if you've scanned around, most of their stories are either AU or goofing on character traits.
For Example. Wufei in a Panda Suit.
Not saying it's right... but it is kinda funny. >>
The Suicidal stories... oddly enough they do happen in many many doujinshi's and crazy enough they seem right when it's done like that...... when it happens in a Fanfiction.... O_o it gets twisted into something ugly. Granted they dont' do the Mpreg books. But there is Fem-GW boys (Specially poor Duo), the fantasy AU's etc etc.
It's strange and funny for me because Doujinshi being nothing more then Fanfictions turned to art seem so right when you look at them (in some situations) and Most Fanfictions can't seem to get it right.
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Preventer Void Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 3:24 pm
I don't mind if by AU stories they do things like expand on what happened after EW...but if they just randomly stick the boys in fantasy situations, or modern-day situations, or make them high school students who have never been pilots...you get the idea.
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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 3:58 pm
yet they do it in fancomics and no one really complains.
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 8:45 am
Anything and everything I could imagine saying is already said. Out of character stories and Mary Sues. Well, its fair to say everyone has the same annoyances in fanfiction. whee
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 8:54 am
*glomps doll* Well, has anybody mentioned the damn annoying rape scenarios? I heard somewhere that some fans assume that Trowa was was raped or something when he was a kid... For what reason, I don't recall... confused
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Preventer Void Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 3:34 pm
Because Trowa is "emotionally stunted", and spent most of his early life hanging around big men who had no wives or girlfriends, they assume the soldiers abused, molested, and/or raped him.
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 6:52 pm
Preventer Void Because Trowa is "emotionally stunted", and spent most of his early life hanging around big men who had no wives or girlfriends, they assume the soldiers abused, molested, and/or raped him. Hmm...that's pretty sick, in my opinion. I guess everybody has their own style, though it sounds more like Trowa's being "molested" by this kind of fanfiction to me. I feel uncomfortable with authors who can weave rape scenes/scenarios so easily, as if it's not one of the most disgusting and hateful crimes in the world.
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 7:04 pm
Colonel Lady Une
*glomps doll* Well, has anybody mentioned the damn annoying rape scenarios? I heard somewhere that some fans assume that Trowa was was raped or something when he was a kid... For what reason, I don't recall... confused
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 8:11 pm
There's not even speculations rumored from the creators that rape may have happened in anyone's past. The problem is, a lot of fanfic writers seem to enjoy torture and angst in their writing. So, they put the characters through hell, whether it's in flashbacks that never happened in any of the published media or something that happens during the story. I wish I understood why there's such an attraction to that.
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Sailor Gundam 06 Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 8:33 pm
Sailor Gundam 06 There's not even speculations rumored from the creators that rape may have happened in anyone's past. The problem is, a lot of fanfic writers seem to enjoy torture and angst in their writing. So, they put the characters through hell, whether it's in flashbacks that never happened in any of the published media or something that happens during the story. I wish I understood why there's such an attraction to that. I think a lot of authors believe angst and/or torture equals a good story. I myself definitely prefer humor over angst, so I guess I'm a bit biased. I can more easily accept these kinds of fanfics when I'm reading about other series which are more violent or dark, thus lending the author actual fodder for an angsty, torture-filled story. But it seems as though the authors for these disturbing GW fics are stretching the events surrounding Episode Zero and the flashbacks in Endless Waltz a bit too far.
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 8:03 pm
I'm sure my pet peeves have been stated, but yeah, yaoi, yuri, or where they take away any part of any character's life, that just gets me ticked.
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Sailor Gundam 06 Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 9:06 pm
Arineae Sailor Gundam 06 There's not even speculations rumored from the creators that rape may have happened in anyone's past. The problem is, a lot of fanfic writers seem to enjoy torture and angst in their writing. So, they put the characters through hell, whether it's in flashbacks that never happened in any of the published media or something that happens during the story. I wish I understood why there's such an attraction to that. I think a lot of authors believe angst and/or torture equals a good story. I myself definitely prefer humor over angst, so I guess I'm a bit biased. I can more easily accept these kinds of fanfics when I'm reading about other series which are more violent or dark, thus lending the author actual fodder for an angsty, torture-filled story. But it seems as though the authors for these disturbing GW fics are stretching the events surrounding Episode Zero and the flashbacks in Endless Waltz a bit too far. Exactly. They expand on them or write their own versions that have nothing to with what actually happened. I used to roleplay with a girl who, a lot of times, turned Duo into this tortured soul who was experimented on like a lab rat by Professor G. Drove me NUTS.
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 9:48 pm
Yup. Angst with no basis is an annoying thing. The sad thing is, sometimes it depends on the author's expertise. If the author is better at writing tearjerkers, you won't exactly see them writing about the brighter side of the character's persona much. Still, I do believe it's their responsibility to hone their craft at both tragedy and comedy to create a balanced set of stories lest they get a bad reputation as a one angst trick pony writer. 3nodding
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 9:32 am
I do admit, I am guilty of the angst bit. While I'm good at writing that genre, I also make an attempt to write some humor pieces for the character.
What really gets me is when people refer to Zechs as Milliardo in their writings. It's known that he prefers going by the name Zechs because he gave up Milliardo when he took up arms. *sighs*The only time he went by Milliardo in the series was when he was with White Fang.
I don't mind it too much if it's been explained but when it isn't. I want to twitch. scream and rant about it.
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