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I don't generally like mpreg, either, but Self Reliance is a very good one. Funny, too.



There are tons of good AUs. If you're open to good ones, I'm surprised that you haven't found one yet; I've read plenty, and I'm a very picky reader. I can't remember any titles off of the top of my head (I'm horrible with names), but I'll look through the archives I frequent later.



^^; I tend to get a little annoyed when people don't like something because it's 'overdone.' MOST things in a fandom are overdone. There are only so many plot ideas floating around out there. But different authors add their own spin. Different writing styles, talent levels, and character interpretations all come together to make the really good stories individual. It would be really sad to bypass an awesome story just because you grouped it in with all those others written on the same topic, but by mediocre authors.

As for Sasuke always being popular... hm. I never really thought about that. However, if I had to give a reason, it would be that Sasuke is popular in Konoha. If it's believable there, it could be believable in a high school setting. After all, the academy that all of the characters attended WAS a school, and Sasuke was popular there. Granted, it wasn't the typical type of pupularity, rather one where the girls all adored him, and he was this sort of unreachable idol. His popularity wasn't the type where he had a lot of friends. Likewise, that's how I usually see his popularity portrayed in high school AUs. Actually, I think that's the ONLY way I've seen it portrayed. Naruto, on the other hand, is often portrayed as being the typical type of popular, with lots of friends, occasionally as a jock. But I've never seen Sasuke that way.

As for the original question, I don't really have any pet peeves or anything like that as far as the TYPE of fanfiction goes. If something is well-written, I'll give it a shot. It DOES have to be decently written, though, meaning a minimum of spelling errors and typos, and a good grasp of the English language.

I have a great dislike of M-preg. Partially because of the total lack of reality, and often poor quality of writing, but also kinda because I don't really like kids.

With AU, it depends on how well it's done. I haven't personally come across many great Naruto AUs, but I'm sure they're out there. It's all in how well it's written.

Highschool fics are good when done well, but are often really bad. In some cases the rich-manxslave type thing is good, but I haven't encountered a decent Naruto fic with that storyline yet.

As you can see from above, one of my biggest deciding factors is the quality. A few times I've read things that have what would've been good plots, but were written and expressed so poorly that the fics were terrible. It saddens me.

My personal all-time biggest fanfic pet peeves are:
Gender-bending. If you think the character is good paired with someone, you shouldn't change their gender just to make the pairing het.
So-called 'stories' written in 'txt-talk' and chatspeak. No explanation needed.
The 'long-lost-sister/female-family-member' thing. Just like gender bending, the writer thinks the personalities go well but wants a het pairing, so they insert a female version.

Oh god yes. stare I've seen 'stories' that were also just script style RPs. If you say it's script style, follow through with it, make it more... scripty. ^^; It annoys me when someone posts -

Sasuke: HOMG I'm so hot!
Naruto: Yeah, I know! *runs around happily in circles*

That isn't a story. It's fine for roleplaying, but not a story.

@.@ Mary Sues and 'I'm Kakashi's long lost cousin who also is Jiraiya's niece!' kill fandoms. Yu Yu Hakusho used to have tons of good authors. I'm not against het, but really... there weren't many people to logically pair up Kurama with that weren't men. As soon as most of the YYH fandom was merely self inserts, I didn't see as many good YYH stories.

I have yet to find a highschool storyline that could keep my attention. stare

Mpreg and gender-bending should only be done humourously. I always have a preference to funny stories. xd

And I try not to bash a Mary-sue straight off the bat. They are something a writer has to grow out of. I am guilty of conjuring up one or two in my head. I've tried to evolve them into a more tolerable form. It's very difficult to have a original female character without feeling it's a bit Mary-sue-ish.

Umm...For the most part I dont read fanfiction. Its just.... I'm a super picky reader. I wont read almost...any... unless I'm gripped within the first paragraph.

Err... Other then overall quality, I dont like OOCness more then most people I've noticed. And I dont like fluffy plotless romance. Fluffies are good every now and then, but only if they are short. And I also dont read really long fanfiction. I get bored. ._.

^^; Oh yes... I remember her. I find it funny that while her character made no sense, she still insisted that it was just fine. That, and how she had a smaller waist than what's normal for her height and boobs that would have made a large woman fall over. >.> I don't see how people think that ninjas are built like that. If you look at any of the ninja women that have been depicted in the manga, they've all looked realistic. No stick waists and huge boobs. True, Tsunade and Hinata have *cough* nice ones, but they also have a wider hip/waist than the others.

I suppose I should be flattered that you reviewed a few of mine then? heart Oh yeah, Kabuto's glad you're keeping him company in the closet, but I had to remove Kimimaro, since he insisted it was breaking the restraining order he had on you. 3nodding


Wow, shows what I get for not being on a whole day! You all have pretty much encouraged me. I'm kind of upset that a serious work of mine (Plot, no sex, kind of action/drama) was getting so little attention while my pwp's get reviews out the a**... but I thought... oh well. *Sigh* So I thought, maybe I should drop being serious and just do something fun for a while. Something I can play with, and that might boost my courage again? crying I sound so pathetic. I'm at a low, sorry.

So anyway, I agree about the mpreg. Good for rp, but mostly, it's probably better to keep it that way. But! I was encouraged by all you HS AU readers. I thought about trying that since my friend handed me this long list of who like... everyone would be... a few of them=

Yondaime= Single Father (Naruto's of course)
Jiraiya-Lit teacher XD
Gaara-We kind of decided he was the Goth/EMO no one dared to mess with since he like, messed someone up once XD
Sasuke- Emo, rich but unnoticed kid
Sasori- Art teacher XD (With Dei as his college student aid XD)

There's so much more... I even came up with a ******** up Uchihacest plot for part of it. (*Still swears not to like it*) But you know, I always come up with these ******** up ideas and never do them ><



Amen.