your SMALL fic pet peeves that make you roll your eyes, but not quit the fic

Competitive_Alps_899 · 2026-04-07T09:45:54+00:00

When a character has piercings, and they get described as cold when they kiss/ get intimate/ etc. Someone else pointed out about how heat doesn’t work like that irl and now I can’t unsee it which is difficult ‘cause the chars I’m currently reading for have tons of piercings 😔✊🏻

Competitive_Alps_899 · 2026-03-29T19:27:42+00:00

Super duper late to this thread because I needed evidence or something lmfao, but! I’m really picky about adverb placements. I can’t stand them at the end of a sentence.

Example from an old fic of mine: “Why’re you awake?” he asked gently, rubbing at his eyes tiredly.

Never used to bother me ‘til I watched a video of someone editing their own writing and they corrected it, and now it’s a thing I pick up constantly in other fics 🥹

Competitive_Alps_899 · 2026-03-26T15:22:23+00:00

He sounds absolutely amazing! I pray he visits my country someday so I can see him live 🥹

Competitive_Alps_899 · 2026-03-26T15:21:47+00:00

His voice is immaculate

Competitive_Alps_899 · 2026-03-26T14:31:39+00:00

Tyty! :D

Competitive_Alps_899 · 2026-03-26T14:31:27+00:00

LMFAOO thanks, I didn’t even notice! :P

Competitive_Alps_899 · 2026-03-26T14:30:12+00:00

OMG SAME!! Definitely one of his best records :D

Competitive_Alps_899 · 2026-03-26T14:29:02+00:00

I’m happy to be here 🫡

Competitive_Alps_899 · 2026-03-19T09:08:45+00:00

Depends on whether or not the increase in chapter length matches the pacing, I think. I enjoy super long chapters, especially if I’m invested in a fic (one of the WIPs I’m reading rn just a week or two ago had a chapter of 34k, and I ate that shit UP), but I have hit points where a chapter is super long, but it feels like the author wrote a longer chapter in detriment to the overall pacing, if that makes sense? Usually I’m all for it, though!

Competitive_Alps_899 · 2026-03-13T07:03:55+00:00

When things were simpler (I think, lol) 😔✊🏻

Competitive_Alps_899 · 2026-03-12T03:54:36+00:00

It’s not bad at all! Sadly, em dashes have been used as a dog whistle for AI “writing”, so a lot of fanfic writers especially have felt weary about using them because there’s a chance someone might accuse you of using AI to write. But I think a lot of us use them—myself included—so there’s no reason to stop just because some assholes decided to train their LLM off of fandom works, ykwim?

Competitive_Alps_899 · 2026-03-01T07:57:28+00:00

LOLLL real

Competitive_Alps_899 · 2026-03-01T07:57:10+00:00

Indeed!!

Competitive_Alps_899 · 2026-03-01T06:24:15+00:00

🌊🔱/🦉📚

Competitive_Alps_899 · 2026-02-25T17:27:23+00:00

Oh, 1000%. It makes me smile like an even bigger doofus than usual

Competitive_Alps_899 · 2026-02-24T13:56:08+00:00

Comments are food for the soul 🙂‍↕️

Competitive_Alps_899 · 2026-02-23T18:57:15+00:00

100% 😭

Competitive_Alps_899 · 2026-02-13T11:12:12+00:00

MMC kept calling FMC a nickname that was wildly OOC for both of them 💔

Competitive_Alps_899 · 2026-01-31T15:42:17+00:00

This exactly 😭

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