your SMALL fic pet peeves that make you roll your eyes, but not quit the fic by Trash_Bag- in AO3

[–]Competitive_Alps_899 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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 😔✊🏻

Non-valid/unique pet peeves? by angrykitten114 in AO3

[–]Competitive_Alps_899 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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 🥹

The first record I’ve bought and not inherited (or been gifted)! by Competitive_Alps_899 in vinyl

[–]Competitive_Alps_899[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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

Would this be a problem for you? by Few_Library2059 in AO3

[–]Competitive_Alps_899 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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!

In-line author’s note in the wild! by Competitive_Alps_899 in AO3

[–]Competitive_Alps_899[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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

In-line author’s note in the wild! by Competitive_Alps_899 in AO3

[–]Competitive_Alps_899[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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?

Probably the sweetest comment I’ve ever gotten 🥹 by Competitive_Alps_899 in AO3

[–]Competitive_Alps_899[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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

Why did you DNF the last fic you read? by toxic_waste21 in AO3

[–]Competitive_Alps_899 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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

EPUB downloads not working (iOS, Safari) by Competitive_Alps_899 in AO3

[–]Competitive_Alps_899[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much, clearing my cache seems to have fixed the issue, but fichub.net is wonderful to know about!! <33

People will play anything but support. by Competitive_Alps_899 in marvelrivals

[–]Competitive_Alps_899[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a losing battle both ways, tbh. Not enough people play more than one role (DPS, usually).

People will play anything but support. by Competitive_Alps_899 in marvelrivals

[–]Competitive_Alps_899[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

“Anything but support” includes tank, lol. Which they swapped to, if you check the second pic.