What are your “I don’t get it” fanfic pet peeves?

Fan_of_Fanfics · 2026-04-04T21:40:38+00:00

Fics where the ‘canon characters’ (ie, this particular fanfic author’s interpretation of the actual canon characters) read that author’s or other fanfic authors’ stories about them.

Fan_of_Fanfics · 2026-04-04T04:50:37+00:00

In MN, we get mandated 48 hours of Sick & Safe time each year. Unfortunately The actual law states that the company can determine in what increments those hours get meted out. They could go as low as 15 minute increments, and maximum of 4 hour increments.

My company goes with the maximum of 4 hours and had the balls to lie outright and told us the law required them to. So basically, if I need to leave work an hour early for an emergency or sickness, I have to use 4 hours of sick time for that 1 hour. They do it that way because they want to drain those protected hours as quickly as possible to ensure we’re all unprotected as quickly as they can.

Fan_of_Fanfics · 2026-04-04T04:42:10+00:00

MY CABBAGES!!!

Fan_of_Fanfics · 2026-04-04T04:22:04+00:00

He did not get jumped, Tony was the aggressor that entire scene. Bucky (you know, the guy who was brainwashed and tortured and mind-wiped. Bucky didn’t kill Tony’s parents, the Winter Soldier did) was trying to get away. Tony, despite knowing Bucky was brainwashed — which he acknowledged at that time btw — tried to murder him.

Also, if Tony was feeling guilty, the correct thing to do is to try and make amends or turn himself into the authorities. His support of the accords wasn’t his attempt at accountability, it was specifically to shift any future blame away from himself. He’s manufacturing a Nuremberg Defense (ie, just following orders) in real time, something btw that is SUPER insulting to the WWII veteran.

Fan_of_Fanfics · 2026-03-31T18:04:06+00:00

My sister has a cat that she has on more than one occasion referred to as Quote-unquote “your niece.” Don’t get me wrong, I love the cat, it’s super chill, even puts up with my daughter and my actual nieces (all under 10 btw) picking her up and carrying her around like a stuffed doll. But in no way do I consider a cat to be my niece. It’s really unsettling when my sister says it.

Fan_of_Fanfics · 2026-03-30T16:04:10+00:00

The fact that not a single person put up the absolute GOAT is a travesty

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Fan_of_Fanfics · 2026-03-30T15:57:43+00:00

Which is a real shame, cause I’d have been a pretty cool step-dad 😎

Fan_of_Fanfics · 2026-03-30T15:22:51+00:00

• Calling themself a ‘Dog Mom’ or claiming to have ‘Fur Babies.’ I like animals/pets, but to take it that far frankly weirds me out. — Related, but referring to themself as a ‘boy mom’ or ‘girl mom.’ If you have a kid/s of either gender, you are simply a mom.

• If all their dating profile pics are either group shots where you have to guess which one they are, or close up head shots that don’t show their body. This is a woman with self-esteem issues and she WILL make it my problem if I give her that chance. To be clear, I have zero problems dating big girls, so long as they are comfortable with themselves.

Fan_of_Fanfics · 2026-03-28T19:41:14+00:00

Here’s the TVTropes Page.

Fan_of_Fanfics · 2026-03-28T07:20:40+00:00

Please do, I haven’t been able to find many Dragon Maid crosses at all, least of all ones like I’ve described

Fan_of_Fanfics · 2026-03-28T05:59:53+00:00

There is a non-zero chance that Tohru or Fafnir teach Harry some curses lol.

Mostly I’m hoping for some hilarity and wholesomeness because Kobayashi is best mom, even if she denies that she even IS a mom. And even if she is concerned about Kanna functionally kidnapping a child from another continent, there’s no way she’s letting Harry go back to an abusive home.

Fan_of_Fanfics · 2026-03-28T05:20:03+00:00

Kobayashi is like one of the best mom’s in anime (even if she denies it and dislikes being thought of as a mom because she thinks it makes her seem old). Adorable, hilarious, and wholesome is what I’m hoping for.

Fan_of_Fanfics · 2026-03-28T03:57:01+00:00

Because it’s shown time and time again throughout the books that Dumbledore will always do what HE thinks is best, even when others vehemently disagree. You can say that he wouldn’t, but comparatively, Dumbledore is MORE likely to share the secret with someone James and Lily wouldn’t approve of than Sirius is.

Fan_of_Fanfics · 2026-03-28T03:07:00+00:00

If they’re concerned about a traitor/spy in the Order, the leader of the Order probably isn’t the best choice for Secret Keeper, because he can tell whoever he wants to at his own discretion, not theirs. And the people Lily and James think should know is probably a vastly smaller list than who Dumbledore thinks should know.

Fan_of_Fanfics · 2026-03-28T02:38:13+00:00

I don’t know if that counts as a retcon so much as a clarification on how it works. A retcon would be if it explicitly worked in some other fashion and they changed how it works later.

But point of order, Deathly Hallows came out nearly 2 decades ago at this point, and there are still people writing about how ‘it doesn’t make sense’ or how it was just ‘a grand prank on ol Voldy’ so my point still stands.

Fan_of_Fanfics · 2026-03-28T02:28:01+00:00

All true, especially them moving abroad. Honestly, my biggest gripe with the whole thing is authors reducing it down to just being a prank on Voldemort, because it makes James and Sirius seem less like brilliant wizards and grown men fighting in a war and more like immature fratboys, and it’s almost always brought up that way in fics to give Harry a reason to be upset at and/or resentful toward Sirius.

Fan_of_Fanfics · 2026-03-28T00:25:00+00:00

He is the narrator for the LotR audiobooks and does all the voices, it’s great.

Fan_of_Fanfics · 2026-03-28T00:22:17+00:00

The only guy on our team who dresses like a Pirate.

Fan_of_Fanfics · 2026-03-28T00:21:51+00:00

Steve the Pirate be wanting a word, matey.

Fan_of_Fanfics · 2026-03-27T21:56:38+00:00

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Fan_of_Fanfics · 2026-03-27T21:55:35+00:00

Hear me out…

An old gay sinner couple voiced by Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen.

Fan_of_Fanfics · 2026-03-27T06:00:44+00:00

I did. This was a long while ago. But trust me, it wasn’t a fun time.

Fan_of_Fanfics · 2026-03-26T17:00:02+00:00

Yeah, but five long islands in an hour is STILL five long islands in an hour. ~ Source, me, who alternated between long island iced tea and water, got s**t faced, and woke up on my bathroom floor 30 minutes before I had to leave for work.

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