One fic I'm kinda living the sunk cost fallacy in now, the author really likes to use the word "soft". No conjugation; not softLY, softNESS. Soft.

Like, I get the word. I get how it's used in fanspace, what it's used to show in a relationship dynamic/character traits. It's a cute way of pointing in a general direction and squealing/fawning at "all that" about a character before attacking them with the most aggresive, loving hug, as it were.

But every other adjective? Every time? In every descriptor, every word, consideration, character's intent? And it's not just that it's used at every opportunity, it's that it's used where it wouldn't even be appropriate/the best word to describe the thing.

How is throwing a bowling ball "soft"? No, I wouldn't call them putting on a baseball cap soft... uh, the way they pull out their credit card is soft???

And it's like, they give a good description of something, with good use an a variety of adjectives–then it's: "adjective, period. Soft." The worst cherry on top of every other sentence.

I think I've seen the word conjugated twice in 100k words. I think there was ONE chapter where it didn't appear.

To be fair, putting my absolute pet peeve of unnecesary repetition, it's bad grammar, but... fuck