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itsallovernowI like this meme:
10 Signs You're Reading a Thea!Fic!:
10. No matter how well beta'd, there's at least one instance of a misused "it's".
9. Pronouns have gone missing, as have many of the articles. You suspect they're in a cave somewhere, battling their way free, encouraged by a rallying![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
crankygrrl.
8. The verbs slipped, slid, sighed, breathed, murmured, muttered, thrust, bit, fucked, frelled, moaned, groaned, barked, and threaded and any variety of says/said appear. The bulk of the dialogue is framed around, "He said, she said." If the fic was written in the last year and a half, odds are that "parsed" is in there somewher. Shrug. Blame Feldman, I know I do.
7. Sex is had. Vigorously and enthusiastically. If the characters aren't having sex, they're thinking about sex. Also vigorously and enthusiastically. Sex stands in for long discussions the characters should be having.
6. Plot is whisper thin. Characters are straight backed, lip biting, eye rolling, mouth pursing, neck scrubbing, waist touching and sighing. The sigh frequently. They also make concerted efforts to control their tempers. They don't always succeed.
5. You find yourself in a Season 2 of Farscape that seems to contain far, far more sex having then you remember. It's okay, give yourself over to the porn. You'll thank me for it.
4. Aeryn is perhaps a tad idealized. Commas and their ilk are not.
3. Sentences go on, and on, and on. And on. (There are, perhaps, a few too many uses of the word "and"). Sentence structure is not exactly...varied. Sometimes you suspect the author liked how the words sounded more than she cared about the meaning. You'd be wrong. Mostly.
2. The word dude comes out of someone's mouth. Perhaps more than once. And booty never, ever refers to pirate treasure.
1. I mentioned the sex, right?
10 Signs You're Reading a Thea!Fic!:
10. No matter how well beta'd, there's at least one instance of a misused "it's".
9. Pronouns have gone missing, as have many of the articles. You suspect they're in a cave somewhere, battling their way free, encouraged by a rallying
crankygrrl.8. The verbs slipped, slid, sighed, breathed, murmured, muttered, thrust, bit, fucked, frelled, moaned, groaned, barked, and threaded and any variety of says/said appear. The bulk of the dialogue is framed around, "He said, she said." If the fic was written in the last year and a half, odds are that "parsed" is in there somewher. Shrug. Blame Feldman, I know I do.
7. Sex is had. Vigorously and enthusiastically. If the characters aren't having sex, they're thinking about sex. Also vigorously and enthusiastically. Sex stands in for long discussions the characters should be having.
6. Plot is whisper thin. Characters are straight backed, lip biting, eye rolling, mouth pursing, neck scrubbing, waist touching and sighing. The sigh frequently. They also make concerted efforts to control their tempers. They don't always succeed.
5. You find yourself in a Season 2 of Farscape that seems to contain far, far more sex having then you remember. It's okay, give yourself over to the porn. You'll thank me for it.
4. Aeryn is perhaps a tad idealized. Commas and their ilk are not.
3. Sentences go on, and on, and on. And on. (There are, perhaps, a few too many uses of the word "and"). Sentence structure is not exactly...varied. Sometimes you suspect the author liked how the words sounded more than she cared about the meaning. You'd be wrong. Mostly.
2. The word dude comes out of someone's mouth. Perhaps more than once. And booty never, ever refers to pirate treasure.
1. I mentioned the sex, right?
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Date: 2006-01-20 11:41 pm (UTC)It's okay, give yourself over to the porn. You'll thank me for it.
indeed. I just read Gopher Fellip for the first time. Lovely ;).
3. Sentences go on, and on, and on. And on. (There are, perhaps, a few too many uses of the word "and"). Sentence structure is not exactly...varied. Sometimes you suspect the author liked how the words sounded more than she cared about the meaning. You'd be wrong. Mostly.
This, from the woman who staunchly maintains that Tolkein needed a good editor ;).
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Date: 2006-01-20 11:59 pm (UTC)And hee, I'm very, very fond of Fellip Gopher's Pay Off. We did some nice things there, I think. Glad you enjoyed it!
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Date: 2006-01-20 11:55 pm (UTC)you know, I thought of doing this but mine would end up something like this:
It's short, except when it's not.
It's all dialogue, except when it's not.
there is no sex. No, no except here. Pron is not my forte.
It's silly, except when it's not.
It's angsty more often than not.
Lots of simple, short sentences, unless I am rambling.
that's about it, I think. What do you think? ;)
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Date: 2006-01-20 11:58 pm (UTC)I like:)
And go vote in the poll!! (Partly because I need to know that it works!!)
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Date: 2006-01-20 11:59 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-01-21 12:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-21 12:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-21 12:35 am (UTC)Go vote in the Porn Poll!
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Date: 2006-01-21 02:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-21 04:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-21 04:05 am (UTC)which I aspire!
Suenix
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Date: 2006-01-21 04:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-22 04:37 pm (UTC)You find yourself in a Season 2 of Farscape that seems to contain far, far more sex having then you remember. It's okay, give yourself over to the porn. You'll thank me for it.
HEE.
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Date: 2006-01-22 08:23 pm (UTC)