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If I was doing something constantly in my story summaries that was annoying... someone would tell me, right? (I am asking here... honestly). I've just reformatted slightly the way I do them because I saw someone else's way I liked.
Is it me or does the following just make you want to throw heavy objects about -
-> You can see the pairing if you squint - Argh! Either it's gen or it's ship or it's that weird murky land of pre-ship, but it shouldn't be "gen" with an appeal to shippers to read it too because they might be able to read between the lines... We have to do that enough with the actual shows.
-> Secks - Who started this?? I keep seeing it! Whoever it is, I want to staple things to your head.
-> I suck at summaries, please read - You might as well write "I like ponies, please read" or "Whip, whip, snokity whee!" There was a little while there where I didn't see this as much but there seems to have been a resurgence. Also - the any summary will spoil the story thing. What? Unless your story is one of those six-line things floating around, I don't think it will.
I'm just saddened that I am finding myself filtering out communities more often. I *like* reading new stories by new people. Help me out here people!
Bah... I think I'm just cranky. Maybe I need a nap.
Is it me or does the following just make you want to throw heavy objects about -
-> You can see the pairing if you squint - Argh! Either it's gen or it's ship or it's that weird murky land of pre-ship, but it shouldn't be "gen" with an appeal to shippers to read it too because they might be able to read between the lines... We have to do that enough with the actual shows.
-> Secks - Who started this?? I keep seeing it! Whoever it is, I want to staple things to your head.
-> I suck at summaries, please read - You might as well write "I like ponies, please read" or "Whip, whip, snokity whee!" There was a little while there where I didn't see this as much but there seems to have been a resurgence. Also - the any summary will spoil the story thing. What? Unless your story is one of those six-line things floating around, I don't think it will.
I'm just saddened that I am finding myself filtering out communities more often. I *like* reading new stories by new people. Help me out here people!
Bah... I think I'm just cranky. Maybe I need a nap.
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I hate those fics/summaries. I don't want to freaking squint! Like you said, it's gen, or it's ship, or it's pre-ship...pick one! *sticks pins in You can see the pairing if you squint-author voodoo dolls*
-> I suck at summaries, please read
Unless the fic is written by someone I've read before (and they've been great), I won't read any fic with that in the summary. It's ridiculous. I mean, how hard is it to write something like "John and Rodney get stranded on another world"? I mean, it's eight words long! Summaries don't have to be works of art...that's the story's job!
I'm not going to go into the "secks" thing, because it offends me on a grammatical level. I may have to beat those people to death with a stick.
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*hands you sticks and more voodoo dolls*