[ SECRET POST #2567 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2567 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Tumblr and/or social justice in and of themselves aren't fandoms, unfortunately.

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Comments

Re: Small things in fic that drive you insane

[othellia]

1. People who rush to make their OCs/canon characters smart by describing them as having IQs 200 or greater. Most the time, the resulting characterization does not match up. And regardless, it's a total disregard of show not tell and just strikes me of wanting to quantify everything. Like introducing a big-busted character and then proceeding to list out her cup size because heaven forbid we imagine her as anything except a 34D.

2. Stuff about programming and music. Mostly because one's my job and the one's my life-long semi-pro hobby. Programming actually comes up less in fic than music stuff does, mostly because "programming" is all delegated to "hacking" and completely removed from the actual mundane "...shit. Not another syntax error. Where the fuck are you this time?" line searching it normally is.

But yeah, music. Characters picking up random instruments and learning to play them masterfully in less than a month is my version of the "character picks up a weapon and becomes a master sword/staff fighter in less than a month" cliche. Also, just people tossing in random phrases and figures in an attempt to sound credible, annoys me so much. It's especially egregious in the Phantom of the Opera fandom. I recently read an AU where Christine had no vocal training whatsoever and the narrative describes her at one point as ONLY having a three octave range. It's only when she extends it to five octaves that the narrative deems her decent, but still having room for improvement. That line jolted me out of the fic so much, I couldn't really get back into it.

Re: Small things in fic that drive you insane

[(Anonymous)]

The choir singer in me just died. BRB reviving her.

Re: Small things in fic that drive you insane

[(Anonymous)]

I've been in the Phantom of the Opera fandom for longer than some of the other fans of it have been alive. And people have been making the same mistakes the whole time. I'm not even musically literate at all, so when I find fic that makes me cringe, I always feel sorry for any actual musicians or singers who stumble across it. Also, fic set any time in the 19th century (because depending on what adaptation of Phantom someone's ficcing, the timeline can get kind of messy) in which the characters sing something that was written a year ago.