1. ajflksaf. It occasionally pops up places and drives me absolutely nuts. I'm not a big fan of anime or manga, but it's cool if other people are. But when it starts showing up randomly FOR NO REASON in fandoms with NO CONNECTION, it's awful. And that example with Johnny suddenly calling Ben "brother" in Japanese?
Yeah. That was real. Fantastic Four.
afjskl. And at the end she said, "I didn't learn Japanese from school, just from anime, lol!" Kill me now.
2. Oooh, yeah. I'm trying to think of some examples... there was one fandom that was notorious about making up nicknames that were absolutely sickening. I'm going, "So, we're not trying to make the characters act like themselves, then?"
It's like the, "OOC warning." What's the point of fanfiction if you don't keep them in character? I mean, why not just write an original fic?
3. aklfas. The whole point is to make readers feel that it's happening to them. It's just... it usually doesn't work.
4. Exactly. Dialogue is great, and I love it. I really love dialogue, because it's easy for me. But description is what makes the difference between a screenplay writer and an author.
5. There's nothing wrong with the occasional tag, but I once read an entire fic with something like thirteen chapters, and something was nagging at me. I went back and reread it, only to find she used "said" once. Everything was "he begged, she cried, he shouted, she whispered".
Of course, it could be worse. Could be one of those solid blocks of dialogue with no tags at all so by the end of it, you're playing tennis trying to figure out who's saying what.
"Okay, that must be her, so this must be him, so the next one is her, so the next one..."
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Yeah. That was real. Fantastic Four.
afjskl. And at the end she said, "I didn't learn Japanese from school, just from anime, lol!" Kill me now.
2. Oooh, yeah. I'm trying to think of some examples... there was one fandom that was notorious about making up nicknames that were absolutely sickening. I'm going, "So, we're not trying to make the characters act like themselves, then?"
It's like the, "OOC warning." What's the point of fanfiction if you don't keep them in character? I mean, why not just write an original fic?
3. aklfas. The whole point is to make readers feel that it's happening to them. It's just... it usually doesn't work.
4. Exactly. Dialogue is great, and I love it. I really love dialogue, because it's easy for me. But description is what makes the difference between a screenplay writer and an author.
5. There's nothing wrong with the occasional tag, but I once read an entire fic with something like thirteen chapters, and something was nagging at me. I went back and reread it, only to find she used "said" once. Everything was "he begged, she cried, he shouted, she whispered".
Of course, it could be worse. Could be one of those solid blocks of dialogue with no tags at all so by the end of it, you're playing tennis trying to figure out who's saying what.
"Okay, that must be her, so this must be him, so the next one is her, so the next one..."