Nekosmuse is my new god.

[icarus]

amethyst_lupin pointed me in the direction of a great meta by nekosmuse The Ten Commandments of Fanfiction.

Thou shalt never use epithets. Oh, thankyouthankyouthankyou. If I never see Draco referred to 'the blond' or Ron called 'the redhead' again, it will be too soon.

Thou shalt use warnings. Oh, thankyouthankyouthankyou. I cracked open a fic the other day and halfway through it - Surprise! - was the rape scene. Ack. I still have that unpleasant image in my mind, and I'm glaring at author and never want to read them again.

I shalt not spoil the rest. Enjoy!

Comments

[the-gentleman.livejournal.com]

Erm... was that me? I did put a non-con warning on mine, but... :S

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

No, it wasn't you, rest assured. For all that I've written it, I avoid anything with the rape label. Which ironically means I would never have read some of my own fics. :D

Icarus

[the-gentleman.livejournal.com]

I have the same thing. I'll write rape and some incest, but I don't go out of my way to read it. Glad to know mine was adequately warned, though. :)