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!

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[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Did you know that I was an exchange student in Reutlingen? I was only a few miles away from Hijja.

On the rest, well yeah. That's the whole point of the post. It's not for the good writers to follow slavishly, but for the crap writers who consistently abuse all of this. I mean, when commandment 8 or 9 is "their" and "they're" do not mean the same thing! -- it's pretty clear what level of writer Neko means.

Icarus