I don't understand how it can be mid-May already...! D:

[fishpatrol]

1. I keep writing up LJ entries in my head, but I guess they are of very little use if I don't post them. ;;; postingwhore kindly nudged me to remind me that I haven't posted in over three weeks. I want to post more regularly, but I keep getting distracted by other things! Also, school is still kicking my ass, big time. If I posted more regularly, I suspect my

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[illuminations]

I HAVE SO MANY OPINIONS AND THEY REALLY ARE THE SAME AS YOURS.

I feel like those not wanting to get married and/or have kids will always be part of the minority. Fortunately, most of my friends are also in this group so I never get badgered about it by anyone except my parents. Honestly, if someone told me that I should just "get used to it" I would probably reply with "I'm going to punch you."

Re: badfics, sometimes I will force myself to deal with bad grammar/form if the fic is for a rare pair or small fandom, but like. The point of reading something is to enjoy the story, not to spend time deciphering what you're reading only to not have it make sense because the author doesn't know how to use a comma. Besides, there will always be people willing to read anything, but some of us are not those people.

[fishpatrol]

*BRAINTWIN!FISTBUMP*

if someone told me that I should just "get used to it" I would probably reply with "I'm going to punch you."

Haha, I'll have to try that line next time!

If fic for a particular fandom/pairing/whatever is scarce, I tend to lower my requirements for grammar and whatnot as well. There have been a few fandoms where I would just read whatever was available, with the exception of really poorly written fic and anything hosted on ff.net because I have a firmly drawn line and ff.net is so far on the other side of the line, I can't even see it.

[illuminations]

Also I feel like not liking to be around people all the time makes it easy to tell who you do want to end up with. I assume when I come across someone that I have no problem being with every day, it's a lot easier for me to go OH HEY I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING SPECIAL HERE than for someone who is okay with being around people all the time anyway. :P

Dies ff.net. God I think I deleted all the stuff I had on there? Or do they purge stuff, I don't know. But yeah, my standards are always lowered when it comes to kpop fic... -_- bleh.

[fishpatrol]

it's a lot easier for me to go OH HEY I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING SPECIAL HERE than for someone who is okay with being around people all the time anyway

Heh, good point! I like people in small doses, so I guess it'll take someone super special for me to think,"Hey, I want to interact with this person more than twice a week!"

Oh man, I think my old stuff is still up on ff.net, from, like, eight or nine years ago. :O Holy crap, it's been a long time. Do you still read Kpop fic? Kpop fandom makes me sad now, since DBSK broke up and Super Junior became all fragmented. :

[weimar27]

With Number Six. I will let technical aspects slide if:
1. The characterization is good.
2. The plot is interesting.
3. Interesting Premise (world, etc.) This isn't as important, but will keep me reading if 1 or 2 is there.

I think because of this I've read through a lot that people would consider badfic, but found them pretty enjoyable.

I will backclick if there's bad dialog, because it's usually indicative of bad characterization.

For Podfic. I just pick stories that I've enjoyed.

[fishpatrol]

Oh yeah, I definitely agree with your first two points. But I have to fall back on my own three points when I'm deciding whether or not to read a fic, doing a quick skim-through. And so much yes to this: I will backclick if there's bad dialog, because it's usually indicative of bad characterization. I find skimming through dialogue the most effective way to determine whether or not I'd want to spend time to read the fic in question. :>

[scintilla10]

hi you! *glomps*

and she said that I should try to habituate and get used to it. I'm not sure if your friend meant you should get used to people being clingy? or the idea of eventually getting married yourself? Either way, I do not agree! Just because other people sometimes have a hard time conceptualizing how someone might be happy outside of a traditional heterosexual marriage or whatever, that is not a good reason for you personally to change. You are who you are, and you are lovely.

Oh my god, EPITHETS. I will sometimes let a couple go with a wince, but more than a couple and I backclick like whoa. /o\

[cantarina1]

I agree with everything the second paragraph of this reply chooses to be :D

[fishpatrol]

HI \O/

Both -- I think her bottomline was: get used to people being clingy so that marriage can occur. Since, IRL, so many people are concerned about these issues (and think that I'm some kind of weirdo for not agreeing with them), I like bringing it up on LJ every once in a while to remind myself that there are awesome people out there (like you!) who understand that an idealized heterosexual marriage isn't, and doesn't have to be, everyone's goal in life.

I wonder if epithets are used as commonly in het fic since, apparently, one of the reasons why writers resort to epithets is to avoid all the pronoun mix-ups... But still! So unnecessary! I'm A-okay with name repetition!

[prosodi]

Ugh, I completely agree with your three cardinal rules. I also find that I'm becoming pickier and pickier about what fanfiction I read - which is a shame because I'm not sure how to stop doing it, but it also means I'm reading a fraction of what I used to. I can't figure out if I'm just not in thee right fandoms or I'm getting too snobby, but bad dialogue, bad characterization and shoddy grammar have really been getting in my way lately.

[fishpatrol]

it also means I'm reading a fraction of what I used to

On the plus side, you're probably more likely to enjoy what you read? :D Hopefully?

but bad dialogue, bad characterization and shoddy grammar have really been getting in my way lately

What fandoms have you been reading in lately? I find that with some fandoms, the quantity of fic is low, but the quality can still be quite high. With other fandoms though, the quantity is high but the quality is low. I hope the next fandom that I migrate to after SPN (not any time soon though! :>) will not lack in good!fic. ;D

[prosodi]

What fandoms have you been reading in lately?

Some Supernatural (although not nearly as much as I used to purely based on the fact that I've kind of fallen out with the show over the last season and change), some Inception (good writers, but no one writes my ship haha) - mostly where I've been running aground has been with anime fandom - Tiger & Bunny - and, ALAS - Thor. Unfortunately in both cases I think it's that...burgeoning fandom moment where there's a lot being written, but only a fraction of it is good - and the truly awesome stuff isn't here yet.

[fishpatrol]

I haven't been enjoying the latest season as much, either. :< But thankfully, there are still excellent fic being written and I love me some RPS AUs, so I haven't run out of reading material just yet!

I fell into the Inception fandom hard, back in August of last year. I shipped Arthur/Eames something fierce, so I was totally being catered to, but then eventually grew tired of the characters' dynamic and wanted to turn to Arthur/Cobb, but the number of options, in terms of fic, was far more limited. ^^;; (what do you ship, for Inception? Arthur/Cobb, right? I think...?)

Maybe the fandom for Thor will explode the way it did for Star Trek Reboot and Inception? I haven't seen the movie yet, but I've heard good things about it.

[lemniciate]

DID YOU JUST CLIFF SHEP. DID YOU ACTUALLY JUST-- DDDDDDDD':

i had more to say in comment but need to run. i shall come back once i'm no longer horrified for poor john bb...

[fishpatrol]

/o\ I had to! I can't cliff Dean! And John would be terrible marriage material! I had no choice! RODNEY WILL SAVE HIM, I PROMISE

(were you not a Hyotei fan, back in your PoT days? :>:>:>)

[lemniciate]

I...would have just shagged Dean and cliffed Atobe ahaha. idk idk I wasn't too big a Hyotei fan XD though tbh it was so long ago I don't really remember who I liked best! (No, I lie, it was Eiji. He was too adorbs.)

Oh, why are people so keen on this marriage thing and why are they so vocal about it? My grandmother keeps talking to my mother about why I'm still not married and my mother is beginning to despair for my future happiness. We're 23! THIS IS FAR TOO YOUNG TO BE WORRIED ABOUT BEING ALONE FOREVER, GOSH

[fishpatrol]

Eiji was pretty freakin' awesome, I'll agree to that. :>

I'm grateful that no one in my family is particularly pushy re: marriage -- my mom, very occasionally, tells me that I should consider dating more and giving the guys I date more of a chance, but she doesn't really push me on it. We are still young! AND IF WE CHOOSE TO LIVE ALONE FOREVER, THEN WE DAMN WELL CAN.

Anything pretentious or obscure I skip straight past.

I'm kind of D: at the writers who don't capitalize anything because, while I understand that it's a stylistic choice, I don't understand what it's supposed to mean (or symbolize or whatever!). :<

I don't mind the occasional capslocked statement in dialogue (used very, very sparingly), but as soon as there is an appearance of "!!!" or "???" in the dialogue, I'm backspacing. What is your opinion on multiple uses of "said" followed by adverbs (e.g. a la JK Rowling)? XDD