Polls annoy me. It's usually a sign that it is a crappy fic and the author doesn't know what he plans on doing later.

 

Titles without capitals.

Write Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, not Harry Potter and the goblet of fire.

Okay maybe it's a little thing, but everytime I see one it annoys the hell out of me..

 

People who can't decide if it's Dark magic, dark magic or Dark Magic. I don't care what they write so long as they're consistent.

 

Slash.

That is all.

 

Oh, how very original of you.

 

I can't stand summaries that don't actually summarize the stories. Especially the one that are just a random quote from one of the characters, or a context-less snippet of conversation. What part of summary do you motherfuckers not understand?

 

I try.

But really.

 

Depends on the context, really; pronouns, and what not.

 

When some Douche makes his summary say harry is badass or Dark!harry and in the first few chapters harry brakes down constantly crying and then you get to the point where he is supposed to turn into a badass or something but are disappointed by a mildly angry harry that eventually forgives Dumbledore and/or his friends for betraying him it is ridiculous! If you are going to label a story label it correctly please!

 

A declaration Harry is going to be badass in the summary is the first sign that the story is pure shit.

 

Forcing your own morals onto the characters, and trying a half-assed attempt at basically the thing you were avoiding. Now, I get that not every author wants to write about the darker side of fanfiction, but the problem is when you get:

All in one giant block of run-on sentences. :facepalm

I suppose another would be bad nicknames. Prongslet, Cub, Pup, Dumbydore, Dumbles, Dumb-as-a-Door, Voldy, Moldy, and Big Daddy Cool V all apply.

I just remembered, the one that really gets on my nerves is the summary, "no good at sumarys jus read plz r/r"

Yeah, if you can't write a summary, I'm not really going to test your story telling. Not to mention, I can usually tell how great your writing skills are when you can't even write two sentences correctly.

Edit: I've got another one. When Snape decides to try and change his personality, he almost ALWAYS mentions that for the first time in months/years, he's going to take a shower.... Really? Wouldn't Snape stink if he didn't bathe? There's also the fact that after he washes his hair with shampoo and conditioner, he becomes an immediate heartthrob. Turns me off from most child-Severus stories.

 

Did you actually see this in a fic?

 

Actually, you are wrong. When I was 11, we did in fact swear pretty much every sentence where I grew up.

 

Almost all children go through that phase.

 

Also, not cool bro, not cool.

 

All children go through a stage of swearing being cool, I don't deny it. I deny that at 11, they have the vocabulary and the wherewithal to interject a multitude of foul language into every sentence they say, to the extent that each sentence is more swearing than anything else.

 

Yep. That was last year when I found it, though, and it only had one chapter if you want to go looking for it. I went looking through the Voldemort section, and found one where he acted like a rapper. He kept slapping Bellatrix, saying that he needed to keep his pimp hand strong...

 

Depends on where you are and who the kid is, I suppose. Several kids I knew at 11 did, in fact, have the vocabulary to cuss every few seconds, though possibly not the wherewithal to use the words plausibly in a sentence.

 

Well, I'm quite guilty of this ONCE. And it was the worst piece of junk, ever. I've learned my lesson.

 

It is funny that every day i can think of ten more things i hate to read.

One of the main things i hate is when writers make their characters do something that just doesn't make sense and leave no reasoning as to why. And when you point it out in a review, they reply 'well because of this or that' but the fact that they don't post that in the story just isn't right.