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Pet Peeves v.10

Discussion in 'Fanfic Discussion' started by Dark Syaoran, Aug 13, 2015.

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  1. Peter North

    Peter North Dark Lord

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    I don't think they even do anything for a story. Usually I won't even read the fic if I see one.
    Pet peeve for me Hermione paired with James Sirius or Remus. Even if it's a time travel.
     
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    "Today, children, we learn the true value of the Oxford comma..."
     
  3. Peter North

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    What makes you think that was a mistake?
     
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    The oxford comma would be a comma before or.
     
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    I...assume you meant "James" (Potter) and "Sirius" (Black), yes? Not "James Sirius", AKA Hermione's NEPHEW?
     
  6. Peter North

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    Actually I did mean "James Sirius" and I once saw a Harry/Victoire where Bill and Fleur fully supported the relationship.
     
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    Pretty sure you didn't mean James Sirius...

    Seeing as how you mentioned time travel as well.
     
  8. Peter North

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    It's not worth arguing about.
     
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    Pssh, eveything's worth arguing about.
     
  10. Peter North

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    Not when Sesc gives you a demerit point for it.
     
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    If it's not clear, that was for disobeying the rules of the HP questions thread, which has very clear rules and is a bit of a nightmare to moderate when everyone ignores them
     
  12. Peter North

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    I suppose I'm just a bit gun shy now. But I do realize that that the titles of the threads are a pretty good indicator of where discussions should stay pointed. Which is where my post wasn't.
     
  13. Atram Noctem

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    Harry fights using martial arts. Fuck this muggle shit, I want to see hexes.
     
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    I want to read a fic where Harry tries that then gets cursed in the face.
     
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    I blame weebs for this.
     
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    NarutoxHP crossovers. Those two are as incompatible as you can get and in many many years I have yet to see anyone actually managing to pull a good one.

    For Harry using Martial Arts though...

    MuscleWizard!Harry: I CAST FIST!
    Voldemort: Avada Kedavra.
    Harry's dead.
     
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    May I introduce you to Effloresco Secundus.
     
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    Gave it a try, it's pretty good, thanks for that haha

    The only thing that I would complain is the slow progression, the excelent worldbuilding and characterizations are the strong points but they also made the fic very wordy so I don't see it reaching Shippuden. It's a frequent problem with Part 1 fics, they take too long to go through all the events and when they are close to Part 2 the author stops writing it, loses the interest and all that.

    Still very much worth the reading though.
     
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    Whether its hand to hand or using swords (fucking swords), I genuinely don't understand why authors try to force something so mundane into their stories. Is it just that they are trying to steer things onto slightly more familiar ground? Or is it that they've seen films where the backflipping unarmed ninja takes out half a dozen heavily armed spec op soldiers, and thing the same 'logic' applies to wizards, because they default to the equation magic = gun?
     
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    Seems like I'm alone in liking swords. They should never supersede magic, of course, but I've got nothing against using one as long as it's not a magical katana. Besides, the whole sword thing was introduced in CoS. Harry used it once to great effect, why not do so again?
     
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