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Fanfiction's Worst Summaries v9.0

Discussion in 'Fanfic Discussion' started by Dark Syaoran, Feb 13, 2012.

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  1. Peter North

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    Sasuke is broke and is forced to move in with Naruto, and his two teenage kids, Boruto and Himawari. Boruto develops a crush on Sasuke, but he doesn't know about Naruto's and Sasuke's past. NaruSasu & BoruSasu

    Saw this and couldn't help shaking my head.
     
  2. Zel

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    I can't help but wonder what Kishimoto and J.K Rowling would think if they saw that stuff.
     
  3. Peter North

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    They would probably sue the bejesus out of the authors. While reading a copy of it before going to bed.
     
  4. vlad

    vlad Banned ~ Prestige ~

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    Sticky Situation by krytos reviews
    At the end of fifth year, Harry has to live with Tonks for his own protection after the death of the Dursley family. Living with a Metamorphmagus Auror is surely to be interesting but add in teenage hormones and you get yourself some compromising situations. Harry/Tonks fun. Readers decide the plot!
    Harry P., Fleur D., N. Tonks, Daphne G.


    Readers decide the plot! I haven't opened the story because it's bound to end badly.

    And given the title and the cast, it's likely to start badly too.

    Also - and I am liberally interpreting this as being part of the summary - the cover art/thumbnais is Hayden Paniwhatsherface labelled Daphne Greengrass. No, she's not.
     
  5. Download

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    Nothing wrong with Harry/Tonks, except for the fact the character list includes Fleur and Daphne. Harem I'm guessing.
     
  6. vlad

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    No, nothing wrong with Harry/Tonks. Plenty wrong with Harry/Tonks/Daphne/Fleur where the author is actively claiming to have no idea what is going to come next.
     
  7. Republic

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    Euphoria
    By: LordAnarchy666
    A generic year 4 canon rehash fic featuring eventual Harry/Fleur.

    LOL I mean seriously who would read this, right? Especially from someone called Lordanarchy666 >_>

    (I <3 u Anarchy :3 )
     
  8. Anarchy

    Anarchy Half-Blood Prince DLP Supporter

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    You've got this confused with the "best summary" thread.
     
  9. Anomen

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    Moon Shines Red
    Set in sixth year Draco is given his task by the Dark Lord but will many chance encounters with the Gryffindor Princess stop him from completing his mission? What happens when Blaise plays a role in opening his eyes to just how incredible Hermione can be? Pairings: Hermione/Draco, implied Hermione/Blaise, Harry/Ginny

    Punctuation is something that seems to have escaped the writer here. Also, why on Earth are they making every sentence a question? Lastly, is the 'Gryffindor Princess' as bad as it sounds? Find out next time on Dragon Ball Z!

    Second chance soulmates
    Bellatrix didn't die. A muggleborn, Kate finds her, wounded and dying. What happens when a relationship begins? How will Bellatrix take to the new shes in love with a "filthy mudblood?" Please Review. I need Ideas.

    The first warning flag here is in the title. Soulmates and capitalization inconsistencies. Second flag is the OC/Bellatrix pairing, and the circumstances behind it. Finding your soulmate (a murderous and crazed cultist) dead and dying and nursing them to health? How romantic... if you think like this author does, apparently. Third flag is the typo (in the goddamn summary): 'news that she's' not 'new shes', and even then it doesn't make sense. Last flag is in the last sentence. This author is depending on ff.net reviewers for ideas. I don't think I need to say anything else.

    In the Serpent's Den
    Harry finds himself speaking in Parseltongue after a curse strikes him. Draco is a damn fine Healer, and he is assigned to Harry's case, and among discovering the cure to Harry's ailment, he would be required to discover why hearing Harry speak on Parseltongue sets him on fire.

    It's a shitty Harry/Draco shipfic that uses magic and handwaves to get straight to poorly worded romantic dialogue and sex scenes that make the dialogue look comparatively well written. Everyone is massively out of character. Draco wears leather pants. And I can tell you all of this before I read the first chapter.

    I found all three of these fics by going to ff.net, switching the ratings filter to all and the language filter to English, and then clicking apply. These were just the ones that I found on the first page.

    Why is there so much shitty fanfiction?
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  10. Ghosthree3

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    Any fic with "what happens when" in its summary is almost guaranteed to be trash.
     
  11. Zel

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    Funny, I did the very same thing when searching for shitty summaries.
     
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    I've always believed in a maximum of one rhetorical question and even then that'spushing it. The question should also be much better than "What if blah blah blah" or "What happens when blah blah blah". It makes it sound like more like the settip up of comicvine battle.

    ---------- Post automerged at 04:51 ---------- Previous post was at 04:41 ----------

    I've always believed in a maximum of one rhetorical question and even then that'spushing it. The question should also be much better than "What if blah blah blah" or "What happens when blah blah blah". It makes it sound like more like the settip up of comicvine battle.
     
  13. Jazz-Meister

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    What if harry was closer with the quiditch team then in cannon. What if the chasers saw him as a little brother. What if when everyone is treating him like crap after his name comes out of the goblet of fire they decide to do something. What if fleur delacour saw how he was treated and it reminded her how everyone treated her as a vela.
    Language: English Words: 711 Chapters: 1/?

    This is a great example of about 70% of FFnet summary's (Well, technically it's from ArchiveOfOurOwn, but W/E.)
     
  14. Plotless

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    The words "What if..." are one of the clearest indicators that the story is gonna be awful.
     
  15. James

    James Unspeakable

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    What if it isn't?
     
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  17. iamnotreal

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    Looking For A Story: Please Help! by Scarlett Seren Potter
    Please help me find this story that I'm looking for. All the information is located in the first chapter (even if this is a "one shot", I wasn't sure how else to say it).

    I'm not even sure how to criticize this; i'm surprised the admins at FFN would even allow something like this to be posted. Unlike some at least it maintains a semblance of grammar and punctuation!
     
  18. Hero of Stupidity

    Hero of Stupidity Villain of Sensibility ~ Prestige ~ DLP Supporter

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    The Matching by Merthur4Evah reviews
    I'm actually not doing an original Idea here. I'm modifying a story I read here called Promised. Slash Waring, Don't Like, Don't read. In the land of Konoha, when you turn 16, you get match to the person you'll spend the rest of your life with...What If you were both guys! Well that happens to Naruto and Sasuke. What will happen as the future unfolds. Wait and See. SasuNaru!
    Rated: T - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 3 - Words: 5,446 - Reviews: 18 - Favs: 16 - Follows: 32 - Updated: 9h ago - Published: Apr 10, 2013 - Naruto U., Sasuke U.
     
  19. Ghosthree3

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    Is this the lowest level of fanfiction?
     
  20. Hero of Stupidity

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    Nah that's the Harry/Umbridge/Squid/Dobby/Grawp harem smut.
     
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