Okay so occasionally I stumble across a REALLY eek: ) bad story but what really grinds my gears is the idiotic reviewers who don't even try to improve the authors writing skills when they are lacking.

From what I've seen stuff that make my eyes bleed seems to be TEH ROXX0RS to other people.

For example lets say that an author has several spelling problems, you may see an odd person or two telling them it's a great story but it can be improved but most people only say LOL THAT WIS A FNUNNY BQIT YO BE A HAXX3R WRIT0R.



I write to improve my writing skills and it really wouldn't help if I was posting on FF and all that was said is GEWD STORY.

And so ends my rant.

 

What? ...

 

There was just way to much fan girl in that post.........

 

I think it's a good point but had he looked around a bit before posting this he might of realised that this has been stated so many times on the site that it didn't really need saying.

But that doesn't bother me as much as when a story has nothing but completely positive reviews and you give it constructive critisicm only to have a flame as a reply from the author.

 

I don't see a point to this post, so I'd like to hijack it.

Does this annoy anyone?

 

I don't think annoy is the right word.

 

You broke out the H/G pic again. . . gg.

 

... why short-shorts?

 

My first thought was that Harry was strangling Ginny. My second was that this wouldn't annoy me so much. Too bad she's smiling.

 

If someone edited this pic to make it darker, gave Harry glowing eyes, furrowed eyebrows and a knife in one hand, it would be so much more accepted here.

As to the topic, some people don't write FF to become better writers, they do it to recieve attention or support from those online. But I do see what you are saying, reviewing should help a writer improve not give him or her false hope.

 

The first thing I think when I see that pic is " Hippie".

I have Cartman-like views about hippies.

My brain screams out at me to find the "artist" and kick their ass.

 

There we go, 10 minutes work, and now it's halfway decent.

I entitle it 'KILL THE MOUSTACHIOED FANGIRL!'

 

Since when did Harry get unibrows?

 

Since Dudley and Petunia joined him in little tea parties where they shaved eachothers eye-brows off.

 

I thought he looked more evil with a monobrow.

I'm annoyed that his hair looks silky smooth. I tried to fix it, but it ended up looking even more crap than now...

 

Nope, well ok, the phoenix annoys me a bit, but the rest of it ain't so bad. Oh wait I forgot I'm one of the few people left who can stomach H/G... I'll not defend that story (Reign O'er Me by CTS if anyone's wondering), but you've got to admit it's a rather nice scene (if you ignore everything you know about who those people on the couch are).

 

I don't know why people hate that pic so much. Her neck is obviously broken.

I don't hate flammers, I just hate idiots. The shame is that most everyone is an idiot.

 

I read your post and was inspired to look at the picture in question from the point of an outsider and to my astonishment, I found...




That it still looks as gay as ever and it still screams hippie at me.


Edit:I'm not trying to offend anyone. Burt I swear to god that I really tried to look at the pic as an outsider.