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Fanfiction's Worst Summaries v10.0

Discussion in 'Fanfic Discussion' started by Dark Syaoran, Jun 10, 2016.

  1. Zeleis

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    I wonder what it is that encourages people to create these ridiculously long names for OCs. I like to think that "Èleanore Jamie Alexandrie-Anais Adélaïde Margaux" were all names the author had on a shortlist but couldn't decide between; so they just thought "fuck it" and used them all haha
     
  2. zugrian

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    And they're always incredibly pretentious sounding too-- never something simple and common like Harry. These people should hang out with Voldemort-- he also was too pretentious for a common name.
     
  3. ExperiencedGamer

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    Less Voldemort and more Petunia 'Harry. A nasty common name!' Dursley, I'd say. I mean, Voldemort is the wizard equivalent of a terrorist and/or war criminal; Petunia is more the everyday kind of evil, though almost equally as vile in my opinion.
     
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    I had hoped when I saw that name that it might be Welsh and that's why I've never seen anything like it and why it's so unpronounceable, but nope a google search only returned this fic as a hit.
     
  5. Steelbadger

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    Funky. Looks like Irish. I know fuck all about Irish, but it looked interesting. There's 'Mac Bhloscaidh' which became names like 'MacCluskey' when it was anglicized. I was also able to find someone by the name of Nóilín Nic bhFloscaidh which would be the feminine version of Mac bhFloscaidh (son/daughter of...).

    The bh beginning looks like 'Eclipsis', a form of irish initial consonant mutation which I readily admit I do not understand. 'flosc' is a word meaning things like 'flux, to excite, zest' etc and aidh is a fairly common word ending pronounced like 'eee'.

    Ultimately, it doesn't look like it would be unreasonable to someone from Ireland.
     
  6. Fenraellis

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    Without looking at the story itself, that makes me think of the Marvel character,Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair). But she's Scottish, and I don't actually know if the character in the story has werewolf-like shapeshifting like Wolfsbane.
     
  7. Jeram

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    No, it couldn't be Welsh, there would need to be about fifty "w"'s and "y's" in the name for no discernible reason and just one "f".
     
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    "Different from the Harry Potter movies." Ah, I see she's following the book canon, a wise choice.
     
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    Ahahahaahaha!! You're killing me! :nyan:
     
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    May And Dawn's Farting Contest by Yoshizilla-Rhedosaurus reviews
    May And Dawn both have a farting contest to see who's gassier, louder, and smellier than the other one! Which one will come out on top as the most flatulent female Pokemon coordinator? As expected, things won't go as expected in this kooky story...!
    Rated: T - English - Friendship/Supernatural - Chapters: 56 - Words: 16,468 - Reviews: 29 - Favs: 16 - Follows: 11 - Updated: 22m ago - Published: May 2, 2013 - May/Haruka, Dawn/Hikari, Arceus, Rayquaza

    Just... ew.
     
  11. Jack-O

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    I knew who the author was as soon as I read this title... They've posted more than 2000 fanfics and a distressing amount of them involve farting.
     
  12. HarryNotHadrian

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    What in the world would interest (and possibly arouse) someone about the gas that passes over/gets generated by the shit in your intestines? And to think that this author has already posted so many fics revolving around farting. WTF?
     
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    The story is actually worse than this summary. I am half-convinced they're just a troll.
     
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    Meh. As far as porn summaries go, I've seen worse.

    I wouldn't even call it a bad summary, tbh, it's descriptive and informs me about exactly what will happen in the fic! And unlike the farting example above, who doesn't love lesbians?
     
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    My love of lesbians is overridden by my eyes bleeding from every letter being capitalised.
     
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    A Different Path » by Michael in Arizona When Harry supports Hermione after Ron is an asshole to her in POA despite literally having NO right to be angry at or upset with her, it leads Harry and the world down a different road. Always remember that Hagrid was right on the money with his correct perspective that Ron should value his friend more than rats. FRIENDS SHOULD ALWAYS BE VALUED ABOVE PETS! NO EXCEPTIONS!

    Sorry for the necro, but I just stumbled across this specimen of an author lmao
     
  17. ExperiencedGamer

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    Kill it with Fire. (Not you; the story. :p )

    Congratulations on your first post on DLP, BTW.
     
  18. HarryNotHadrian

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    What a brilliant summary. It tells you next to nothing about the story itself. (Also, what's up with some of those pairings?) If only the author put as much effort into the summary as they did the tags.
     
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    Hermione on the Dark Side by felicia2235 Hermione finally snaps. Betrayed by Ron and Harry she does the one thing she can think of to get them back. She writes a letter to Voldemort and finds out that not only is she not muggleborn she also finds out it alot funnier on the dark side. Hermione/Draco. Dark winning story. Mature content

    My fav part is 'funnier on the dark side'
     
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    [​IMG]478The Potioneer's Assistant Rebrewed » by kgfinkel An updated and improved brew of the original 2017 publishing of The Potioneer's Assistant. While the story is a bit different, the friendships are the same as are the conflicts in the Destiny of one Harry James Potter. AD/RW/DM bash, Mentor Severus Snape, Good Dursleys. Mundane computer science is mixed with ancient magic to create a cauldron full of adventure and friendship!

    Bleurgh
     
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