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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. James

    James Unspeakable

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    Staff of the moon by TheBladeOfDeath
    Harry finds himself in a forest after a beating from dudleys gang. Srry i suck at summarys LightHarry powerfulHarry IndependantHarry
     
  2. Ncjeur

    Ncjeur Second Year

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    I made the mistake to click on the link, just to see how 456 words could be better than most other fics. The answer is simple: They can't.
     
  3. Redsayn

    Redsayn Slug Club Member

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    Voldemort and harry love Story by HetaliaLover16 reviews Harry and voldermort catch up on some fun Rated M for Lime/LemonHarry Potter - Rated: M - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 3 - Words: 1,316 - Reviews: 9 - Favs: 7 - Follows: 6 - Published: Jun 28, 2013 - Harry P., Voldemort


    I mean, what?



     
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  4. TMD

    TMD High Inquisitor DLP Supporter

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    Eyes Wide Open by CrazyGirlWhoLovesVamps
    Harry Potter is an abuse child of Lily and James Potter, but what happens when Harry disappears. Sirius have lots of question in his mind "Who took him?" "Why did they took him?" Read & Review
    Family/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 11 - Words: 11,216 - Reviews: 41 - Favs: 48 - Published: Sep 1, 2012 - [Harry P., Ginny W.] Sirius B., James P.

    At what point do authors write a summary like this and think: "yep, this will attract everyone to my epic amazing child abuse story, with a grammatically challenged Sirius."
     
  5. James

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    I just hope there won't be eyes wide shut crossover as a sequel
     
  6. Hero of Stupidity

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    Harry Potter and the New Girl by AshPrior12
    This is a Harry Potter fic about a witch named Shadow Cariolis. She has many secrets, and she tries to fit in as best she can - however unsuccessful - and make a few friends. But when Harry Potter is involved, mixed with this fierce, dark, cool, mysterious being, things just don't work that way.

    Falling Through Fanfiction by The Wicked Witch of Cupcakes
    What would happen if a sassy, independent, clumsy, not afraid to speak her mind feminist who has a strange case of amnesia ended up as the main character in the most popular fandom stories? Includes the Outsiders, Mortal Instruments, Gossip Girl, Narnia, Phantom of the Opera, Maximum Ride, Warriors, Hunger Games, Lord of the Rings, Percy Jackson, Twilight, and Harry Potter.
     
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  7. Ghosthree3

    Ghosthree3 Unspeakable DLP Supporter

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    Oh god it's reached FF.
     
  8. DC

    DC Groundskeeper

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    Fuck no. No. Nope nope noppity nope. Maybe I never noticed it before, but I've been following this thread for years and this is the first time I've been legitimately concerned. This pestilence cannot reach fan fiction. Faux-feminism is one of the few things left that can deteriorate the website even more. Kill it before it breeds. Kill it with fire.
     
  9. Chilli

    Chilli Seventh Year DLP Supporter

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    It's even funnier if you speak Greek. "Cariolis" is a slur. The closest to English would be asshole or c*nt depending on the gender of the "recipient". I guess that explains her difficulty fitting in :)
     
  10. Pure Infinity

    Pure Infinity High Inquisitor

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    This has been a long time coming. Should've noticed the warning signs when people started putting trigger warnings in their author's notes.
     
  11. Download

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    It's probably bleed over from Doctor Who and Sherlock fanfic. That has a huge following on Tumblr.
     
  12. Odran

    Odran Fourth Champion

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    We can probably expect a huge influx of their kind once the first "Fantastical Beasts" film gets released.
     
  13. James

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    The greatest thing about this is that even though the characters are set to "Harry P., Ron W.", Harry potter is mentioned once in 100k words. And that's this sentence:

    :facepalm
     
  14. Ghosthree3

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    That actually makes me angry.
     
  15. Warburg

    Warburg Seventh Year

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    I don't know what you're all complaining about. I, for one, welcome our new feminist overlo- I mean fellow writers and enjoyers of fanfiction. Indeed, I hope to see more "trigger warnings" about the death/rape/something of a character at the start of the chapter. I also look forward to the addition of "safe-spaces" and the promotion of female authors on ff.net to counter the rampant misogyny and sexism in fanfiction.
     
  16. James

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    Pro-feminist Slash?
     
  17. Joe's Nemesis

    Joe's Nemesis High Score: 2,058 ~ Prestige ~

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    This is what I consider a bad summary:

    So, if we follow the logic as it is written: (1) Rita is spouting lies and is branded as a Dark Wizard; (2) Rita is also, somehow, multiple goblins in a rage; (3) Because of what's happened to Rita, Harry decides to jump back in time (Because he so love's Rita, right?); (4) while jumping back in time, he tries to save himself from misery, fickle loyalty, and even save himself from a little revenge; (5) worse than that, we don't even know which Harry is raising himself, as there seems to be more than one (A Harry . . .).

    Number five is easily fixed with proper use of hyphens, "A Harry-raises-himself fic." Hell, even italics or quotes would do the trick, although hyphens are the proper method, here. The rest of the entry is awful. Why would I want to even click on something that shows little to no ability to organize thoughts logically?
     
  18. Sn0rkack

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    Star Wars + Game of Thrones Crossover
    Love in the Land of the Long Winter
    By: MaximumSlash
    R2-D2/Jon Snow slash fic. Enough said.
    Rated: Fiction M - English - Romance/Sci-Fi - R2-D2, Jon S. - Words: 442 - Published: Aug 11 - id: 11442221

    Was a good read
     
  19. Persephone

    Persephone Fourth Year

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    Let's play Count the Clichés! Harry is given a 'kewl pureblüd' name, there's bad capitalization and punctuation, a shit plot, Dumbledore and Weasley bashing (minus the twins of course (seriously, what is with the fanon obsession with these characters?)) and... wtf is lunar harmony? a threesome with Harry, Luna and Hermione? It seems like the author was trying to show off her "wit" because she could have just wrote HPxHGxLL and saved space. Oh and let's not forget the first chapter literally being a paragraph long.

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    Oh my god. The second chapter consists of a copy-paste of the first, replies to reviewers (who the hell reviewed this shit?) and another paragraph. I can't tell if the author is trolling or just an idiot.
     
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  20. Richard

    Richard Supreme Mugwump

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    I'm voting "Retarded".
     
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