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Date Posted: 15:01:33 06/29/02 Sat
Author: Cas
Subject: Re: Fanfic Pet Peeves
In reply to: Which Witch 's message, "Re: Fanfic Pet Peeves" on 10:07:38 06/29/02 Sat



>using every possible word to avoid using the
>character's name:
>
>
>Get the point? The redheaded hacker, the petite
>blonde, the ex-watcher, the ex-librarian, the souled
>vampire, the ex-commando, the former vengeance daemon,
>and my personal favorite - the peroxide blonde vampire.
>
>Those drives me INSANE!
>

Oh me too. I especially can't stand all those fics which continuously refer to characters by their hair colour, as if we didn't know what it was. It is OK to say 'she' or 'he' or even 'it'.

For me, really unforgiveable are misspellings of characters names - this is fanfiction after all.

Cas

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