Im on yr flist spammin yr internets! :D

[tripperfunster]

Okay, final post for today. (can you tell it's raining and I'm bored? The kids are milling about, so I can't draw or do 'research' *wink wink* so I'm spamming you guys instead!

I have a silly pic of me from prophecy, and a question, for my lovely flist:

First, the pic:

joanwilder aka Raewhit bought me a lovely gift. I opened the box and was like...WTF? I'm not terribly schooled in the land of smex toys, (aside from my trusty vibrator "Big Red",) but when I took them out, it became apparant. NIPPLE CLAMPS!

I, of course, had to get a pic with them! (and check out my kewl Snarry shirt!)








The question is...

What are your silly pet peeves in fanfic? (or art, for that matter)?

I don't mean legitimate ones, like proper grammar and spelling, or correct use of the english language, but what are your 'back button' triggers? What silly thing pulls you out of a story?

One of mine, that I found today, while reading an otherwise very entertaining House/Wilson story was thus: SHELL I'm sorry, I know that it's perfectly acceptable, but I HATE it when someone calls someone's ear a shell, or "shell of his ear" etc. I don't know why, but it bugs the shit out of me.

Now, I didn't hit the back button for that, but the story lost it's momentum.

You??

Comments

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

I know that the first and the last are 'British' things (and yes, I know you're an aussie) but why the middle one? Is that an 'americanism' too?

I must admit to using hitch. I LIKE IT! :D What would you say instead? His breath 'caught'?

[gaycrow.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's an "americanism" - it's more likely to be a "me-ism". :D

I dunno, I just don't like it. I always change it in my head (and when I print out stories) to caught, or if that doesn't sound right, I change the sentence slightly.