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Fic tropes I wish would go away
Feb. 3rd, 2013 10:25 am1) We all have our favorite characters, but can we please, please stop with the stories that require every other character to be twisted beyond all recognition in order to set up a scenario where Favorite gets his/her widdle feelings hurt and goes off for a sulk (also typically OOC), upon which everyone else suddenly realizes how horrid they were and grovel at his/her feet?
2) No, Character X doesn't use a nickname interchangeably with Character Y's name all that often. See: Daniel "Danny" Jackson and Daniel "Danno" Williams. I also sincerely cannot recall the latter referring to Steve McGarrett as Super SEAL as a direct name replacement for the guy.
3) Somewhat related in that way the fandom latches onto things that are incidental rather than pivotal: just because Sam and Dean had a jerk/bitch banter session a loooong time ago doesn't mean that is how they end all of their disagreements or discussions. As another example, Danny referred to Steve's military background as a different branch to the Navy early on in the series. Not constantly, and he doesn't still do it. It got old a while back.
4) No, you don't have to turn the canonical female love interest into a raging monster just so your male power couple can get together in the end. Truly. You don't. Be more creative and less misogynistic.
5) Your fanon is not canon. Try to remember that.
2) No, Character X doesn't use a nickname interchangeably with Character Y's name all that often. See: Daniel "Danny" Jackson and Daniel "Danno" Williams. I also sincerely cannot recall the latter referring to Steve McGarrett as Super SEAL as a direct name replacement for the guy.
3) Somewhat related in that way the fandom latches onto things that are incidental rather than pivotal: just because Sam and Dean had a jerk/bitch banter session a loooong time ago doesn't mean that is how they end all of their disagreements or discussions. As another example, Danny referred to Steve's military background as a different branch to the Navy early on in the series. Not constantly, and he doesn't still do it. It got old a while back.
4) No, you don't have to turn the canonical female love interest into a raging monster just so your male power couple can get together in the end. Truly. You don't. Be more creative and less misogynistic.
5) Your fanon is not canon. Try to remember that.
