Fanfiction question

[superbadgirl]

Can anyone tell me why, in h/c fanfiction, a character who normally has no predisposition to stuttering suddenly starts doing so when he or she gets pummeled? Is it supposed to signify just how wounded the person is, that he/she must lose the ability to speak without stuttering, or do all these characters' backstories come complete with a childhood speech impediment that resurfaces during times of stress and trauma? I missed all of those backstories.

I really can't figure it out. It's almost as maddening as the weird manner in which people try to type slurring and/or confusion upon regaining consciousness - e.g. "J'ck?" or "Wha happen'd?" I cry apostrophe abuse on those, after I finish simply crying.

Comments

[captain-tiv.livejournal.com]

My guess is they're trying to show that the person is really hurt and/or isn't awake enough to speak coherently. I do wonder about the J'ck one. Maybe that's more like a grunt rather than the actual name of Jack?

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

J'ck has boggled me since I entered the fandom. I remeber when I first started reading I was thinking, uh...what? Does that happen in the show? I thought that Daniel just had a way of nuancing the word depending on his mood but...

Yeah.

As for other fandoms, I've basically stopepd with SG-1 and I don't participate in anything else, but I watch on the fringe. Fandom really is the same everywhere you go, isn't it?

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

They're trying to show through dialogue something which (in MY opinion) should be described in narration. I agree - it's annoying and after a while, comes across as amatuerish.

There is a sameness to how characters are shown to react to traumas - but the writers are forgetting - people respond in very different ways. Some people get ANGRY and shout and yell and accuse. Others go mute. Others go physical and literally PUSH others away with their hands. Others will go into themselves and draw it out with doodles. Others will take a while to recover, breathing hard, and THEN be able to respond coherently after they've calmed down.

It's either/or lack of experience, or penetration of human nature; and the overreliance on Fanfiction tropes and cliches. I guess you could call them "traditions" but they're writing traditions that need to go away.

[xayeidemon.livejournal.com]

I'd like to stomp on the person who first used "J'ck" in their fanfiction. How the hell do you even pronounce "J'ck?"

[betacandy.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank goodness it's not just me! "J'ck" would sound like either "jick" or "juck"... not anything that could pass for "jack".