WHEN Y/N EXISTS. If I had a nickel every time I saw a fanfic with a topic I liked but there was "x Reader" in its title, I'd have 100 nickels, which is A LOT.
x Reader fan-fictions are so common nowadays, I just want to punch a hole in the wall. Yeah, it's very nice to be able to insert yourself into the book, and it's also nice to have the superpowers of your favorite Anime/Show/Book/Fandom character. But the shipping. OH, THE SHIPPING. WHERE DO I EVEN START ON THE SHIPPING? You know what, I won't even talk about shipping! Because shipping a possibly underaged reader with an infinity-year-old triangle is utterly atrocious, disgusting, horrendous–
Again, this is a pet peeve. Don't attack any authors who write stuff like this, please. It's just my stupid ranting.
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Pet Peeve #2:
Amazing Fanfics with very ugly/bland covers. I don't like it when this happens, it might put off many people from reading your book. As a reminder, it's just a pet peeve.
I'll give you an example.
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This was the book cover I went for when I first started writing this book. Yeah honestly, the quality is garbage, plus the image ended up being very awkward: People could only see the goat's nose and mouth.
Now, I've made a new cover for my book. Take a look.
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Though it might not be the best cover in the world, at least it's better than the screaming goat, am I right?
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Pet Peeve #3:
When people don't use punctuation and lowercase or uppercase at the right time. This isn't just a fanfic pet peeve either. It's a pet peeve for all Wattpad Fiction.
It's basically when someone does this:
"Hi there" I said She looked at me and replied "hello how are you"
. "Im good" I replied
"that's good I guess" she. said
MY CHRIST WHEN WILL PEOPLE STOP DOING THIS? Not meant to offend anyone, but PLEASE correct your punctuation. PLEASE.
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Pet Peeve #4:
When someone writes like commas don't exist. Seriously, it's not that difficult to put a comma into your writing. If you innocent readers have no idea what I'm talking about, the sin against Faith's sanity is right here:
"Hi there do you have any water I'm so tired," I complained holding my head in my hands "I am so thirsty are you thirsty"
"no I'm not" She mumbled holding her book.
No, just no! I have a wonderful gift for you, crazy writer, and it's called GRAMMAR! Again, not meant to offend anyone. It's just my pet peeve.
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Pet Peeve #5:
Harems.
Do I even need to explain this? Some readers can get uncomfortable reading these types of shit! Don't attack anyone who writes these, though. It's just my opinion.
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Pet Peeve #6:
WHEN THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES LIKE THIS:
I was knocked over by a wall. I looked up and saw it wasn't a wall, it was a tall guy. He had abs(an 8-pack) and black hair with green orbs. His green orbs narrowed and he growled. My blue orbs blinked back and I scooted backwards.
"S-so sorry!"
"Watch it next time," He said in a husky voice before stalking off.
OMG WHY!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!? A WALL? ORBS? HUSKY? ABS??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
First of all, how the fuck do you mistake a living breathing human being for a wall? How do you turn around and turn back to find a wall that WASN'T EVEN THERE BEFORE? This makes no sense. Do walls have heartbeats? DO WALLS HAVE EIGHT PACKS? DO WALLS HAVE GODDAMN HAIR? NO THEY DON'T.
Second. READERS, NO ORBS, PLEASE. At first, I thought it was a good description, but I was WRONG!!!
Third. Here's the Google definition of "husky".
1.(of a voice or ) and slightly hoarse.
2. (of a person) big and strong.
I mean, husky can be used to describe a strong-looking male character. However, HUSKY VOICE? How is a hoarse voice ROMANTIC?
Fourth. Unless the dude's shirtless, how do you even know he has abs? Like unless he's wearing a VERY tight shirt. And I don't think tight shirts are fashionable. They just look like you've outgrown your kindergarten clothes.
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And that's the end of my pet peeves! Hope you enjoyed my ranting.
