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squishybear914 wrote in
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- July 6th, 3:41
Ficcers of all fandoms:
Another warnings rant. I'm extremely lax on the warnings thing (I'll provide them for everything, but I'm not particularly picky about others warning for most things).
OTOH, for fuck's sake, warn for character death. If it's meant to be a surprise, okay, fine, link it elsewhere, hide it with some fancy HTML, whatever, but have it *there*. I *hate* it when I'm reading a fic and suddenly find that someone I'm deeply attached to is dead. Or dies.
I just read a fic like that, where it starts off with Jeeves already being dead (with no warning) and Bertie dying by the end (with no warning). I don't mind fics where characters die, but I wanna KNOW about it before going into it.
Other things I honestly believe should be warned for: Rape, underage, dub-con, and partner betrayal.
No love,
SquishyBear914
Rant number two:
Jeeves & Wooster fandom:
I *love* you. A sweeter, kinder, friendlier fandom I haven't found. Especially not one with such a high ratio of goodfic to badfic.
However, a word on characterization. Jeeves would never in a million years call Bertie "Bertie". Maybe, just *maybe*, once in a while he might say "Bertram" in moments of *extreme* emotion. But "Bertie"? Frequently? No. Jeeves will call Bertie 'sir' until the end of time.
Similarly, Bertie wouldn't call Jeeves "Reggie". First off, I don't think Jeeves would be all that keen on it. Second, Bertie was shocked to find that Jeeves even had a first name. To him, Jeeves is *Jeeves*.
Lots of love, and a bit of exasperation,
SquishyBear914