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[jigglychu]

Yeah, that's pretty terrible. It just doesn't fit.

[Penandsword1]

There are some exceptions to that like Alex Uzumaki from sharingank-san's fanfictions, at least she gave a reason, why Sakura and Naruto decided to take an English name for the baby. Other people are probably too lazy to explain or atleast find a Japanese name on the web that seems fit for their characters.

[Vespar]

Yeah, I really dislike this too. Most of the time, it's proof of the writer's inexperience, so I can't blame them. (But unless they can lull me into the fic before I come across a non-Japanese name, I still won't stick around... <.< )

[Demonic_Wonder]

If you watch some movie on Newgrounds, you see that they called the character Steve Uchiha Hyuuga. Whats up with that! I hate it as well.

[ABrokenRomeo]

That movie is meant to be a joke, but I'm glad I'm not the only one this bothers, we really should have REP system here...

[ia3]

Yeah, i'd say..english names make the fics really fake. Especially if it seems like the author IS that person with the english name..it's so..wannabe.

But, as much as i hate this in a fanfic, i hate hate HATE bad grammar even more. 1 or 2 mistakes are fine by me, but when the whole sentence structure of the story seems to be badly gramaticised..it just turns me off no matter how good the plot is.

[Nate River]

Since we have a general topic about fanfiction pet peeves I merged the topic "My Pet Peeve" with the topic "fanfiction hates."

[Coupe]

Also, another thing I dont like, Is Naruto and Harry Potter Crossovers. I mean Naruto chracters can form a dragon out of water, create a giant fireball, summon giant animals etc. etc. Harry Potter characters can make a few sparks fly out of sticks. The two just dont seem to match.
Though that may just be because I dont like Harry Potter.

Also, I hate the use of a mary sue or gary stu.

[MagusKyros]

Also, another thing I dont like, Is Naruto and Harry Potter Crossovers. I mean Naruto chracters can form a dragon out of water, create a giant fireball, summon giant animals etc. etc. Harry Potter characters can make a few sparks fly out of sticks. The two just dont seem to match.
Though that may just be because I dont like Harry Potter.

Also, I hate the use of a mary sue or gary stu.

Gundam and Ranma crossovers as well.

The only fanfic that pulls a crossover well was the Legend of Uzumaki Naruto by General Grievous. Despite the fact it's a weird Warcraft crossover, he makes it seem like it could actually happen.

[ciardha]

I hate most crossovers myself as they are done poorly. A couple of them are done well cause they integrate things pretty well. And that is what I dislike the most about alot of fanfics. The author doesn't make things flow together and mesh well enough to make a good story.

I have to say some of the best crossover fanfictions tend to come from worlds where they have some similarities that can make them mesh together better. Like martial arts or magic. They also have to be in similar time frames pretty much.

Only crossover I ever did was a one shot involving Buffy and Spike (of Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Rogue and Gambit from X-men comics. I changed the ending a bit of Buffy, and Rogue and Gambit at the time were living together in California. So I just acted like they lived in the same universe and had a random encounter at a gas station in rural California. No fighting and just a bit of dialogue. It was fun because I ship both couples and wanted to play with how they'd react to each other. I had people ask for a sequel so I figure I pulled it off pretty well.

[Selun_chen]

Personally I have to be one of the persons in the whole world, who somehow find fanfictions rather boring these days. I have the feeling that too many fictions get too simple in storyline and rather predictable, but that is my own feeling.

Oc's are *okay* if they of course doesn't overshadow the real purpose and characters for the series. That just bothers me(especially those damn mary sue's)

crossovers are quite annoying too...

and I guess that is why I hardly ever read anything on ff.net anymore - it makes too little sense. ^^;;

[MagusKyros]

A lot of crossovers are annoying, and some are just plain bad.

The only crossover I enjoy is the Naruto x Warcraft one by General Grievous. Not only is that good, but his OC are actually believable and pretty damn good.

[tmb04]

I hate when i'm reading a real awesome fic and its going really well, Then a change in the story happens, and now for some reason the characters personality is 10X different

[ABrokenRomeo]

>.> I'm going to hunt down anyone who has ever even thought of writing a "Naruto and Co. Have the Internet! What's gonna happen!" Story, I will beat them to death with an AOL CD and then cut out their harddrives for a sacrfice to the fiction gods.

[MagusKyros]

lol, I've seen only one of those fics, it was a self insert to

the author has potential, but he needs to work more on making the story interesting

self inserts don't have to suck, but so many people do them, it's got a pretty bad reputation

[Nate River]

Abrokenromeo, yeah most of those don't turn out well. Many of the ones I have seen are IM Chat stuff as Magus metioned, self-incerts.

There is a fic by an author, I think his name is dave-h, that uses this concept. It's one of those Naruto and Co. discovers fanfcition. Most of those fics also have the same types of problems that make internet fics bad, but dave-h's is really funny and he does it well. It's very much SasuSaku and NaruHina, but it hillarious and worth reading if you want to see a good one of these.

And jtl889, yeah, that usually on the faults of one-shots in that too much crammed or the plot is one that really take place over the course of multiple chapters and gets crammed into one and feels rushed. I actually like one-shots, but more often then not they are not among my favorites simply because the limited space means that the author is limited in what they can do.

[Coupe]

Also, i find it annoying when an authour wont write another chapter untill he/she gets more reviews.
I take this from a real fic written by a real person. 'Im not writing another chapter until I get 100 reviews'

[Jwolf0]

There is a fic by an author, I think his name is dave-h, that uses this concept. It's one of those Naruto and Co. discovers fanfcition. Most of those fics also have the same types of problems that make internet fics bad, but dave-h's is really funny and he does it well. It's very much SasuSaku and NaruHina, but it hillarious and worth reading if you want to see a good one of these.

You're talking about dave-d, Shriner. He is an excellent fanfic author although he has a tendency to cram some type of otaku knowledge in every fic he writes. Works better in some fics than others.... He's also the reason I got into Naruto fandom to begin with - I enjoyed his Full Metal Panic fics and just followed the links on over. He IS NaruHina (although I honestly believe it's because that's where he feels the canon matchup is, there've been a couple of NaruSaku hints here and there) and I was too for a bit.

Then I evolved some (heh. I'll following most pairings if done well really. No, no yaoi though...)

Super OC's = fail. Obv.

If I'm just surfing ffnet for stuff to read and I don't already recognize the author, you better have a damn good summary to pull me in.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: grammar and spelling are my biggest turn-offs for a fic. Summarize your fic as "Dis iz a fic liek whut!" and you're done. Too many run-on sentences, misspellings, and other things that take away from me getting into the flow of the story? I'll have to click on the back button. I want to enjoy the story, not figure out if Naruto hit the dog, bit the dog, or is the dog.

[Hitori Kennin]

This is going to sound somewhat cliche mabey, but i really hate endings in which firmiliar charecters are killed off.