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[DazeDreamer]

Feh. Stupid Mary-sue / Gary-stu. They're all perfect and whatnot. Perfect? as if. No faults? Yeah right. Seriously they're just so...so....blech. I also hate it when they do that to Naruto/sakura/or Sasuke. I meant they have to have faults somewhere?! Anyway MS/GS is on my list of hates..along with eyedrops. Oh yeah and I hate run-on-sentence and bad grammer. It just bugs me to no end.

[Yori Uzumaki]

My oc, is hopefully not a mary sue. She is not a perfectionist. If you punch her in the gut then she spits up blood. She has a metal leg and stuff. So she's not all perfect.

I'm not sure if this is a fanfic hate, but: Updating...Some people don't update the best stories for decades and it kills me!

[Jwolf0]

Fanfiction pet peeves? Hmm....

Things that irritate me:
Script fics, Mary Sues, and moving/changing character traits for no reason except to justify their actions in the fic. There's always exceptions to the rule, but you have to be able to hook me in REALLY quick to get me to read on.

The things that kills me the most is bad grammar. I can't stand not being able to read what could be a good fic because there are commas misplaced and words spelled incorrectly all over the place. For me it takes away from the flow of the story and I can't 'get' into the author's world if I'm tripping over rambling run-on sentences.

It's funny; when I first discovered the world of fanfiction I read everything. Now I probably lose out on 2-3 good fics a day just cause their summary is bad or they use too much l33t speak, or I just flat skip a page on fanfictiondotnet.

[Echoside]

A new one for me.....
Naruto/Harry Potter
WTF is wrong with the people who write these things.

Another things people who seem to think the Shinobi countrys are Japan and end up making references to China(Outside of Tenten). Whats wrong with you and whens the last time you looked at a map of any sort. The Shinobi world is almost as big as Aisa.

[jigglychu]

Bad grammar, YAOI, and also author's notes in the middle of the story. In NaruSaku fics, I don't like it when authors knowingly or unknowingly make Naruto Sakura's second choice; he's her consolation prize, and she only takes him because he's the best thats left...

[tombadgerlock]

Hum... Damn, i am writing a fic, and i just realised that i made naruto a tiny bit too intelligent, borderline gary stuish. Maybe i'll need to redo the thing so it fits more with naruto's character...

i like hp/naruto, when it's well made. I still remember one where naruto/Sakura/Sasuke were the reincarnation of Ron/Hermione/Harry...

[gamerman_007]

Well i read a good crossover. It was FF x Naruto. Really good, though hinata is starting to act slutty to get naruto's attention. that whore..........

[Toa]

I have never read a crossover fic...it bugs me and I think it's not that good though it has high recommendations. Because if it is Naruto then it should only be about Naruto...

And script fics aren't that bad, it depends on the story like Konoha's Guide To Everything, I do like it thought there is an impiled SasuSaku and she makes Naruto dumb ...I just like ti because it's funny...

That's all...

[PeacefulPhoenix]

the only script fics I HAVE read and liked is Love Hina, Who's Line Is It

The person put in effort to get detail into it, and came out hilarious, and in the naruto world, it'd be even more, Sakura punching out complete strangers that pretend to be super heros with Naruto, pure gold that one!

Then again, I have only read about 20 script fics, from ebginging to end, and I have only liked that one, due to it's comical gold, but everything else, you can go F*** them up!

[adrianna]

1) Script fics - must die
2) Spelling and Grammar mistakes- a couple are ok, but to the point where the characters are not speaking appropriately, (i.e. "That's not where is he.") I HATE THIS.
3) Mary Sues/ Gary Stu in the story where the actual characters are NOT trying to kill them.
4) unoriginal plots/cliche stories- absolutely no point in reading.
5) mindless angst ('cause I like sugary fluff)
6) stories where they make Naruto a COMPLETE IDIOT He's not a solid brickhead, he does have a brain and heart that work better than most, at times.

There are more, but I can't think of them.

[tombadgerlock]

Story where naruto wears a mask and is actualy extremely intelligent :/ of course, there are exceptions to this dislike.

oy, and i am doing an unoriginal plot, but i think mine has a twist to it. Of course, as it's a rewrite, i'll have to make sure to change the plot :-)

[Vivi]

NaruSakus that turn into NaruSakuInos. I'll give some examples(BTW, it usually happens when people let them vote for the pairing ): A new team, a different sensei... This had all the potential in the world but the pairing that got the most votes is NaruSakuIno, next was NaruSaku. It has Naruto dating both of the girls at the same time. I just can't read it anymore. , Naruto: The Beginning of A Legend. And it was going NaruSaku for the whole time! The person decided to let the readers decide. Of course, they want Naruto to have as many girls as possible. , and A Different Sort of Naruto. The writer has Naruto and Sakura being boyfreind and girfriend and all that just to consider to make it a NarutoHarem! Here's a review I agree with:

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My opionion I am getting tired of seeing Naru/Saku stories that end up being harems except for one or two like: From Ramen with Love & A new team, different sensei. Why do I like them because they basically start off like that not 4 chapters of Naru/Saku and then the Author says: I have decided to change this fic to Naru/Harem and give some stupid bulls* reason why. For example Konoha's Demon Fox changed to harem because it was decided by vote and most likely one of two reasons why:

1. People wanted to Naruto and Hinata together(Damn idiots Hinata stutters & faints almost everytime around Hinata and Naruto is a HYPER ACTIVE BLOND)

2. People wanted Naruto to have multiple girls.
My opionion first choice because it could only be a Naru/Hina fic if it was a harem.

Word of advice if you are going to make a fic that has pairings have them permanent not oh I changed my mind due to some unknown reason.

Really. You can't truly be in love with more than one person!

[Pyroneko 28]

Currently:

1) Poor grammar and formatting (if you want me to read your story, put some effort into it)

2) "I'm your friendly neighborhood Kyuubi"- Kyuubi's a freakin' demon! He'll never say something like " I admire your will" or " I respect you" (especially since there are several times when Kyuubi has stated that Naruto is weak, or that if possible would kill/eat him). And he's certainly not training Naruto in ANY manner, shape, or form.

3) Super Naruto that can own Itachi and Orochimaru, and has Sasuke's personality :headbash:

4) Pairings fics that are supposed to be about actual relationships with depth, yet involve girls constantly saying/thinking "Naruto's soooo hot!"

NaruSakus that turn into NaruSakuInos. I'll give some examples(BTW, it usually happens when people let them vote for the pairing ): A new team, a different sensei... This had all the potential in the world but the pairing that got the most votes is NaruSakuIno, next was NaruSaku. It has Naruto dating both of the girls at the same time. I just can't read it anymore. , Naruto: The Beginning of A Legend. And it was going NaruSaku for the whole time! The person decided to let the readers decide. Of course, they want Naruto to have as many girls as possible. , and A Different Sort of Naruto. The writer has Naruto and Sakura being boyfreind and girfriend and all that just to consider to make it a NarutoHarem! Here's a review I agree with:

Really. You can't truly be in love with more than one person!

I completely agree with this here.

[Sayaka-sama]

Can't stand OC's, especially those with ENGLISH names! For Christ's sake, this is an anime.

Yaoi, though it's my guilty pleasure, gets on my nerves if the pairings are completely off (NejixKankurou does not compute!)

Grammer and spelling are a must in fics for me, other I just stop reading and move on. Undescriptive fics, for the lack of a better description, SUCK. Bashing fics are no fun either. Hell, even I don't like certain characters, but if I'm going to insult them, I'll do it discreetly, not share it with the world.

But the mother of all things I hate...

When authors don't update their fics for an entire year! Some of the best fics I've ever read are either on hiatus, discontinued, or just ignored. IT DRIVES ME INSANE!!! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PEOPLE, THESE ARE YOUR STORIES! IF IT HAS A BEGINNING, GIVE IT AN ENDING!

Whew, now that I've gotten that out of my system, I'm going to go frollicking through the forest in a fit of glee.

Cheerio.

[Penandsword1]

My pet peeves:

Male pregnancy: I have nothing against writing about a Male/male relationship, but usually if a character who is 100% male, gotten pregnant with their "significant other's" child. I hit the back button and remind myself never to read that story again.

Mary-Sues and Gary-Stus/OC: Hate it when an author decide that they want to write themselves in to a story to get the character they want. Their OC are usually beautiful, smart, perfect, admired by everyone, gets the love and attention of their favorite character, gets into a battle-killed by enemy-mourned by everyone including love-comes back to life through prayer-reunite with love-married-lived happily ever after. I want to throw up.

Passing one giant paragraph as their story

Bad grammar, spelling mistakes and short cut writing: No one's perfect and usually there are mistakes made during writing and that's ok, but if they simple words like 'you' to 'u' and they make the same mistakes in grammar or speeling for over 10 chapters, the author is just being lazy and it shows he or she doesn't care about what they write and is putting a story up so that people could acknowledge them on the internet.

Changing a character's personality or blowing a trait way out of proportion: Ok, people know that Naruto isn't exactly the sharpest tool in the tool shed, but he isn't an idiot that wouldn't know up from down. Some stories constantly have Naruto insulted by others, like people calling a dumbass or having the word idiot thrown at him millions of time in a single chapter. Then the author makes Naruto do something very stupid afterwards which makes the reader think that he deserved to be called names, making them focus solely on Naruto's stupidity and lose focus on his good traits. And then there are authors who have Naruto insulted and makes him emo like, making him cut his wrists or drown in alcohol.

There's a bunch of others, but they are pointed out already in here , so I'm just leaving down things I hate in fanfiction writing.

[TikiTDO]

Amazing how much hate there is toward script stories, is it really so rare to see a decent one in such a format these days? Without script format we would not have any of the MST seires that were so popular for a while. There is also a fair share of decent Ranma and Final Fantasy script based stories, though none that I have seen recently. I think the large amount of chat room stories is what's turned so many people off, but still a bit unfair to say they are all bad.

As for the OOC matter. I'm sure I've posted several long rants on the topic, so what's one more. I believe the OOC-ness of a character should be determined by the author. You should try to keep their humanity intact, but preserving the entire personality may often be impossible. For example, I can't for the life of me write a cheery character for any prolonged period, therefore the Naruto in my stories is too serious for most tastes. Granted I have an explanation for it but the rate at which I reveal this certainly doesn't satisfy all the readers. With that I don't think it's fair to bash too many of the OOC authors, as they may end up having a valid explanation in the end.

[adrianna]

stories with instant messaging
male pregnancy
stories with pedophiles

[Nes Mikel]

stories with instant messaging
male pregnancy
stories with pedophiles

Hate to point this out, but the canon Naruto story already has a pedophile in the form of Orochimaru.

Amazing how much hate there is toward script stories, is it really so rare to see a decent one in such a format these days? Without script format we would not have any of the MST seires that were so popular for a while. There is also a fair share of decent Ranma and Final Fantasy script based stories, though none that I have seen recently. I think the large amount of chat room stories is what's turned so many people off, but still a bit unfair to say they are all bad.

I think the main reason why the script stories are getting such a bad reputation nowadays is because, as you have said, they have been laregly influenced by the instant messaging/chat room genre. Basically what happens most of the time these days is that two or more fanboys/fangirls of the Naruto series roleplay some role and basically post the results of their conversation on the net as a story, hence, the script format.

Nevertheless, I dislike script format stories, as it really is rare to see a decent one in such a format. For me, the only one that I have seen that was even remotely good was an Eva one that I read aeos ago. Additionally, I find script formats... limiting, in a sense. To me, it is as if the story is shoved in front of me in raw format and is told 'here, you imagine the rest!'. I rather let author do the work by putting it into an actual story format that is much more pleasant and enjoyable for me to read.

[MonkeysTotallyRock]

i'm sorry sayaka-sama, but i just can't take you seriously just because of your avatar. everytime i see it i burst out laughing. haha. anyways, i cannot/never could/never will enjoy/read a crossover.