Just because we don't exclaim it on the Board...

WBWL FICS-THIS IS SERIOUS (SIRIUS?) by Cringe-Factoryy on 2018-10-15 05:48:00 UTC Reply

Okay so I think I may be the only one here who knows about WBWL fics and that... needs to be fixed.

So WBWL stands for Wrong-Boy-Who-Lived. These stories are... canon!Sues. They usually have Morally Ambiguous/Grey or Dark Harry, Hermione Bashing, Weasley Bashing, Potters Bashing, & Dumbledore Bashing.

So basically, Harry has a twin and that twin is mistaken for the BWL. And his parents are usually alive.

In terms of ‘Sue tropes, these are probably unique because the oc, Harry’s Twin, is not the Mary Sue. The oc, in fact, is usually arrogant, brash, loud, and obnoxious. Also, Harry usually beats him EASILY despite the fact the the oc has been apparently training his entire life (the grammar is also really good... so there’s also that, at least).

Oh, and Harry’s abuse at the hands of the Dursleys’ is often exaggerated or added to unnecessarily, he is usually some sort of prodigy, and at least half have Good!Slytherins. I wouldn’t even be surprised if someone made him have wandless magic.

Also, if Harry’s not sent to the Dursleys, then James and Lily abuse/neglect him. For ABSOLUTELY NO REASON.

Also, there are currently 179 works in it’s ao3 tag. 179 works. And that’s not even counting the ones on FFN-

Just because we don't exclaim it on the Board... by Novastorme on 2018-10-15 08:39:00 UTC Reply

doesn't mean we don't know.

Trust me, I've dived into more WBWL fics than I can remember. And, if you dive deep enough you'll find there are the occasional ones that aren't too bad so don't tar them all with the same brush. You're also forgetting the 'fics that have Neville as the fake Boy-Who-Lived, of which some of those are quite interesting too, both in a good or bad way.

So, I'm not *quite* sure why you felt like you needed to exclaim this, rather over-used fanfic cliche to us, I'm fairly certain Ix has missioned a WBWL 'fic before. But thank you for your... efforts to keep us notified of such things, perhaps tone it down in the future. I'm not saying such spontaneity is bad, I'm just saying perhaps think before you post sometimes.

Novastorme

Re: Just because we don't exclaim it on the Board... by Cringe-Factoryy on 2018-10-15 09:00:00 UTC Reply

... yeah, probably.
I think talking about WBWL fics just gave me the illusion of being productive (lol), because the only other thing I’ve done is scroll around the legendary badfic page and read part of My Immortal (also listened part of the dramatic reading, but I clicked out of it).

Also, I’m kinda curious as to which section the agents who PPCed the WBWL fic were in, since I’m planning on PPCing one for my first mission.

You'd have to look through the HP missions. by Neshomeh on 2018-10-15 15:57:00 UTC Reply

Listed here and here. The latter list includes the original summaries of the fics killed (if possible), so that might give you a better shot at finding what you're looking for.

Reading more missions of the type you're interested in writing is always a good idea. {= )

~Neshomeh
Re: Just because we don't exclaim it on the Board... by Cringe-Factoryy on 2018-10-15 09:01:00 UTC Reply

See, this is why my user name is Cringe-Factoryy.😐

Hang on a minute... by Snowblaze on 2018-10-15 07:39:00 UTC Reply

I just checked AO3 and there are seventeen works in the tag, not 179. But yes, they are awful. All of them. Once I get Permission I might mission one of them.