Subject: Well...
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Posted on: 2012-01-30 16:01:00 UTC
I really don't know about the plot. It honestly seems like just another excuse to get two characters to have "omg totes hawt sex."
There is an attempt at an overarcing plot that I am rather interested in, but it seems rather weak overall to me.
So there is a particular fanfiction in the Pit that has 1k+ reviews and is immensely popular. The actual writing style and SPaG is very good, it's easy to read, and the writer is a fun, quirky person. The only problem is, the characters are extremely OOC and it is an AU. The author even admits to this in the first chapter. She basically created her own characters and tacked the real character's names and appearances onto them. So my question is, is this a badfic?
A good question. Let's examine what you've told us, and see if we can find an answer.
Pros
Good writing style
Good SPaG
Easy to Read
Cons
OOCness
Neutral
Author is fun and quirky
Fic is an AU
Looks to me like the Pros far outweigh the Cons. I can't say for sure that it is badfic but, even if it is, it is probably not bad enough to spork. We aren't looking for fics that are just a little bad, after all.
As a side note, I put AU under Neutral because I sometimes hear people use it as a negative when talking about a fic, but there is nothing inherently wrong with an AU. It is a genre. Genres are neither good or bad. They simply are.
-Phobos
Another big part of the sporking selection process is effort. Many of the fics that get PPC'd clearly have no effort whatsoever put into them, in terms of SPaG and closeness to canon. In your opinion, did the author put a lot of effort into the fic?
Also, Popularity =/= Quality. I've seen loads of lazy, badly written, or disturbing fanfics that don't have a single negative review.
Thirdly, and most importantly, would it be funny? That's probably the main deciding factor. Would it be funny to spork it? Could you get a lot of jokes out of it, or at the very least a lot of development for your own characters?
Is the fic enjoyable to read?
Badfic is badfic because it isn't written well. (Yeah, a Captain Obvious). If the story all in itself is good, then it isn't a badfic.
Take Shadow Cristal Mage's "Nanoha Takamachi of 2814". OOCness is rampant, but the story is really well written. Yeah, it's a crackfic, but it has also an overarching plot. A truly masterpiece.
The two major warning bells of a badfic are bad grammar and flimsy plot. (For example, the one I posted just under this has a few holes in the plot, and a not-so-stellar grammar), and by your review that's not the case.