Oh dear oh dear... any takers?

Oh dear oh dear... any takers? by Chliever on 2009-06-25 04:30:00 UTC

Definitely a parody by Chliever on 2009-06-25 23:35:00 UTC Reply

And thus, not eligible for Legendary.

I still say "Poor Eponine" (my fourth mission) should be considered, though.

Then it's a bad parody. by Cinnia Aine on 2009-06-26 05:17:00 UTC Reply

It gave me a headache just to read the first chapter. I think I have a new (or maybe not so new) quote about bad parody fics and troll fics. Here goes: "Every time someone uses chatspeak in a story, an English teacher dies." (In other words, outside of a IM conversation in the fic. I don't usually even like that type of conversation in any story, but I'm letting it slide, for the sake of my own sanity.)

Oh, happy day! by Ugolino on 2009-06-25 16:58:00 UTC Reply

Badfic never dies. Yay for Chick wannabes!
It's never a good sign... by tabbycat on 2009-06-25 07:24:00 UTC Reply

...when the first review on a fic is its own author praising it to the high heavens :P

Didn't even bother to sign out to review. by Buta on 2009-06-25 09:44:00 UTC Reply

Fail. Oh, and the fic sounds a lot like a Chick Tract, but that might just be me.

So very agreed by The Trojanhorse on 2009-06-25 07:37:00 UTC Reply

And the same thing applies to headers - if I see a fic header saying that the author really thinks this is just the bees knees and that they've totally written, like, a metaphor for the ages here, I yawn and click riiiiiight over it, unless the rest of the headers suggests it might be sporkworthy.

It's a touchy subject... by Sedri on 2009-06-25 07:17:00 UTC Reply

But that's a good point. I would just suggest proceeding with caution, avoid making too many charges based on religion alone, and stick in a very clearly-worded author's note about how it's the fic tht offends, not the religious content.

In this case, I see enough implausible encounters and OOCness in Harry (overdefensiveness, for one) to charge even without the religious content.