Subject: Badfic on Radar
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Posted on: 2015-03-14 11:53:00 UTC

There's a fic on the CATS archive I spotted that has a few danger signals. I'm not declaring it badfic as it has only one chapter so far and the author says they have done "a huge rewrite with many changes." I'll keep my eye on it, and hopefully it will turn out to be all right. It's called "Three Jellicle Sisters."

So far it's problems are having an OC queen that's described as having muscles you could see underneath her pelt (I've had plenty of pet cats, and the mollies were never that muscular), a paragraph of description about a pelt that has too many patterns and colors mentioned, related to Bombalurina and Demeter somehow without immediate explanation (though this may not be a charge if there's a good explanation later), having a name that's spelled wrong - Rosealeana - the annoying capitalization of a word after a quote ending as though beginning a new sentence when not actually doing that, and frequently forgetting periods.

Names are tricky when it comes to Jellicles. I wouldn't say her name is wrong, it's just misspelled. Anyway, I'm gonna keep my eye on it and pray that it doesn't end up to become an obvious badfic. I'll leave a review and hope the reaction goes well. No flaming - I swear!

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