Things that annoy you in fanfiction discussion

[Christemo]

I've been reading this lately. Maybe it's just this particular writer-translator, but reading it feels like what eating polystyrene packaging must be like- it's thicker than it has any right to be, it's hollow, and it's got to be no good for everybody involved.

Didn't at all feel that way to me so maybe you have a really bad version.

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i read the illiad when i was like 10 and loved it stop being a girl

Yeah basically this. If you don't like good things then maybe its because you got a bad version of the good thing.

[Historia]

Other than Joan of Arc related material (I have five or so books about her sitting on my desk right now), the only other thing I read in recent memory is Fengshen Yanyi (well, little bits of it from the internet), since I was playing on using Su Daji as a Servant for a fic idea. Even had a fight scene of her versus Sgathaich, before I... kind of left it hanging...

Which brings up an annoyance... for some people: those authors who never finish what they've started.

[SeiKeo]

i read the illiad when i was like 10 and loved it stop being a girl

It's okay if you were pretentious at 10.

[Kirby]

I mean, it sucks, but if the author loses interest or has real life issues that get in the way, it's not like they're obligated to write. So it's understandable

[Seika]

I will write 10,000 words at you on the brilliance of the Iliad, Leo.

[Kelnish]

It's okay if you were pretentious at 10.

This, I also read it at 10 because I was pretentious.

[Historia]

Yeah. It's totally understandable.

[Kirby]

I think I read it (that, or the Odyssey) in a high school English class. I don't remember if I liked it or not because I only started actually enjoying what I read when I was in like 11th grade or something

[Christemo]

It's okay if you were pretentious at 10.

Its okay if you have bad taste Leo I'll still be your friend.

[SeiKeo]

I will write 10,000 words at you on the brilliance of the Iliad, Leo.

You're not 10.

[kay4today]

isnt the illiad about some gay dude whose gay friend dies and then he sulks for days until he kills the Very Hetero man who killed the gay friend and also there's a horse at some point and the greeks are dicks?

[Christemo]

isnt the illiad about some gay dude whose gay friend dies and then he sulks for days until he kills the Very Hetero man who killed the gay friend and also there's a horse at some point and the greeks are dicks?

I feel like this is a very poor definition of the Illiad.

[Kelnish]

I feel like this is a very poor definition of the Illiad.

It seems pretty spot on, really. Except the part about the horse, that wasn't in the Illiad as far as I remember.

[Christemo]

Kelnish please go Kelnish somewhere else the adults are talking now.

[Seika]

You're not 10.

No, but.

Please read books that aren't boring.

So you're very wrong.

isnt the illiad about some gay dude whose gay friend dies and then he sulks for days until he kills the Very Hetero man who killed the gay friend and also there's a horse at some point and the greeks are dicks?

The Trojan Horse is not in the Iliad. Also Akhilleus and Patroklos have the opportunity to sleep together but screw women instead. It's later stories which put them in a relationship. Also he sulks, then Patroklos dies, then he goes berserk. The sulking doesn't happen after Patroklos is dead.

[eddyak]

Maybe it was the poetry.

I hate all things poetry with all the fury of a quiet but horrible-smelling simmering cauldron.

It was probably the poetry.

[SeiKeo]

No, but.

So you're very wrong.

Brilliant can be perfectly boring. I am well acquainted with this kind of thing.

[kay4today]

It seems pretty spot on, really. Except the part about the horse, that wasn't in the Illiad as far as I remember.

yes there was the horse knew that the Strong Gay guy was going to die too (spoiler warning btw)

[eddyak]

The Trojan Horse is not in the Iliad. Also Akhilleus and Patroklos have the opportunity to sleep together but screw women instead. It's later stories which put them in a relationship.

Yes, this is what I need. A collection of stories, or the full complete thing. Not bloody poetry.

[Haseo Nanaya]

I will write 10,000 words at you on the brilliance of the Iliad, Leo.

I would read those 10,000 words.