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Fanfiction's Worst Summaries v10.0

Discussion in 'Fanfic Discussion' started by Dark Syaoran, Jun 10, 2016.

  1. Sataniel

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    I see that this author has even more quality works.

     
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    The one that I'd struggle with the most out of their stuff is the X-Men cross-over where Harry's mutant name is Arsenal. Purely because I'd never be able to read it without thinking about the football club.
     
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    I struggle to understand the ideas of the author's stories. Or rather how a sane person could come up with them. There are FF writers, that mix a couple of tropes, connect them in the most basic way and call the result their story. Then there are those, who add or divert a bit from that plot to give their story a somewhat individual touch, which is completely acceptable. Lastly, there are stories based on unique ideas. These can either be satisfying and refreshing, the sort of stuff DLP is hunting for, or crazy and/or retarded. The FFs mentioned above fit into the latter category. Exclusively.
     
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    Father forgive them, they know not what they do.
     
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    That used to be my first reaction as well upon seeing a story (and a fav/follow count) like this. It’s either that, or they know exactly what they’re doing, which is ostensibly worse. Oh well, tastes differ.

    Speaking of…

    This one got a new summary (and was apparently reposted by the author) since it was last mentioned in the v7.0 thread. It is not an improvement.
     
  6. Zombie

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    117 chapters of steaming garbage.
     
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    Or 1,266,030 words of pure shit.
     
  8. Zombie

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    Gotta give it to them, some complete dedication to take it to that extent. I've seen that fic name floating around in lists for years at this point.
     
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    I’ve gone too deep.

    http://riseofthedrackens.wikia.com/wiki/Home
     
  10. Zombie

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    I'm not even going to click that. I stared into the abyss just be reading the summary.
     
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    You mean like one of these? Oh, that‘s some good stuff. Good stuff indeed. I mean, discounting the questionable grammar and formatting, the summary already gives away the pairing, premise, plot (because let’s be honest, this is not going to end in failure for Harry) and what would probably count as twists for this kind of story – Sirius and Remus getting over their dislike of Snape as they recognise he’s Harry‘s One True Love, presumably.

    Also, 235,000+ words and 3,375 favourites. I mean, come on.

     
  13. Dubious Destiny

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    Yes, but I am pretty sure there is another story which misleads people.
    I had started reading the story without looking at the author's name and was feeling puzzled while doing so...

    Summaries may be accurate, but interpretations exist.
     
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    I was thinking exactly that a few weeks ago.

    I wonder if blocking her will stop her stories from appearing in search?
     
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    This gem just popped up on FFN.

     
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  16. Zombie

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    Its.. only two words. There was more story in the summary.

    But I guess that's the point.
     
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    His other story is pretty special...

    Tails the Edge Lord
    (Tails) What Up Guys I'm 13 Today (Sonic) So your Gonna Have Sex Today? (Tails) I'm not 18 Idiot (Sonic) oh Sorry (Tails) just don't get me Pissed off or else (Sonic) okay (Tails) and now Shut up im gonna listen to heavy metal music its Amazing (Sonic) Tails your Going into a edge Lord (Shadow) hey That's my thing (Tails) DIE SHADOW (Sonic) Yay lets eat his Brain (Tails) Yay
    Sonic the Hedgehog - Rated: T - English - Mystery/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2 - Published: 3h ago
     
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    Does anyone remember when betrayal HP fics were all the rage? And by rage I mean they made me angry.
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    Also lol at rating it M.
     
  19. Sataniel

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    So I did a crawl through FFN recently to look for promising fics. Ended up finding mostly not-so-promising fics.


    The fic is actually worse than what te summary suggests.





    And then I found this gal, a true prolific master of fanfiction.


    And that's only a fraction of her ongoing fics. It's incredible.
     
  20. masterpeng

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    Regarding betrayal fics, it's not just Pokemon or Harry Potter. Unfortunately, while HP has a lot of diverse tropes, Pokemon is limited to two: Betrayed!Ash and Aura!Smart!OP!Ash >.< May or may not include harem, multi or/and many legendary pokemon.
     
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