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[elspethdixon]

etherati's Watchmen fics make me so very happy (and also afraid of posting my one sad little h/c fic when it's back from beta, because OMG, hers are gorgeous). The characterization, the prose, the mood... the zombies ^_^ Seriously, her zombie AU is probably my favorite Watchmen fic of all time, even more than spy's AU or theonlytwin's threesome fics.

Things that do not make me happy? LotR authors who like to throw around phrases like "the golden-haired elf" (Which one? That's, like, every elf in the movies and half the elves in the books) and "the young [noun]" instead of using the character's bloody name. Especially "the young [noun]" in close third. Teenagers? Do not think of themselves as young. 400-year-old elves? Definately don't think of themselves that way, even if 400 *is* young in eleven terms.

The Fluffle is filled with bliss when the Stevelet licks his face, but seems to be confused and distressed when I lick him. This clearly falls under the same "things I thought the cat would like, but which inexplicably distress him" category that putting butter on his nose did.

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Yes, Superman/Batman pairings seem to attract that

[jazzypom]

the kryptonian, the bat, the dark haired blue eyed man. The.. it's terrible. Nothing will get me to backspace out of fic faster than descriptors. DO NOT WANT!!!!

Re: Yes, Superman/Batman pairings seem to attract that

[elspethdixon]

The sad part is that the parody example I made up could almost be a real fic, if I took out about two-three epithets.

Going back and forth between "Bruce" and "Batman" for no apparent reason is a minor but perpetual source of irritation for me in DCU fics. "Bruce" and "Batman" aren't just two different names for the same guy; they're two distinct personnas. It's annoying with superheroes in general, but especially with Batman. He even has a different *voice* depending on whether he's in "Bruce" mode or "Bat" mode!

However, Watchmen fic has given me a new, even more *argyourprosemustdiearg* example. Rorschach and Walter Kovac are not interchangeable names, especially not from Rorschach's pov (also, I don't care if one half of a pairing is literally six inches shorter and sixty pounds lighter than the other, canonically giving you the size differential most fandoms have to exaggerate and make up, I still don't want to see "the smaller man/"the larger man" or any other size comparisons more than about once a fic. Maybe once a chapter if it's a really long fic and the chapters are substantial).