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redbrunja ([personal profile] redbrunja) wrote2008-06-12 11:21 pm
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Thanks For Punishing The People Who You WANT Posting To Your Site

Dear ff.net,

WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM WITH BASIC, CORRECTLY USED PUNCTUATION?

No love,
me

[identity profile] meganbmoore.livejournal.com 2008-06-13 06:51 am (UTC)(link)
That it requires effort and concentration beyond that required that required for smut and OOC schmoop?

(Uhm...conventional ideas of schmoop are OOC for almost every pairing I've ever looked for fic for...most of my pairings' ideas of schmoop run more towards "here, this person glared at you, let me run them through" than "here, I remembered your favorite flowers!")

But yes, I've given up about two paragraphs in for almost every fic I've tried to read there.

[identity profile] redbrunja.livejournal.com 2008-06-13 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh. Yeah.

And I've found good fics on the Pit - you just have to find a good author and then favorite-jump.
ext_12512: Hinoe from Natsume Yuujinchou, elegant and smirky (STS Haru facepalm)

[identity profile] smillaraaq.livejournal.com 2008-06-13 07:09 am (UTC)(link)
What are they doing now?

(And if it's any consolation...um, there's a really cute piece of fresh Saiyuki het on [livejournal.com profile] springkink? Kou/Yaone, not your fave pairing I know, but hey, actual het...)

[identity profile] redbrunja.livejournal.com 2008-06-13 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I can't use quote marks of parentheticals in the summery. God knows why.

Oh, thanks for that link!
Edited 2008-06-13 16:49 (UTC)
ext_12512: Hinoe from Natsume Yuujinchou, elegant and smirky (Saiyuki Gaiden: history repeating)

[identity profile] smillaraaq.livejournal.com 2008-06-14 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, is that new? I know I've gotten tripped up on them not allowing various bits of punctuation in summaries and titles before. Annoying, but what are you gonna do? That's where the most eyeballs are... *shrugs*

[identity profile] redbrunja.livejournal.com 2008-06-14 12:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm honestly not sure. I rarely post on ff.net for just this reason.

[identity profile] tobu-ishi.livejournal.com 2008-06-13 11:39 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, dear. What new breed of voles has the pit spawned? I lost my trust for them when they deleted a friend's fic after it was reported for including song lyrics...

...original lyrics which she'd written herself. >_

[identity profile] redbrunja.livejournal.com 2008-06-13 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Not enough headdesk in the world.

Also, great icon.

[identity profile] tobu-ishi.livejournal.com 2008-06-14 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks! I made it myself. Chapter 84 was just too much love not to icon.

[identity profile] redbrunja.livejournal.com 2008-06-14 12:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Is your current icon from chapter 84 as well?

[identity profile] redbrunja.livejournal.com 2008-06-16 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
Awesome.

[identity profile] fairest1.livejournal.com 2008-06-13 12:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Or section breaks.

[identity profile] redbrunja.livejournal.com 2008-06-13 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. And you can't use any of the puncuation marks that would let the reader know that 'hey, scene shift!'

[identity profile] fairest1.livejournal.com 2008-06-13 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Not to mention the removal of slashes in the summaries, leaving every pairing a namesquish.

[identity profile] redbrunja.livejournal.com 2008-06-14 12:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh god I know. At least we still have 'x' for pairing names.

[identity profile] fairest1.livejournal.com 2008-06-14 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, but it still looks kinda weird. I miss the slashes.

[identity profile] redbrunja.livejournal.com 2008-06-14 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I originally 'learned on x's and will still sometimes use them, I have not having the option.
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[identity profile] redbrunja.livejournal.com 2008-06-14 12:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I think it's more that they just don't. fucking. listen.