Songfic: Ur Doing It Wrong

[redbrunja]

Dear Fanficcer,

I love the song "At Last." It's a great song. I have two separate versions on my iPod.

However, I have lost track of the times I have come across this exact scene for various pairings:

Some dance somewhere. One half of an OTP will be like, 'may I have this dance?'

Other half: *has feelings about this*

Annoying interspliced text: "At last, my love has come along...."

Other half of OTP: Yes, you may.

Annoying interspliced text: "My lonely days are over...."

This is the fanfic equivalent to getting hit in the face with a baseball bat.

Please knock if off.

If you want to have them dancing together, please pick a different song, and describe it more creatively than just shoving the lyrics in there.

Ask yourself 'is what is playing the MOST IMPORTANT thing about this scene?'

And if the answer is yes, don't fucking post it.

Bruised,
me

Comments

[solace-adrift.livejournal.com]

Songfics of any type really annoy me. I get that music is powerful -some of my best stories were inspired by songs- but interrupting the middle of a story for a bout of lyrics just breaks the flow. You can't just paste in emotion like that. It's sloppy.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Yes. I love it when people use fics as headers, but hate it when the lyrics randomly show up, until the author takes the time to acutally weave them into the story, and then you have one or two lines MAX.

[solace-adrift.livejournal.com]

Word.