I know this is incredibly nitpicky on terminology, but there are no hurricanes in most of Asia. Because depending on where you are in Asia, most of the time, the weathermen call tropical cyclones of hurricane-wind strength as typhoons (if you're in Japan, the Philippines, China, etc.) or cyclones (if you're in the Southern Hemisphere or in the Indian Ocean, like Bangladesh or well, India).

I know its a little obscure, but it can get annoying sometimes. Really. I get a little weirded out when there's a dramatic storm in a fanfic set in Japan or some Asian country and the Japanese characters call the storm a hurricane. It just makes me go "whut?"

Also, because the copy editor in me demands it: the use of compare with and compare to

You compare Naruto with Sasuke, but you do not compare Sasuke with the moon. You compare Sasuke to the moon.

I understand authors like to play things by the ear and this may not hold true for British usage, but it still gets to me every now and then when I see this in fanfics and published books.

Anyone else here have grammar pet peeves in fanfics that get you, however irrational you think your irritation is?

Walked around Times Square =D Went to Sony Technology Lab. Shopped in a drug store. Ate at a pizza restaurant in Times Square called Rays. Shopped some more in Times Square. Napped in Central Park. Did the lottery for In the Heights Tickets (and didn't get lucky, so sad). Bought cheap tickets to Legally Blond through TKTS. Saw Legally Blonde (so much fun, but I kinda like the movie, even though Laura Bell Bundy was AMAZING). Got some autographs. About to go to bed.

Hotels that require you to pay to use internet suck. =/

 Naruto's Seven Mist Swordsmen get dropped into Hogwarts, eh?

Okay, for the sake of ranting, let's say I didn't sneer just at the summary of of your fic. Let's say I was genuinely interested in the idea of how Hogwarts would handle seven possibly unstable muggle ninja that are much more adept at killing than the average wizard.

Let's say I was disappointed with what I clicked on. I mean, besides the typical Seven Shinobi Swordsmen OCs (Token bitchy female, token girly boy, token 'comic relief' character) and Dumbles just letting the supposed muggles enroll Hogwarts, there were several things that just didn't make sense.
(Though I suppose I must give you props for the manner of which they arrived. Out of Neville's wand after a particularlly poor spell?)

For the record, when you do those annoying 'They're speaking', 'They're thinking' thing at the top of the page, could you at least... you know, follow it?

Also, your twin OCs are a rip off of Fred and George and you seem very aware of that.

And although I bet Dumbledore probably used the phrase 'my boy' once in canon, he does not say 'my boy' after every sentence.
What the hell?
And the absence of personalities in the canon Swordsmen was completely expected and thus barely worth mention.

But finally, you, reviewer of this fic. You do not get to demand that the author writes in what pairings you want. That is just... gah. It is not your fic. It is the author's fic. They are not required to pander to your couples. 

Pondering how Raiga and Dumbledore might interact, 
Lightning Ougi

Rant the first:

If you're going to write an entire story in italics, then why is it in italics at all?

Rant the second:

Deadpool without his suit on? Maybe you like seeing things that would be repulsive to most people, but unless so, DO NOT WANT.

Sigh. I'm running out of polite correction letters for submissions containing items such as:

Dumbledore peed over his half-rim glasses at Harry. (Either you meant 'peered' or the old man has great aim)

The Orers disappeared with a loud poop. (When you only watch the movies, you might want to check the books for spelling... its Aurors. And I'm pretty sure they all POP in and out, otherwise Diagon Alley would be a very smelly place.)

"Expelleranus!" (Unless you are trying to punish the Death Eater standing behind the person you cast that on, I'm pretty sure it is "Expelliarmus".)

And the previous post reminded me... Harry Potter (Yes, two t's and two r's) has a LIGHTNING-shaped scar.  It is not lightening-shaped. 

Hermione is not spelled "Hermene" in the books, stop arguing with me.  (Yes, I checked, she says it is spelled that way in the British edition [in English] of the HP books.  FAIL.)

And finally, Dumbledore does not offer his students his lemon sores.  I really hope you meant lemon sours, but who knows.

I'm bored. :'|

...and I really, really want a puppy. ;;

I've been up all day and have a really intense second wind right now but cannot figure out what to do with it. THIS IS FRUSTRATING.

EDITED FOR MEME. I'm really bored skfjsf.

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Dear Self,

It's really not the end of the world if the wireless connection cuts out. Really, it's not. Even if it's out all night. Even if you had EPIC RP PLANZ. I know it's disappointing and upsetting, but it's really not that big a deal. There's no reason to throw a tantrum like a grade-schooler and go sulk in your room.

And next time, let's try that "looking for an alternate solution thing" before the tantrum next time, hmm?

No love,
Me

Reverse Friends Cut!

No hard feelings. ♥

Aspiring authors, I'm asking you nicely here. Try to follow me on this.

When something gets less heavy, like, say, a burden? That's "lightening." Alternatively, when something gets less dark, like, say, the sky at dawn? That's "lightening," too. It's a verb. Or maybe an adjective. Or maybe some other part of speech - I'm not too great with those, actually. But I do know this...it's not a noun.

When that crashy boom thing happens - what some folk call thunder - and jagged streaks of electricity come out of the sky? THAT's "lightning." And it IS a noun.

Can you see the difference?

Less heavy/less dark = lightening
Electrical phenomenon during a thunderstorm = lightning

Please, please, get this right. At least in the title, if nothing else.

So this failauthor I've ranted about before wanders into the chatroom for the writing community he'd posted in before, bitching that he doesn't have any reviews on his fiction.

- This is not true. He has eight. This is more than most people on that community have, simply because we like reading more than we like reviewing.

We tell him this, and I mention that his poor response to my concrit from before might have something to do with his apparent lack of reviews, because, let's face it, who's going to review an author who insults and backtalks the people who do review his work?

He says, "What's concrit?"

We explain.

He says, "I don't think criticism by its nature is constructive. You're telling people they suck."

I say, "No, I'm telling people they need to use grammar."

He says, "No, I don't. I'm not getting paid for this, why should I work hard on it?"

WHAT.

!!!!! THIS IS FOR ANYONE WHO READS DEADMAN WONDERLAND !!!!!

I know the general policy between scanslators/distributors is that if someone is scanslating something, it's rude for other people to step in, but ffff it's been around three weeks since we last heard from SnoopyCool about anything, so here's something to tide us over. When SnoopyCool uploads the chapter, this'll go down, because it'd be obsolete, l-lol.

( [ DOWNLOADS AND TRANSLATION ] )

TL;DR : BRB SQUEEING MOAR ffflkjaenwflkawef oh god I love this series.

Okay, I have a few things to say about the Decepticons regarding they're relationship with Humans.

One, if they find a Human (let's call it Squishy), chances are they'll either A.) Kill Squishy or B.) Use Squishy as Blackmail. They wouldn't take them in and raise them as their own. Not even Soundwave, who has "paternal instincts " of sorts would even think about doing that.

Two, if they took in Squishy, they wouldn't be nice to them. They would be mean, because they're EVIL. They would poke at, insult, probably end up killing Squishy sooner or later. They wouldn't call them endearing names nor they wouldn't protect it from any other Decepticons.

Third: Did I meantion anywhere that the Decepticons are evil? Meaning they are NOT nice. They kill, they have no regard of Human life whatsoever (unless it benefits them) and...THEY'RE EVIL!

That is all.

Sorry about the "Oh no, not AGAIN!" rant, but I've seen one too many stories involving disgustingly OOC Decepticons that I just had to say something.

While browsing for fic at the Pit, I spotted one that looked like it had the potential to be either a trainwreck or one of those crackfics that makes everyone's jaw hit the floor over how IC it is despite what's actually going on. And hey, it just might be a perfectly good DCU/Marvelverse/Buffyverse/Sliders/Bible crossover, so all the rant's about is this:

Dear author,

Don't post your nine-chapter fic as nine separate stories.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but methinks Ianto Jones isn't obsessive-compulsive. Whilst he probably keeps things relatively neat, I don't quite think that he's the type to make sure that EVERY pile of paperwork is exactly straight, or to colour code Post-It notes to keep track of who wrote which notes, or anything like that. What gave you the idea that he has OCD? If he did, wouldn't they make it a bit more clear on the show itself? (And also, while I am no expert on the subject, he wouldn't faint after Owen using Jack's Post-It notes, at least without good reason.) Seriously, are you guys watching the same show as I am? Are you even watching the show at all? (No, because obviously fanfictions are the ultimate source of canon.)

...Not for the lack of trying though. Not really. I think I can blame me not going on two things:

1.) My craptastic day yesterday.
2.) THE FOLLOWING Y!M brainspew CONVERSATION WITH ficcentricity.


( TL;DR and possibly incoherent TO THE EXTREME. LIKE DINOSAURS EXPLODING. )


Sorry, not all of it is about my Evil 8059 Plans per se, but-- PLZ TO BE AMUSED ANYWAY? *is shot*

...This is what happens when Plurk goes down. :

Ok author, your Zatchbell/Naruto has 24 chapters and no reviews and yet you wonder why this is? Allow me to shed some light:

1. Your "fic" is in scrip form, with nothing that tells what the characters are doing. As far as your readers can tell the characters are all talking in monotone.

2. IT'S BORING! No really, I could barley sit through five chapters of this shit. All you've done is retell what we already know from the series.

3. The Naruto world is different then the Zatchbell modern world. That means you actually have to explain how Dr.Riddles knew about the ninjas and the Hidden leaf village in the first place. I admit I like the idea of alternate universes so long as you explain how the characters know about it.

4.  Zatch: thinking Zophis.

    Kiyo: thinking Zophis.

Eh?

Going private on my AIM for a while.

If you can't see me, sorry.

BRUTAL NINJA FCUT.

Mostly people that just never post ethgekjthh

probable hiatus due to rl issues

back asap, sorry ♥