When I saw the following at the beginning of a fic...
Note: I barely speak a word of French. All French dialogue here is from a translation program. Apologies in advance if I offend anyone.
...it was instant back button. I still know enough written French from my high school days to not want to risk seeing what the author actualy ended up with.
Translation programs and translation webpages are not substitutes for knowing a language. In fact about the only thing they're good for is getting a vague idea what a text in a foreign language is about. They generally won't translate idioms or dialects properly, and often won't translate certain words directly. So the likely result of using them to try and add dialogue in a foreign language to your fic is laughter and eye rolling from anyone who actually reads that language. So, please, just say no.
Note: I barely speak a word of French. All French dialogue here is from a translation program. Apologies in advance if I offend anyone.
...it was instant back button. I still know enough written French from my high school days to not want to risk seeing what the author actualy ended up with.
Translation programs and translation webpages are not substitutes for knowing a language. In fact about the only thing they're good for is getting a vague idea what a text in a foreign language is about. They generally won't translate idioms or dialects properly, and often won't translate certain words directly. So the likely result of using them to try and add dialogue in a foreign language to your fic is laughter and eye rolling from anyone who actually reads that language. So, please, just say no.
You're a really good author, and I love your stories- you can do great plot, suspense, etcetera.
But please, please stop it with the healing cock. Getting over abuse can take years. It shouldn't suddenly be better after a round of sex with one nice person. The fact that it does completely shakes me out of your stories, which are otherwise very realistic.
Keep with the realism and don't worry so much about the porn, please?
But please, please stop it with the healing cock. Getting over abuse can take years. It shouldn't suddenly be better after a round of sex with one nice person. The fact that it does completely shakes me out of your stories, which are otherwise very realistic.
Keep with the realism and don't worry so much about the porn, please?
Whoot! So, Thanksgiving was a great day yesterday, as I now only got to see my friend, but I also got to see her puppy and kitties. And spent a good portion of the afternoon playing with them.
I also used the time to buy Supernatural Season 4 from Best Buy. Best decision ever. Now I just need to get caught up on Season 3 so I can watch it when it gets here. Also bought Roswell from the Half Price Book Store. Almost bought a Yu-Gi-Oh game instead and was sorely tempted to buy the Lost board game.
I kind of want to write Luxord/Larxene for the next entry in that poker league series of fics I seem to be working on.
After December, I'm going to have to stop reading anything dealing with Kingdom Hearts. I want no spoilers. At all. I spoiled myself silly for Days and now I'm kind of sad I did. No spoilers for Birth By Sleep at all. I don't care if I have to drop off the internet to do it.
I want fake hoops for my upper ears for when Sam and I cosplay Organization XIII characters at random.
I suppose nobody wants a drabble or anything for Christmas, as no one has responded to that post.
I also used the time to buy Supernatural Season 4 from Best Buy. Best decision ever. Now I just need to get caught up on Season 3 so I can watch it when it gets here. Also bought Roswell from the Half Price Book Store. Almost bought a Yu-Gi-Oh game instead and was sorely tempted to buy the Lost board game.
I kind of want to write Luxord/Larxene for the next entry in that poker league series of fics I seem to be working on.
After December, I'm going to have to stop reading anything dealing with Kingdom Hearts. I want no spoilers. At all. I spoiled myself silly for Days and now I'm kind of sad I did. No spoilers for Birth By Sleep at all. I don't care if I have to drop off the internet to do it.
I want fake hoops for my upper ears for when Sam and I cosplay Organization XIII characters at random.
I suppose nobody wants a drabble or anything for Christmas, as no one has responded to that post.
Wakana-san (a doujinshi artist I met at JE) has just dropped me an e-mail, offering to sell my Hetalia doujinshi at the winter Comiket in Tokyo, in the APH alley....
-From one point of view: I'm happy out of my mind.
-On the other:...I'm nowhere near done with my book. And she asked me to send some copies till Christmas.
I really-really want to have my doujinshi sold there but...it's near impossible for me to make it on time now because:
-Uni is a bitch, we have a test and a presentation to do every week.
-I'm also starting driving lessons next week.
-I have commissions piled up...
I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR ANYTHING.
And a whole month has been wasted on angsting and not doing pretty much anything due to emotional stress and an overal gloom that had nestled itself into my mind and heart.
What the hell should I do now...? I feel like this is a huge opportunity (because I've always wanted to sell my own stuff in Japan, even if it means I'm not there personally) and I don't want to miss it...
Eh, I'm going to reply to her and explain...maybe she can give me some time till New Year? I'm not even sure when winter Comiket is held exactly.
*headdesk*
-From one point of view: I'm happy out of my mind.
-On the other:...I'm nowhere near done with my book. And she asked me to send some copies till Christmas.
I really-really want to have my doujinshi sold there but...it's near impossible for me to make it on time now because:
-Uni is a bitch, we have a test and a presentation to do every week.
-I'm also starting driving lessons next week.
-I have commissions piled up...
I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR ANYTHING.
And a whole month has been wasted on angsting and not doing pretty much anything due to emotional stress and an overal gloom that had nestled itself into my mind and heart.
What the hell should I do now...? I feel like this is a huge opportunity (because I've always wanted to sell my own stuff in Japan, even if it means I'm not there personally) and I don't want to miss it...
Eh, I'm going to reply to her and explain...maybe she can give me some time till New Year? I'm not even sure when winter Comiket is held exactly.
*headdesk*
artist:
azirae
rating: PG13
pairing: Urahara/Mayuri (again, but this time in a MEME!), slight Szayel/Mayuri
warning: Implied touchy-feely
description: A pairing meme I got from DA, and a handful of doodles.
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rating: PG13
pairing: Urahara/Mayuri (again, but this time in a MEME!), slight Szayel/Mayuri
warning: Implied touchy-feely
description: A pairing meme I got from DA, and a handful of doodles.
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Bisexuality is not a unicorn. It's real, documented, and not all that uncommon of an occurrence. So when a male character that admits to liking girls starts liking a boy too he doesn't have to choose a side and be either straight or gay. He can be bi. No really. I'm serious.
- Mood:
hyper
Awhile back you guys voted on which picture I should use for my new web site layout. It was Celes from FF6.
And now it's up!
ps if you see any problems, please tell me. Esp if you're on a mac, since I don't have one.
And now it's up!
ps if you see any problems, please tell me. Esp if you're on a mac, since I don't have one.
Comparing someone's ass to globes makes me think of Zeus, not romance.
Challenges i thought of but could not write because my gramer and spelling sucks.
I...you...wha...*twitch* gnrk...
NO. BAD AUTHOR(?). VERY BAD. NO COOKIE.
brb, having an aneurysm.
...ironically, there are onlytwothree (ETA: I can totes count :B) things wrong with that sentence.
I...you...wha...*twitch* gnrk...
NO. BAD AUTHOR(?). VERY BAD. NO COOKIE.
brb, having an aneurysm.
...ironically, there are only
...but that doesn't make calling somebody your "butt salve" any less hilarious.
On my hunt for decent fic for my fandom, I came across one with an interesting summary. Now, I don't mind reading rape by this author, since they write it and the reactions well. What I did mind was the "warning" before the actual story.
"WARNING: This is the FF I actually gave Közi when he was playing with Haru(hiko)
At the 'Autumn Gothic Nights III' in Rostock in 2003...
I really don't know what came over me then... I guess my sickness got the better of me...
I am so glad that he is not able to understand english...
I guess I would have been dead by now (although he was glaring at me the next time we saw each other... could have been my imagination though...)
I hope you like it though ^^
I guess I just love Rape FFs..."
Just.... NO!
*unplugs computer and runs*
"WARNING: This is the FF I actually gave Közi when he was playing with Haru(hiko)
At the 'Autumn Gothic Nights III' in Rostock in 2003...
I really don't know what came over me then... I guess my sickness got the better of me...
I am so glad that he is not able to understand english...
I guess I would have been dead by now (although he was glaring at me the next time we saw each other... could have been my imagination though...)
I hope you like it though ^^
I guess I just love Rape FFs..."
Just.... NO!
*unplugs computer and runs*
"Give me your hand, you were bleeding early.”
You weren't supposed to start bleeding until later!
EDIT: (still from same fic)
Watanuki gasped and arched his back, crawling at Doumeki’s shoulders
Is Doumeki really, really big, or is Watanuki really, really small?
He grabbed his hands around Watanuki’s thigh
I'm picturing a cheerleading stance here, like he's holding on to Watanuki who's on top of a pyramid.
You weren't supposed to start bleeding until later!
EDIT: (still from same fic)
Watanuki gasped and arched his back, crawling at Doumeki’s shoulders
Is Doumeki really, really big, or is Watanuki really, really small?
He grabbed his hands around Watanuki’s thigh
I'm picturing a cheerleading stance here, like he's holding on to Watanuki who's on top of a pyramid.
Christmas. I just love everything about it. I love the Christmas songs, I love how warm and safe and happy the house feels all December, I love decorating, I love baking cookies, I love how it smells, I love getting presents, I love giving presents, I love going to church, I love visiting family, I love the car rides everywhere, I love sitting on the floor with my sisters on Christmas morning to open presents even though we're 20, 27, and 31 respectively, I love watching "Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz"...I even love shopping for gifts because my mall is never actually terribly crowded.
So after that...Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate! ^.^
Criminal Minds is one of those fandoms where slash fic is kinda rare. Hotch-centric slash fic is as rare as rocking-horse poop, so I take what I can get.
However...
I can possibly, just about (but not really) cope with Aaron Hotchner calling Spencer Reid "Spencey" *cringes*
But a critically wounded Hotch using his own blood to write 'Darling Spence, I love you so much'?? Just....O_o
He dipped his finger in the blood again. I need you to know this, Babe.
'I am sorry I didn't make it. I will love you always. Please Sweetheart, be happy. I don't want to leave you...'
Seriously....WTF? What's next? Is he going to start dipping his finger into his gaping wound to finish that novel he's been working on? Or maybe to write the case report? Or "Dear diary, so far today's been a bit of a bummer..."
However...
I can possibly, just about (but not really) cope with Aaron Hotchner calling Spencer Reid "Spencey" *cringes*
But a critically wounded Hotch using his own blood to write 'Darling Spence, I love you so much'?? Just....O_o
He dipped his finger in the blood again. I need you to know this, Babe.
'I am sorry I didn't make it. I will love you always. Please Sweetheart, be happy. I don't want to leave you...'
Seriously....WTF? What's next? Is he going to start dipping his finger into his gaping wound to finish that novel he's been working on? Or maybe to write the case report? Or "Dear diary, so far today's been a bit of a bummer..."
- Mood:
shocked
"Okay, I'll slay with you." doesn't quite fit into the context of two guys guarding a museum overnight.
"When that hot cleaver tongue licked the outer shell of his ear..."
I know what you meant, dear author. But in the middle of an otherwise steamy make-out scene, a typo like this brings up an entirely different and not-really-wanted mental image.
I know what you meant, dear author. But in the middle of an otherwise steamy make-out scene, a typo like this brings up an entirely different and not-really-wanted mental image.
- Mood:
amused - Music:Fringe 2x08 - August
Maybe it's just a personal thing, but reading "hormones" in a summary makes me skip over it rather like I was playing hopscotch. Unless somehow it doesn't just sound like you're using it in place of...
Pheromones. Double the fleeing speed if the word pheromones is anywhere in the fic if we aren't talking furries or bestiality (in which case it would make rather much more sense, but I don't read furry-fic, or bestiality).
Why, ficcers? I know it applies to teenagers, but really, to me the use of it in the summary the way many authors do just makes the fic sound raunchy...
Also, I haven't been able to locate any new, good Sparrington. I can only reread the ones I've got for so long.../angst, wank, general asshattery
Pheromones. Double the fleeing speed if the word pheromones is anywhere in the fic if we aren't talking furries or bestiality (in which case it would make rather much more sense, but I don't read furry-fic, or bestiality).
Why, ficcers? I know it applies to teenagers, but really, to me the use of it in the summary the way many authors do just makes the fic sound raunchy...
Also, I haven't been able to locate any new, good Sparrington. I can only reread the ones I've got for so long.../angst, wank, general asshattery
Poll #1490540 C'mon, admit it.
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 88
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 88
Did you laugh at the lame Ozzy Osbourne joke in this chapter?
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YES! It was too much.![]()
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6 (6.8%)
No! I'm so much cooler then that!![]()
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5 (5.7%)
What?? Ozzy Osbourne? WHERE?![]()
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18 (20.5%)
Of course not! *hides giggles*![]()
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22 (25.0%)
Why are you even putting up this poll![]()
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10 (11.4%)
It wasn't lame at all! Nakamura-sensei is a GENIUS!![]()
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4 (4.5%)
OLDGUY PANTS FOR THE WIN!![]()
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16 (18.2%)
Yes! AND I WANT MOAR OZZY! Bring on the bats!![]()
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7 (8.0%)
