So I went and read my stuff on Archive of our Own and wow, there are missing words and doubled words.
And also I kept thinking "I could do better now"
Is it weird that I want to rewrite most of them?
It's simple. I slap 'em around a bit, torture 'em, make their lives hell...Sure, the nice guys'll run away,but every now and then you'll find a prince like Spike who gets off on it.
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
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askye - Jul 12, 2016 9:38:31 am PDT #9893 of 10436
Thrive to spite them
DebetEsse - Jul 12, 2016 7:30:02 pm PDT #9894 of 10436
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I'm sure people have done that. New editions of old stories.
SailAweigh - Jul 29, 2016 2:48:34 pm PDT #9895 of 10436
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
With Star Trek Beyond out it seems like everyone is re/discovering older Star Trek fanfic; I got an e-mail from AO3 today with kudos on 9 different stories.
Dana - Jul 29, 2016 3:19:17 pm PDT #9896 of 10436
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Sweet.
Dana - Aug 02, 2016 6:37:41 am PDT #9897 of 10436
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
My new favorite typo: instead of a "self-deprecating" smile, which I assume is what they were going for, they used "self-depreciating" smile.
Like, you assume that your value decreases by 10% each year?
Zenkitty - Aug 02, 2016 9:54:29 am PDT #9898 of 10436
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
"self-depreciating" smile
Every time you smile, you lose one hit point.
P.M. Marc - Aug 02, 2016 9:59:22 am PDT #9899 of 10436
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Because I'd always only read it, I made that mistake when talking once. SO EMBARRASSING.
Beverly - Aug 02, 2016 3:17:46 pm PDT #9900 of 10436
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
"his dominate hand."
And if I read one more misuse of "peaked around the corner" I will scream.
EpicTangent - Aug 03, 2016 9:16:48 am PDT #9901 of 10436
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Tell me more Bev, my interest is peaked.
*ducks and runs away*
Beverly - Aug 03, 2016 12:46:39 pm PDT #9902 of 10436
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Every so often I post this sentence: "His interest was piqued by her peaked nipple where it peeked over the top of her bodice." And I still get, "huh? I dun geddit."
I think we need more whips and chairs (admit it, you thought I was going to say chains, and this is not that sort of post) and fewer standardized tests in school.