Thanks, Julie

I'm not sure what the third one is about. I wish I could read the Russian. Because that Dean looks like he's much younger than the very old Sam in the foreground.

All the kid Winchesters are very cute, and the last one with the chubby handed Sam is adorbs.

not a prob, Deb!

ita, apparently the caption for the weird young alien head reads "art to fan fiction Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown by marina_ri". Not much.

Okay, I definitely want to read that story. Squicks aligning, of course.

childbirth as the ultimate token expression of love between two people.

This bugs me even in fics where I don't have to nail my disbelief to the ceiling to buy the concept of the pregnancy. Not to say that kid!fic can't be well-done, it's just that I see kids used as shorthand for domestic bliss a bit too often for my tastes.

As for RPF, I'm not sure I understand its appeal. It strikes me as being original fic or rewrites of popular movies/books/etc. with the various actors playing various roles while keeping their names, but I'm not sure that's an accurate perception on my part. I don't read RPF for reasons I won't go into at this point, but I'm curious to know if my interpretation is off the mark in any particular way.

Sometimes I read stuff that is really badly written/edited, but there is a good story or solid elements, and I wonder if it's worth an email or a comment that says "every typo or grammar issue throws me out of the story, please have someone beta your stories"

Since I stick to the AU's that are, yes, basically original fiction with the boys names and faces slapped on, there's that. The ones that summarize "after season seven of Supernatural wraps" I avoid. The appeal for me is the pretty faces that I know. It's different than the canon of Sam, Dean, and Cas turned into AU's in it's appeal, where even if they're wildly OOC, at the least I can still imagine their faces.

I just messaged miss capslock-too-good-for-a-beta. WhyTF declare that proudly? Maybe, yeah, it's the shit, but still, wtf?

Turns out they have other fic where the comments chastise for warnings and requesting they get a beta. Maybe I shouldn't have been so polite as to send a message privately.

Thank you, Juliebird! I like the distinction you draw between the two types or RPF. One (the original fictiony types) is simply not my cuppa tea in the same way pure schmoop is not my cuppa, while the other is more something I would actively avoid.

I have one writer I read purposefully despite her needing strong betaing and Americanising--janie tangerine. She's a really good author, spins a good tale, does good porn, but English isn't her first language, and you can tell it in her turn of phrase. But her spelling isn't that bad all told. Sometimes I want to say something to her, in the fangirliest of ways, but I never have.

Most other people, I say nothing. I'll plow through, but with less investment. But I don't understand why you don't get a beta, unless you're really that sure of yourself--and most people just shouldn't be. You don't write for a living, and many people who do? Get edited. Ain't no shame in that game.

I will point out incorrect facts sometimes, though. If your fic makes a big deal of Dean never having been to New Orleans, I'ma say something. The Impala has bench seats. Is an automatic. It's just a thing.

But if you don't know the word "rearview" you're on your own.

Turns out they have other fic where the comments chastise for warnings and requesting they get a beta. Maybe I shouldn't have been so polite as to send a message privately.

Oh, warnings kerfuffle. My favourite. Now I gotta go look.