Okay people!

Lets cut to the chase, there are certain things about fanfiction that ANNOY THE HELL OUT OF ME. Sorry, but I'm serious! I know I'm being very negative, but honestly, I just want to make your stories better. Oh, gosh, I know I'm going to get tons of flames for this. But I just want to make you all aware. Some of these are my opinion and my opinion only, but most of them are REAL problems that happen to REAL people!

6. Incorrect grammar and spelling.

Okay, I know that one isn't quite fair, I had (have) grammar problems. They were terrible before, tons of commas and run-on sentences, but now I'm a little bit better. But still, nobody likes terrible grammar. It doesn't have to be perfect, just understandable.

5. NIGGY fics.

This is my personal opinion. I hate it when people act on NIGGY. The whole point of the Max-Fang relationship is that it's strange because they're supposed to be siblings! Don't try to do that again to Nudge and Iggy, let alone the other flock members! Plus, there's no hint of attraction in the books. The only affectionate touches that happen are in the beginning of the first book, Iggy strokes the top of Nudge's hair right after Angel is kidnapped! HELLO PEOPLE, that's comfort, It's not like Nudge goes to Iggy about everything the way Max goes to Fang about everything. If the books start to change to support NIGGY, it'll still irritate me.

Phew, that's a BIG load off my chest!

4. Exaggerated romance fics.

Okay, we all know there's something between Max and Fang. In fact I myself have put a good amount of FAX in My two fics. Happy glow (one of my stories) is only FAX. It also happens to be a ONE-SHOT!! If you're planning some big romantic confrontation between the two of them, make it a one-shot. A lot of people write the story thinking only about the FAX. Then we end up with tons of stories that are only romantic, with NO PLOT LINE (even if they think so). I've read quite a few of those, sometimes the romantic part of it is great, but the story all together is trash. If you check the genre of Maximum Ride, you'll find that it's considered Sci-fi/ adventure. NOT ROMANCE!

3. Fics that include a new member of the Flock (That join quickly)

This is another one that annoys probably only me. There are soooooo many fics with a new flock member, that alone is dancing on a thin line but can be quite good. I cannot tell you how many times I have read fanfics that include the Flock meeting a strange bird kid and accepting them in the same chapter. I am fuming at the thought of it (I'm surprised that I haven't melted my keyboard). Max would so not do that, too paranoid. Personally I think the ideal way for someone new to join the flock would be if he or she helped them on several occasions (showing up separate from the Flock btw). That would make them seem suspicious, (of course) that person would soon be captured. The Flock would sneak in to itex/school to see if the new bird-kid had been spying on them. Instead they would find him/her being tortured –insert rescue here- . Even that is pretty unrealistic. Also, and this makes my blood boil, this new flock member usually quickly wins the heart of Iggy. YEAH RIGHT, that wouldn't happen, don't forget how wary the Flock is around other people. It would probably take an excruciatingly long time (I'm talking years and years people) for Iggy to maybe open up to her. I don't understand why so many people try to add romance where there is none.

2. Fics where Max becomes Pregnant with Fang's baby.(!!)

Sigh.

MY GOD WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU! Sorry, evil twin taking over for a sec (yes I have one, don't we all? ). This doesn't even need an explanation. But I'll explain it anyway, 'cuz it's my job. I don't get why people even try making Max pregnant. It doesn't make sense, HELLO, THEY'RE 14. They wouldn't have sex with the others around anyway. And, if you're talking about years later (after they save the world and the flock has split up to lead normal lives) ughh, I won't even go into that (until the next issue, it has a similar argument).

1. Fics where the story takes place "after they save the world".

This is (again) my personal opinion. Most of the time these fics feature: Max getting pregnant (uggh, see above), Fang and Max getting married (hmmm,), or Fang or Max grieving after the other's death (whatever). If you think about it, that's not really a Maximum Ride story, it's more of a romance story with characters that share names and wings. For the forty-second time, MAXIMUM RIDE IS NOT JUST ROMANCE!

I must admit, I started to become hypercritical there at the end.

...just thinking about all the lovely flames I'll get for this...

If you have something to add that I have forgotten, please post a review and maybe I'll post it. OOOOOOO, exciting!(teehee)

I love you all!

Kristian.