More Cliches!

I read the reviews to the first chapter and you guys really took to it, so I decided to serialize this when I can't really think of much to write for myself to satisfy the crowd. Lets get right into it!


Really Popular Amongst kids...

Alright, so the first cliche I'm tackling here is the fact that some of you think it's romantic for an elder sibling to molest a younger sibling. Then you want to write the most animalistic sex scenes, which is great because you learned a whole lot about sex from the National Geographic documentary that your parents turned on while staring at their phone.

Quite frankly it's nasty and rapes the whole concept of a show about being a part of a big family and the different personalities of the kids coming together in a non romantic way! Chris Savino would puke if he read what some of you do with his characters.

Super Cliche!

The Ace Savvy fics are way over done, and the superhero subgenre is the same story repeated over and over with no or originality. I can hear you saying, "But, but, but, I gave Lincoln the lightning powers this time!" and yeah that doesn't constitute as a new story.

(FYI, nobody has attempted a powerless vigilante story, which I have no idea why.)

They also carry the same level of unbearable camp every single time, I mean would it kill any of you to make it grey if not a little darker?

This one is to certain reviewers

Fuck off and don't harass authors, even if they screw up the characters beyond belief. Just be an adult for two seconds and don't support the story if you dislike it, unless you want to actually give them steps in private on how to correct it, if they say no then oh well.

Also I have gripes with guest reviewers, especially the ones that talk a big game and don't have the guts to make an account. Then you have idiots who think that threatening death works on someone that isn't three if they don't go the way they want. Make an actual account and take the heat for what you say when you talk crap to authors.

To certain authors

Grow a spine and don't quit after being given a bad review, I mean really it's not the end of the world that some guy named, "Pussyslayer69." doesn't like your story. If you can't handle the fact that not everyone thinks you are the greatest shit since sliced bread then don't do anything that can be judged publicly.

Back to the cliches!

Blatant self-insertion stories are pure garbage. They usually involve the character banging every single woman in the show, and the ones he doesn't fuck are crushing on them. Truly I want to advise you on how to work through this, but I have never seen a quality story involving a self insert.

Want a story with that sugar?

The amount of overly sweet stories on this site that don't even follow the proper model for story is astronomical. If your story is sweet to the point you look it over from a honest perspective and it makes you cringe then you must think what it is for everyone else. It's okay to have a happy story, but if you never change the tone then it becomes a part of this problem.

Strawmen

Authors boil down people into way too basic traits. Maybe it's the source material but characters have to act like people. I don't know about you guys, but I fancy multi-dimensional characters with depth behind them. I especially encourage anyone looking to make a career of writing focus on the many dimensions, rather than the base.

Strawmen crack under pressure put on them and then you end up with broken straws no good for anybody.

Overly long chapters.

Maybe I'm just not very good at focusing, but any chapter of any story, regardless of how good it is shouldn't go over ten-thousand words. Because at that point I typically find myself scrolling through and possibly missing key plot points, but do you expect everyone to read the entirety of a twenty-thousand word chapter? At that point it becomes a chore to do, and I don't think I come here to try and sort through filler.

I typically say that something should be cut if it doesn't get build the plot forward, or influence character change.

Apples and Oranges

If you think, "What if Lincoln was One Punch Man?" is a good concept for a story then go for it, but don't fucking write Lincoln as One punch man just with a different name. Because I've seen one too many stories than Lincoln or his family are other pop culture characters just with their names.

If I wanted to read about the Loud House and One Punch Man, I'd go to the crossover section and read it. Otherwise don't mutilate the characters and only keep the name if you want to write.

Luna isn't a skater?

I shouldn't have to explain this, but I've seen stories of the characters being completely something different then they aren't because some people think they can write about the show without watching any previous episodes without a lick of knowledge about the characters.

Sit down and watch a few episodes of the show before writing something about it, and it's on quite often so not exactly like you need to dig for it like some fandom's that the show doesn't even air on TV anymore. The people who do this write quite lazily, which to be honest tells us a few things about them already.

Now to the things I like and some free ideas for those who are out of inspiration.

1. I think a good story idea would be about one of the kids contracting alcoholism or a drug addiction and the struggles it can cause as a loved one deliberately destroys their own life to feel happy.

2. This one is a personal favorite, but I've sorta always hoped for a rock star Lincoln AU, simply because of the fact that Lincoln mirrors Luna well and It'd be interesting for them to form a band.

3. A deconstruction of Fool's Paradise is one I'm shocked hasn't happened, because I can think of a few good things that was fucked up in that episode (Namely dumping god damn bleach on someone and acting like it wouldn't, I dunno cause blindness or burn the skin severely? Or the fact that they had Leni hanging by essentially glue from a big drop) that I think could use rectifying.

4. A comedic story based on the leaking of the older Loud's internet history and the effects it would have to put one of the dirtiest things on earth (A teenager's internet browser history.) and the funny stuff you could do with that.

5. My last idea for this one is a story based on one of the siblings undergoing psychosis (Not murderous.) and the effects a mental disease like that could have as logical thought breaks apart.

6. I challenge all of you authors to write the most unique thing you can think of, that nobody else has done. If we all do this then it goes a long way to curing the community of cliches that ruin the creativity of the fandom. It also gives me personal joy to find an intriguing story and I'm sure even if you don't think it's the best idea it still has an audience just waiting beyond your reach, I have found this through my personal experimentation.

The Big Fish

Two words: torture porns. I don't know if this is a fetish, but some people get a weird kick out of abusing cartoon characters. This one is the most abundant thing ever and for whatever reason everyone loves this cliche, even though bullying characters doesn't do anything but make people frustrated (Which I also don't get.) and then they follow and move that shit up.

It's been beat to death a hundred times over by now. Get fresh ideas and quite making torture porn to fix your hate boner for cartoon characters.


There we go, I hope you all can take something from this and I look forward to seeing you next time.

Feel free to use any ideas I have here in your own work, as is the goal here to inspire creativity and warn off people from using harmful cliches and just bad writing in general.