"And me, that boy I was, when did he die, I wonder? When I donned the white cloak? When I opened Aerys's throat? That boy had wanted to be Ser Arthur Dayne, but someplace along the way he had become the Smiling Knight instead" - Jaime Lannister's self reflection

Things I detest in stories:

Mary sues: (That includes: Gary stus, generic self inserts, and of course my personal favorite; mary sues inserted into canon characters) A common trait sues tend to have is detesting something while at the same time representing it. Such as hating arrogance while being quite haughty themselves. It's usually due to lack of character development. No, eye color is not included in it.

Bait and Switch Stories: Imagine this, you've clicked on a story of your chosen fandom. It's incredible, funny, enchanting, clever, all around good. Now after many long chapters later (and hours depending) everything changes. There are more mistakes present, the characters all do a fucking 180 and you're left wondering what the hell you've stumbled into.

Review whores: Nothing better then holding out on a chapter for retarded reviews such as, and I quote: I loveded it! Very funny! HIGHLARIOUS! Write more! Nothing like a retard review to make one feel like the shit. Or of course writing a bunch of mediocre "stories" at best for the retard reviews. Then again both examples can go hand in hand. It's perfectly normal to want to showoff your work to others, but they are not required to kiss your ass for it. If the only reason you write is for praise, and bad praise at that, then you should probably take a look at your priorities.

While I'm at it might as well include retard reviews. If you're going to only write three words, could you at the very least spell them right?

Writing for a fandom you've never watched, read, or played: If you must, then at least research. Don't take others opinion's as an easy way out, take your own.

Spelling and Grammar: It's really not that hard. There are online spellcheckers, there is a site spellchecker, as well as dictionary and thesaurus. Firefox has a spellcheck add-on. There are forums of easy to understand outlines on learning this stuff as well as people who are more than willing to help someone who asks for it. There are even betas. The information is not hidden, so there is no reason for cave-man speech.

Copy/Paste Canon: I've come across an unbelievable amount of game stories that take straight from the script. We've all played it, we don't need to read it again. Get creative, especially if the original dialogue reeked of not trying in the first place.

Sugar Highs: No such thing. It is not funny. It is not a good excuse for a bad story. It is and always will be just pitiful.

Missing Sex Scenes: It's always sex scenes that get cut out. It's one thing to put a full version up elsewhere, it's another to throw it on a site that requires signing up, or on an LJ account that the reader must friend. It's just sex for Christ's sake. This is not something people can't find elsewhere. It's everywhere.