Jigglykat-
hi... wow, thats some thorough details on how you want fanfics to be written. tell me this though. i've seen it everywhere, but i've *never* seen evidence of this being actually true: did van give hitomi a feather at the end of the series? i sure didn't see any exchange of anything but the pendant. i can understand about all the things you have listed that bug you. the american names is the only thing that you have that bothers me, everything else, i don't really care about. but the whole feather deal is the *only* one that makes me fairly perturbed. =^^=
LSR_7-
I don't believe Van actually gave Hitomi a feather, just that Hitomi gave Van her pendant. But I think it could be considered a transaction that was not witnessed by us, the viewers. I've also taken advantage of what was not said out loud in my Esca fanfic of Folken not being dead. It was fairly blatant that he is by the way Van had said to that monument/tomb stone that he could watch Fanelia from there, or something to that effect. I guess my fanfic could be considered an AU. Oh well…
Lady of Fire-
Hmm.. isn't the purpose of fanfics to write from what "we" wish to see the characters act, react, move, behave, as...etc The whole purpose is to express what we the writers believe should have happened or should be happening. In no way does this mean that "we're" right about it, because simply put this is a "fanfic" it isn't the original story out there... There is no cut and dry about this.
I know it is frustrating to see mistakes and errors in some fics, but sometimes we have to realize that the writer is just "bad," "unexperienced," or just "clueless." We take that chance when we choose to read the fic. There is no law that we have to read that story... The thing to do is praise those that are actually good with their writing so that they keep writing and just politely, with no malice, review those "bad fics" with comments that are justifiable.
It feels like some of the comments are more like pet peeves than actual errors. There's bound to be many different opinions on things just as there are bound to be many good and many bad writers. The thing to keep in mind is that everyone expresses things differently, and everyone needs to have their space to do it in.
One last comment, people should be able to add whatever word they want. Alot of anime uses English words in their Japanese content, so why can't english writers do the same thing? Just food for thought.
LSR_7-
Yes, I agree that fanfics are the author's thoughts on how they would like to see it their way. The information I gave was meant for those who would like theirs to look a little bit more factual. I am in no way saying that those who do not know the facts don't write stories, I've read tons and loved many of them, whether or not they're factual according to the series or cultures.
Yes, I'll admit, many of what I put up are pet peeves, but I just wanted to put up facts.
Yes, I know that a lot of English is used in anime just as I use a lot of Japanese in real conversation and that it should be all right for English authors to use Japanese in English written stories. *Sheepishly* I just see half Japanese, half English sentences make bad grammar sometimes since the sentence structures aren't the same. I speak English and Japanese fairly well and I think to myself "Ack! They said that wrong!" LOL. I know that mixing it might actually be a good way to learn more of the language and may make it look spiffy. Just putting in what I thought.
mi-
ummmmmmmm.. i get ur point on some of ur suggestions on how to make fics better. but some of ur suggestions should be thought over.
the authors like to write to write the way they want to not they way someelse might perfer. These stories r from their own personal views. this is what they wanted to write.
i think that this website is used for displaying creative writings not ranting on how some could write their story better. I'm not saying that wht you say is wrong but if i wanted to make a new friend for hitomi, and name her friend sarah, that would be okay. Right?
LSR_7-
I love Fanfiction.net because it allows people to put up their writings, feelings, etc. to share with others from where ever. I'm not saying it's wrong to have English names in stories where people are in Japan, just that I understand that it would be hard to come up with Japanese names if you don't know any, just as it would be hard for me to think up African names.
Which reminds me, what I've written up in this "FYI" isn't a fanfiction, but I want people to see it. Where do you guys think I should put it under? At first I thought it would be okay here since I've seen lists like "You know you're an Esca fan when…" type of stuff, but I figure I need to abide by the rules set by this site as well as other people, I don't want to be shunned.
Anyways, thanks to all you guys for putting in your opinion, although I do cringe a little LOL. :-P
I hope you guys don't think bad of me, rather I hope you understand where I'm coming from and I agree that everyone has their own opinions and that there is no way for everybody to be right, including me.
Did you know that some people in Japan don't really know what a craze anime is over in America or other places out of Japan?
In Japan
About two years ago my family and I went to Japan to visit relatives and friends during summer vacation. I stayed for a total of six weeks, the first three were with Mom, Dad, and my sister. We spent the first two weeks with our relatives and Mom's friends down in Fukuoka, which is a city in the southern island of Japan.
One of my cousins draws manga and goes to the mall where one floor is art supplies and off to the side there are desks for people to draw. Last I heard about my cousin is that on every Sunday she goes somewhere where she sells her amateur manga along with other kids. I thought this was neat, but I have yet to get a hold of one of her mangas.
Apartments/housing
We stayed in our uncle's apartment that was about a block away from our three aunts and another uncle. The toilet is separate from the bathroom it was separated by the doorway into the apartment. To go to the bathroom (with the bath) one had to go through the little room in front which had a sink (it's where we brushed our teeth) and the washing machine. No dryer, you hung your clothes outside, it was the same with many people. The bathtub is very deep, you can sit up and the water reaches your chin, unlike most western style tubs where you have to practically lay down for the water to go over your shoulders. It's a tiled room and a showerhead connected to a hose is beside the bathtub. You're supposed to get washed up and get into the tub afterwards to relax. For me the water was extremely hot and it took forever for me to finally get submerged.
Beside the bath room, across from the doorway, is a small guest room used like a storage room.
Down the short hall way away from the bath room you come into a living room with an open kitchen and two rooms to the side that are separated by sliding doors from the living room and from each other. One bed and several futons in the futon closet. That's it. I felt comfortable in it, and this is actually a large apartment in comparison to others.
Houses are generally compact, so if it's a two-story house it's not uncommon for the stairs to be steep. And let me tell you, they're scary! When I was about five we were at my aunt's house (it used to be Obaachan and Ojiichan's house) I was coming down the stairs and I tripped and fell down them. Not only are they steep, they're not carpeted, as well as the rest of the house because it was either wood floored or tatami mats, as are most homes. I'll tell you, that was NOT fun. (well duh! Lol)
I think I'll write more later, that is if you guys are interested.
Thanks to all of you who put in your input, I hope I'm not giving you a bad impression of me, or if I already had, I didn't mean to.