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Another twenty-four (+ two) annoying things about Death Note fan fiction

25. When OC's swear excessively and act like spoiled brats... but somehow L still falls for them.

26. When OC's aren't even at a legal age and still go to school... but somehow L still falls for them.

27. "That kiss that still sends shivers down my spine." - said Mary Sue, probably.

28. A first chapter that is a listed profile about the physical appearance/attributes/personality of an OC.

29. Okay. I feel kind of bad for the whole NearxMello thing before, so I'll replace it here with: when Near, a character who shows little to no emotion whatsoever, suddenly wants to make out with Mello in front of everyone at Wammy's in the hall and his heart starts beating wildly.

30. When people use dashes to indicate dialogue instead of quotation marks and you have no idea who's actually talking, or if someone is talking.

31. Ask a DN character where the DN character is so out of character that it feels like you're really asking the question to a fourteen-year-old fan girl who may or may not be high.

32. When main characters names aren't even always capitalized and you read 'light' as a noun.

33. When L is written as childish and never serious.

34. When L is written as 'adorable passive uke' and possession of Light's.

35. The only thing that Matsuda ever does is make loud exclamations and coffee.

36. L and Light both conveniently fall for the same Mary Sue but she (of course) only likes L.

37. RyukxLight lemon.

38. Consecutive chapters that are only 200-300 words long.

39. Mello always calls Near a sheep. Always.

40. Matt's hair is red for no reason.

41. Matt's eyes are green for no reason. (They're, actually, dark blue.)

42. BB's eyes are red too, even though you can't tell if someone has the Shinigami eyes.

43. Sometimes BB doesn't even have scars as a result of his attempted self-immolation, but if he does they never make him ugly or disfigured.

44. When Light is written only half as intelligent as he is in the manga and anime for convenient (usually Mary Sue driven) plot purposes.

45. This:

I put my hand up to L's cheek. I could feel my heart pounding.

But then, Light walked in the room. (AN Grr I hate Light he is such a douche! But don't worry, there'll be some undisturbed romance in the next chapter ;) ) And I dropped it. He was holding cookies and looked surprised.

46. Beyond's real personality consists of swearing, jam obsession and general freakism. Sometimes portrayed as moderately intelligent. Rarely, ever.

47. When characters speak in random Japanese probably copied and pasted from Google translate and you have no idea what they're saying.

48. Misa is written as a stupid blonde who requires none of your respect even though she proved herself intelligent multiple times and is one of Death Note's most tragic characters.

49. When every line of a story is centered and you become so frustrated you can't even be bothered reading it.

50. L and Light competing in a game to put the other in sexy lingerie (not crack. Somehow, this is in character and still makes sense if it takes place in the Death Note-verse).