chromeknickers
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Post by chromeknickers on Dec 5, 2012 15:28:14 GMT -6
All my drabbles and ficlets are written in third person/present. All of my chaptered fics are written in third-person/past; although, The Decent will be third-person/present, but I feel it sorta makes sense to have it in the present because of the subject matter.
I generally don't mind the tense as long as it is consistent. It's hard to maintain consistency with the present, which is why I generally reserve it for drabbles and ficlets - easier to keep track of. But I do have troubles with the first-person beyond one-shots. The writer has to be exceptional to get me to enjoy such narration because first-person is just such an indulgent ego-trip at times. And second-person? Well, that really only works with humour and, again, the writer has to be exceptional.
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Post by mrspettyfer on Dec 5, 2012 21:09:36 GMT -6
It really is. I've caught myself slipping into past tense in my black games story many times, and sometimes I don't catch it and it's in the published version. Ah well. I do use past when referring to a memory though. Even with a present tense story, I feel like when a character is referring to something in the past, past tense makes more sense.
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azuremoon
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Post by azuremoon on Dec 5, 2012 21:35:17 GMT -6
I try like hell to keep in consistency with the tense but urgh. @@ I probably slip up. Bad editor. Bad. XD
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Post by avatarfreak14 on Dec 6, 2012 6:07:52 GMT -6
A major general Avatar: The Lat Airbender fanfiction peeve I have is Toph's constant use of nicknames.
Sugarqueen: She only said this ONCE in the show and most people make her say it ALL THE TIME. But in reality she usually says Katara.
Twinkletoes: This is probably her most frequent nickname but again she also says Aang a lot too. Especially when she or Aang are serious but again, people just make her use it all the time.
Snoozles (Sokka): I don't even know what this means. When I first started reading fanfiction I saw snoozles all the time and I was like "Huh?". This name isn't cannon and she always calls Sokka by his name.
Sparky (Zuko): No. Just no. This doesn't even see legit. It makes Zuko sound like that experiment off of stitch.
There are some other ones but I won't even bother going into them.
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Post by kathrynlacey on Dec 6, 2012 11:13:34 GMT -6
Aww. I like her nicknames. I realize that she probably uses their real names most frequently, but she continues to use their nicknames into adulthood. In the flashback of her interaction with Aang in Legend of Korra, she is still calling him "Twinkle Toes."
I've heard Sparky and Snoozles, but I don't know who came up with them. Those are the only non-canon ones I've heard.
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azuremoon
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Post by azuremoon on Dec 6, 2012 11:32:58 GMT -6
I like the nicknames too. They're funny. I forget what's canon and whatnot's not sometimes. Maybe after ZM is finished I can re-watch all of ATLA for fun. =D WOO! Also - I tend to use them at least sometimes. =P I like them!! They're funny. =P Sparky and Snoozles I hear so much idc. Plus, I like the idea of Toph calling Zuko that despite him being FireLord. Kinda like how she calls Aang Twinkletoes despite him being older and the Avatar.
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azuremoon
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Post by azuremoon on Dec 6, 2012 13:20:12 GMT -6
I won't be overkilling, but I do like sparky. XD Problem with Prince Pouty is that he's not a Prince anymore .=( Lol!!! But I think Sparky's fine. I can see the correlation, but I don't have a problem with it. OMG> XD Sunshine...I think he'd be humiliated at that one. I may steal it later (credit of course ) for amusement purposes.
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Post by mrspettyfer on Dec 6, 2012 13:26:17 GMT -6
I'm not a huge fan of overkill with the nicknames. Toph does use them pretty sparingly, so I kind of prefer them used sparingly in fanfiction. I can't imagine her nicknaming Zuko though. Maybe mocking his title, like Fire Lord or Your Highness, but Sparky, Princy, Sunshine...lol. Not my fav.
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azuremoon
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Post by azuremoon on Dec 6, 2012 13:29:44 GMT -6
Overkill isn't fun, but I do like used at least on occasion. For ex: I'm starting out my latest ZM oneshot with them, but ya know. I'm having her use their names later. << >>
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azuremoon
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Post by azuremoon on Dec 6, 2012 13:31:54 GMT -6
I think she means in general, but yea. =P I mean the only person who would mock him relentlessly perhaps is Azula with "Zuzu". Which makes me giggle.
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