I don't flame, though the line between NCC and flame has gotten quite thin before. Keep in mind that a story is not a true reflection to the ability of the author, just a gauge on how much they give a shit about their image. I'm not out to hurt someones feelings, I'm not a bully. These are just words, just something that can be taken into consideration. If what I say upsets you too much you may need to separate yourself from your work.

Pet peeves as of now include:

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.

General canon rape such as OOC characters: This is what probably pisses me off the most. I just love the excuse of it being fan fiction, so the need to keep characters true to themselves is not there. What gets my goat is that in whatever fandom a person writes for, the characters in it are probably what spurred them to pick up a pen in the first place. Why would you (and I use this generally) butcher them? It's like saying: I like Naruto, but he'd be better like this. Then you didn't like him in the first place if you feel the need to completely change his character. So much so that we could call him another name and not notice the difference.

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. The worst one I can remember is around 49 chapters long, I got to 30.

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.

While I'm at it might as well include retard reviews.

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. I'm quite bad at it myself, so I spell-check and proofread what I write. Spell-checking should be obvious. As for proofreading, before submitting a chapter read out loud what you wrote. I've always found this to work better then reading silently.

Copy/Paste Canon: I've come across an unbelievable amount of game stories that take straight from the script. How lazy can one be? 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.