LMAO, vicious aren't you? I think you should consider doing more stories like this, "How To Make a Really Bad Dragonball Z Sequel" , because most of the times the sequels are as bad as the originals. Or... dare I say it, "How To Make A Really Bad High School DBZ Fan Fiction" You would have a ton of material for that.

You have just describe about 75% of my experience trying to find good fanfiction to read now a day. I love it! Thank you for expressing the pain of find anything good to read.

Hahahaha! That was really good! I haven't even watched Dragon Ball Z though; i clicked on this through another authors page off their favourites list...don't ask me why but still... It was ace!:D gold star!

I keep seeing this story as a part of people's favorite stories so I keep rereading it. It's sad to say that over all the years that I have been reading fanfiction, all of these horrible bad habits are still present in fiction posted today on this site. I pray for the day that people who deem any of these "steps" necessary in their writing just stop and think before posting their ideas for the world to see. Thank you for trying to enlighten the people of

LMAO~ I dislike DBZ to the extreme, but...That was hilarious! Great, great, direction. It amde me laugh. Great job!

excellent story

This fic was so weird...

...but oddly enough, really funny. I never read DBZ fics, so this will probably be the only one I read, but whatever. I stand by what I said before, though - it was a really weird fic.

Bex O

zomygosh i don't read dragonball Z fics but i saw this on the fave list of one of my reviwers and decided to check it out. OMG i was on the floor laughing. this was so fricken funny! Step 10 and step 5 are my favorites.

IT'S ALL SO TRUE! LOL I LOVE THIS FIC!

Yeah, you're right. Most of the things you wrote are true. But think about it - if there wouldn't be bad fanfics, we wouldn't recognize the good. Oh, and to the part with Piccy and Freezy - it was fun, but I NEVER saw that in a Fic ever. And I read hundreds...

I'm glad, that everyone can write a story, even if you can't spell one word - so what? You don't have to read it.

I understand your point, but I think you were too hard...

That was so great! I don't normally read much DBZ fanfiction, but it was still very funny. My only criticism is that sometimes you switch from past tense to present tense, but other than that there was not a single thing I didn't like.

I don't get why hardly anyone can write a romance fic without turning all the characters into nymphomaniacs. It's fine if they sleep together, but there's a thing called background! The romance needs some backstory to work!

I don't get the logic behind Japanese usage too, especially when people try to use it with English grammar. Anyone who speaks even a little Japanese can explain exactly why it's nothing like English. I usually don't mind honorifics as much because they are kind of hard to translate into English. There's plenty of fanfiction that would be so much better if the author stopped using fangirl/fanboy Japanese.

It was pretty funny when you made all the good guys into Sues and all the bad guys wimps. It was hard to beat the baddies in the first place!

I liked the author's note at the end too. There's also the review whoring that people do ("I won't update until I get X amount of reviews.)

You hit the nail on the head.

I love you. That is all.

Oh, and, sh! Don't tell my husband! _~

This is extremely hilarious, and sadly, most of it is true. I want to comment on the steps and I'm quoting the titles from the fic ...

Steps One and Two: Write a really long and pointless disclaimer and add on an author's note.

Most disclaimers I've read are short and to the point, but the same can't be said about most A/N's.

Step Three: Trashy intro!

That was a perfect example! Sadly, too many badfics have opening paragraphs like that ... or worse.

Step Four: Infuse your fic with Japanese to make yourself sound smart.

Another stupid thing that most writers on this site do. And worse, they don't even bother to explain what those words mean. What about the readers who don't speak Japanese? When I read a fic with the words "baka" and "onna" in it, I was completely lost. Needless to say, it took me ages to find out. *sighs*

Step Five: Act like the pent-up sexual tension between whatever couple you chose is too much to bear and everyone in the show are horny freaks.

Example: The many badly written PWP's and super-rushed romance fics out there.

Step Six: Lemonize!

I don't think any of us need to know every single detail.

Step Seven: Add in mandatory “Saiyan ritual”.

This isn't such a bad thing compared to the rest, but yes, the neck-biting ritual's a cliche.

Steps Eight and Twelve: Describe clothing excessively. All the women must be stunningly gorgeous.

In other words, all the women must be Mary Sues. Yet another horrible creature in the ficverse ...

Step Nine: The mushy stuff.

Okay, this one was EXTREMELY hilarious. Vegeta declaring his love for Bulma ... in front of everyone! Very OOC indeed.

Step Ten: Make sure all characters are out of character!

The best section in the entire manual. Perfect OOCness. Vegeta is completely unlikely to call Piccolo and Frieza as his best friends; forget the nicknames. And Piccolo the Asexual Namek accompanied by women and speaking gangsta rap style ... PRICELESS! *grins*

Step Ten: Americanize!

I think all the fanfic authors out there need to be reminded that DBZ was originally published in Japan.

Step Eleven: Glamorize the good, belittle the bad.

Another one of the not-so-bad steps. After all, nearly every humour fic has this one. I'm guilty of this ... at least a fic in my head is. Who wouldn't like to see the baddies being bashed?

The rest of the steps are dead-on, too. And unfortunately, on this site, it's the badfics that get the maximum amount of reviews. Sad, but true. *sigh*

*blinks**blinks again**blinks one more time*

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