Age: 28

Sex: Male

Fandoms I read are primarily Naruto and Harry Potter with some DBZ, Marvel, and whatever else catches my attention sprinkled in.

My Rants:

When authors can't think outside the box. It's perfectly fine to let your characters think with one mindset about something, but authors should keep an open mind in their story. For example in Harry Potter several main characters were certain that all Slytherins were evil, but Rowling made it so that several of them played key roles in the defeat of Tom. It's horrible reading a story where the authors beliefs are frequently and easily spotted. The author has to be able to look at the story from all angles to make a good story. A biased author will seem to get stale after a while.

Harry beating Tom by using muggle means as if that's the power he knows not of. Tom was raised in a muggle orphanage, in Britain, during WW2. It would be outlandish to think that he doesn't know what bombs and guns are. I would go so far as to say that he even knows what a nuke is, him being the power hungry guy he is. I also find it ridiculous that Wizards are so stupid as to not know the most basic things about muggles. Muggles don't even think magic is real yet have knowledge on wizard weapons, transportation, wardrobe, and magical practices, while wizards know for a fact muggles are real and can't seem to be bothered to learn how non-magical folk managed to mirror their accomplishments(something humans would be compelled to know.)

Crybaby authors. No, I don't write reviews to flame stories. No, I don't continue reading stories I think are absolute crap just so I can find things to complain about in reviews. I assure you that I have better things to do. I give my thoughts on the chapter or story after finishing it. I know that I don't go and wax poetically about how much your story sucks so if you can't take a review that isn't sugarcoated or singing your praises then you shouldn't be posting stories on the internet in the first place. The phrase "Don't like, Don't read" only has about two or three situations that it can be used without being absolutely childish and they are all pretty much the same thing. That situation being if someone is continuously complaining about something they knew they were going to get(like something warned about in the summary, something established earlier in the story, or something the author stated they weren't changing). Not to mention that the response is inherently hypocritical. If you don't like the reviews then you don't have to read them either. I don't even expect my reviews to be read unless the author has already responded to one.

Lord of the Ring crossovers that just rewrite the movies. Yes, the movies were epic. I understand that. However if I wanted to watch the movie I'd do that. What's the point of adding a new character if all the major plot points stay exactly the same? Throw in a divergence point and spice things up. Maybe Sauron gets the ring and is revived to full power. Then your likely overpowered character can do something impressive. Think of something.

Summaries that aren't summaries. This comes in many forms but it's always annoying. For example the author may tell you to 'read and find out' what the hook of their story is. So instead of actually telling us what the premise of the story is they're relying on your sense of curiosity to make you read? Doesn't bode well for the story in my opinion.

I like LitRPG stories. 'The Gamer' based systems are very prominent in that space. That's all fine and dandy. The problem is that some writers seem to be using the system without actually reading the source material and are just relying on cultural osmosis to right it. Not a big problem but presents some pitfalls that they tend to fall in. For example if your character asks specifically for The Gamer's power from some powerful being and it's off then it's off putting. Like if you asked for Superman's powers and only got super strength when the wish is granted. Another one is that by asking for the power the MC is implying a certain level of familiarity with it as well. Thus they shouldn't be clueless on things readers would have known within the first few chapters like I've seen in some stories. Both are fairly easy to write around if the author sees it coming but if not then it's a bit jarring.

For the record I don't care about your retaliation reviews. Telling me a story I wrote when I was 13 is crap, unsurprisingly, doesn't bother me. I know it's crap. I wrote it in 10 minutes specifically to shut a friend of mine up about criticizing his stories without writing one. You'd do better to goad me into writing something new and then crapping on that instead.