Mispelt character name(s): "Sevrus", "Melin", "Loopin"
43(3.9%)
Misuse of homophones: "They're vs Their", "You're vs Your"
45(4.1%)
Misuse of similar-sounding words: "John runs his fingers down Sherlock's bear chest to his naval", "Just thrust me!", "Derek is too busy masticating his cock to care"
41(3.7%)
Non-deliberate canon fail/didn't do basic research on fandom
34(3.1%)
Bashing a ship/fan/fandom
32(2.9%)
Bashing a character because they "get in the way" of a pairing
31(2.8%)
Bashing a character without proper justification
31(2.8%)
Turning a canonically good/evil character evil/good without justification/explanation
35(3.2%)
Cringeworthy euphemisms/adjectives for genitalia and other fun body parts: "Turgid man-meat", "pouting nipples", "pulsating porcelain globes"
51(4.7%)
Dramatic or overused ellipsis or other punctuations
18(1.6%)
SPAG errors in summary/warnings: "Viewer excretion advised"
39(3.6%)
Everyone is bi/gay
34(3.1%)
Everyone is partnered/married/has spawned
20(1.8%)
Anatomically impossible sex positions between regular humans
23(2.1%)
Mary Sue/Gary Stu names/traits: Dumbledore's long lost niece from London, Trinity Emerald Morimoto Sephirothas, has glowing violet eyes.
40(3.7%)
Excessive purple prose
34(3.1%)
Pairing name portmanteaus: "Kock", "Drapery", "KatPee"
25(2.3%)
Random foreign language/emoticon/iconography usage: "Spock-kun, you're so kawaii!" Jim said, heart in eyes.
40(3.7%)
Excessive emphasis using italics, caps, asterisks, flashing fonts, and etc: "~~**moans loudly**~~", "Why *can't* you *love* me?!"
42(3.8%)
Random switching POVs/POV fail
35(3.2%)
Failure to use Oxford commas: "Two strippers, Dean and Sam walked into a bar."
23(2.1%)
Misuse/excessive/weird use of adjectives, adverbs or verbs: "His eyebrows widen in surprise."
28(2.6%)
Cross-posting 21425 times in a row
36(3.3%)
Failure to use LJ-cuts for long, graphic-heavy, or spoilery posts
46(4.2%)
Badly constructed layout/posts: Flashing sentences, too-small fonts, no paragraph breaks
49(4.5%)
Speech tags/punctuation/adverbs fail: "Scream for me, Draco," Smirk Harry lustily.
38(3.5%)
OOC vocab/speech patterns: "Harry dawg! I’d almost forgot you was here, standin' on t'bones of my pa. I’d introduce you, but rumour has it you’re almost as hyped as me these days." (Voldemort quote)
51(4.7%)
Altering a character's appearance to "match" their personalities/sexual preferences
38(3.5%)
Questionable sexual practices: Using mayonnaise/peanut butter/etc for lube (eeep!), putting a tree branch/knife/etc anywhere near butts or genitalia
36(3.3%)
"I'll write the next chapter if I get __ comments!"
57(5.2%)
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