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Mereo Flere

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toraneko said:
So, we're agreed that calling a sport "football" when actually kicking the ball is pretty much a last resort = stupid?
It's still better than calling it "Men in spandex getting into very uncomfortable positions with each other."
 

sigfried27

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To my knowledge, the system that USAmericans use is called the Imperial system.
I don't know about what it's technical name, but every class I have ever attended has called it the English system. I don't know wether that is the technical name, or just an easier name for us to remember, but that is what I have always heard it refered as.
 

Fatuous One

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Hmmà I've never heard of it referred to as the English system. It doesn't even make sense to me since the English use the metric system.

Meh.

*Points*

While Wikipedia is far from a completely accurate source, I'll trust them to get the name right at least.
 

sigfried27

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yeah, I know the name English system doesn't make since, but that is what it is referred to as here, but like I said, it is very likely that it is not the the technical name.

Edit: That Wikipedia link discusses some of the differences between the Imperial system and English system (referred to as English units in the article) in the first paragraph. Both are similar, but I didn't read to far into the differences.
 

MnemoD

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I don't have alot of weird reviews, but I have a few that seem odd, or infuriate me.

Here's one from my fic "Haircut no Jutsu!"

Um good chapter.I feel sorry for u. U have 0 visits and 1 I mean 2 reviewes and they r from me.sad.How about u put something exiting like the sweet smelling thing was bubble bath instead of shampoo or someone speical comes in like Kakashi or Sasuke.UPDATE SOON!!!!(You have to have a conflit or else it isn't good.)
animegall on Mediaminer.org sent me this review, imagine my pleasure at being told what's needed in a story coming from a girl who both can't spell, and has written two bad Yaoi fics.

I got this one for Asuka, The Devil's Daughter from naota . (With the space, or the underline, whatever.)

Nicely written, could use more depth, but pretty good none less, and this is good praise comeing from someone who dosen't like songfics very much.
A good review, thank you Naota if you happen to be on this board, or surfing it. This review, I can deal with, it pleases this Sinner.

From Rahhel, for Don't Desert Me! A ONESHOT!

I'm dieing for a new chapter.?
ORLY? STFU, N00B!

I'm real fond of this review, mainly because Kail Blade had the gall to ask me this when everyone knows how shitty Mediaminer's servers are.

Why the FUCK do you keep rewriting this chapter???????????
And, I just got a review for Black Genesis Evangelion, a Bible BlackxNGE crossover I started, but haven't worked on, this review SERIOUSLY makes me think about getting back on it. It's from Scyggy

I saw this, and had to think "Oh shit." Because the satanic rituals of Bible Black combined with the angelic nature of things in Evangelion could make some hellatiously interesting but horrible things happen. If you decide to actually get around to that, I'll be back. But wow, the possibilites...
Thank you for a GOOD review!

I got this one from Arie Date, for Naruto Uzumaki, Icha Icha Paradise Star!

What that's all? Ok. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! More?
ORLY? CRACK {Do You Need This?}

And, that's all for now. I had some really.... asshole-ish ones on AFF, but I can't get back on it right now, server's down AGAIN.. last I checked, anyway.
 

Fatuous One

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Edit: That Wikipedia link discusses some of the differences between the Imperial system and English system (referred to as English units in the article) in the first paragraph. Both are similar, but I didn't read to far into the differences.
Hmm, so it does. Interesting, 'though I don't feel the need to actually read up on it.
 

Legacy|iB

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I just remembered getting this one for Motion some time ago.

snakes on a fourth dimensional plane
...yeah, that whole Snakes on a Plane thing carried on a bit farther than it should have, correct?

I was also looking over some old reviews for Motion again and I found this one, again from Major Mike Powell III. It's actually funny to read, especially when he starts swearing out of control.

Well, well, soldier...

Now, I'll start with the fic.
Helluva job, son! A good chance for Sarge to prove his worth. Man, I played a whole lotta songs while reading this chapter...it made it all-the-more cooler! Hoo-rrah! I really liked Haruka's "convencing" methods. XD She kicks ass.
Well, let's see how Sarge adapts to Hinata Inn.

Now, as for a tiny little thing you mentioned on your notes: YOU'RE A FUCKING KEI/NARU FAN?! Just...WHAT is the FUCK up with THAT?! SHIT! Soldier, I DON'T want THIS fic to be a Kei/Naru! YOU HEAR ME?! THAT'S TOTAL BULLSHIT! You CAN'T do that! Think about it! It WON'T be convenient to your reputation! Believe me. I know. So I DON'T want ANY KEI/NARU BULLSHIT! THAT'S an ORDER!

Remember. Kei/Naru bullshit WON'T be convenient to your reputation. I'm not telling you to bash the bitch. Just DON'T make this fic a Kei/Naru. It will NOT be good for you.

Semper-Fi! Carry on!
...and he makes his views regarding Naru clear, in response to mines, which I stated in my chapter quite so. What cracks me up about this one is the reply I had to send him explaining my view, which is in part, no different from that monster somewhere in the Love Hina discussion section of this forum.

So, in regards to all the people who have mentioned hockey...good on ye! Greatest sport in the world, period!

Of course, that, coming from the resident Calgary Flames fan on this site...
 
You realize this makes me ask the question:

"Who the fuck is more insane? The writers who make the fics, or the reviewers of the fics when they get all whacky with the review?"

Hmmm.... :huh.: :huh.:
 

Legacy|iB

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Unknown-common-827 said:
"Who the fuck is more insane? The writers who make the fics, or the reviewers of the fics when they get all whacky with the review?"
It's the reviewers.

Anything related to the writer is simply based upon how and in what way they chose to write. If there was only one way to actually write and if everybody was to do just that, there would be no point in writing at all.

Ergo, it's the reviewers, especially when they take a turn for the strange with their reviews.
 

PCHeintz72

The Sentient Fanfic Search Engine mk II
Fatuous One said:
Hmmà I've never heard of it referred to as the English system. It doesn't even make sense to me since the English use the metric system.

Meh.

*Points*

While Wikipedia is far from a completely accurate source, I'll trust them to get the name right at least.
It is the English system, as that was where the old system we in the US still use.

Attempts and inroads have been made to switch, and many just use both.

EDIT: Heh, just looked at that link, I never even heard of a pole as a measure. Go figure.
 

raedric

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hello jesus... you suck, compared to this guy (i grab raedric)seriously your story is now my new crack!! please update and start getting the other voices in negis head active not just ghost, but besides that ...you are mynew CRACK!!, yes i do have a youtube thing, but i have no movies on there, i just watch and include tomy favs. UPDATE OR THE WRATHS OF TWO BARRELS OF MONKEYS WILL FEAST UPON YOUR FLESH! okie dokie INK APPR!!
That was a review from Inukingsapprentice, on ffnet. Sacrilege, bad spelling, bad grammar, no capitalization...a threat (humorous as it is) and whatever that mess at the end it. I was flattered, but at least put some effort into it! :no:
 
I think I've reached a conclusion..... the reviewers are the most fuckin' insane people to come across. Although, some authors are just as insane or homicidal (GH, DKG, Etc.)
 

Mereo Flere

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What about authors that write reviews?

I mean, have you seen some of the stuff you guys put up in the preview threads?
 

raedric

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Mereo Flere said:
What about authors that write reviews?

I mean, have you seen some of the stuff you guys put up in the preview threads?
Granted, but I at least capitalize! I suppose made of win isn't exactly grammatically correct, but such is life. As long as it is something everyone can understand, and especially the author. Aka, when I review I try to do it in much the style as the author would appreciate.

:ph43r: My secret plot to ingratiate myself to TFF authors and have Hawk, Raa, GH, and Rx7 write a collab lemon...
 
A Hawk, Raa, GH, Rx7 collaborative Lemon? :p~ :p~ :p~ :p~ :snigger: :snigger:

I am also a writer who reviews. I happen to review a lot, so thus my name on this board (check the general thread for overall reason for my name). I also capitalize and use good spelling, just my hands usually get too fast for the computer to keep up. :headbanger:

But anyway... *thinking of the UBER possibilties of GH, Hawk, Raa, Rx7 smut* :p~ :yay: :p~ :snigger: :mmm:
 

sigfried27

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Heh, just looked at that link, I never even heard of a pole as a measure. Go figure.
Pole/Rod, Chain, they are all old measurements of that system. Only situation that I know of that you woul need to know them is that the teacher for my mapping/surveying class said we need to know them incase we have to refference a really old document for property information, but past that, you'll probably never need to know them.
 

Lord Raa

Exporter of Juice Tins
Chain: 22 yards - the length between the wickets on the cricket pitch.
 

Lord Raa

Exporter of Juice Tins
A thought concerning Morden Night's comments about him going to screenwriter's school just occurred to me.

Joe Ezterhaus is a professional screenwriter. So does that mean that I should respect his opinion on writing?
 

puckreathof

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Lord Raa said:
I had a reply from Morden Night about my reply to his reviews.

While I appreciate the fact that you replied to my e-mail with such punctuality, I must say that your open hostility was entirely uncalled for. While I admit that my criticism of your fanfic was indeed blunt I was doing it in the hopes of helping you. Your reply to my criticism was rude.

As for the Dutch oven thing, if you look it up anywhere you'll never find it refered to as a sexual term. The Dutch Doll thing has NO relation whatsoever, and It's not called a Dutch Doll at all either, it's actually refered to as a Dutch 'wife', or dakimakura.

As for the dribbling thing that only happens in either basketball of Soccer. Dictionary: "In various ball games, to run with the ball, controling its path with the feet." Or "(basketball) To bounce the ball with one hand at a time, enabling the player to move with it." In Football you carry the ball.

As for the "FFT". I simply call it as I sees it. and it sounds really gay.

AS for the out of character thing, I understand that they grew up with their mother rather than their father, however I do believe that the reasons for their trauma based behaviour in the canon series wasn't so much due to "which" parent died as it was to the fact that one of their parents died. It would have been traumatic for them either way, unless you're of course implying that they hated their father and "wanted" him dead, however I seriously doubt that's the case.

As for Ranma, considering the fact that he still grtew up with only Genma as a parent and had no influence from his mother I can't think of a single reason that he would be so drastically different from his canon self. The fact that he doesn't change into a girl wouldn't have nearly as dramatic effect on him on it's own, and age alone doesn't dictate maturity, especially considering his upbringing; refer to Genma.

And yes, rushed. Reiko's acceptance of the engagement was rediculously fast. Even if they haven't been sexually active in years. For a realistic approach to a similar subject you could refer to the fanfic: "Older" by WFROSE. This is one of the best fics I've ever had the privilage of writing.

A side note to that point, most of the people's reactions to such a young boy being engaged to a woman almost twice his age would definitely be more extreme, you have almost everyone accept it in the story like it was an every day occurance.

The term "Christmas Cake" that you refer to as meaning "no one wants you after your 25th birthday" isn't very common and isn't entirely true. Plus Reiko, being a mother already who's had a loving if brief marriage wouldn't be quite so desperate. She would also more likely want to see her daughters happy and wouldn't place her happiness ahead of theirs.

As for your your defensive quip about most of your readers liking your story Make Room For Daddy just the way it is, that doesn't mean that it's perfect, and it's not.

As well, most of your readers aren't currently going to school to become screenwriters, while at the same time studying the culture and language of Japan.

Here's a little bit of advice: Take criticism from people with a grain of salt. They're not all out to unceremoniously flame you or bash your work. Some of us, like myself, see potential and genuinely want to help our fellow writers become the best that they could be.

By the way, he's written 2 (two) SI fics, 2 (two) Ranma the mutant fics and a badass Ranma the vampire hunter fic.

Hmm, can I really trust his opinion on writing? I just don't know at this time.
Well. He's a well-travelled cultural individual. I've spent most of my remembered life in the United States, (though I was born in a small island 90 miles south of it) and guess what, I know that Football is internationally and what Football is in America.

The fact that he couldn't deduce that you are not an American by that simple description or was even AWARE of the simple miscommunication is ... fairly sad.

and! I disagree on the fact that the girls were traumatized only because a parent died. The girls were traumatized because BOTH parents died in the real story. Soun Tendo did exist in Ranma, but he was fairly ineffectual. Not much of a father.

It is one of the things that ties him to Genma. The parental neglect just in a different fashion. Mind you, this opinion may be based on fanon more than canon, but it's what I usually stand by in regards to Soun Tendo. Yes, he's a better parent than Genma, but he's guilty of neglect on a similar scale.

Reiko presumably is not. She did not fall apart after Soun died and was able to continue to be the parent her daughters needed. Huge difference.

Not changing into a girl wouldn't have that much of an effect? Is he an idiot? Hellooo? Does this even need to be dignified? The series wouldn't be a series without that facet. Ranma 1/2

Isn't it just grand how he has to flash us his badge? The 'I'm a good writer' badge? I can forgive one SI, lord knows the one fic I have written has a character who isn't an SI but might as well be and I'm embarassed to bring up even that fact. Really, I did it just to get moving, but yeah, I can hear the snotty and see the upturned nose in that statement.
 

SotF

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The one FF.net reviewer who really aggravates me is Maijin Gojira

I haven't read the first one, but a good sequel should allow people to hop in and still know what's going on. And what I see appalls me.

Why do people insist on portraying Xander as a psychopathic hunter of the supernatural on par with the madness of Batman or the Punisher? Why? it doesn't make any sense. Only the first episode even hints at a possible 'moment' for this to occur, but it never materializes. In fact, Xander's greatest ability is to function perfectly in the normal world--something neither Buffy, Willow nor even Giles is capable of. But no, he's got to be some sort of uber supernatural fighter to most people. It's honestly an extreme rape of the character. Worse it's a rape that everyone seems to approve of and that just makes it frightening.

This story is little more than a male power fantasy...being placed in a world known for female empowerment. Am I honestly the only one who sees something wrong with this? Is seeing a Steroid-hyped ("Chem") Martial artist beating on Slayers that entertaining, and am I the only one who sees the hopefully unintended misogyny?

And what is the point of them stopping Dana's apprehension? It doesn't make any sense within the context of either chapter, since chem's are so much "Better" than Slayers are supposed to be, why bother? She may be a US Citizen, but she's also an insane Slayer--and they just WALK AWAY. It doesn't make sense. And why the hell did they revoke their diplomatic immunity? There is no apparent context within the story for either of these situations--and that's just poor plotting.

Poor plotting continues in the second chapter, where you lose count of the number of Polgara Demons (who are little better than berserk monsters, by the way, incapable of forming a team-up with anything) in the course of two paragraphs! TWO! We go from "a Polgara" to "One of the Polgarans". That's just bad.

So, at the end of chapter two, I find myself asking if the author actually hates Buffy? He (and I'm almost certain in that classification) seems to have set up a grand scenario for Xander to show up Buffy, Team Angel and emerge as an Ultimate. It's an idea that has been done several hundred times before. And, I'm sad to say, that there are enough fans of this thing that will let the author continue to revel in an utter perversion of the Buffyverse.

Topping it off, this story has obviously not been beta'd, or even spell checked, otherwise "ble eyes" would not be posted.

My suggestions: jettison the idea. Xander should never be equated with Uberness. Ever.
The review came in response to one of my fics which was a Buffy based fic that was a sequal to another I wrote, the first was the basic Halloween one where I had Xander pick a different costume, I used Villain X from Shadow Force Archer http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2572770/1/' target='_blank'>Villain</a>). Then I started a sequal because at first a friend had asked me what I thought would have come of it while watching the last few episodes of Angel. That fic was [url=http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2803297/1/]The New Breed[/url] and was set after the end of Buffy and during the Angel episode with Andrew in it.

The guy trew a hissy fit because I used several plot devices in it that had him ranting about my work.
 

PCHeintz72

The Sentient Fanfic Search Engine mk II
SotF said:
The one FF.net reviewer who really aggravates me is Maijin Gojira

I haven't read the first one, but a good sequel should allow people to hop in and still know what's going on. And what I see appalls me.

Why do people insist on portraying Xander as a psychopathic hunter of the supernatural on par with the madness of Batman or the Punisher? Why? it doesn't make any sense. Only the first episode even hints at a possible 'moment' for this to occur, but it never materializes. In fact, Xander's greatest ability is to function perfectly in the normal world--something neither Buffy, Willow nor even Giles is capable of. But no, he's got to be some sort of uber supernatural fighter to most people. It's honestly an extreme rape of the character. Worse it's a rape that everyone seems to approve of and that just makes it frightening.

This story is little more than a male power fantasy...being placed in a world known for female empowerment. Am I honestly the only one who sees something wrong with this? Is seeing a Steroid-hyped ("Chem") Martial artist beating on Slayers that entertaining, and am I the only one who sees the hopefully unintended misogyny?

And what is the point of them stopping Dana's apprehension? It doesn't make any sense within the context of either chapter, since chem's are so much "Better" than Slayers are supposed to be, why bother? She may be a US Citizen, but she's also an insane Slayer--and they just WALK AWAY. It doesn't make sense. And why the hell did they revoke their diplomatic immunity? There is no apparent context within the story for either of these situations--and that's just poor plotting.

Poor plotting continues in the second chapter, where you lose count of the number of Polgara Demons (who are little better than berserk monsters, by the way, incapable of forming a team-up with anything) in the course of two paragraphs! TWO! We go from "a Polgara" to "One of the Polgarans". That's just bad.

So, at the end of chapter two, I find myself asking if the author actually hates Buffy? He (and I'm almost certain in that classification) seems to have set up a grand scenario for Xander to show up Buffy, Team Angel and emerge as an Ultimate. It's an idea that has been done several hundred times before. And, I'm sad to say, that there are enough fans of this thing that will let the author continue to revel in an utter perversion of the Buffyverse.

Topping it off, this story has obviously not been beta'd, or even spell checked, otherwise "ble eyes" would not be posted.

My suggestions: jettison the idea. Xander should never be equated with Uberness. Ever.
The review came in response to one of my fics which was a Buffy based fic that was a sequal to another I wrote, the first was the basic Halloween one where I had Xander pick a different costume, I used Villain X from Shadow Force Archer (Villain). Then I started a sequal because at first a friend had asked me what I thought would have come of it while watching the last few episodes of Angel. That fic was The New Breed and was set after the end of Buffy and during the Angel episode with Andrew in it.

The guy trew a hissy fit because I used several plot devices in it that had him ranting about my work.
The fact he is acting this way, when he did not even read the original, is in itself appalling.
 

SotF

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Which was even more aggravating.

Several other people had the same problem with him on other places I post my buffy stuff at. I really don't mind criticism, as long as it isn't entirely about how aweful the story is even when you haven't read what led to it being written.

In a story you don't start with book 2 and think you should miraculaously know everything from book 1.
 

PCHeintz72

The Sentient Fanfic Search Engine mk II
SotF said:
Which was even more aggravating.

Several other people had the same problem with him on other places I post my buffy stuff at. I really don't mind criticism, as long as it isn't entirely about how aweful the story is even when you haven't read what led to it being written.

In a story you don't start with book 2 and think you should miraculaously know everything from book 1.
Well, I'm not a buffy fan fiction reader, though I liked the movie, so cannot comment on anything Buffy fan fiction specific.

However, while what you say is of course true on not starting with book 2. I feel an author should have some kind of summary or intro to it. Not to prevent or make it unneeded to read what came before, but as either a teaser or refresher.
 

SotF

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So you would expect to understand what led up to the events of the Two Towers after the first few chapters without reading Fellowship of the rings.
 
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