- Don't you hate it...
erika_sanely- June 20th, 2004
...when you're reading a WIP fanfic that's being posted, and around the time part 29 is posted you realise you don't like the fic, don't like the writers charactisations, don't even like the plot, but you're too far into the fic to just stop reading. (Wow. That was a long sentence. Sorry about that.)
That's what's happening to me right now. (I'm not going to name the fandom, but if you think I'm talking about your fic, I"m not).
Everything I don't like in a fic is happening in this particular fic, but I'm now too committed to the story to just stop. I've wasted spent too much time reading what's already been posted to not know how it ends. The fic wasn't going that badly in the first 15 parts or so. Sure, there were some glaringly large plot holes that would have blown the fic straight out of the water due to some small rather large details already covered in well-known canon, but hey - I'm a forgiving person.
But now the fic is starting to make my eyes bleed; and I can't stop reaading it.
Please, send help.
There really should be a 12-step programme for us who get caught in reading such fics.
Walk away leave it until finished and then try again would be the advice from here. You may actually like it once its finished off.
I'll keep going with it until the end - the writer deserves that much at least. As to whether I like it when it is finished... doubt it very much. It's well-written - kinda - but I've never been a big fan on children OC's.
It's my own fault for starting to read it in the first place.
I have to admit I'm not a fan of Children OC's (although one of my favourite stories at the moment does contain them). They have in past pieces come to dominate the piece if not handled with caution and kept where they belong in proportion to story time.
Good luck with it coming to an end soon and stopping the eye bleeding.