Petty Pet Peeves

[JGittes]

I don't read that much here any longer for this very reason, but yesterday I took a break from editing and wanted to find something to keep in the mood, so to speak.

I had to stop after the second time the guy's appendage slipped out of whichever orifice it was in; it slapped against his chest. I'll forgive one time as a possible mistake, but two times is deliberate.

 

[liliput1]

I don't read that much here any longer for this very reason, but yesterday I took a break from editing and wanted to find something to keep in the mood, so to speak.

had to stop after the second time the guy's appendage slipped out of whichever orifice it was in; it slapped against his chest. I'll forgive one time as a possible mistake, but two times is deliberate.

That author is gonna be soooo disappointed in a couple years.

 

[Statius]

We should swell with empathy for the writers of Octopus Erotica

Octopi

 

[Statius]

Should of

 

[Britva415]

I'll forgive one time as a possible mistake, but two times is deliberate.

Three times is enemy action!

 

[Statius]

Three times is enemy action!

Put up your dukes! We're fighting!

 

[StillStunned]

I had to stop after the second time the guy's appendage slipped out of whichever orifice it was in; it slapped against his chest. I'll forgive one time as a possible mistake, but two times is deliberate.

 

[MillieDynamite]

I read a story, which wasn't erotica, where the wife says, to see above his belt buckle, I must stand on my tippy toes. He's six feet nine, she 5 feet. No description of sex between them (they are over sixty in the story), but she still sits in his lap and snuggles against him. After reading it, I wondered how they ever made love with him on top. He'd smouthercate her.

 

[Rob_Royale]

A group sex story where the writer looses track of who's doing who.

A reader who notices that I accidently spelled Alex as Alec and asks, "Who is Alec?"

And as always, the backstory dump that takes the entire first page to get through. It's an automatic alt-backarrow from me.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Tell him, first name, Smart, family name Alec, has a lot in common with you, A-hole.

A group sex story where the writer looses track of who's doing who.

A reader who notices that I accidently spelled Alex as Alec and asks, "Who is Alec?"

And as always, the backstory dump that takes the entire first page to get through. It's an automatic alt-backarrow from me.

 

[liliput1]

I read a story, which wasn't erotica, where the wife says, to see above his belt buckle, I must stand on my tippy toes. He's six feet nine, she 5 feet. No description of sex between them (they are over sixty in the story), but she still sits in his lap and snuggles against him. After reading it, I wondered how they ever made love with him on top. He'd smouthercate her.

Basically planking and it gets to be a lot less fun over 40.

 

[liliput1]

A group sex story where the writer looses track of who's doing who.

A reader who notices that I accidently spelled Alex as Alec and asks, "Who is Alec?"

And as always, the backstory dump that takes the entire first page to get through. It's an automatic alt-backarrow from me.

I always wonder if the one incorrect name is someone they inserted from their life.

 

[liliput1]

Oh! Speaking of nouns…

That one errant “his” in the middle of the story about two women. Did you gender swap this whole story after you realized it doesn’t quite work with a male character?

 

[Kelliezgirl]

I always wonder if the one incorrect name is someone they inserted from their life.

I did that once, but it was a character from another work in progress. Lots of characters dancing around in my head.

 

[Erozetta]

I always wonder if the one incorrect name is someone they inserted from their life.

In my case... Yeah, that was exactly what happened, lol

 

[EmilyMiller]

physics-defying acrobatics

To come back to this. I see sex scenes in my head as a write them, so I normally don’t have the FMC and MMC kiss when doing reverse cowgirl.

But, when I’m alpha or beta reading, I do the same with other people’s work, and it’s one of the things that I often give feedback on. Like if the woman has knelt down to do X to the man, then she would logically reach up to do Z, rather than down.

It gets even more complicated with group. I have been known to draw diagrams

 

[EmilyMiller]

In my case... Yeah, that was exactly what happened, lol

My fucking awful AI-shitified iPhone autocorrect insists on ‘correcting’ what I type to either the names of celebrities (ones I have no interest in generally) or names from my contacts which might be people I’ve not spoken to in years. It’s getting worse and worse.

 

[liliput1]

My fucking awful AI-shitified iPhone autocorrect insists on ‘correcting’ what I type to either the names of celebrities (ones I have no interest in generally) or names from my contacts which might be people I’ve not spoken to in years. It’s getting worse and worse.

If Siri makes us look stupid enough it can offer to take over and run things better.

 

[EmilyMiller]

If Siri makes us look stupid enough it can offer to take over and run things better.

I seriously want autocorrect from two years ago back again.

 

[liliput1]

I seriously want autocorrect from two years ago back again.

Ugh.

It's so bad now it reminds me of the time I tried to write for an e-zine and the editor drove me so insane I never tried again. That's not what I was trying to say! Just stop.

 

[anthrodisiac]

Further vs farther.

Drives me up the wall. Every time I read or hear it being used incorrectly, I mutter the correct one under my breath. Every time.

 

[AStrangeDesire]

Mine's angry dino's muttering 'It's 'further' you fucking nincompoop' while reading erotica.

 

[liliput1]

Further vs farther.

Drives me up the wall. Every time I read or hear it being used incorrectly, I mutter the correct one under my breath. Every time.

I have to confess that one of my favorite parts of Game of Thrones was Stannis Baratheon, the closeted grammar nazi.

"It's 'fewer'"
"What?"
"...nothing."

 

[liliput1]

Mine's angry dino's muttering 'It's 'further' you fucking nincompoop' while reading erotica.

Anthro's partner, seeing fresh gouge marks in the floor: Someone misusing 'farther' on the Internet again, dear?

Anthro: No!

Anthro: yes

 

[Britva415]

Oh! Speaking of nouns…

That one errant “his” in the middle of the story about two women. Did you gender swap this whole story after you realized it doesn’t quite work with a male character?

Hey! "Genderfluid" is a thing! Maybe the author is just showing via a pronoun rather than telling that the character identified as masculine in that moment!

That's supposed to be good, right?