sign of getting old
18 Dec 2005 09:51 pmUsed to be, stories came down the pike, and I'd read at least the first chapter, no attention paid to warnings, ratings, or pairings. Less time, less energy, less inclination, and an author who doesn't list pairings will get the delete key from me faster than anything. (The old n+? at least tells me there's a reason the author doesn't want to state the pairing.) Yes, no pairing listed will launch delete action even faster than finding seven misspellings in the first two paragraphs, or use of the dreaded fanon cliches -- banged boy or little one or the ever popular braided baka and if I see so much as a perfect anywhere and the next word starts with an s, shwooooop, and that would be the sound of my mail program sending yet another email down the chutes.
No rating, no warning, no pairing, no nothing, no read.
*stomps off*
No rating, no warning, no pairing, no nothing, no read.
*stomps off*