Poll of the Day > Which is more cringe? 18+ YA fanfiction written by 13 year olds or 31 year olds?

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by YA I mean stuff like Naruto, Pokemon, Harry Potter, Avatar: The Last Airbender, etc. I don't care if you don't think those are for "young adults" that's what I mean. By 18+ I mean ultra violent and/or erotic obviously.

There is zero cringe in Chuck Tingle... and he writes fanfiction about himself

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Lokarin posted...

There is zero cringe in Chuck Tingle... and he writes fanfiction about himself

Taken in the butt by my book taken in the butt

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All fan fiction is cringey.

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How many alts have you burned through so far harassing RK?

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Zeus posted...

All fan fiction is cringey.

How many alts have you burned through so far harassing RK?

Disagree. Some of it IS well written. That stuff is almost never the 18+ stuff.

Anyways. On topic. The 13 is more cringy. Ignoring that a 31 year old has had time to, hopefully, practice their writing skill the fact is a 13 YO has a very... bad... idea of what constitutes 'good' writing. It's the kind of thing that results in edgelords who think darkness and evil are cool and that being 'misunderstood' is a rare thing that's never been done before and that their OC, who is pretty much just a petulant child lashing out in all directions and being evul because evuls is kewl but is really a good character at the end of the day and NOT something that's been seen six-billion times. The 31 YO stuff tends to just be some adult who wanted a cheesy schlock fest and, well, it might be cringy but not only is it usually at least slightly better written but it was never going to not be cringy. Looking at someone's personal pleasure piece and finding it to be little more than a personal pleasure piece is not shocking.

I WILL say, though, that there is a certain kind of 31 YO fan fic writer that's infinitely more cringy though and it's usually the one that basically turns whatever the source was into their own personal SJW fest and, if you dare to disagree, you're basically every thing bad under the sun and so-forth. However I feel that group is so exceedingly... distinct... that they should be mentioned separately from the normal writers in either age group.

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I dont care about either one, if people wanna be goobs and write/read fanfics then more power to em

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I find most fan fiction depressing and the well written stuff thats damn near 100% original even more so. Its not a terrible way to practice writing, but I often wonder what if they had put that same energy and creativity into something new and original.

of course then I remember 50 Shades and that helps a bit.

Unit7 posted...

I find most fan fiction depressing and the well written stuff thats damn near 100% original even more so. Its not a terrible way to practice writing, but I often wonder what if they had put that same energy and creativity into something new and original.

of course then I remember 50 Shades and that helps a bit.

not all writing has to be commercial, sometimes you just want to write for fun and play with existing settings/characters

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Unbridled9 posted...

Disagree. Some of it IS well written. That stuff is almost never the 18+ stuff.

Anyways. On topic. The 13 is more cringy. Ignoring that a 31 year old has had time to, hopefully, practice their writing skill the fact is a 13 YO has a very... bad... idea of what constitutes 'good' writing. It's the kind of thing that results in edgelords who think darkness and evil are cool and that being 'misunderstood' is a rare thing that's never been done before and that their OC, who is pretty much just a petulant child lashing out in all directions and being evul because evuls is kewl but is really a good character at the end of the day and NOT something that's been seen six-billion times. The 31 YO stuff tends to just be some adult who wanted a cheesy schlock fest and, well, it might be cringy but not only is it usually at least slightly better written but it was never going to not be cringy. Looking at someone's personal pleasure piece and finding it to be little more than a personal pleasure piece is not shocking.

I WILL say, though, that there is a certain kind of 31 YO fan fic writer that's infinitely more cringy though and it's usually the one that basically turns whatever the source was into their own personal SJW fest and, if you dare to disagree, you're basically every thing bad under the sun and so-forth. However I feel that group is so exceedingly... distinct... that they should be mentioned separately from the normal writers in either age group.

A 13 year old doesn't know what they are doing. A 31 year old fanfiction writer clearly doesn't know what they are doing since they are writing fanfiction.
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I think you have them both beat TC, don't worry

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Revelation34 posted...

A 13 year old doesn't know what they are doing. A 31 year old fanfiction writer clearly doesn't know what they are doing since they are writing fanfiction.

Well, the fact is that, if you're looking at a fanfic a 31 YO wrote to be part of their personal pleasure collection; you shouldn't be shocked when you see Spock, Kirk, and McCoy suddenly start disrobing or when Lara Croft finds a relic that unleashes tentacles or whatever. While it may be bad writing odds are it was written with the express purpose of being part of a personal pleasure collection and was never marketed or intended to be anything else. Note: I am excluding the latter group I mentioned from this (as they're a different matter entirely).

But the 13 YO crowd legit believes what they're writing is 'good' writing. Even ignoring the issue with experience/skill their 13 YO unoriginal character who is an edgelord with either a childish view of good and evil or doing horrific things thinking they're 'right/good' or whatever else is something they believe to be legitimately GOOD. So when they make a character that expunges X group of people that they disagree with they honestly think it's a good deed. They honestly believe that having something like a demon blade compelling them to do evil (often times which they engage in without hesitation) makes them a 'tortured soul' instead of a psychopath who was just waiting for an excuse.

I'm not saying you need to write perfectly from the get-go (especially as a 13 YO; barely a teen) but if I had to choose between some horny housewife writing a Fox/Falco piece that was never intended to be more than a wet fantasy dream and someone who makes the most generic BA tortured soul character who legitimately doesn't understand why exterminating gays/homophobes/whatever group they despise is a BAD thing (not to mention that the group is almost exclusively mega stereotypes), I'd choose the horny housewife. Especially if Wolf joined in at the last second.

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Unbridled9 posted...

Anyways. On topic. The 13 is more cringy. Ignoring that a 31 year old has had time to, hopefully, practice their writing skill the fact is a 13 YO has a very... bad... idea of what constitutes 'good' writing. It's the kind of thing that results in edgelords who think darkness and evil are cool and that being 'misunderstood' is a rare thing that's never been done before and that their OC, who is pretty much just a petulant child lashing out in all directions and being evul because evuls is kewl but is really a good character at the end of the day and NOT something that's been seen six-billion times. The 31 YO stuff tends to just be some adult who wanted a cheesy schlock fest and, well, it might be cringy but not only is it usually at least slightly better written but it was never going to not be cringy. Looking at someone's personal pleasure piece and finding it to be little more than a personal pleasure piece is not shocking.

While the 13 y/o's writing is probably more cringey, the fact that a 31 y/o is doing it would be more cringey. The 13 y/o doesn't know any better, but the 31 y/o should.

Unit7 posted...

I find most fan fiction depressing and the well written stuff thats damn near 100% original even more so. Its not a terrible way to practice writing, but I often wonder what if they had put that same energy and creativity into something new and original.

This so hard. Then again, some fan fiction idiots have managed to con companies into letting them license/publish the story, so it's not always a fruitless effort depending on the franchise.

Revelation34 posted...

A 13 year old doesn't know what they are doing. A 31 year old fanfiction writer clearly doesn't know what they are doing since they are writing fanfiction.

Kek.


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Who the fuck cares, let people do what they want to whether it's "cringy" or not.

Cringe Culture is stupid.

Cruddy_horse posted...

Who the fuck cares, let people do what they want to whether it's "cringy" or not.

Cringe Culture is stupid.

cringe take ngtl

fan fiction is inherently cringe because youre piggybacking off of someone elses ideas to write schlock. be more original.

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Cruddy_horse posted...

Cringe Culture is stupid.

Oh lawdy...

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Depends on the author, I've read quite a few fanfics that are as polished, engaging and on par with any published good book. To me its really no different then teens drawing their favorite characters, or someone's granny sewing a Disney character on a shirt for their grandkid. Its just a harmless hobby.

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