I've seen this in a few different fandoms and it's confused me every time, why do some writers think that sex will cause a person to speak another language even if they don't speak that language?

Example: Giovani has an Italian name, his grandparents came to the US from Italy, he wears Itlaian suits, he loves Italian food, he says "Ciao" and calls his girlfriend "bella". [He probably speaks a bit of converational Italian, has some food related language and knows some terms of endearment.]

How does that translate to him lapsing into Italian whenever he's in bed with someone? I understand he's extra sexy when he speaks Italian but the dude speaks English (not Italian); he's fluent in English (not Italian); he thinks in English (not Italian).

Now this of course varies by character but I've seen it even when canon out right says that someone doesn't speak their ancestral language. [Even in canons that have a running joke about how poorly the character speaks when they try.]

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I know this is totally YMMV, because people keep writing it, but what the hell.

It's been said here before regarding dialect accents: Don't write them out. Write accurate phrasing, yes, absolutely. If a word is completely different — ach, perhaps — that's fine, but take it easy and lay off the apostrophes. I can figure out that Rose's pronunciation is closer to sumfink than something, but it takes me at least twice as long to read and translate her dialogue if it's rendered quasi-phonetically, and that makes me annoyed, which makes me like your fic far less. I shouldn't need to pause every time Carson Beckett speaks to read his words aloud three times at an attempt to figure out what he's supposed to be saying. I know the fandom; I can manage to remember that they don't have RP or Broadcast American accents and adjust accordingly.

We've been there, we've ranted that.

But the one particular "dialect" rendering that will make me flail so hard for the back button that I'm accidentally emailing China?

Small children.

Small children mangle words. I get that. I even get that some people find it cute. I found it cute when my friend's toddler gave us lello for yellow and something I can neither remember nor render (but consistent) for helicopter. People can end up with special names because of this process — see Beezus Quimby, or one particularly crackish explanation for how Rodney McKay might once have been called "Marty" by his sister. But when the point isn't to explain a particular special name or make the kid unintelligible, writing in that alternate pronunciation is really annoying, at least to some of us. I don't need to see "Unca Wodney", for example, to understand that a small child might not have mastered the consonantal clusters or unusual 'r' of modern American English. I really, really don't. That doesn't give me a warm glow of affection; it gives me the burn of saccharine overdose indigestion.

I get that some people like it or don't care. I get that the writer wants the reader to go awwww. Just know that there are some readers who will instead be going "... ewwww" and downgrading what may be an otherwise acceptable or even good fic.

how I name my characters is my choice alone, my choice. I have given the issue much thought, and contrary to you I happen to know the whole story so whether I have aptly/cleverly named them or not is not for you to say. At all.

So stop the eff bitching about my "artistic wrongdoings" and stop demanding I swap names around (*) because they "just don't fit that way" and while we're at it, stop giving me "plot advice", too. And really, stop mailing me letter after letter each other chapter I post. Or even better, get the hell off my back. SHOO! GO AWAIII!

*breathes*

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Sorry. Just had to vent at the annoying brat. I'll go now formulate a less angry yet very short answer.
(*) for the record: I have a prophet spilling prophecies in the story. His name is Logan. I also have his best friend being supportive. His name is Eli. And yes, there's a reason for those names. *g*

You know what? Most normal people don't break up with the boyfriend/step-brother who they're supposedly in love with out of the blue one night because 'I want to find out if I'm really bisexual. Even though I broke up with my girlfriend for you, a man'.

Ok so maybe one in a thousand people would do that. But one would not then start to fall for another man after speaking to him for merely 2 minutes 24 HOURS AFTER BREAKING UP WITH YOUR BOYFRIEND/STEP-BROTHER WHO YOU ARE APPARENTLY STILL IN LOVE WITH! THE DUDE YOU'RE FALLING FOR SPECIFICALLY BEING SOMEONE WHO YOUR EX-BOYFRIEND/STEP-BROTHER WAS HITTING ON ONLY MOMENTS BEFORE!

And just to add insult to injury, one does not usually get down right indignant when the person YOU broke up with gets a little bit cranky when you're flirting with the person THEY WERE TRYING TO USE AS A DRUNKEN REBOUND FUCK!

Ex-boyfriends/step-brothers do not then go falling into into the arms of their sometimes cruel, over controlling ex months later just because he fucks you and then suddenly confesses that he's been pining over you all these months but for some reason decided not to tell you. But it's ok because the whole time he loved you and let's just pretend it never happened.

And let's not repeat the process another time a year down the line. And then 3 years later. Because really, WHAT KIND OF STORY IS THIS?!

I do enjoy a snifter of port at Christmas.

Hey, you.

I know Hugh Jackman plays Wolverine (and a very sexy one at that) but you do know Hugh Jack isn't Canadian. Right?

RIGHT?

I guess not, since you gave him Wolverine's accent. In RPS fic. Which is really sad, because I can rarely understand that. Wolvie's accent, that is.

Hugh's speech patterns allow him to say "mate" (which he has said, and sounds so cute when he says it) among other Australian slang, because he's Australian! NOT CANADIAN.

I'm honestly getting sick of ranting about this. I'm reading rps for the LACK of accent stuff.

And James Marsden? I doubt he's stuffy like Scott Summers. What, are you going to tell me next, he's TV personality trying to end racial segregation? OH WAIT, THAT'S CORNY COLLINS. SOMEONE HE'S PLAYED, NOT WHO HE IS.

I will admit to thinking he's a little like Corny, but he's not. You know. Corny. Just saying.

And you. The last time, I sort of ignored you with a simple reply of I like what I like what I like. Now I'm annoyed. I honestly wish you'd stop telling me I'm wasting my time writing mpreg, when I could be doing something more creative. Who the fuck do you think you are? Quit reading my stuff if you have a problem with it!

The admins will be giving you a written warning. I'm not the only author you've told to write what you like. Trust me, even though I've been out of the fandom for a year, there's plenty of what you like if you'd freaking look for it.

My friend unobsolete  gave me permission to post this from her journal:

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There is no story at all, you can't even call this a one shot it's just like a bunch of separate combersations that dosent tell a story at all.

Thank you, dear reviewer, for showing me that you have no idea what a drabble is. And thank you for missing the point.

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She said the reviewer in question is an ESL, but still! Review fail. -_-

I'm not sure if this is against the com. rules but if anyone is interested in a group roleplay, please contact me. The characters needed goes as followed:

-Flanders

-Simpson Family (Maggie, Marge, Lisa, Bart, Homer, Grandpa)

-Sideshow Bob

-Krusty the Clown

-And a few OCs.

The plot is unknown and will be discussed once a group is put together.

Thanks.

Nice try god

Fandom: Merlin (BBC Version)
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin
Theme set: Alpha
Title: Untitled
Rating: Difficult one for this one. I'm going to go with R/NC-17 overall because of one sentence which mentions blood/death in it and could be considered a bit gory(Feel free to correct me if you think I've got the wrong rating.)
Warning[s]: Graphic imagary in one and spoilers for episode 2-13, if you've not seen the second season finale yet, in another.
Notes: Betaed (yes I really needed a beta for this) by the wonderful and patient tacitus_3. Thank you so much hun. I really appreciate it! Any remaining mistakes are mine and mine alone.

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What'chu talkin' 'bout everyone!

Dear Princess and the Frog fandom,

"Y'all" is plural, as in "you all." It is not singular.

Please and thank you,
Me

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