Fic Talk > General Discussion
The romantic debate
Rose:
--- Quote from: mare on July 09, 2011, 08:51:01 PM ---I hate banners of all kinds lol
--- End quote ---
You don't count :P LOL
julilly:
--- Quote from: mare on July 09, 2011, 08:51:01 PM ---I hate banners of all kinds lol
--- End quote ---
Really? I never knew that about you. You should have told me...
mare:
I try to keep it a secret. How am I doing so far? lol
FrickingKaos:
I do NOT like banners with the writer's pic in there....such a turn off for a romance imo.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: Rose on July 09, 2011, 08:02:02 PM ---Here's a question to the romance writers - how do you guys feel about those who write romance and go as far as to insert a pic of themselves into the banner? It's a step beyond the normal Mary Sue level.
It annoys the heck out of me, and I think it's incredibly shameless. It's one thing to go Mary Sue, but that is always above and beyond. But I wanted to see other perspectives on it.
--- End quote ---
I just think it's kind of weird, but hey, more power to them; just because I have no self-esteem and would never put my picture in a banner for the world to see, or deem myself worthy of dating a Backstreet Boy, even in fanfic, doesn't mean everyone's that way. People who do that must have a lot of self-confidence... so, um, good for them?
It is kind of a turn-off to me as a reader, though; I feel like the author might as well put in the summary, "This is my fantasy about falling in love with my favorite Backstreet Boy. Enjoy!" I don't wanna read someone else's fantasy... blatantly, anyway. Make it your fantasy in disguise, with a seemingly "original" character I'm more apt to relate to, and then we'll talk.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version