What are some of the cliches you notice in Bsb fanfic?
I started reading this series the other day that more than one person had recommended to me. I won't say what it was, so as not to offend anyone, but it wasn't on AC. Anyway, I started the first story, which everyone had told me was so amazing, and all I read was cliche after cliche. The writing wasn't bad, but the plot seemed to predictable and overdone that it didn't interest me at all. But it was an older story, so I thought, "Well, maybe the series gets better with the later stories."
So I clicked to the last story in the series and started reading, thinking that if it seemed a lot better, I would go back and give the first story more of a chance. But all I found were even more ridiculous cliches, so ridiculous they were funny, so at that point I gave up on it. I know I'm picky, but I've read so many GOOD stories with the old cliched storylines that I can't get into ones that are less than stellar. It's just pointless.
Anyway, I was thinking of making up some sort of "litmus" test for Bsb fanfic cliches, kinda like the Mary Sue one we did on here once. So I need you to start listing cliches. Not just for romance either - think of all the cliched stuff that happens in drama, angst, suspense, action, sci-fi, fantasy, etc. Cause there are cliches for all of them, but I haven't read enough in certain genres to know very many.
I'm looking for stuff like bus crashes, car crashes, a character getting cancer, kidnappings, all that good stuff LOL.