Lawn--get the fuck off of it.

[roxy]

You really need those summaries at AO3, because those stupid, fucking, smirky, *endless* tags tell you nothing.

Comments

[rednihilist.livejournal.com]

Oh. . . *gulp*

Story time? How hath the world offended thee, S.N. Uggles?

ETA: the contrast between the tone of this post and your journal theme made me snorfle. The holidays are here! Now I'm picturing you glaring at the screen while wearing a particularly atrocious Christmas sweater and drinking eggnog! XD

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

omg--gasp!! You looked through my screen!!! *quickly puts on pants*

Have you seen those endless idiotic tags? I guess they make sense somewhere that's not an archive.

[ash-carpenter.livejournal.com]

LMFAO. I'm not on AO3, so haven't encountered this annoyance, but you shaking your cane at anything always puts a smile on my face.

♥

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

Let those whippersnappers come one step up my driveway...*locks and loads cane*

[serafina20.livejournal.com]

Word.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

I'm sayin'!

[jesseofthenorth.livejournal.com]

Damned tumblr brats! Why back in my day....
Oh fuck-it! I guess I am getting old(er)and cranky(er).

But geebus, just write a damned summary people! We all suck at it and drive ourselves nuts doing it. You should have to too.
(I usually pass by fic without a summary)

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

I pass them by too--I'd rather spare myself having to viciously back-click out of some steaming pile of omg.

[jesseofthenorth.livejournal.com]

Yup. Way to gun shy to even try anymore.

[nomango.livejournal.com]

ditto hate. So much! I've fantasised neck wringing and face slapping but what i would love love love is if TPTB there got on it.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

How I share your fantasies!

[rosy5000.livejournal.com]

Grr! I hate summary-less fics. I just drive right on by them.

Some of the tags can be amusing, but seriously... I wanna know what a story's about before spending hours reading it to find out it's all been a waste.

*pulls up a rocking chair to join you on your porch* *glares at them young-uns who don't know what summaries are*

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

I'll school 'em, lovey. Just let them get in close proximity to the dangerous hand....

[nicnac918.livejournal.com]

Aww I like the tags; they're fun to play with. But agreed, they're no excuse for not also having a summary.

[firesign10.livejournal.com]

This!

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

Or a clear summary! A thousand tags are not a summary!

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

And the summaries need to be SUMMARIES not pull quotes! One sentence yanked out of a fic is not a summary! Why do writers no longer know what the word summary means?

[rockstarpeach.livejournal.com]

THIS!

Most the time, even on LJ, I find myself reading a summary and then STILL having no idea what the fic is actually about.

And you shake that cane, Ms Rose!! A giant cloud of random buzzwords tells me nothing, plus, it's irritating to look at.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

Girl, I'm doing more that shaking this cane, I'm weighting the head. *practices swings*

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

It's a difficult thing, true, writing a decent summary. It takes practice, and the desire to do a good job. This seems to not be a priority for some. *grumbles old-lady style*

[cha.livejournal.com]

I ♥ you.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

*BLUSHES*
♥s you back.

[dawnybee.livejournal.com]

You mean those ever so not-helpful tags that read like yearbooks or like graffiti on walls "Destiel realness" "what is my life?" "OMGboysecks"?

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

I could just slap them but hard! I don't even click on fics that have a cloud of tags--my expectations are lowered in direct proportion to tag number.

[tabaqui]

Gods yes. Holy hell. Stop with the 'cutesy' stupid-ass tags, already!

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

I don't even get it! It's not informative or particularly amusing. It's like showing off in class.

[tabaqui]

I guess it's just a bunch of in jokes for select friends or something but...yeah. Annoying as hell.

I do love your icon. :)

[rhiannonhero.livejournal.com]

I knowwwww. :(

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

Whhhhhhyyyy? Why must they hurt me so? :(