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Most Overused Descriptors/Phrases
Topic Started: Jun 25 2013, 09:42 PM (2,880 Views)
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OK, this is probably going to come out sound bitchy, but I'm bored. I started wondering which writing trends that have evolved over time have caught other writers/readers attention as the most overused adjectives/phrases/tropes in the body of RB fanfics.

I think my #1 has to be "doe eyes" or "doe eyed rookie." It's become so common I have trouble thinking of authors who don't ever use it to describe Andy at this point. :haha:

What have the rest of you noticed?
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Probably my biggest fic peeve is when the author describes Andy as "whining" when her and Sam are getting busy. It makes her sound bratty and childish somehow. And it's being used a ton .
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pretty sure this one has been mentioned before somewhere else on the board...


"sweetheart" is a big one. Sam said it to her sarcastically but I think that the common use of the word stems from a bunch of writers (I'm just as guilty) who watched Flashpoint as well and there Sam clearly calls Jules sweetheart when he goes to the hospital.
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I've got two that are probably gonna make me very unpopular...
1) Andy telling Sam not to use his dimples on her...or reference to his dimples...WE GET IT! He has dimples.
2) Sam calling Andy sweetheart - just seems so out of character for him to use those kinds of endearments.
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I'm surprised you guys hate the sweetheart reference... I actually LOVE that, and I love when people use it in their fics. When used effectively, obviously. I'm so not a fan of "baby" or even "babe" being used between them.

I think a weird thing is when people write Sam as this "no nonsense we're going to have sex Right. NOW" type of guy. Do they think it's sexy? I think it's creepy!

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Jun 25 2013, 10:57 PM
I'm surprised you guys hate the sweetheart reference... I actually LOVE that, and I love when people use it in their fics. When used effectively, obviously. I'm so not a fan of "baby" or even "babe" being used between them.

I didn't say that I hated it...ummm, considering that I'm guilty of using it - I like it. I just think it's funny and overused, and some of it is spill-over from Flashpoint.

baby/babe...that one I don't like (then again, I don't like it in general so I probably shouldn't consider that an annoyance on ff.net)
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Jun 25 2013, 10:49 PM
I've got two that are probably gonna make me very unpopular...
1) Andy telling Sam not to use his dimples on her...or reference to his dimples...WE GET IT! He has dimples.
2) Sam calling Andy sweetheart - just seems so out of character for him to use those kinds of endearments.
Absolutely right!

The sweetheart thing is sooo not Sam Swarek. I can't imagine him saying this.
It's kind of funny. People repeat so many times the ones you mentioned, it's like we're reading the same fic, over and over again. (I'm not complaining. :lol: )

Btw, excellent idea for a thread ! :D
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Ya I don't hate the use of sweetheart, it is just overused and I think it is OOC.
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Yeah, there's really two separate issues. One is things you just hate regardless of how often they're used. The other is something that's fine but that too many people have picked up and used heavily. Doe eyes is the latter, IMO.
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Ya doe eyes for sure.
How about reference to Andy not being a good cook...again kinda overused.
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Natalie
Jun 25 2013, 11:53 PM
Ya doe eyes for sure.
How about reference to Andy not being a good cook...again kinda overused.
And she seemed to hold her own with the two meals (dinner in 1.09 and breakfast in 2.01) that she made for Luke so I'm still kinda confused why everyone thinks she's that bad
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Ya not because she is always to busy to cook and eats salad out of a bag means she can't cook.
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The not being a good cook thing annoys me, but I admit to using it. But it was really Luke saying she wasn't a cook and a salad in a bag lady. I don't think she was....it was more that Luke just didn't really know her.
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My number one pet peeve is the phrase that Andy is going to be "the death of" Sam (or some variation of that phrase). It's used soooo much, and it drives me crazy!!!

Also, while I know everyone adores a romantic Sam, there are so many out there where he's just entirely too over the top. I mean, really, the only even slightly romantic speech we've gotten from him is that he's going to cook dinner and take out the trash, which is sweet, but it's not really a hearts and flowers kind of sentiment. Basically, anything that is way OOC annoys me.

Which brings me to my third annoyance-- where does everyone get the idea that Andy is always late to parade? I think it has happened in the show like once or twice, and usually for good reasons. Andy is not the type to be late to parade-- rule follower, people pleaser, etc., so this also drives me nuts.
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Sweetheart didn't annoy me as much as I just could never imagine him saying it in an endearing way. Like, I would read it again trying to picture it and it just never worked.

I haven't read much since season 2, but one that used to annoy me a lot was when people wrote Dov constantly saying, "Rock and Roll" as if it were his catchphrase.
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In m-rated fanfic that Andy apparently is unexpierenced and insecure in bed. I never got that idea actually...
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Jun 26 2013, 04:21 AM
Which brings me to my third annoyance-- where does everyone get the idea that Andy is always late to parade? I think it has happened in the show like once or twice, and usually for good reasons. Andy is not the type to be late to parade-- rule follower, people pleaser, etc., so this also drives me nuts.
This one definitely annoys me too. She doesn't seem the type that is late for anything. I only remember her being late once and that was in the beginning of the series and it was for a good reason.

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Jun 27 2013, 03:41 AM
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Jun 26 2013, 04:21 AM
Which brings me to my third annoyance-- where does everyone get the idea that Andy is always late to parade? I think it has happened in the show like once or twice, and usually for good reasons. Andy is not the type to be late to parade-- rule follower, people pleaser, etc., so this also drives me nuts.
This one definitely annoys me too. She doesn't seem the type that is late for anything. I only remember her being late once and that was in the beginning of the series and it was for a good reason.

I think that it is because the writers chose to highlight it when she was late - especially in 2.11 when Boyd makes a comment about it. His "barely" made it seem like it wasn't the first time that Andy was late (although I don't blame her for being late... :D )
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No way Andy is late for parade. Woman is a keener. Don't they make fun of her because of it?
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I think the main one that bugs me is the overuse of having to come up for air during kiss scenes. Though, I understand how it's hard to find other ways to word it, especially without using "air".

That and using the word "floor" instead of "ground" for scenes outside....but maybe that's more of a culture thing that non-Americans do or ?
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