Line #54 DrinkingGame/FanWorks


1	We must remember that, no matter how lonely we are, flame wars are impolite and have the potential to cause more alcohol-induced depression than this page.
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3	Everyone has their own opinions, still, so if you think anything below is inappropriate, you can bring it up on the discussions page. Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad, and that's why a lot have manifested here as FanFic archetypes. Many of these can also be justified in certain circumstances, even if they're usually cliché and boring.
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5	Most of all, though, we must remember that this is JustForFun.
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9	[[folder:Shot]]
10	* Whenever someone's eyes are described as "orbs"
11	* Some form of the verb 'gravitate' is used
12	* Canon character gains a non-canonical pet
13	* RuleThirtyFour
14	* Characters who have never shown an interest in the military join up
15	* Canon character acts completely [[OutOfCharacter OOC]] for no apparent reason
16	** Canon character acts completely OOC to enable [[{{Shipping}} the central romance]]
17	*** The author tries to excuse the character's OOC behaviour by saying something like, "Bob's only acting different because he's in love with Alice!", even though there is no way Bob would act that way even if he were in love
18	** Canon character who is meant to be TheStoic is instead ProneToTears, a NervousWreck, a hopeless romantic, or a MoodSwinger.
19	** Canon character who is meant to be cheerful instead acts serious, reserved, or gloomy
20	** Canon character is [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes afraid]] of something that wouldn't normally scare them
21	** Canon character is [[AdaptationalDumbass meant to be smart but acts dumb]] or irrational
22	** Canon character starts out acting like themselves, but gets more and more OOC as the story drags on
23	* ArrangedMarriage
24	* AliensMadeThemDoIt
25	* [[InstantExpert Character who has never done X before is immediately amazing at X]]
26	* Nonsensical pop culture reference
27	** Reference to an UrbanLegendOfZelda
28	* Entire plot of the source material is copied.
29	** With lines spoken by canon characters given to an OC[=/=]SelfInsert.
30	* Whenever you read something that's been {{Jossed}}
31	* OMG turned into [[OhMyGods "Oh my [insert deity here]"]]
32	* Infringement joke in the disclaimer
33	** IDoNotOwn / Please don't sue
34	* Every "If I owned this, I'd be rich." Or "If I own this I would've changed A and made it B."
35	* The author threatens to up the content rating later
36	* Every PlotHole
37	* Every FixFic that undoes a TearJerker and/or DownerEnding
38	* BroadStrokes are applied
39	* When an author threatens to...
40	** hold the story hostage unless a certain number of reviews are given
41	** [[InternetJerk do something horrible to you]] or [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals a cute puppy]]
42	* When the color of someone's eyes is especially descriptive (e.g. "blue" becomes "sapphire")
43	** And if they are registered on the StarbucksSkinScale
44	* SparedByTheAdaptation
45	* DeathByAdaptation (see DeathFic)
46	* When the series' RunningGag gets used
47	** The fanfic creates a running gag and uses it to survive
48	* The author takes time out to rail against "haters"
49	* Music is suggested for listening to while reading
50	* [[SongFic A song is plagiarized]]
51	** Double if the lyrics are adjusted
52	** The fanfic's title is a song lyric
53	* GISSyndrome: the fic uses random photos found on the internet as illustration, copyright be damned.
54	** There are too many images in the text, or the images are even swamping the text.
55	** The image used is artwork: fanart or official art for another canon.
56	* Shameless promotion of another fanfic
57	** Promotion of recursive fanfiction/fanart/whatever
58	** Promotion of its own Website/TVTropes page
59	* [[PleaseSubscribeToOurChannel Reminder to like/favorite/upvote/whatever the fic]]
60	* Obviously a SelfInsertFic
61	** And another if the OC is an [[AuthorAvatar avatar for the author]] to romantically hook up with his/her favorite character
62	* InterruptedIntimacy
63	** CaughtWithYourPantsDown
64	* One of the characters (usually the CloudCuckoolander) becomes a stoner in high school
65	* The OC is written specifically to be [[RememberTheNewGuy one of the existing characters' new best friend]]
66	* A character says something like "[[AnswersToTheNameOfGod I know I'm good, but you don't need to call me a god]]" after their sexual partner yells, "Oh my god!"
67	** Or if they actually are a god and acknowledge this, added snark not necessary, but likely
68	* [[LetsWatchOurShowPlot Characters watch the show they come from]]
69	* [[OhCrapThereAreFanficsOfUs Characters read fanfiction]]
70	* Every trigger warning
71	** Double shots if one is/some are ''about'' alcohol
72	** Take another shot if the warning is about something which wouldn't usually be triggering
73	* ''Franchise/StarWars'' [[AlternateUniverseFic AU]] (you can skip this if the original work has a canonical ''Star Wars'' AU)
74	** ''Star Wars'' characters in a different Universe... [[DontExplainTheJoke far, far away]]
75	* AlternateUniverseFic set in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII in which [[AlternateHistoryNaziVictory Nazi Germany won the war]].
76	* Whenever a character [[BackFromTheDead gets resurrected]], either in the fic or after they died in the original work
77	** And/or if their death in the original is just ignored for the sake of the fic's continuity
78	** And/or if they miraculously survive something
79	** Take two when how it was possible is given a HandWave or some rambling and nonsensical TechnoBabble
80	* TheScrappy, or another less popular character, gets KilledOffForReal
81	** TheScrappy gets killed off or sacrifices themselves to save whoever escapes their canonical death above
82	* Only one character is kidnapped
83	* The mention of "bashing" or "flames"
84	* {{Lemon}} fics. Take another shot if the incredibly graphic and detailed descriptions of the characters' adult anatomy actually makes you aroused.
85	** Take a third if the fic featured [[AgeLift aged]]/[[AdaptationalPersonalityChange matured]] cartoon characters from a show whose art style would be FanDisservice at best.
86	* MoodWhiplash. Just one if the fic is a one-shot, double if it takes place at the end of the first chapter of an updating story.
87	* There's an incredibly long author's note
88	* A ScriptFic inside the author's notes between the author(s) and the characters
89	* The story is written solely to [[AdaptationalExplanation explain something from the source material]]
90	** Two shots if [[CerebusRetcon the explanation makes it dark]]
91	* The premise is "X is sick and Y takes care of them". Two shots if:
92	** X got sick in a way that would be impossible to in real life or within canon (e.g. [[CatchYourDeathOfCold from being cold]])
93	** [[FlorenceNightingaleEffect This leads to X and Y falling in love]]
94	** X and Y already are in love and they kiss, hug, or even have sex despite the risk of infection
95	** X behaves completely OOC and it's meant to just be because they're sick
96	** Y tries to give X [[SoupIsMedicine soup]]
97	** X makes an attempt at WorkingThroughTheCold and is stopped by Y
98	** [[HereWeGoAgain The fanfic ends with Y catching X's disease]]
99	* The premise is "X has a nightmare and Y cheers them up"
100	* Two characters who aren't a couple are [[ThereIsOnlyOneBed made to share a bed]]. Two shots if it makes them fall in love
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103	[[folder:Little Sip]]
104	* An event from the work is mentioned/becomes a CrypticBackgroundReference
105	* A {{Catchphrase}} or tag line is used
106	* ArtisticLicense is invoked
107	* A character's name is [[ViewerNameConfusion spelt wrong]]. Take another if a canon character is replaced by (or generates) a [[WebOriginal/ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum mini]] due to misspelling.
108	* An [[UnusualEuphemism unusual/absurd sexual euphemism]] is used
109	* PurpleProse
110	* Every spelling error
111	* Grammar - every instance of:
112	** WantonCrueltyToTheCommonComma
113	** RougeAnglesOfSatin
114	** XtremeKoolLetterz
115	** ColonCancer
116	* GratuitousForeignLanguage
117	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation
118	* "this chapter if rated M for sexy times"
119	* Every [[LampshadeHanging lampshade hung]]
120	* Every time a girl joins a harem
121	** Take an extra shot when those girls [[SituationalSexuality incidentally become bisexual]]
122	* When the interaction between the series' characters is slightly OOC
123	* When the fanfic [[TakeThat takes a jab at a hated work for the author]]
124	* The author takes time out to engage in an AuthorFilibuster
125	* A canon character's name is [[InconsistentSpelling spelt multiple different ways]]
126	* Editing old chapters
127	** Removing chapters
128	** Author's notes
129	* Each nonstandard section breaker line
130	* Characters [[ShoutOut watch existing TV shows or movies]] (unless it's their own work or another fanfic, see above)
131	* Character trips on a ridiculously small/hard to trip on object/carpet/self
132	* A character is able to do something impossible, even though they just failed to do something much easier.
133	* Author takes a break to clarify something
134	* Author takes a break to rant about their life
135	** They give far too much info
136	** You begin to care about [[Fanfic/MyImmortal a Tara]]
137	* The fanfic becomes [[DarkFic too angsty]]/comedic, when the original was the other
138	* Character bashing
139	* Every [[ObligatorySwearing expletive]] and reference to a person's nether regions in a lemon fic.
140	* ContinuityNod to the original work.
141	** Another if there's a continuity nod to the author's other fanfics of the same work, but aren't linked to each other (i.e. they're not sequel stories or anything).
142	* There's a chapter TitleDrop.
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145	[[folder:Chug]]
146	* Dominance (or a variation thereof) is mentioned somehow
147	* A protagonist does something illegal
148	* A character who has never shown an interest in the military before joins the Marines
149	* Canon love interest of a character [[AdaptationalVillainy becomes evil]] to enable the central romance
150	* [[OriginalCharacter OC]]'s name is spelt wrong
151	* Someone is revealed to have a DarkAndTroubledPast
152	** Which involves abuse
153	* [[CostumePorn Extensive descriptions of clothing]]
154	* OC is a relative of a preexisting character
155	** ...even though the character is stated in-universe to have no family
156	* TextualCelebrityResemblance
157	* FanPreferredCouple get together
158	** and the secondary pairing, in the same fic
159	* Every RonTheDeathEater
160	* Every DracoInLeatherPants
161	* {{Crossover}} that [[WeirdCrossover makes no sense]] even within the context of the fic
162	* "[[DontLikeDontRead If you don't like, don't read]]!"
163	* A NiceGuy [[TookALevelInJerkass becomes a jerk]] in order to make them "cooler"
164	* {{Mana}}/Chakra/Ki are portrayed as completely different energy sources
165	* An Alpha female of the harem
166	* When [[AvertedTrope no one]] gets [[GreenEyedMonster jealous]] in a harem
167	* PeggySue fics
168	* When the [[OneTruePairing OTP]] gets broken down
169	* An event from the original series gets exaggerated.
170	* The author shoots a TakeThat at a work seen as terrible by many people.
171	** Add a shot if said work is in the same continuum as the fic.
172	* The author spells a character's name two different ways in the same sentence
173	** OC's name spelt multiple ways throughout
174	* [[MisterSeahorse Male pregnancy]]
175	* [[OriginsEpisode Origin Story]]
176	* DarkerAndEdgier retelling of the story
177	** Add a shot if it's a grimdark version of an otherwise upbeat/starkly contrasted series
178	* Retelling from another character's POV
179	* WhatCouldHaveBeen if an event that is CommonKnowledge didn't happen is in the description
180	* SpotlightStealingCrossover
181	** Finish two drinks if the series doing the hijacking isn't super/more popular
182	* JerkSue and ProtagonistCenteredMorality overlaps
183	* A wild GodModeSue appears ([[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} diddly-diddly-do]])
184	* The fic is of one work, but contains {{Shout Out}}s to other works.
185	* An OC's involvement in the storyline changes little, if anything, about it
186	* Characters committing villainous acts but still being treated as heroes [[DesignatedHero because the narrative says so]]
187	* Characters committing not-all-that-villainous acts but still being treated as villains [[DesignatedVillain because the narrative says so]]
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190	[[folder:Finish your drink]]
191	* Main character and OC get together
192	* HighschoolAU
193	** Add another drink if it's a band fic.
194	* [[StoryBreakerTeamUp Highly improbable crossover]]
195	* [[MemeticMutation Someone is a]] JustForFun/TimeLord [[note]]outside ''Series/DoctorWho'' fics, of course[[/note]]
196	* Character who has joined the military immediately promoted to officer/ appropriate high rank
197	* AnatomicallyImpossibleSex
198	** Questionable substitutes for lubricant, such as motor oil, blood, or [[Literature/SkippysList a Chicken and Rice MRE]].
199	* NoPunctuationPeriod
200	* AscendedFanon
201	* The fan fic you're reading is actually good for once, but you find out too late [[DeadFic it's incomplete and hasn't been updated in years]]
202	* It becomes a GrammarNazi's worst nightmare
203	* Upend the bottle if it is an unwarned for [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Super]][[Series/DoctorWho who]][[Series/{{Sherlock}} lock]] crossover
204	* A gray and/or TheStoic villain become a LaughablyEvil, MoralEventHorizon crossing ForTheEvulz, SlasherSmile bearing, nutcase
205	* A deity gets involved
206	* When the AlternativeCharacterInterpretation is shoehorned in a Administrivia/SquarePegRoundTrope scenario/ when the AlternativeCharacterInterpretation doesn't make sense in the Universe the series is in
207	* The author misspells a character's name [[Fanfic/MyImmortal while complaining about people getting the character's name wrong]]
208	* Anything you encounter triggers traumatic flashbacks to ''Fanfic/MyImmortal''
209	* Admitting to being drunk/on drugs while writing
210	** Admitting to posting without running by the editors/proofreaders
211	* G!p [[spoiler:aka girls with penises]]
212	** And a shot every time it [[DoubleEntendre pops up]]
213	* Any of the aforementioned deities become main characters
214	* School students in canon are suddenly in an [[ShouldntWeBeInSchoolRightNow massively age-inappropriate AU]]
215	* RealPersonFic
216	** ActorShipping
217	* A fic is blatantly plagiarized a short time later.
218	** Start another drink if the copycat fic contains an author note saying they wrote it as a tribute to the original author for writing the fic they're stealing.
219	** Down that bottle if it makes [[VideoGame/HammerBrother Blackout77]]'s works look original by comparison.
220	* If the disclaimer saying "If I owned X, I would change Y and do Z" is something for which Y is loved by the fanbase and doing Z would only make the story worse.
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223	[[folder:Specials]]
224	* Use the bottle to club yourself to death (or get another and down that, too) if it is a [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Super]][[Series/DoctorWho who]][[Series/{{Sherlock}} lock]] fic crossed over with something ''else'' as well
225	* Sign up for AA if the fanfic you're reading '''[[DrinkingGame/MyImmortal really is]]''' ''Fanfic/MyImmortal''
226	* Take a cab to a brewery and throw yourself into the vats if the character joining the military is an OC pony
227	* Call for a fresh bottle and a stomach pump if the character who has just joined the military after having no previous interest is described as the most skilled soldier/marine the CO has ever seen
228	* Drink with the characters: whatever they have, so do you!
229	** Hit of heroin = vodka gold shots
230	** Spliff = down half pint of lager
231	* [[{{Pun}} Celebrity-tory]] drinks party if the pairing of a RealPersonFic gets together. In RealLife.
232	** Invite the fic author if it happens the same way they described before trying to obtain their psychic powers through excessive drinking.
233	* If it turns out any of the abducted characters end up being sent to a secret underground military organization, a child labor factory in [[{{Qurac}} a Middle Eastern country]], or even an international prostitution ring, finish your entire pack of drinks then seek therapy
234	* Induce alcohol poisoning orally for fanfics written as part of a trend the entire fandom is currently going through.
235	** Induce alcohol poisoning through butt-chugging if said trend/phase fanfics focus on a currently popular [[SlashFic 'it' slash couple]]
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Context DrinkingGame / FanWorks