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3	[[caption-width-right:349:[[{{Foreshadowing}} One way to tell]] the [[ThisIsGonnaSuck story's not gonna be good]].]]
4	->''Hello, I’m the [=FanFic=] Critic. I read it, you listen.''
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6	''The [=FanFic=] Critic'' is a VideoReviewShow hosted by a fictional character of the same name who [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin reviews fanfics]], bad or good. The character is portrayed by the video creator, Megan Wessels. The [=FanFic=] Critic is known for being [[BrutalHonesty honest and harsh]] about the stories she reviews, and often dramatically overreacts when the story is particularly awful. The series can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/user/FanFicCritic/featured here]] on Website/YouTube.
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8	Wessels was one of the hosts and creators of ''The Net Dwellers'', and she also contributed to ''Website/ReviewersUnknown'' and ''Website/ManicExpression''. Following a yearlong hiatus, Wessels announced on October 30, 2015 that she was ending ''The [=FanFic=] Critic''. In April 2016, Wessels returned to reading fanfics on a new [=YouTube=] channel. Her new series, named ''The Fanfic Critic Vlog'', is not a continuation of this show or the character, but rather Wessels reading the fanfics as herself. [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmyiiVRh_92CISzlAQVWlvQ Her new YouTube channel is here]].
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10	Not to be confused with WebVideo/TheFanFictionCritic, though they are friends.
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13	!!Tropes featured in ''The [=FanFic=] Critic'' include:
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15	* BerserkButton: Several:
16	** Bad grammar and spelling, characters that are OutOfCharacter, {{Real Person Fic}}s, the list goes on.
17	** [[MisterSeahorse M-preg]]. She cannot stand stories where a male character gets pregnant. All of her readings of such stories are negative.
18	%%* BreatherEpisode: Almost any episode that features a good fanfic. Episodes that are mainly storyline could also count as this as well, as she is much more calm and collected.
19	%%* BrickJoke:
20	%%** Episode 189 has FFC mentioning [[FanFic/ForbidenFruitTheTempationOfEdwardCullen "blondey-brown" hair]].
21	%%** Susan in Episode 192 by making fun of [=FanFic=] Critic's critique of the word "okay".
22	* CatchPhrase: "Hello, I’m the [=FanFic=] Critic. I read it, you listen."
23	%%* DeadpanSnarker: The Fanfic Critic and Susan.
24	* DeathGlare: Whenever a story is particularly bad, she gives these. See the page image above.
25	%%* DrivenToMadness: Episode 08 finally drove [=FanFic=] Critic over the edge.
26	* DrivenToSuicide: Her character (not the real person thankfully) often commits or attempts suicide. First in Episode 03, where she reviewed a SlashFic starring WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic and WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd, and 100 episodes later when she reviewed the sequel to said fic. She's attempted other suicides, but her cousin is always there to stop her.
27	%%* DrowningHerSorrows: Susan in Episode 180.
28	* FunnyBackgroundEvent:
29	** In older episodes, sometimes Megan's sister would walk in and suddenly leave, or you can hear her mother telling her to keep it down. {{Justified\|Trope}}, as she still lived with her parents at the time. Still happens from time to time, especially if she has someone else in the room.
30	** Every now and then, one of her cats comes in. In Episode 197, the two of them are sleeping on her bed, and sometimes react to her screaming. They then suddenly get up at once, and leave half-way through when she reaches the end.
31	%%* GilliganCut: In Episode 129, this effect forces [=FanFic=] Critic into reviewing the infamous ''Fanfic/CupcakesSergeantSprinkles''.
32	* GoMadFromTheRevelation:
33	** [=FanFic=] Critic has had this happen a few times. One example is reading a bad, albeit well-written, story from an author she had encountered before. During her SanitySlippage, she sings a [[AffectionateParody parody]] of [[Music/TheBeatles "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"]].
34	** Susan, after reading a horrible fanfic in Episode 161, calmly grins at the camera as her mind snaps. She then shoots herself in the head with her own phaser. Thankfully, the phaser was only on stun.
35	* GrammarNazi: Her habit of pointing out spelling mistakes in stories is fine, but her habit of spelling out the right word may make one feel like they're at a spelling bee. Understandable in her early seasons, though, seeing as she didn't have the power to screen capture, yet.
36	%%* HostileShowTakeover: Susan takes over the show in Episodes 161 and 192.
37	%%* INeedAFreakingDrink:
38	%%** Has been becoming more prominent the worse the story is, especially if the fanfic involves psychotic ponies.
39	%%** Episode 184 had her drinking by the end of the story.
40	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Susan, after being killed and then brought back to life by [=FanFic=] Critic, [[CameBackWrong went nuts]]. [=FanFic=] Critic, feeling guilty for her role in Susan's insanity, made sure her memories of the incident were erased. [[spoiler: Susan got them back eventually in a much later season.]]
41	* NoKillLikeOverkill: In Episode 81, [=FanFic=] Critic rips up printed papers of a bad WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime fanfiction, proceeds to slice it up with her straight razor, and then ''[[ExtremeOmnivore eats]]'' it.
42	* OohMeAccentsSlipping: The "English" accent Megan does for Susan is just terrible. "The Fhan Fhic Critac". It sounds more Australian than English.
43	%%* OnlySaneWoman: Susan, though she's slowly becoming like her cousin (see Episodes 140 onwards).
44	%%* PlayingDrunk: On the episodes where she hits the bottle, but she was actually drunk during Episode 191.
45	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: She dishes these out on occasion, especially if the fanfic has atrocious grammar and/or awful content. She'll fire them off at authors who promote the following in their fanfics: Rape, child abuse, bestiality, and over-the-top and unnecessary violence inflicted on one or more characters.
46	%%** Susan ends up on the receiving end of one in Episode 192.
47	* RunningGag:
48	** Susan preventing [=FanFic=] Critic from committing suicide.
49	** [=FanFic=] Critic trying to find [[RuleOfThree a third thing]] to say at the end of her videos.
50	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: She ''tried'' reviewing the first issue of the infamous ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}'' webcomic, but she finally became so disgusted that she quit three-quarters of the way in it.
51	%%** Happened again in Episode 189 with a FanFic/MyImmortal-esque Music/JustinBieber story. She only got through an eighth or less of the story.
52	%%** Once more in Episode 194.
53	%%** The cats in Episode 197.
54	%%** Episode 203 about half-way through the second chapter she was reading because of the grammar and bad pacing.
55	%%* TomboyishPonytail
56	%%* TheVoiceless: [=FanFic=] Critic's landlord[[note]]Her sister as played by Megan's real sister.[[/note]]
57	%%* WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties:
58	%%** Done twice in her review of ''Sweet Apple Massacre''.
59	%%** In Episode 203, Megan forgot to edit out her setting up for the review.
60	%%* WingdingEyes: The smiley-face eyes.
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