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Valiona Since: Mar, 2011
10/01/2023 06:32:17 •••

A Shameless Revenge Fic

A lot of fanfics exist to take revenge on canon characters, from a good guy who makes a questionable judgment call who doesn't get punished for it, to a villain who commits atrocities against the heroes. Few fanfics, however, are as brazen about or focused on this purpose as this one is, and this isn't a good thing

The fic takes place at the start of Chapter 372, in which Erza, now free, is interrogating Kyouka, who'd previously tortured her for information Erza didn't even know. This time, instead of Kyouka escaping from her shackles and attacking Erza, Erza inflicts horrific tortures on Kyouka, completely out of proportion to what Erza suffered in canon.

The preceding paragraph describes the entirety of this fic. The author eschews everything that does not relate to the torture so the fic is written as a Script Fic that consists of character dialogue and the bare minimum description of their action, making it come off as minimalist and lazy.

Erza's highly Out of Character here, as while she isn't quite as compassionate as people like Lucy or Wendy, she isn't a Sadist like she is in this fic, even considering what Kyouka's done to her.

Perhaps the worst part is that there isn't much of a point to this fic.Kyouka gets tortured, but considering that in canon, Mard Geer did the same thing to her for "toying with" humans, and she later gets killed by Minerva, it hardly seems necessary, except as a way of satisfying those who think she should have suffered more.

All in all, I can't recommend this fic in good conscience unless you enjoy seeing characters like Kyouka suffer and don't care about anything else.

deltanine Since: Jan, 2010
03/23/2017 00:00:00

I just want to point out your review of my fanfic where you at one point said, that Erza \" she isn\'t quite as compassionate as people like Lucy or Wendy\" but you seem to forget the times in the series where Erza does show compassion.

Valiona Since: Mar, 2011
03/23/2017 00:00:00

deltanine,

I said \"isn\'t quite as.\" Erza\'s a good person at heart, if a bit rougher around the edges and slower to warm up to people than Lucy or Wendy. Of course, that comment was beside the point, and only a prelude to how Out of Character the torture is for her. If anything, Erza showing compassion is proof that she isn\'t the kind of person she is in this fic..

deltanine Since: Jan, 2010
03/24/2017 00:00:00

True. What are your thoughts on the real Chapter 372? How was Erza going to get her so-called \"revenge\" on Kyouka?

deltanine Since: Jan, 2010
03/27/2017 00:00:00

Well, as the author of this fanfiction, I think that there is a point to it. You see, I don\'t *just* think Kyouka should have suffered more than she did in canon. I also think that Erza should have actually caused that suffering. She should have taken the suffering that Kyouka subjected her to, multiplied it by ten, and bombarded Kyouka with it.

SpectralTime Since: Apr, 2009
03/27/2017 00:00:00

...And this invalidates his point how?

Valiona Since: Mar, 2011
03/28/2017 00:00:00

SpectralTime,

To put it simply, it doesn't. He's essentially saying that the point of the fic wasn't to take revenge on Kyouka- it was to have *Erza* take revenge on Kyouka. Of course, given that of his four other fics, two are of Marvel comic book characters killing George Zimmerman and one is about [[Web Video/RWBY Blake killing Adam]](the remaining one's just "Expiration Date" with Saber Tooth members), it's hardly surprising that he'd write this as a Revenge Fic with no other redeeming value to it.

SpectralTime Since: Apr, 2009
09/08/2017 00:00:00

I realize this is waaaaaay after the fact, but I was talking to deltanine, not you. I agree with you.

deltanine Since: Jan, 2010
03/05/2021 00:00:00

You mind telling us your thoughts on the horiffic tortures themselves?

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011
03/05/2021 00:00:00

This had a workpage? At All?

deltanine Since: Jan, 2010
11/25/2021 00:00:00

Yes. Until these jerks erased it behind my back.

MichaelKatsuro Since: Apr, 2011
11/25/2021 00:00:00

Dude, having a TV Tropes page for your fanfic is not a right.

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011
11/25/2021 00:00:00

Yeah, I can only assume it was deleted for being a stub article. Which wouldn\'t surprise me given how little meaningful content there is.

deltanine Since: Jan, 2010
05/12/2023 00:00:00

That doesn\'t make it okay for them to delete it without even telling me so beforehand.

MrMallard Since: Oct, 2010
05/13/2023 00:00:00

On one hand, fanfic is whatever and people are gonna write stuff for themselves, so I don\'t see the point in in-depth critique of what is ultimately an exercise in personal expression - at least, not outside of the comments for that fanfiction.

On the other hand, creating a wiki article for your own fanfic on a website with both an avid media-savvy userbase and an *in-built review function for every work page* kinda opens you up to criticism. Like you went above and beyond, presumably for reasons like personal pride and a desire for wider visibility - which is fine - and someone found your fanfic because of that and wrote a negative review. Like, them\'s the breaks.

It\'s been six years, dude/chick/non-binary pick. Chill.

WarJay77 (Troper Knight)
05/13/2023 00:00:00

Lol, It was deleted as a 5P thing. Which means it violated the content policy by being too pornographic.

Yes, your work being on this website is not a right.

Currently Working On: Incorruptible Pure Pureness
deltanine Since: Jan, 2010
05/13/2023 00:00:00

How was it pornographic? It had no sexual content whatsoever.

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011
05/14/2023 00:00:00

Giving that a lookover I\'m reminded of both how bad the fanfic is and why the P5 would cut it for the graphic content. Like man, I didn\'t expect to see this review get bumped and I really didn\'t think anyone would care enough to try.

deltanine Since: Jan, 2010
05/14/2023 00:00:00

But they should. I want my fanfic to be infamous and controversial.

megagutsman (Seven Years' War)
05/14/2023 00:00:00

Dude, that sounds like an extremely toxic reason to want not only for people to read your fanfic, but also to have a work page here at all.

Linstar Since: Oct, 2022
10/01/2023 00:00:00

Congrats, deltanine. You somewhat succeeded.

Linstar

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