Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-2.96.106.45-20131022215901/@comment-173.55.185.146-20131023214814

Procrastinating dragon wrote: I've nothing for or against pairing types, but I have a lot against pairing up characters whose personalities don't match. OoC is a big button for me, so I don't read anything like Pink. Some pairings that I don't support I can still read if the story is good enough and they are done properly, but that is difficult. That's why I try to find non-romance fics. Non-OC too, preferably. I don't have a problem until they start hogging the story, which happens most of the time. Fanfics can be difficult, and the vast amount of female characters means that you have few options in the way of non-yuri romance; romance is a big genre in fanfiction, and thus yuri abounds here. I like non-OC stories, the entire point of a fanfiction story being in a certain series is so the characters of that series can be present in a prominent role. And yes, Romance is a big genre in fanfiction, and yuri does indeed abound there.

I personally like romance RWBY stories, the M rated Yuri ones are my personal favorite...as long as they don't have OC's in them, and if it has good grammar and spelling. Honestly, I read this one story of OC's nailing Team RWBY, and I couldn't tell they were doing the deed until I read the story at least five times, I thought they were yelling at each other. Seriously. Some people couldn't spell to save their lives. If you're going to write fanfiction, make it legible. No point in spouting out your ideas if you can't get them across.

I'm not saying I hate OC's, I'm just saying that an OC should be in a secondary role, not a primary, when it comes to RWBY or any named show. There should be a section of fanfiction, devoted entirely to OC stories that involve a show/book/whatever. That way everytime I go around looking for a RubyxWeiss M rated romance story I'm not going to run into a story of an OC nailing Ruby.

Yes, when OC's start to hog a story in RWBY, I do get annoyed. The show is about RWBY, not the OC. The OC can be in a prominent role, as long as RWBY/JNPR/CRDL/Someone who actually exists in the RWBYverse is in a more prominent role than them. I.E. you can have a character work with Ruby or Weiss, just make sure that Ruby or Weiss get a more prominent role. Don't go around making the OC the star of a show that they don't actually exist in. Or in other words, OC characters work to a certain point, then they start to defeat on the whole point of writing a story about RWBY.

Thank fanfiction.net for the "without" filters. Smartest thing they've done with the filters.

Back on topic, I"d say the reason there is so much Yuri is because there are only two major boy characters in the series (Ren, Jaune) who could even stand a chance at getting laid. Cardin doesn't count because no one would ever do that, Ozpin...well, uh...that would be unheadmasterly and Port would just be a horror story. With all the major girl characters, it's pretty much all girlxgirl unless a major boy team comes in. But honestly, I'm fine with it being GirlxGirl. Although I don't mind a good boyxboy story.

And honestly, I have no problems with Yuri. I like Yuri, it's my favorite thing to read bar Yaoi and...I can't believe I'm about to say this...unusual pairings. RenxRuby and CardinxJaune were a couple of unique things I've seen out there. I like unique things.