In which ratherastory is difficult and nit-picky

[ratherastory]

Everyone has their pet peeves, right? I have many.

The latest one to surface, and it's a recurring problem, but it's been twice in a couple of days now, and I'm officially peeved.

Vampires.

Vampires in pre-series stories.

Remember "Dead Man's Blood?" The boys and John are convinced vampires don't exist/are extinct right up until first season.

Even well-written stories get on my nerves, unless they're explicitly stated to be AU.

It's marring my enjoyment of those fics, which is really too bad. I need to learn to overlook it when they're well-written, I guess. But still. Gnarr.

Comments

[katwoman76.livejournal.com]

I think a lot of people use hazel for this weird blue/green/brown mix depending on mood/lighting. So I could kind of live with that - or at least claim I don't know bette, because I'm not a native speaker.
But blue...yeah, that's the color of their holy tax accountants eyes.
I do admit, that sometimes it's hard to see and lighting, tv-settings, clothes and everything have an influence as well.
With Dean I think it's more obvious. Sam's change color more, so it's not really that clear. But yeah, as far as I know - all the Winchester boys have a certain level of green in there (mixed with blue and/or brown to some degree).
But for sure not as clear blue eyes as Cas has.

[cece-away.livejournal.com]

The thing is whether it is accurate or not, if it is overused, it becomes a cliche anyway. Hazel eyes, though I guess is correctenough, has become a SPN fanfic cliche. Be creative, writers. Call them mossy, swampy, foresty, jade, shadowed emerald, coffee-tinged, pond algae -- whatever.

I love when writers can come up with a different fresher way to describe things.

*ducking because I have used hazel eyes myself*

[katwoman76.livejournal.com]

Hehe, I love your ideas. :)
Hazel is not that bad (it at least doesn't make me cry WRONG WRONG WRONG, look again!), if used in slow doses (you know these stories where every second sentence starts with the blue eyed boy, the brown eyed boy, the blond one, the dark haired one).
Moderation is the key. If you overuse these things and not just where they really describe something but just to avoid using their names, that's the point where it gets annoying to read.

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

I actually find that a too "imaginative" way of describing eyes will jolt me out of a story. It's like using wacky verbs instead of "he said" or "she said": best used sparingly. :)

And, honestly, if I have to read one more line about Dean's "jade orbs," I will stab someone with a spork. ;)

[cece-away.livejournal.com]

Ahahahaha. Jade orbs, haven't seen that one. I am so going to use it just for fun! *looking around for a spork to hand you*