03:20 amHave you ever read bad!fic? I don't mean bad!grammar or bad!spelling fic, I mean fic that is so horrible that it gets stuck in your mind like that song from Lambchops. I recently read this story with a mildly interesting premise which was then utterly destroyed by plot holes big enough to drive a semi-truck through and a complete lack of anything resembling an internal reality. What's worse, it was a Sentinel crossover, which I usually love. But suddenly, without warning, Jim was raping Blair (not just a little pseudo non-con, actual rape), and everyone was okay with that! Apparently, it was part of the Bonding process, and getting over it together was what would cement the Bond. It was just...wrong. Yuck. Yuck! On top of this, there was pseudo incest on the part of some of the other main characters, an insidious Mary Sue, and, to top it off, a 'good sex will fix everything' attitude on everyone's part. It was horrifyingly terrible. Mind you, I knew right from the beginning that this story was going to require some suspension of disbelief, but there was no real warning concerning the horrors that lurked within - they just appeared out of nowhere! And the worst part? I read it four days ago! Even after four days, it still creeps into my thoughts at the most irritating times - I just can't seem to forget it, it was so horrible! I'm afraid that bad!fic of this sort might be contagious! What if I have been infected? I might write equally horrible fic without even realizing it! *shudder* I feel a sudden urge to scrub my brain with steel wool. Help! |