Biggest pet peeves?

[wetandwhat]

What are the biggest pet peeves in the erotica found on this sight?
Please don't start on spelling and grammar please. I think that bothers us all when we spot it as we're really getting into a story.
I'll start I really dislike when an author gives explicit body descriptions ie. She was 5'9 140 lbs with 34 c cup her legs blah blah hair blah blah. No offensive if you write descriptively this way but I always skip this part.

 

[lovecraft68]

Well this is subjective, your peeves will not be others and etc...

I agree with you on 'statistics" I don't use measurements.

Aside from that?

I think my big peeve is some of the ludicrous porn stroke cliches, the biggest one being the shy, cute nervous eighteen year old virgin who.....in the span of one thousand words becomes a cock hungry gang banging wild thing who can fuck like Sasha Gray....

 

[PennLady]

This question has been asked and answered dozens of times. What bothers one person is the thing that sparks another. You don't like the "numeric" descriptions (and they don't do much for me), but there's nothing wrong with them and other people do like them.

 

[sr71plt]

One of the biggest pet peeves for me would be spelling "site" as "sight." (Sorry, couldn't resist despite the plea not to get after your grammar.)

And, yes, you are asking for the weekly reinventing of the wheel here. That also can be a pet peeve of many.

 

[legerdemer]

1) Sameness. Even from a porn story, it's a huge plus when I learn something new.
2) Lack of emotional involvement. Nothing but mechanics.
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3) And yes, horrible grammar. (Couldn't resist.)

 

[Sammael Bard]

Ah, Measurements...Some authors can make it work really well for their story, while some can't. Still, I'd say that judging measurements is preferential for me depending on how an author wrote it.

My other pet peeves include

> Lack of gradual development and feelings in a story. I hate it when a woman suddenly turns into a ferocious bi when introduced to a MFF threesome for the first time. No hesitation, no nothing. Just a "sex hungry tigress" replacing the woman.

> When an author doesn't do the research properly. Last time I read, an author had placed the hymen outside the vagina. Where will I get to see it next?

I wonder...

> When someone writes erotica like a movie script, i.e. no thoughts. Only action and conversations with scenes rolling over one another.

> When an author chooses to leave a free ending to a very engaging story. Not a major peeve, but still annoying.

Anyhow, I try not to let a personal peeve interfere my reading. It isn't good for me as sometimes, more than pleasure, I'm left with a slight headache.

 

[SandraMustard]

Claims that the story is a true account of the author's experience. Oh, puuul-ease!

 

[DreamCloud]

Plastic characters - measurements have a tendency to produce these. I prefer to care if the character lives or dies. Give me quirky opinions or thoughts that could be my own. Just give me some life.

 

[Handley_Page]

Ah yes, the usual.
Dimensions (34F? Oh, come one !)
And an impossibly gorgeous mother of four at 50 +
Medical inaccuracies.
Your / you're and so on (sorry, but it really narks me , that one).

Most of it is avoidable. . .
(and we all do it!)

 

[lovecraft68]

Any BDSM story that involves a "vanilla woman seeking out new experiences."

 

[FullyLoadedUK]

Stereotyped characters and cookie cut stories. But then again it's my pet peeve with all media pretty much.

Nerds and jocks as separate groups (and all other clicks for that matter)? Is that real? I don't see it with my kids going through it and I certainly don't remember it when I was in high school.

 

[mikoli5763]

Yes, I have seen

this question before and the one that still bothers me is when the author loses focus and uses the wrong name for a character. Wife's name for GF or vise a versa.

 

[lovecraft68]

Stereotyped characters and cookie cut stories. But then again it's my pet peeve with all media pretty much.

Nerds and jocks as separate groups (and all other clicks for that matter)? Is that real? I don't see it with my kids going through it and I certainly don't remember it when I was in high school.

Saw the groups when I was in school, but did not see it when my daughters went, seems to have been something kids have evolved out of to a degree.

But on the downside we did not have cyber bullying and what goes on there is worse than anything we dealt with.

 

[FullyLoadedUK]

Saw the groups when I was in school, but did not see it when my daughters went, seems to have been something kids have evolved out of to a degree.

But on the downside we did not have cyber bullying and what goes on there is worse than anything we dealt with.

The bullying I see for sure. The Rehtaeh Parsons drama (not to belittle that horrific story by calling it just a drama) played out in the school system by son also had problems in (I'm proud of my son because he goes out of his way to be friends with everyone but that painted a target on his back). The school tried to paint it as a problem with him rather than deal with the bullying- so he was depressed and had aspergers. We told them to fuck off (politely) and moved (we feel very lucky we did this give the parsons outcome). The new school doesn't see any problem with him.

 

[SandraMustard]

this question before and the one that still bothers me is when the author loses focus and uses the wrong name for a character. Wife's name for GF or vise a versa.

That happens in real life. Usually ends in bloodshed or alimony.

 

[Bramblethorn]

> When an author doesn't do the research properly. Last time I read, an author had placed the hymen outside the vagina. Where will I get to see it next?.

I more often see the reverse mistake: authors who think it's deep inside the vagina.

 

[lovecraft68]

I more often see the reverse mistake: authors who think it's deep inside the vagina.

Or an author who has a virgin masturbating with an 8" dildo(described as a very thick 8" dildo) then claims she still has a hymen to break the first time she has sex

 

[wetandwhat]

One of the biggest pet peeves for me would be spelling "site" as "sight." (Sorry, couldn't resist despite the plea not to get after your grammar.)

And, yes, you are asking for the weekly reinventing of the wheel here. That also can be a pet peeve of many.

Ouch okay yes knew this was coming. I'm horrible at spelling, grammar, and word misplacement. I re-read my original post twice before I clicked submit too.
I didn't realize this was such as often discussed topic but I'm really glad for all the input.

 

[49greg]

The usual:
Their, there, they're. Your You're. Then, than.

I personally used Loose instead of Lose. Twice in the same story. Arrgghh. One of these days I'll correct the story, but don't know if I'll delete the comment pointing it out or not.

I've also used numerical statistics - 34C 5-6" etc, in early stories, but have read them in other stories and didn't care for them. I've vowed not to do it again, unless there is some situation, that I can't figure out what it might be right now, that calls for it.

Edited: I recently ran across another: sight instead of site. I guess waste mixed up with waist is another. As pilot pointed out, it's worse in print. Still it is noticeable. I just wish all the mix-ups I've mentioned were as noticeable when I proof my own work as they are in other stories I read here.

 

[lovecraft68]

Ouch okay yes knew this was coming. I'm horrible at spelling, grammar, and word misplacement. I re-read my original post twice before I clicked submit too.
I didn't realize this was such as often discussed topic but I'm really glad for all the input.

Don't worry about it the guy you just quoted is the biggest pet peeve of the entire forum.

 

[sr71plt]

The usual:
Their, there, they're. Your You're. Then, than.

Those don't bother me so much when reading at Literotica. Easy mistakes to make in typing even when you know the differences well. In print they bother me, though.

 

[sr71plt]

Ouch okay yes knew this was coming. I'm horrible at spelling, grammar, and word misplacement. I re-read my original post twice before I clicked submit too.
I didn't realize this was such as often discussed topic but I'm really glad for all the input.

No problem. But it is a pet peeve of mine here to see posters telling others what they should write or enjoy reading on such issues as the measurement thing (which is happening ad nauseam). Folks are aroused differently. I say just seek out what you like to read and walk on by what others like to read that you don't. And don't kid yourself about posting it to the forum. There'd be no reason to do so if you didn't want everything catered to your tastes.

 

[Setanta84]

Aside from what has already been said, mine would be:

1) Inconsistent tense.
2) The feeling that you're reading a first draft, e.g. the story refers back to a clearly different version of an earlier scene from the POV of one of the participants--who is not supposed to be mentally ill.
3) Bad storytelling choices or a lack of them altogether.
4) This has been mentioned before, but overly elaborate physical descriptions. Unless the character you're writing for is a tailor or on the autism spectrum, NOBODY looks at somebody and thinks of concrete measurements.

 

[wetandwhat]

No problem. But it is a pet peeve of mine here to see posters telling others what they should write or enjoy reading on such issues as the measurement thing (which is happening ad nauseam). Folks are aroused differently. I say just seek out what you like to read and walk on by what others like to read that you don't. And don't kid yourself about posting it to the forum. There'd be no reason to do so if you didn't want everything catered to your tastes.

I think you're throwing your issues on me. I'm new to sharing my erotica and wanted some input on a topic I feel sharing is only fair since I'm asking others to do the same. If you don't like to talk about what you don't enjoy or hear others doing so why read this thread? I never said anything about catering, but hell if you're taking orders I'll have a scotch and a blankie fresh from the dryer.

 

[sr71plt]

I think you're throwing your issues on me. I'm new to sharing my erotica and wanted some input on a topic I feel sharing is only fair since I'm asking others to do the same. If you don't like to talk about what you don't enjoy or hear others doing so why read this thread? I never said anything about catering, but hell if you're taking orders I'll have a scotch and a blankie fresh from the dryer.

You're not alone in doing this. Someone does it every week. I just don't see how anyone who posts on what they want on the measuring issue, specifically, isn't telling others what they should write or enjoy reading here. I think it's a MYOB issue myself. Not my issue if you're the one who posted it. I don't initiate posts on pet peeves or how I want stories here to be to meet my requirements. Sorry, I see that it is your issue--you originated the thread. But, as I said, you are in a large crowd of posters doing it. As far as responding to the thread, you posted it for discussion. You gets what you asks for.

And you did ask for pet peeves, didn't you? Well you got one of mine, so I'm right on point on the thread question.