Fanfic Cliches

[Phoenix821]

What are Cliches you find in most fanfics?

 

[Akreious]

The main protag in the fanfic is hilariously more OP than the Canon Version. Universal Naruto anyone?

 

[Azathoth_the_Abyssal_Idiot]

Either in OC form or the author turning their own favorite canon character into one. I have read so many pieces of fanfiction where characters who are portrayed as at the absolute most "moderately powerful" within canon are turned into unstoppable gods simply because they're the author's pet character.

 

[Ultima_Reality]

Most fanfics of Shonen Anime have that Trope, that is:

The Protagonist is a loser for the most part of the Anime, but is allowed to return all the way back to the beginning while maintaining their old consciousness, allowing them to fix past mistakes and start off overpower and devoid of any and all Character Development, because they are already fully developed and only serving as a device so the author can insert, and write their own desires for wish-fulfillment bullshit

and Hentai

things that weren't in the original work

 

[Warren_Valion]

The main protag in the fanfic is hilariously more OP than the Canon Version. Universal Naruto anyone?

What?

You got a link to that because that sounds hilarious.

 

[VersusJunkie54]

A metric shiton of Ben 10 fanfics have a laughably forced way of starting the fic off. Usually involving Ben losing all his friends and family. Witch makes absolutely no sense, considering how there are guys that literally exist outside of time that can hep him undo such an issue.

 

[Phoenix821]

And then Ben trying to kill himself and ending up in another universe

 

[VersusJunkie54]

Another obnoxiously common cliche in Halo crossover fanfics , usually involving either Mass Effect or Star Wars, the Halo side is buffed with unrealistically powerful sets of Forerunner technology, and are top dog in the fic, curbstomping all of the opposing side. It is truly vexing.

 

[Phoenix821]

I've seen that done with Halo x Mass effect all the time but not Star Wars

 

[Homu_Sweet_Homu]

Harem.

 

[Reppuzan]

Percy Jackson fics also involve the whole "being betrayed by everyone he knows and loves" thing even though it's laughably implausible given how much the gods rely on him to do their dirty work on top of the potential war Zeus would start with Poseidon if Percy were to be harmed.

Another cliche I hate is when the personality of a character is written as a "Badass ************/BAMF" who acts practically nothing like the original character and is often a colossal jerkass. Yet he usually has some overpowered, unique ability that makes everyone magically forget about just how much of an asshole they are and that they're the hottest shit ever to walk the Earth.

I normally don't like cussing like this, but it's just how much I hate that cliche.

Harem fics are also everywhere.

 

[Phoenix821]

I usually tend to avoid Harem Fics

 

[Homu_Sweet_Homu]

The main protag in the fanfic is hilariously more OP than the Canon Version. Universal Naruto anyone?

Universal Naruto is pale in comparison to Omnipotent Naruto fic I've ever seen.

 

[VersusJunkie54]

To this day, I do not understand the obsession with harems in literally every single fandom. Even ******* Halo characters get harems.

Are the authors in their more hormonal years when the idea of having a ton of girlfreinds excites them?

 

[Homu_Sweet_Homu]

Are the authors in their more hormonal years when the idea of having a ton of girlfreinds excites them?

Nails it.

 

[VersusJunkie54]

Are the authors in their more hormonal years when the idea of having a ton of girlfreinds excites them?

Nails it.

I mean, I'm a teen myself and I've never ever understood why having more than one significant other would be even remotely appealing. Aside from being outlawed in most places, Polygamy is rare for a reason.

 

[Phoenix821]

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FandomSpecificPlot

 

[Homu_Sweet_Homu]

Dunno. The thought about having more than one girlfriend never even crossed in my mind before.