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I really should just stop going to fanfiction.net, because it always makes my blood pressure rise. But can I just say that I am REALLY, REALLY SICK of portmanteaus? People. Enough. If I see one more "Sheyla, "McShep," or "McWeir," I'm gonna scream. There was a "Teyden" in one summary. TEYDEN, FOR GOD'S SAKE. If you can't see the bad in this, then I don't know what to tell you. ("Shweir" has even started to annoy me, though I can understand the Wayne's World humor of it. But. Still.)

And is there some reason why people refuse to use "/" between names anymore when they're not combining them in hideous combinations? The slash key isn't hard to find, people! (Not that slash key. Although having a key for it would be amusing.)

*headdesk*

(Also: Spam spam spammity spam! You can always tell when I'm on some kind of vacation!)

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I'm still wondering why people have drifted to the portmanteau thing for pairings. For some it's amusing -- Shweir still makes me smile a bit because I'm twelve -- but others it just sounds stupid. I guess I can kind of understand it as a switch from just letters for fandoms where there are just waaaay too many characters whose names start with the same letter like Smallville, but it's not necessary for a lot of things.

It would be interesting to catalogue which fandoms use which listings, though. I've only seen portmanteaus for Smallville, Buffy and Atlantis. I doubt you'd see listings for "Sack" or "Dank" in SG-1. ;)

(I do think ff.net may take out / in summaries, though. I know many will strip \. I wonder if Thing1//Thing2 wuld show up as Thing1/Thing2.)

Not that slash key. Although having a key for it would be amusing.

"I keep hitting the slash key but those silly boys still aren't shagging!" I do have to wonder about the blackslash key now...

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For the fandoms with a lot of character names starting with the same letter, can't they just use the names (first or last) of said characters and not make my brain hurt? Atlantis is the only fandom I read where it occurs with some regularity, but it's definitely starting to get on my last nerve.

(I do think ff.net may take out / in summaries, though. I know many will strip \. I wonder if Thing1//Thing2 wuld show up as Thing1/Thing2.)

Leaving aside entirely the amusement that Thing 1/Thing 2 would engender, of course. *snerk*

"I keep hitting the slash key but those silly boys still aren't shagging!" I do have to wonder about the blackslash key now...

*sporfle!*

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