Current mood:

full

Two new laws this evening:

1. O'Brien's Law: Anyone who makes grammatical or spelling mistakes in a particular thread loses all rights to correct others' grammar within that same thread.
Corollary: Should the violator correct faulty grammar with yet more faulty grammar, he shall be smacked with a dead fish. Should he "correct" faultless grammar with faulty grammar, he shall be used as target practise for the French castle guardsmen in Holy Grail.
Corollary 2: Should the correct-ee dig up examples of the grammar Nazi's bad grammar from other threads, he is wanking as hard as the original perpetrator and shall be mocked accordingly.
(Named after a snotty junior high English teacher whose grammar was awful but who insisted she was right, and persisted in "fixing" sentences that were actually correct.)

2. Faye's Law: Personal preferences in matters such as fandom, pairing, genre, etc. shall not be used to judge a fic's literary merit.

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	ladybirdsleeps 2004-01-14 03:37 am UTC (link)
	I disagree with the first one. Because, you know, dangling a participle out the window is so much better than, umm, "omg like their biatches sn its not a mary sue she flalls in luv draco not harry potty!!!!" ... I can't even fake it. Shame on me. (Reply to this)(Thread)

erik
2004-01-14 03:50 am UTC (link)

Yeah, you're right... on the other hand, I was thinking more of little nitpicks, which are what pissed me off in the first place.

Because, you know, dangling a participle out the window is so much better than, umm, "omg like their biatches sn its not a mary sue she flalls in luv draco not harry potty!!!!"

Mental Image: Michael Jackson dangling a participle from a hotel balcony, to the horror of the crowd below.

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	ladybirdsleeps 2004-01-14 04:47 am UTC (link)
	There's an internet law (which goes by many different names in many different fandoms) that states that if you criticize someone's spelling or grammar, you'll end up making a mistake yourself. Some people include mistakes on purpose to circumvent it. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	musette 2004-01-14 03:43 am UTC (link)
	You brought the French guards in Holy Grail, I love you. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	singe 2004-01-14 05:26 am UTC (link)
	I agree! And I'm so glad she came up with 'Faye's Law.' At last, that sort of dumbass entitlement has a name. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: musette 2004-01-14 05:55 am UTC (link)
	Ditto that. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	erik 2004-01-14 12:25 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you. But I'm a he. :) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: singe 2004-01-14 08:10 pm UTC (link)
	Whoops. Sorry, uh, dude. (Reply to this)(Parent)