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[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)

50 shades of grey. The writing was so cringe that I just couldn't get further than one chapter or so. And I've read some bad writing on AO3 before, so it's not like I'm especially sensitive.

[–] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There's also really good writing on AO3 too.

Some works have genuinely surprised me and surpassed my expectations, to the point where continuations of a series would come out and I'd be disappointed over how little development the characters actually received by contrast.

Strange how the wattpad slop is always the stuff that seems to find publishers lol

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago

There’s also really good writing on AO3 too.

Oh for sure, I didn't mean to imply otherwise. It just happens to be where I read through some pretty bad writing when I was invested enough in the source material, so it came to mind as an example.

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