Thread:Weavillain/@comment-29866170-20170728233837/@comment-31022739-20170729000401

Yeah. I don't like most of them but there a few exceptions that you can find on my fanfiction page under the "Favorites". Essentially, the reason why I really can't stand most of them is because...


 * 1. Edgy, contrived melodrama is the entire meat of the narrative. There's no attempt at having an actual story told because all the author thinks he/she needs to do is add gallons of blood, gore, swearing, and "Reason You Suck" speeches in order to be compelling.
 * 2. Lincoln's culpability is completely ignored because of how much the author sympathizes with what Lincoln went through. Yes, what Lincoln faced in NSL was horrible but instead of acknowledging that his actions got the ball rolling, most of these fics either ignore that point or shift the blame to others.
 * 3. They make Lincoln's family far more unlikable than the episode made them. In NSL, they were simply afraid of Lincoln's "bad luck" and unwittingly had him suffer. In their fics, they're written as evil monsters who have always had it out for Lincoln and don't show an ounce of remorse if his discomfort is known to them.

So yeah, character assassination and eye-rolling melodrama are why I can't stand most NSL fics. Instead of well-written, tragic tales about the consequences of spinning lies and taking things too far, they're transparent, self-therapeutic pieces that ignore storytelling for naueastingly awful tropes.