One of your stories: set in 1659
Your Y/N in said story: “i’Ll sEe yOu gUyS tOmOrRow”
Just in what universe did people from the 1600s speak like this? And you have the audacity to put a disclaimer that says “aNy siMilAriTiEs aRe cOiNcidEnCes” when you can’t even keep their manner of speaking as historically accurate as possible — and this should have been the least of your “story”’s problems.
Another thing.
smoll-tangerine in her A/N: “tHaNkS tO mY pRoOfrEaDer”
The “proofread” work not even halfway through later:
“aT tHe aGe oF mAjOrITy”
“lEft riGhT fInGEr”
Yeah, don’t ever come back and write. Y’all put to shame and great waste every resource material available for actually-decent writers.
I honestly don’t know why I’m taking the time of the day to reply to such message. But I figured, since you also took the time to read through 30k words and also took the time to write wtv issue you had with my fic, I might as well answer it lol
1) “Just in what universe did people from 1600s speak like this?”: If I were to use the English people used to speak back in the 1600s, no one would be able to understand. Technically, Early Modern English which was prominent from the 1400s to the late 1600s, is unintelligible to modern speakers (i.e., plebs like you and me) unless you’ve studied it. I would have to write like Shakespeare. You can argue that a lot of Modern English words or sayings came from Shakespearean English, and people will only understand some of it. Also, issue is, I can’t write Shakespearean English, and Shakespearean English is so complicated that I didn’t even want to attempt it because of annoying hating readers like you who nitpick at every irrelevant detail that has nothing to do with the plot.
2) The fic is also set in Versailles, France. Going by your logic, the characters should then be talking in French. Hell, I could’ve written everything in French if I wanted to because I am French. But that wouldn’t be fair to people who cannot read French. Once again, Middle French is highly complicated and no one would be able to understand unless they’re a) a native speaker, and/or b) someone who studied and understand Middle French. Honestly, in WHAT universe do FICTIONAL CHARACTERS set in FRANCE speak ENGLISH!!! Cannot fathom this logic!!!
3) “And you have the audacity to put a disclaimer that says ‘any similarities are coincidences’ when you can’t even keep their manner of speaking as historically accurate as possible.”: Bestie, go back and read what you just wrote because it makes no sense, and there’s no correlation between the two.
4) “The age of majority” is a thing. I don’t know why you’re so pressed about this. Are you illiterate.
5) “Left right finger”: Thanks for catching that typo! I still don’t understand why you’re so angry about the fact that my FANFIC had typos (but ok). But also, let’s see you try writing a fic that’s 30k words and see if you won’t make any mistakes or miss any typos. Make sure to drop the link in my inbox when it’s ready. I’ll give back the same energy you gave me. 💅🏼
Next time, don’t be shy and come off anon. :-)