Dude that rude anon you got was so funny ngl you used “like” ONCE as far as I could tell and I think it was used well and conveyed the tone you wanted to convey. And like you said, it’s a draft, it might change.
It’s fine to have preferences I guess but that person is really missing out on a lot if they refuse to read anything that uses the word “like” like that. Using that word in that way has been in the (American) English lexicon for decades. “Amateur behavior”—it’s fanfic bro none of us are getting paid for this calm down. It takes SO much effort to leave an anon ask like that too when they could’ve just blocked you lmao cringe. Go write your own fic loserrrr
Also, your response was SO good. The Wikipedia articles 😭 get their ass!!! I’m so proud of you for that man
Side note: in a video I translated recently, I used the word “like” in a similar manner. Like this iirc: “And then when you actually did appear, like, the way we connected on the final day was amazing to me.” The literal translation of “like” was actually “something like… how do I say this…” and can I just say. “Like” conveys all of those things, takes up less space on the screen, and flows better. Is this mf boutta come for me for that??? Damn ok go translate this shit yourself then 💅💅💅 I love you man keep doing what you do
hawkie, this is the most insane moment of my life, I've written 10924 words so far and only used "like" 122 times its less than 2% of the whole thing
AND LIKE, WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT LIKE, CMON, LIKE, OMG
im not even FINISHED WRITING
also, what pisses me off the most is that im actually putting so much effort into it too 😭😭😭😭 like bruh, im capitalizing God when will talks and not when mack talks to represent their religious views on God subtlely!!!
and my writing is being SCOFFED AT on my OWN PERSONAL TUMBLR BLOG!!!!
hawkie i am writing this out of spite right now, like, i need to like, be able to send my crack treated seriously fic to the world now, like, it has gone up to a need now