Brutal honesty: What I Don't Want To Read, by Valis, Age...er...old enough.

As some of you probably know, I am a bit OCD. I like to read fic, and I usually am looking for a specific genre (er, h/c, if it hasn't been obvious). Occasionally I will wade through archives where you can't sort by genre, and this usually means that I skim every summary for fics I might possibly want to read. Usually this just leads to my badfic entries, but sometimes I do find something yummy to read. Anyway, the point is that, over the years, after reading thousands of summaries, I've become very adept at avoiding what I don't want to read. Certain words and phrases are triggers for me at this point.

These are the things that will make me click the back button (well, close tab button) without bothering to read a fic. I mean, besides the obvious squicky stuff--I'm not talking about sex or violence triggers.

• Genres: Parody, Humor, Crossover (just about any kind)


• Any mention of a "sugar high" in the summary


• Script format


• Any actor's name in the title (Duchovny Hears the Who, for example)

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