Dear Fanfiction writers: A small rant because you're pissing me off!

Like the title says, this doesn't really have much to do with cartoons. This is a straight up rant because there are a few things about fanfictions, fan stories about whatever the series, mainly things the writers do that are, always have, and always will piss me off. Don't get me wrong, I actually like Fanfiction; it's interesting to see people's writing styles, ideas, and takes on the characters. It's just there are several things writers do, repeatedly, in such works that make me want to go freaking kill them. So without further ado...

Dear Fanfiction writers, YOU'RE PISSING ME OFF!

1) Stop with the freaking surprise angst at the end!
Look, I get that people like angst. I hate it, but that doesn't mean other people do, but seriously, if your story is ending all happy and it was going all one way the entire story, do not suddenly throw in some angst at the end. The surprise is not funny, it's not good writing, and it doesn't make me want to read more of your work, especially if your're only thinking of writing sequels. It's one thing to have a surprise reveal, like that whatever character was a bad-guy the whole time, or something reasonable. It's entirely another for a bad-guy character, one you already want to kill for existing, to suddenly kidnap one of the good-guy's kids to raise as their own, and the good-guys have no idea, and the kid, who was only introduced for this puropse, will end up killing or hurting their family when they grow up, and then there only might be a sequel story.
This is straight up useless angst, it is not a cool twist, and it makes half the people reading it want to kill you. If you already had a good ending going, don't try to go for shock and awe!!!!! It will not work, and it makes you seem like a crap writer. If you want to allude to a sequel, or angst is a must, either lead up to it better, or place it in the beginning of the sequel, leave the original story alone. Doing this will ultimately make the original better, and any sequels much more stable. Otherwise makes readers want to kill you. I actually read a story recently where the above happened, and needless to say any appreciation i had for the story/writer is now gone and I WILL NOT read the sequel story if there ever is one.
Summary: Save surprise angst for the begining of the sequel, leave the origional alone, it in no way makes you a better writer, it just pisses off your readers.

2) No surprise monster endings!

And by that i mean no magical fix-it all endings. 

I run into this more often than i care to. There are actually writers I straight up avoid because they do this. Someone once wrote that it was impossible to write 52 bad short-stories in a row. I call BULL! because I can straight up give you a writer that has, and it was all because of this. Surprise magical fix-it all endings are something all good writers HATE with a fiery passion. These endings are freaking lazy writing in action. The story involving it usually involves some angsty themes, or several deaths, or something, and then, suddenly, at the end all the bad-guys from the real series appologise want to be friends with the good guys, and fight the ultimate-evil/final-boss/big-monster, and all the dead come back to life, and all the relationship issues between the characters are resolved, and a magic portal opens for them to go to a safe place, etcetera etcetera, so on, and so forth.
This is bad writing, this is lazy writing, and should be avoided at all costs. A fun idea is no excuse for sucky writing practices. If you are about to do this, just don't. Before you even start writing, go through your story, make sure it's viable, work through everything, and try to write an actual ending, or at least do better build up.

3) THINK/TALK YOU IDIOT!
Look, I can't tell you how many times I've read a story where something bad happens, (example: someone's parents/friends are killed by the bad-guys) and one character suddenly becomes a revenge fulled maniac, becomes completely off character, and tries to kill one of their friends/the good guys for it. they never ask questions, they never try to talk through it, they just decide that the only thing to do is become a murderer and go after the good-guys/their friends. What? Or, using a less drastic version, the character overhears something out of context and makes this completely far-fetched assumption based off absolutely no facts and then goes off to do something stupid without taking to anyone. Or, someone gets this idea to go do something like, i don't know, protects them from something, and decide that instead of telling the other they will push them away.
BULL! BULL!!BULL!!! THAT PISSES ME OFF MORE THAN ANYTHING! Especially that last one! this partially ties in to my hatred of angst, but also because it's an absolutely idiotic way of writing! Real people talk to each other, or at least others. The above things are a prime example of a useless drama cop out. Seriously, all they do is suspend the drama, which only works for soap-operas people! and reveals that the writers have no idea how to keep the action going properly.
This doesn't even happen only in fanfiction, this is done by real writers too! Prime example? J.K.Rowling. Does anyone else realize that if Dumbledore had just straight up said that "hey harry, there are these things called horcruxes keeping voldemort alive, and, surprise! you're one too. And oh, also I suspect Sirius Black might be innocent and Wormtail betrayed your parents. And hey, you know how you think you're Dad is all great? Yeah, he was a bully and a jerk and always treated Snape like a freak, and stole your mother from him, and didn't die a hero, he was an idiot who left his wand lying around while a dark wizard was hunting him, and treated his secret keeper(wormtail) like crap. And really the only reason Voldemort even went after them was because he flipped a coin and said, 'I think the Potters might be more dangerous than the Longbottems today' So yeah, got all that?"
DO you realize how much could have been avoided! A whole lot of deaths, that's for sure!

Seriously people, if you cant move the action along without stupid amounts of characters going off book, or needless misscomunication, then you really need to go over your story again.

These are not victimless crimes, US, the READERS, have to put up with this crap. SO STOP! ACTUALLY GO THROUGH YOUR WRITING!
Thank you.

Well, that's all I got for now, but don't worry, I'm sure I will come back to this topic before to long.
Thanks for reading. =D

Transformers: just a note about Trines

Okay, so this is a little random, and wont really be understood unless one indulges in the transformers fandom, but here it is any way.

So, for some reason I don't comprehend, I've noticed the transformers fandom has come up with some pretty wide spread... I really don't know what to call them, tropes maybe? that are generally accepted by the fandom at large to be fact. 

Such things as Ratchet throwing wrenches at people...

Why use a Wrench when you could just do this?

Totally False by the way.

Or that Prowl's battle computer is some sort of big deal, when it's only ever mentioned once...

And it's never mentioned again...

But one of the bigger ones is that Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp are part of a thing called a Trine.

According to most this means that they are bonded on a sparklevel(usually), the relationship ranging from platonic brother stuff into some creepy areas, and involving a rather broad amount of cultural things among their frame type, and that they are generally inseparable and care deeply for each other. 

That is all a complete load of slag...

For some odd reason most people believe that seekers, the starscream frame type, travel in threes because of this, and Trineing, the act of being in/forming a trine, is solely done by said seekers.

So many people think this is cannon, but seriously, it isn't.

First of all, the actual definition of Trine is as follows...

. Trine - A subgroup of three, such as the Insecticons.

Trinemate - Used by one member of a trine when referring to another member. 

So the term really just another word for a small group with three members consisting of pretty much anyone, who consider themselves buddies.

See, this is technically a Trine of humans.

Second, despite what it may show in the G1 cartoon opening,

These guys don't care a flying flip about each  other. Example? How about when Starscream throws the other two out an airlock to go die in space while he seizes power? No, seriously, after the battle for Autobot city in Transformers The Movie, Starscream literally asks them if they want to be thrown out into space, due to them being damaged in the fight

Then when they say No, he ignores them and throws them out anyway...

Yeah, really feeling the brotherly love there...

I mean sure, they don't really die, but they do get remodeled by the ultimate transformer evil and converted into practically mindless servants, but still, the only group these guys are in is the one where you can sell the exact same toy under a different coat of paint.

So, to recap, the whole elite Trine thing is Bull, and there is no cannon proof for it. I'm not saying I dislike the whole idea of it, after all there are some pretty cool stories out there that involve it, I'm just saying it is and always will be completely non-cannon.