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[coffeebuddha]

Okay, I get title banners on fics. I don't like them all that much because most of the ones I saw when I was forming my opinion on them were huge and obnoxious*, but I get them. But has anyone else noticed the recent influx of people posting fics with random screencaps of the pairing in the header? Why do that? What's the point? Do you think I can't read well enough to figure out the pairing from the text? Do you think I don't know who the characters are?

I honestly don't know why this bugs the crap out of me, but it reallyreallyREALLY does.

*Slight edit for clarification.

Comments

[yggdrasilian.livejournal.com]

Haha, I really like the banners! =)
Though, I haven't seen any of the ones you're talking about (no alterations or anything). All of the ones I've seen tend to be pretty good...

[yggdrasilian.livejournal.com]

Ooh. I'm mostly in a different fandom, so maybe that's why I haven't seen the same ones you have. ^^

[coffeebuddha.livejournal.com]

It varies for me depending on the actual banner. Some I've seen that I loved, but almost every one I came across when I was first getting back into fanfiction was just...horrible. Pause, tilt head to the side, and wonder what the author was thinking horrible.

Honestly, I don't think it would bother me half so much if it looked like they put any more effort or thought into it than just slapping a random picture up with the header.

Fandom could definitely have something to do with it. I've only seen it in the Criminal Minds fandom so far and it's not a huge thing there. It's just something I've noticed happening more often with more writers over the last few months.

[yggdrasilian.livejournal.com]

Ah, that's why. I haven't seen any for Criminal Minds yet (I haven't been in the fandom much lately because I haven't caught up with all the episodes).

I do know the type you're talking about though! Some are so bad I get 2nd hand embarrassment, lol; I scroll past quickly and move my screen so that it doesn't show. ^^;