Signs that you're reading a Gunbunny fic

[burntcopper]

1. The beginning paragraph will almost certainly contain an inner monologue about something that has nothing to do with the fic.

2. The use of whatever the tense / grammar whatsit that is starting a sentence without a 'he/she/it' bit.

3. Englishisms. Lots of them. And due to this, no American character will ever wear anything but jeans because I can't bring myself to use the word 'pants' for trousers.

4. Lots of dialogue and banter, or else a fic that contains no dialogue at all.

5. If there is a plot that involves two characters falling for each other, one or both will be completely fucking oblivious.

6. Mostly told from third person, multiple POVs.

7. The fic's title is bloody weird and normally comes from a line in the fic.

8. Often a character will be obsessed with getting a certain item of rather mundane food. Tea, Jaffa cakes, bacon sandwiches....

Comments

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Re #3 - I have exactly that problem with 'pants'- just can't remove the association with, well, pants. Although recently I have experimented with the word 'slacks'.

#8 - random food obsessions are good, I think.

[sabremeister]

8. Often a character will be obsessed with getting a certain item of rather mundane food. Tea, Jaffa cakes, bacon sandwiches....

Bacon sandwiches, mundane? Good bacon sandwiches are food of the gods! (And why would anyone want a non-good bacon sarnie?)

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

Food of the gods, but easily accessible. It's never exotic foods.

[cynicalcylon.livejournal.com]

8. but, Jaffa Cakes, dammit! Who wouldn't be obsessed?!