Your writing pet peeves

[Scytherwolf]

Okay I just now saw this thread. XD

Agree with everything Arrow said.

Here are some other ones of mine:

The "Woe is Me" Plot Derailment: It's fine to have characters feel bad about their situation, but in some stories I've read, it goes way too far. I've read stories where the entire plot grinds to a halt to focus on one character's woe. The story goes out of its way to portray the character as having pretty much the worst life ever, which is increasingly frustrating if, at the same time, there are other characters in positions just as bad or worse than the "woe is me" character, but those other characters aren't focused on. I've read stories that made me want to throw my laptop at the wall because of this. HATE IT.

Beauty/Cuteness = Goodness: I absolutely hate when stories have all the good guys some pretty and/or cute looking species, and all the bad guys "scary" or intimidating-looking ones. Or, even worse, if there's a scary-looking evil species that turns good, they suddenly change into a pretty/cute looking version of their species. I've actually seen this and it sucks. I really don't think a character's appearance should be an indicator of how good or evil they are. I just hate that.

Predators are Evil: Another one I hate is when predator species are portrayed as evil just because they're predators. Killing prey slowly for no reason, having evil monologues at them before they try to kill them...it makes no sense. Predators are just trying to survive. They shouldn't care about any of that unnecessary evil stuff.