What I Hate About Nephlite/Nephrite Fanfiction

[+Lady Miki+]

There is already a rant on Sailor Moon fanfiction. I'm gonna do a rant on Nephlite/Nephrite fanfiction.

All right, I tend to enjoy Nephlite/Nephrite fanfiction very much,but there are some things in it that annoy me and make me want to stop reading. I am kind of picky.

1.Nephrite having a crush on the other shitennou-What the heck?! Um....hate to break it to you, but he prefers to have women as soulmates, not men.Not to mention that he despises the other shitennou.(Unless you're talking about the manga).

2.Nephrite being portrayed as undignified-This is getting very old. I mean,sure, he has his flaws, but anyone who watches the show would know that he has a very reserved nature.And he stays to himself 99.9% of the time.Yes,he's far from perfect,but he is very dignified. I once read a fic where he and Jadeite kidnapped Zoisite. I know he can't stand Zoisite,but surely he has better things to do than to waste his time doing things like THAT.Nothing wrong with having him laid back,but please,PLEASE don't have him lose his dignity.

3.Nephrite being portrayed as an alcoholic-Don't even GET me started on this one. All I will say is this: since when does taking ONE LITTLE SIP of a drink in ONE EPISODE make you an alcoholic?


Feel free to comment if you wish. No flames,though.

[moonmomma]

I totally agree with you. There's so much Nephrite fanfic that looks like it was written by people who hate him, or at least haven't taken the trouble to find out what the character is really like. For example, what would make anyone think that Nephrite even wants to be in the same room as Zoisite? Much less go to the trouble of kidnapping, never mind even worse things I've heard about

I do have to say, though, you can get away with a lot more in funfics and parodies. One of my favorite parodies is "Silver Millenium Overdrive," where Alcoholic Nephrite is married to Jupiter but he leaves her for Naru, the local stripper, and they eventually have 20 kids together. And that's just for starters - you should see what happens with the other shitennou-senshi couples, not to mention Serenity and Endymion. ;D ;D ;D

But if someone isn't writing a parody, they'd better get the characters right. Especially when they're writing about Nephrite!

[+Lady Miki+]

Sounds like a funny parody-I'd like to read it,if you have a link for it.^_~

[dacapo]

In my fics he is so reserved he often doesn't even cry except for a tear or two, and he doesn't like to be seen as weak by anyone. Nephrite does laugh a lot though, and his favourite show is Crayon Shin-Chan(he loves watching that little tyke mooning people and playing other inappropriate jokes). But when he's sad he usually expresses it by appearing withdrawn and distant, smiling longingly. Most of the time he only sheds tears when he's happy, mostly when he's alone with Naru and hugging her.

[Lady1Venus]

What I don't like about Nephrite fics...

- When people pair him being homosexual...I'm not against same sex relations but he seems to be more interested in women. And like Lady Miki said above, he doesn't like the other warriors.

- When authors take him completely out of character and turn him from being a sophisicated man to a bum or something like that

There might be others, but I haven't really read many Nephrite fics