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Edit: For example: Space Marine. What do you think of first when I say this?
Personally, I think of marine animals. In spacesuits.
But some things I hate about fanfiction are the grammar and spelling. If you're going to commit an idea to a document and then to the Internet, at least be pretty darn sure other people can read it without getting a giant headache. I don't really have a problem with this in published works, because they get their things edited by publishers.
Another thing that is really annoying are characters who are like rubber bands. No matter how DARN hard you stretch them, they come bouncing right back like nothing ever happened. But, more specifically, characters who die uselessly and multiplicatively during the course of something. A big revival at the end is ok, but just don't push it. I usually judge a fanfic (or regular books, by that matter) by how many times the main character or a supporting character (but not bad guys) die. Once is fine, twice is ok, thrice is pushing it, and four or more times? It's like saying "I'm just throwing random crap in here because I can!!1"
No. Just no.
Another thing I find I hate about some fanfics, but more commonly in actual books, are improperly paced or poorly written endings. Rick Riordan, while I love his books normally, cannot do a proper finale book for the life of him. I'm not just talking about the Percy Jackson series. He messed it up in the Kane Chronicles, too. His final book in a series becomes nothing more than a mad dash towards a goal, with details either tossed aside for last or thrown out the window entirely. Erin Hunter messed it up too, but in a different way; they (Erin is the pen name of four people) just did clichè. After clichè. After clichè. After clichè. And ended up with an unsatisfactory ending that makes you want to watch the book go up in smoke. <Or maybe that's just me.>
But that doesn't mean I think all endings are bad. Take Katherine Lasky's Guardians of Ga'Hoole's series ending. Perfect. When Zachary Beaver Came to Town and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Shining examples of what an ending should be. Riley Sky on fanfic.net also does a very good job at wrapping up her endings.
And there's my two (or more like ten)cents on the matter.
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