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Okay, I know drudging this up again would be in terrible taste and not a good idea, but here goes: I think that while the list of KGB's was a tad harsh and happens to include certain things I have no issue with or even enjoy and saying, I also think that, as it was not addressing anyone personally, it really shouldn't have caused so much of a fuss. That having been said, yeah, they could have worded it more nicely. Also, pic related to my personal reaction to seeing the rage incited from the initial comment
Back on topic, I'll just list some of my peeves that may or may not have been mentioned at some point. First off, I disagree with the general opinion that engineer is a "good guy". Sure, he's polite, but I see that being more due to his southern upbringing than due to his actual nature. He's plenty mean when it comes right down to it.
Secondly, and I admit I'm slightly biased on this point, but I rather dislike how Soldier and Medic so rarely get along in many fan works. Same with Soldier and Heavy. Well, really, Soldier and any foreigner. Again, I'm slightly biased on this point, mostly due to my head-canon of Soldier and Medic being pretty good buddies off the battlefield while Medic and Heavy's perceived amiability with each other simply their recognizing their efficiency together on the battlefield. It's a stretch, I know, but that's just how I see it.
Third, on a broader note, and with stress on the fact that I'm REALLY not trying to hate on these types of stories or the people who write them: I just really don't like romantic fiction (especially cross-faction), the lack of a sort of character development (specifically, the sheer amount of fiction where the teams are already sort of "together" and well acquainted with one another as teammates, if that makes sense?) and lack of combat scenarios overall. Again, I'm not hating on people who write stories such as what I've mentioned; they've been done well. It's just that, well, only so many stories of the same sort can stand out. In any case, I'll also admit that these are complaints that can really be applied to most any other fandom.
In addition to the ones I've already listed, and also a general peeve more than one I can give specific examples for: the idea that technology and social norms of TF2land are parallel to the sixties of our world. Now I'm not saying name-dropping a recent pop single in a fiction wouldn't be odd, and same deal with saying "____ didn't happen", but, obviously, history and technology hasn't evolved quite the same in their world up to that point as it had in our own is what I'm saying. This is part of the reason I so readily accept the fact that Medic wasn't a Nazi or a PoW of any sort, even though both WWII and Nazis are confirmed(?) to exist in TF2land. Don't get me wrong, I have no real issue with people adhering to their own versions of what Tf2sixties is like, but I just get annoyed at the arguing over what, exactly, it SHOULD be like.
On a more relevant topic at-hand, I agree with TwoRefined on Demoman's portrayal or lack thereof within the fandom. I think it's a sort fear of being called racist if one happens to make an error in portraying Demoman that makes them afraid to try at all. I know that's my reason.
As for accents, I really am no linguist nor will I try to be: if a character has an accent, I'm not going to type it out. I think "getting a character down" is a lot in figuring out how they form sentences rather than how they form words in English, if that makes sense? For example, Demoman, Scout and Sniper might form similar sentences in terms of structure, due to the fact that they're all native English speakers who speak informally. Soldier is different from the three in the fact that he rarely, if ever, forms contractions in his sentences. Heavy drops certain articles and I imagine that he, Medic and Spy have certain issues grasping certain English idioms, or may even attempt to translate an idiom from their respective, native languages into English from time to time. So, yeah, getting a feel for how a character actually talks and holds conversation is a lot more important in my mind than trying to capture their accent. The sheer amount of "Hulk heavy" complaints versus "bad accent" complaints sort of convinces me of this, anyway. Though "Bad accent" can just as eaqsily be "illegible" so, yeah, I'd just reccomend not writing out accents unless you're very familiar with the languages or dialects in question. :)
I'm sorry I puked a few paragraphs about nothings.
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