[FFML] Gundam Storm, Ch. 3

[Kevin Callahan]

On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 9:59 PM, DB Sommer <sommert at consolidated.net> wrote:
> On 3/6/2011 8:09 PM, Mythril Moth wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "Yes, Ojousama."
>>>
>>> Gratuitous Japanese words do not help a story...
>>
>> If you have nothing constructive or substantially contributive to say
>> about a story other than "I hate reading fanfics with Japanese words in
>> them", the best thing you can do is not bother saying anything at all.
>
> No, excessive use of Japanese terms can be distracting. It is of course
> opinion what constitutes gratuitous, but it's a valid critcism

I must agree with DB Sommer. As someone who speaks Japanese, I find
Japanese used in fanfiction to be usually immaterial at best, flawed
at worst. Although you may believe you understand how a particular
term is used from watching anime, you may not be correct. And even if
it is, it rarely adds to the story anything that would not be present
merely by using an English word choice.

You are left with two possible outcomes; annoying those that don't
speak any Japanese at all or annoying those (such as myself) who do.

Best just to leave it alone. Granted, MM will disagree with me, as he
has in the past.

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Very Respectfully,
Kevin M. Callahan

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