But to have them completely vanish? That's a bit inexcusable.
Agreed - as usual, my fingers went a bit faster than my brain. :-) It's just not a pet peeve of mine - if I notice it in an otherwise good story, I'll just shrug and keep going. Whereas Mushpuppy Canderous will make me hit the back button at something approximating the speed of light. :-)
And there are no words for how much Goto annoys me. I could, however, start at "boring, sanctimonious, and useless in combat" and work up from there.
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Date: 2005-07-01 10:19 pm (UTC)Agreed - as usual, my fingers went a bit faster than my brain. :-) It's just not a pet peeve of mine - if I notice it in an otherwise good story, I'll just shrug and keep going. Whereas Mushpuppy Canderous will make me hit the back button at something approximating the speed of light. :-)
And there are no words for how much Goto annoys me. I could, however, start at "boring, sanctimonious, and useless in combat" and work up from there.