When I first started reading Sailormoon fanfic, I liked the Japanese being in there. Then, when I found the better authors who could do the same thing completely in English and still have it be a Sailormoon fic, I changed my mind.
Now, when I see it in Harry Potter fics, it bugs the crap out of me. It doesn't belong in that context, nor in any context. Using fannish Japanese to show off your "mad skillz" in the language just shows you're too lazy to come up with an English equivalent, to me. It's nice to show you're learning a new language, but do it somewhere else. I came to read fic, not a glossary.
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Date: 2005-11-29 11:12 am (UTC)Now, when I see it in Harry Potter fics, it bugs the crap out of me. It doesn't belong in that context, nor in any context. Using fannish Japanese to show off your "mad skillz" in the language just shows you're too lazy to come up with an English equivalent, to me. It's nice to show you're learning a new language, but do it somewhere else. I came to read fic, not a glossary.