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This isn't even really a confession so much as something stupid I wanted to get off my chest, but I figured this thread is the type of place for something as stupid as this:
I hate when I'm reading fanfiction and the author includes a detail that sets off my highly specific neuroses* and I end up irrationally hating the entire story and the author because "character X would never do that" (except there's not even a confirmation in canon one way or the other what character X would or wouldn't do in this situation, because again this is just me being neurotic and reacting to something I personally dislike).
What I'm actually complaining about here is how my mind goes straight to hating the story and author over the smallest and stupidest shit, even I though I realize rationally that this is stupid and my own problem and not the story's. It also fucks me up because I feel like I no longer can judge the story objectively, and so I no longer know if I don't like it for a legit reason or if I like it because I'm trying to overcompensate for otherwise disliking it over a small detail. It's the dumbest shit and sometimes I can make myself get over it, but sometimes I can't and now is one of those times.
I swear I'm not normally whatever this even qualifies as. I've just been reading a lot of fanfiction recently like I'm back in high school and I guess it's taken my mind to some weird places.
*specific neuroses left out to keep this vague
