...you misspell the names of major characters and get butthurt when someone points it out to you.

You end your story with "Five nice reviews pleez or I won't write another chapter!" Bonus points for calling it a "chappie".

... you randomly attribute negative traits to the canon character you want your OC to replace. (I'm thinking of a girl I knew who assured me -- in 1978, when all the SWs material was the first movie, even before Splinter of the Mind's Eye -- that Princess Leia was "fast".)

You INSIST the pairing you ship is the only one that makes sense...no matter how goofy it seems.

...you will cling to the flimsiest of evidence for your pairing, such as insisting that sharing a pumpkin pie = ~twu wuv~.

...and will refuse to listen when others point out that pumpkin pie isn't even eaten in the characters' country.

Aw, fuck, "chappie".

... Have a 700-word conversation with your "muse" (who happens to be the character in your fic that your OC gets pared up with) prior to your story.

Your disclaimer includes the phrase "dunt like, dunt reed!' Bonus points if you spell it 'disclamer.'

You just KNOW that Sephiroth/Sherlock/other fucked male just needs someone to luuuurve him and then he'll be ~perfect~!

... The people who write actual constructive criticism in their reviews are obviously morons because your story is DA BEST EVAR!!!!

Your initials are Lord Kelvin.

You know, I just realized that the title of this thread is a bit inaccurate. Fanbrats never think they're fanbrats. They're "teh bestest writar evar!!!!1111eleventy-oone!"

This is more like "How we know they're fanbrats.

...you insist canon is wrong and become enraged if anyone disagrees with you.

But canon is wrong if it doesn't depict my OTP!

Damn you, canon!

...you call it "cannon".

You take down your story rather than admit that your reviewers providing constructive criticism might be right.

Your favorite Final Fantasy fanfic is "Chocobo Nights".

You take a hymnal, cross out all the mentions of Jesus, and replace them with Edward.

You occasionally write your own name where you meant to write your OC's name--or you and your OC share the same name! It's an understandable mistake, since you're both so wicked awesome!

EileenK98 wrote:

You know, I just realized that the title of this thread is a bit inaccurate. Fanbrats never think they're fanbrats. They're "teh bestest writar evar!!!!1111eleventy-oone!" This is more like "How we know they're fanbrats.

If anything in this thread happens to apply to you, it's not because you're a fanbrat, it's because you're a sooper speeshul snoflake!!!11

WD40 wrote:

... Have a 700-word conversation with your "muse" (who happens to be the character in your fic that your OC gets pared up with) prior to your story.

Bonus points if that conversation is longer than your actual fic.

You respond to critical comments by creating a club dedicated to agitating the people who left those comments.

You write an entire essay claiming that a certain character's OOC actions were in fact in-character.

You write a lengthy "open letter" to the creator of your canon, demanding that future installments match your characterizations and include your OTP.