Demons of Wattpad

Danger (Apology -of murder - take me away!) - Part 1

[Review originally published in Italian. English translation made by Lowkey_Loki, with the revision of JoSeBach, ShadeOwl90 and me, Evgenij.]

[T. N. (Translators' Note): In the years that passed between the publication of this review in Italian and its translation into English it seems that the original Danger fanfiction has been edited by its author. As a result, some of the comments and criticisms made by feartearcrybabymidea in its slating no longer makes sense, and will therefore be removed in this translation. When necessary, translators will intervene with alternative comments in bold.]

Hello everyone from your beloved FearTear!

Without further ado... ladies and gentlemen, here's "Danger".

The sleazy fanfiction that inspired hundreds of other dreadful works.

One of the reasons why Evgenij, fanwriter91 and mattheus93 banded together.

"Danger" is for Demons of Wattpad what the Wayne's murderer was for Batman, the radioactive spider for Spiderman, the prophecy for Harry Potter, the First One for Buffy, the Black Zetsu for Naruto, the heart virus that attacked Goku's heart for the future Trunks: I could go on forever, but I won't.

Long story short, "Danger" is the most famous seedy fanfiction about Justin Bieber, which started a series of proselytes and copies: indeed, while reading it, you'll find a lot of similarities with a lot of other fanfictions we've already talked about here. [T. N. : Such fanfictions were written in Italian, and so their reviews on this blog are in Italian as well: therefore some context will be added in this translation.]

Created by the mind of the American author Adriana v. (yes, with no capital v), this story, made of sixty-three chapters, is so popular that it was translated in various languages, including Italian.

https://www.wattpad.com/story/22786628-danger-under-revision-%E2%9C%93

Before we start, here's a premise.

Despite what its popularity might make you think, "Danger" it's objectively badly written. It's not because of grammar errors, but more because of how things are said.

Except for some rare occasions, the story is mostly written in first person. And it wouldn't be a bad thing, if it wasn't for what the two protagonists think and say, which are often about things they shouldn't care less about.

For example, every hecking time someone gets in or out of a car, or in/out of a room, we're always, ALWAYS told that someone closes the door behind them after opening it.

Or, every time someone goes to take an object or walks away from a place, the character narrating almost always tells us "they walk to reach the place where there's the thing they want to get".

Also, basically once every chapter, the characters do at least three of these actions:

- roll their eyes;

- bite their lips;

- chew the inside of their cheeks (this is a habit that you absolutely shouldn't indulge to, I had it for some time and I got potentially infectious cuts in my mouth);

- hiss;

- snicker;

- smile (at times specifying that the smile is on their mouth and/or face);

- raise their eyebrows;

- lick their lips;

- press their lips together, creating a thin/firm/straight line;