Badficcer

A badficcer is someone who writes badfic.

Types of badficcer

 * Suethor: These badficcers write Mary Sues, otherwise known as pure self-indulgent characters published with little quality with no regard for quality. One could call those who write the male version of Mary Sues, the Marty Stu, a 'Stuthor' but nobody does that... which is a shame because it's a handy portmanteau of 'stupid' and 'author.'


 * Badslasher: These badficcers write bad slash, which is the inexplicable and low quality homosexual pairing story-- usually resulting in bad sex with no regard for quality OR biology.

There are more, less well-known subtypes that write things such as bad crackfic and other badfic categories, but the majority of badficcers are Mary Sue or pairing-based. Sometimes both.

The Age of Badficcers and the Ethics of Sporking
Anybody can write a badfic. But the young and inexperienced are far more likely to. This ranges from innocent people who sincerly think their writing is quality, to overly exuberant people who don't realize nobody wants to hear them babble on and on about pairings or how cool their character is, all the way to the lazy little weasels who just want a quick fix and a million 'ur good' comments to boost their self esteem.

While no PPC agent wants to be called a drooling fangirl, the PPC does differenciate between fangirls and fanbrats. Fangirls often baby characters and break down when they are told they are no good. Fanbrats will unveil their shallow, vicious nature when their work is critisized-- sometimes instigating the conflict themselves. To fanbrats, attention is attention and they are the center of the world.

Fanboys write fanfic, too-- but it is rarer.

There is the argument that being critical of bad fanfic hurts the self esteem of children and is a very bad thing to do. The PPC does not agree-- satire has always existed, most fanfic sites have a prerequisite age to post, and on whole the PPC is actually far more gentle than a disorganized flaming effort.