Changes: Squick

Revision as of 17:37, 12 October 2014

Squick is basically another term for "Eeeewwwww, gross!" To be squicked is to be grossed out.

An important point about squick, however, is that something that squicks you may not squick someone else. It is well to be cautious when using squick as a charge, especially when looking at fics from places such as kinkmemes. As they say on Fanficrants, Your Mileage May Vary.

It is in the nature of the Ironic Overpower, also, that the day you bounce around denouncing something that is squicky to you and saying that it is therefore badfic, someone who is not squicked by it/likes that plot-point/kink/trope will be around and will call you on it.

How Do You Know It's Squick?

If something makes your stomach heave, or makes you want to puke, or makes you want to stab your eyeballs out with a spork so you can never see it again, it's probably squick.

Squick commonly is some sort of lemon, but not always.

Things That People Often Find Squicky

Yiff
Male pregnancy
Bad slash
Lemons
Loli
Excessive gore, especially sexual violence
Excessive use of various bodily fluids, sexual or not
Unfortunate placement of a funny word; for example, "squelch" is not a sexy word.

Examples of Widely-Regarded-As-Squicky Fics

"Celebrian"
Chaser Wolf's works
"Cho Chang's Desires"
"Cupcakes"
"The Dark Elf"
"Draco's Christmas Cuppa"
"For Your Eyes Only"
"Land Before Time: Littlefoot x Cera"
"legolas by laura"
"Little Miss Mary"
"Naga Eyes"
"Of Warlords and Pleasures"
"A Romantically Relevant Situation"
"Sela's New Job"
"Subjugation"
"To the Moon"
"Violation of the Evenstar"

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 '''Squick''' is basically another term for "Eeeewwwww, gross!" To be squicked is to be grossed out.
-An important point about squick, however, is that something that squicks you may not squick someone else. It is well to be cautious when using squick as a charge, especially when looking at fics from places such as [[kinkmemes]]. As they say on Fanficrants, [[YKINMK|Your Mileage May Vary]].
+An important point about squick, however, is that something that squicks you may not squick someone else. It is well to be cautious when using squick as a charge, especially when looking at fics from places such as [[kinkmeme]]s. As they say on Fanficrants, [[YKINMK|Your Mileage May Vary]].
-It is in the nature of the [[Ironic Overpower]], also, that the day you bounce around denouncing something that is squicky to you and saying that it is therefore [[badfic]], someone who is not squicked by it/likes that plot-point/kink/[[trope]] will be around and will call you on it.
+It is in the nature of the [[Ironic Overpower]], also, that the day you bounce around denouncing something that is squicky to you and saying that it is therefore [[badfic]], someone who is not squicked by it/likes that [[Plot Device|plot-point]]/[[kink]]/[[trope]] will be around and will call you on it.
 ==How Do You Know It's Squick?==
 If something makes your stomach heave, or makes you want to puke, or makes you want to stab your eyeballs out with a [[spork]] so you can never see it again, it's probably squick.
-Squick commonly is some sort of lemon, but not always.
+Squick commonly is some sort of [[lemon]], but not always.
 === Things That People Often Find Squicky ===
 * [[Yiff]]
-* [[MPreg]] (Male Pregnancy)
+* [[MPreg|Male pregnancy]]
 * [[Bad slash]]
 * [[Lemon]]s
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 * "[[Sela's New Job]]"
 * "[[Subjugation]]"
-* "[[To The Moon]]"
+* "[[To the Moon]]"
 * "[[Violation of the Evenstar]]"
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