Changes: Squick

Revision as of 13:04, 21 January 2021

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
"Chibiusa's Seventh Birthday"
"Cho Chang's Desires"
"Cloud Mows the Lawn"
"Cupcakes"
"The Dark Elf"
"Draco's Christmas Cuppa"
"For Your Eyes Only"
"Land Before Time: Littlefoot x Cera"
"legolas by laura"
"Little Miss Mary"
"My Inner Life"
"Naga Eyes"
"That Series"
"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!".
+'''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 [[kinkmeme]]s. As they say on Fanficrants, [[YKINMK|Your Mileage May Vary]].
-==How do you know it's squick?==
-If a fic 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.
+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.
-Squick commonly is some sort of lemon, but not always.
+==How Do You Know It's Squick?==
-===Common Squick Types===
+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.
-*[[Yiff]]
-*[[MPreg]] (Male Pregnancy)
-*[[Bad Slash]]
-*[[Lemons]]
-*[[Loli]]
-*Excessive gore, especially sexual violence
+Squick commonly is some sort of [[lemon]], but not always.
-===Examples of Squicky Fics===
+=== Things That People Often Find Squicky ===
-* [[Celebrian]]
-* [[That Series]]
+* [[Yiff]]
-* [[legolas by laura]]
+* [[MPreg|Male pregnancy]]
+* [[Bad slash]]
-* [[Land Before Time: Littlefoot x Cera]]
+* [[Lemon]]s
-* [[Draco's Christmas Cuppa]]
-* [[Cho Chang's Desires]]
+* [[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 (badfic)|Celebrian]]"
 * [[Chaser Wolf]]'s works
-* [[Violation of the Evenstar]]
+* "[[Chibiusa's Seventh Birthday]]"
-* [[To The Moon]]
+* "[[Cho Chang's Desires]]"
-* [[Sela's New Job]]
+* "[[Cloud Mows the Lawn]]"
-* [[Little Miss Mary]]
+* "[[Cupcakes]]"
+* "[[Solaris|The Dark Elf]]"
+* "[[Draco's Christmas Cuppa]]"
+* "[[For Your Eyes Only]]"
+* "[[Land Before Time: Littlefoot x Cera]]"
+* "[[legolas by laura]]"
+* "[[Little Miss Mary]]"
+* "[[My Inner Life]]"
+* "[[Naga Eyes]]"
+* "[[That Series]]"
+* "[[A Romantically Relevant Situation]]"
+* "[[Sela's New Job]]"
+* "[[Subjugation]]"
+* "[[To the Moon]]"
+* "[[Violation of the Evenstar]]"
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