InstaRec + a plea for help

[sirona_fics]

You guys. Stop what you're doing right now and head over to this place I'm about to tell you all about. I just. I'm all sniffly and teary and there's this enormous grin on my face and HEARTSEYES FROM SPACE, OKAY.

If you love Canton Everett Delaware III, or if you've never heard of him but you love men in love forever, and romance, and wonderful fic, this is the place for you. Fifty-five years later, Canton and his beloved are finally getting that which he wanted bad enough to quit the FBI for once upon a time.

It's Only Time, Canton/David, PG, by pocky_slash.

My comment to her included the phrase "I'm reccing this to everyone I love", because this, this is pure joy. SO LOVELY, OH MY GOD. I am pretty sure that no one will ever love me like these two love each other, and yet that is okay, because I get to back in their incredibleness. This story, I am still sniffling, you guys. ♥________♥

And now for the help. Please, please save my sanity. I have been reading rather a lot of X-Men Charles/Erik fic, and I keep seeing German-speakers leaving comments on the language Erik uses, namely the use of the terms Liebling and Schatz. People keep saying they're old-fashioned, but see, here's the thing. All the research I've done (mostly on internet sites, admittedly, hence the plea for help), says that those two in particular are acceptable terms of endearment. Moreover, when I was on holiday just now, there was a German couple next door and I distinctly heard them call each other Schatz.

So. My question is this. Is what people are saying a legitimate grievance? Or is it just people's personal preference? Because if I see one more person say that, and I quote, "no one would use language like that", I may just scream.

And another thing. Thinking of Erik calling Charles Liebling -- well. IT DOES THINGS TO ME. SUCH THINGS, SUCH DIRTY, FILTHY THINGS, OKAY. And I want to make sure no one is going to fire off one of these comments at me. And also, if this is a legitimate complaint, then obviously I don't want to be a twat, either.

SO, PLEASE HELP ME, YOU GUYS. Three ways of Erik to call Charles 'darling'. Go!

I would be ETERNALLY GRATEFUL. This thing is eating at me something fierce. Also, that cop!Erik modern AU fic? 21K and juuuust nudging over half-way. WHAT HAVE I STARTED. Also, work is a NIGHTMARE today, and I think I shall be doing as much writing as I can fit in, to make myself feel better.

Comments

[sirona-gs.livejournal.com]

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BUTTING IN!! :D

Yeah, comments like that leave me so confused, and a bit angry, passing off someone's opinion as the truth. I mean, I know exactly 20 words in German, and I can probably order a pint if pressed, and there's just no way that I can verify this myself. But seeing something like this -- it makes me terribly uncomfortable, if I'm honest, because I'm a bit OCD about research, and someone yelling UR DOING IT WRONG makes me feel physically ill.

So seriously, again, thank you. I am going to go ahead and use those terms, now that I know they're not strictly speaking really wrong.

[demiana-kassio.livejournal.com]

Gern geschehen (you're welcome). :)

My mind is still a bit boggled. Maybe those commenters are just so used to calling everybody "baby" all the time, even in Germany, that they're not used to the German terms anymore. Whatever.

The only thing that irks me in fic is when people don't make sure they use the correct spelling. I can't remember what word it was, but I distinctly remember reading something and literally staring at a 'German' word for like a whole minute because I couldn't figure out what it was supposed to be. I tried saying it out loud, and after a while I got it, I think, but it was just very weird.

And there's still at least one instance in X-Men (the actual movie) where I needed the English subtitles because I couldn't for the life of me understand what Shaw (poor Kevin Bacon, having to learn so many lines of foreign dialogue) was saying.

[sirona-gs.livejournal.com]

Maybe they're just young? And they're not using those 'outdated, adult' terms of endearment anymore? It might explain it. That, or someone pointed out it could be due to regional differences. As someone quite fond of archaic Britihisms, this is dually bothersome.

Oh god, yes, if you're going to use a foreign language in fic, particularly not one you speak fluently, make sure you get it right! God, it's not hard. /editor/ Asking for help is okay!