Okay, first off. After much, MUCH deliberation. I have decided to continue Always Snow as a longer, fuller story. Now, to keep with the air that I've used with said fic, it's not going to be a chapter by chapter, blow by blow account. It's going to be short, sweet (heh) chapters that will eventually coalesce into something greater, k? This isn't something I'm willing to compromise on.

NOW, ONTO SOMETHING THAT HAS BECOME MY GREATEST WRITING PET PEEVE OF ALL TIME.

DO NOT, AND I MEAN DO NOT, USE 'he/she was sat' 'he/she was stood'. HOLY SHIT I HATE THIS.

I have seen this absolutely horrible, terrible, ATROCIOUS HABIT, encroach on many an author, old or new. THIS HAS NOT, NOR WILL IT EVER BE PROPER GRAMMAR.

IT IS NOT - 'He(subject) was(auxiliary verb) sat on a stool(predicate).'

IT IS - 'He was sitting on a stool.'

IT IS - 'He sat on a stool.'

IT IS NOT - 'He was stood in a corner.'

IT IS - 'He was standing in a corner.'

IT IS - ' He stood in a corner.'

Now, if you have an auxiliary verb/copula/linking verb (am, is, are, was, were, being, been, etc)before stood/sat, add an -ing. If stood/sat is directly after your subject, in this case being 'He' or in another case 'they' for 'are' and 'were', you need not add it. This is simplified and vague as im incredibly tired and am targeting this at the frequent, specific misuses of these words, so. Learn and remember lol.

PLEASE, PLEASE TAKE THIS LESSON TO HEART. I AM SO SICK AND TIRED OF SEEING THIS- UGGGGGHHH!

THIS HAS BEEN A PSA ON WRITING CORRECTLY.

So.

This is my first time ever writing something like this. Though only my second time snapping like this, on the same issue. I have tolerated this for over a year now while reading, but it's reached a point that it seems to be EVERYWHERE. I cannot simply exit out of a fic when I get irritated enough to override my interest or investment in a story, as it's just...

Everywhere.

I can't seem to escape it.

So.

Please stop doing this. I BEG YOU.