Title

(tvtrope… I think?)

Make it short and simple, unless you have a good reason for doing otherwise. Obscure poetry lines do not make good titles; they are difficult to remember and make the author sound pretentious. Neither do sentences like; "[Character A] gets fucked".

Awkward titles- even if they're intentional- make the fic difficult to recommend to others. For example, every time it's listed on a trope page, people with no knowledge of the fic will skim by it, think, 'That sounds silly' and quickly forget about it. note Every time someone recommends it on their LiveJournal, they'll have to spend time explaining, 'It's better than it sounds, really!'

A fic can become popular if it has a boring title and a good story, but not the other way around.