lunabee34

If I read a fic with POV problems, however minor, I definitely notice it, but just one slip is not a dealbreaker. I might grumble as I'm reading and wish the editor had caught it. If there's more than one I'll probably note it in my review, and I doubt I'd rec anything that had more than one or two minor POV errors.

In terms of both reading and writing, I prefer a really tight 3rd person. I don't want any omniscient stuff most of the time (usually its only purpose is so that the author can blather on for paragraphs about the scenery or the drapes, which bores me to hell to begin with; description of the surroundings is not for me).

When I was in Vampire Chronicles fandom, though, about half of my fics were first person, as were most of the other fics in the fandom. The books themselves were written in first person, so it felt like the most natural POV to use, especially if you were writing Louis or Lestat POV. But since then I think it's been all third...