Note: "every *single* Hunger Games..." not *signal*
"why *do* places such as..." not *does*
"like many people *think*" not *thing*

Okay. THANK YOU so much for pointing out these clichés. You are saying everything I want to say.
One little note: I think you mean 'Weasley' instead of 'Weasly'

Ireland is its own country! Great Britian is made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Nothern Ireland. The Republic of Ireland is not part of Great Britian. If you don't know the facts, don't write about it.

I love gender-bending and love-trianges! Though, as you said, it's hard to find ones that are well written, especially for the former. Such great concepts, but poor execution.
Girl Falling into Fandom I've become increasingly annoyed by over my time on Fanfiction. Very rare do I come across one that's somewhat well-written.

This is quite good and useful, and I am looking forward to reading more. As a side note, why not try examining the Touhou and Twilight (Yes, I know) fandoms as well? The first one has a lot of differences (in terms of Forbidden Templates and Cliches) from most fandoms because of it's very... fluid and vague nature.

Yeah. I've seen those around, too. But can I ask you something?
I was planning a FF about the past of the hunger games(Either when the capital takes over or when Haymitch wins the Hunger Games.) and I wanted to know if you've seen many of those around. So... have you?

So, again, I've never read any Harry Potter OC fics I almost did read one called 'My Immortal' because I thought it was a parody. It wasn't and I think the admins got rid of it due to complaints. Still not sure if that's funny or sad. ): 'Cause on one hand, it's funny that people actually went to the admins and complained. On the other hand, It's sad that they wouldn't let her improve her writing. ):

Phew! At last I find someone who is (most likely) not 60 years old and knows that feminism is about EQUEL rights and not 'girl is better than guy. Guy is a stuck up player and shouldn't be treated like a human.'! Finally someone with common sense! (The kids at my school gave NONE!)

I take it LOtR OCs are popular? I don't read that kind of Fanfiction. Only for FF for Anime.
As for the sibling OCs thing, I'd be the one with the twin fetish. O/O

Very interesting. I'm eager to see how these can be done well. Update soon.