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| Ara's Greatest Squawk | Apr 26 2010, 01:53 AM Post #1726 |
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Lost In The Future
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People who love Mary Sues desperately need to grow up. |
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| Telcontar Rulz | Apr 26 2010, 02:45 AM Post #1727 |
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Rising Again
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This is from the author's note on chapter 10 of Illyia
To paraphrase Boromir: What new crap is this?! EVERYBODY does stupid things every once in a while! It's called being HUMAN! Flaws, and admitting them, makes people stronger, and definitely spices up a character. They do NOT make characters pathetic, but rather give them spirit and depth! A character without flaws cannot undergo a character arc, which is almost essential for any story. |
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| daisymall13 | Apr 26 2010, 03:00 AM Post #1728 |
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Reached Tranquillity
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*face palms* Is her character a ROBOT then? |
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| Xaja Silversheen | Apr 26 2010, 03:30 AM Post #1729 |
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King of Nothing
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*headdesks repeatedly* |
| The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? ~Hebrews 13:6 | |
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| Arya Svit-Kona | Apr 26 2010, 03:40 AM Post #1730 |
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Resident Nutcase
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I wonder who invented the Mary Sue... |
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One part fool, three parts brave-Brom in the Eragon movie It's better to ask forgiveness than permission-Brom and Eragon in the Eragon movie A red sun rises, blood has been spilt this night-Legolas, The Two Towers God is great Life is good Oh, and Legolas rules | |
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| Maevainwen Adaniel | Apr 26 2010, 04:05 AM Post #1731 |
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Master of the Rings
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If you ever find out tell us and we'll organise a massacre. . . |
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If I promise not to kill you can I have a hug? My favorite thing about eating gummy bears is that they don't fight back when bite their heads off Teddies don't hug back, but sometimes they're all you have... Joker: You know, there are three kinds of people in this world. The optomistic that find the glass half full, and the pessimistic that see it as half empty. Then there's the paranoid, and they just think someone's drinking out of their glass. Corrigan: Huh, then which one are you? Joker: I'm the one who knocks the glass over. ~ The Joker Blogs. | |
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| daisymall13 | Apr 26 2010, 04:06 AM Post #1732 |
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Reached Tranquillity
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I actually heard that.. It's a Mary Sue because the person who created her called her 'Mary Sue'. I'll see if I can find out.. |
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| daisymall13 | Apr 26 2010, 04:08 AM Post #1733 |
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Reached Tranquillity
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The term "Mary Sue" is taken from a character created by Paula Smith in 1973 for her parody story "A Trekkie's Tale,"[4] published in her fanzine Menagerie #2. There ya go... (I'm a bad double poster..:P) |
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| Maevainwen Adaniel | Apr 26 2010, 04:43 AM Post #1734 |
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Master of the Rings
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Paula Smith must DIE!!!!!! |
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If I promise not to kill you can I have a hug? My favorite thing about eating gummy bears is that they don't fight back when bite their heads off Teddies don't hug back, but sometimes they're all you have... Joker: You know, there are three kinds of people in this world. The optomistic that find the glass half full, and the pessimistic that see it as half empty. Then there's the paranoid, and they just think someone's drinking out of their glass. Corrigan: Huh, then which one are you? Joker: I'm the one who knocks the glass over. ~ The Joker Blogs. | |
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| daisymall13 | Apr 26 2010, 04:45 AM Post #1735 |
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Haha tru dat...unless she's already dead.. |
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| MackenzieW | Apr 26 2010, 05:28 AM Post #1736 |
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Look, everyone hates when their characters do something wrong. It's like you're a parent and they're your child. Parents don't want their children to make the wrong decision or do something stupid. But we do. And we learn from those wrong decisions, those foolish things and we grow. And that's what readers want: they want to identify with a character. They want to see that character grow as the story progresses. And if that Suethor can't understand that, then she should get out of writing. Now. |
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You are the music while the music lasts--T.S. Eliot "Stop the damn texting and pick up a book!"--Grandmama, "The Addams Family" (Musical) "Tomorrow will be better for as long as America keeps alive the ideals of freedom and a better life." —Walt Disney "I wake in the loneliness of sunrise When the deep purple heaven turns blue And start to pray As I pray each day That I’ll hear some word from you I lie in the loneliness of evening Looking out on a silver-flaked sea And ask the moon Oh how soon, how soon Will my love come home to me"--"Loneliness of Evening," Cinderella "Thank you, Lord You have brought us Safe to shore Be our strength and protection ever more. A Thiarna dean trocaire A Chriost dean trocaire A Thiarna dean trocaire A Chriost dean trocaire"--Heartland, as performed by Celtic Thunder I'm writing a novel! A Guide to Fanfiction for Dummies! My Little Corner I'm on Book Country! | |
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| Ara's Greatest Squawk | Apr 26 2010, 06:30 AM Post #1737 |
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Lost In The Future
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Nice one, Mac. Hear, hear! |
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| Xaja Silversheen | Apr 26 2010, 07:55 AM Post #1738 |
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*applauds* Exactly. Mac just nailed it. |
| The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? ~Hebrews 13:6 | |
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| Maevainwen Adaniel | Apr 26 2010, 08:10 AM Post #1739 |
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Master of the Rings
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Perfect Mac *salutes* I take my hat off to you. |
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If I promise not to kill you can I have a hug? My favorite thing about eating gummy bears is that they don't fight back when bite their heads off Teddies don't hug back, but sometimes they're all you have... Joker: You know, there are three kinds of people in this world. The optomistic that find the glass half full, and the pessimistic that see it as half empty. Then there's the paranoid, and they just think someone's drinking out of their glass. Corrigan: Huh, then which one are you? Joker: I'm the one who knocks the glass over. ~ The Joker Blogs. | |
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| daisymall13 | Apr 26 2010, 09:11 AM Post #1740 |
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Mac, you just summed up what I was thiking perfectly ...*applauds with Xaja*http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5924330/1/Daughter_of_Gandalf |
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...*applauds with Xaja*
1:42 AM Jul 11