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| bionic4ever | Aug 29 2009, 07:33 PM Post #1 |
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Am worried that Jenn Austin may be a "Mary-Sue".....opinions? |
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| OJFan | Aug 29 2009, 08:08 PM Post #2 |
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I don't know - it's not like she's the main focus. I think creating a character to use as a vehicle to move the story along is fine. Anyone else? |
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| bionic4ever | Aug 29 2009, 08:32 PM Post #3 |
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I am not sure if she is too Pollyanna-ish...and am wondering if I should give her a small set of fangs! |
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| OJFan | Aug 30 2009, 06:24 AM Post #4 |
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Well, with her being a minor character, I don't think it matters TOO much. I mean, I like her already well enough - she seems real to me - I don't think you need to develop her personality to the extent you do Steve or Jaime. |
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| NeesiePie | Aug 30 2009, 08:09 PM Post #5 |
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I always interpreted 'Mary Sue' to be a character that was obviously a stand-in for the author. |
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| OJFan | Aug 31 2009, 06:59 AM Post #6 |
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I really had no idea that's what "Mary Sue" was supposed to be - then again, it took me forever to figure out what "shippers" were or "AU"... too much terminology So - B4E - IS Jenn supposed to be you - Mrs. Steve Austin???
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| messyhead | Aug 31 2009, 07:05 AM Post #7 |
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A HIGHLY idealized version of the author. The girl who is just right in every way. |
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| OJFan | Aug 31 2009, 07:08 AM Post #8 |
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But what if the author IS perfect in every way?
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| bionic4ever | Sep 3 2009, 01:53 PM Post #9 |
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| messyhead | Sep 3 2009, 02:07 PM Post #10 |
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And what is a "what if" anyway? |
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| bionic4ever | Sep 3 2009, 02:22 PM Post #11 |
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When I was doing 'What-ifs', they were stories that departed radically from canon. As in 'What if Steve never took Jaime skydiving?' |
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| messyhead | Sep 3 2009, 03:48 PM Post #12 |
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Wouldn't ALL of our stories be classified as "What-ifs?" It almost doesn't seem worth using as a classification. If you put Steve and Jaime together as a couple before the reunion movies that's a What-if, and if you put Jaime with Oscar it's also a what-if. Once again, if it's the kind of story that could fit in between episodes without disrupting the course of the actual TV series, I suppose it wouldn't be - but I'm not sure any of us has ever written one of those. Maybe the Lurker has? |
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| bionic4ever | Sep 3 2009, 05:46 PM Post #13 |
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True, but I only used 'What-If' for really drastic departures from canon. Then again, one of my 'What-Ifs' was about Michael turning psycho....so I guess I will scuttle off into the corner and bury my head now.....
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| messyhead | Sep 3 2009, 06:17 PM Post #14 |
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Do you mean when you introduced the story as a "what-if"? |
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| bionic4ever | Sep 3 2009, 06:24 PM Post #15 |
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No...one of my What-Ifs was about Michael going psycho. Back then, I called stories What-Ifs if they severely departed from canon. But since then, I have written multiple Crazy-Michael stories that did not have "A What-If Story" as part of their title. So....I have defied my own logic.
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