Subject: Re: All in favor of starting a terminology sub-thread?
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Posted on: 2013-06-27 15:26:00 UTC

I agree that we need to give the different forms different names, if only to keep them straight among ourselves.

:: checking the wiki :: Right now, we've got three different flavors of OOC Resistance listed as examples. Gimli and Gaspode are normally ignored by Suethors (unless they want to bash Gimli's character) so they never get targeted by Suefluence, Elrond has a magical artifact on his finger that shields him from full Suefluence but lets a Suethor puppet him, and the Valar are demideities who can probably fight off Suefluence on their own.

To be honest, I'm not convinced characters ignored by the Suethor should have OOC Resistance. I've never been shot, but that doesn't mean I'm bulletproof; a character who never gets targeted by a Sue shouldn't be assumed to be resistant to her powers. If we change this, though, Gimli and Gaspode should be grandfathered in.

What about OOC Defense for characters like Elrond, who retain control of at least part of their mind but can't prevent themselves from being manipulated by a Sue?

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