Subject: Sorry about that. :P
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Posted on: 2013-06-26 22:28:00 UTC

To respond to your comments, and without any citations because it's bedtime:

The two 'classic' OOC Resistant characters are Gimli and Elrond. Both of them got it way back in the Original Series, and for different reasons. Gimli's is what Nesh said: he's ignored in most badfics (because he's, liek, short an hairy an gross - or so J&A theorised), so he doesn't get knocked OOC very much.

Elrond is a different kettle of fish, and honestly, I think he only got it because Jay was an Elrond luster. But J&A attributed it to, yes, his inherent wisdom, and I think to him holding one of the Three Rings.

There is a key difference, though: Gimli was often portrayed as actively hostile towards Sues - glaring at them, for instance. Elrond, on the other hand, was more of a 'you can tell he doesn't want to say that!'; he wasn't fooled by the Sues, but he was firmly controlled.

To be quite honest, I don't think the two phenomena should even be under the same term. I don't know what it ought to be, though - and since I've never used either term (or even the concept), I don't have a terribly strong investment in it.

hS

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