Subject: Considering this is for the Daria-verse
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Posted on: 2012-10-15 15:49:00 UTC
I'd say a great deal of it contradicts the premise of the show, which is supposed to be satire about high school. After all, since when do Suvian race genetics have anything to do with high school?
I say it could be connected to the PPC as another part of PPC science.
Here's a primer on it, if you don't.
Obviously the entire thing is a pseudoscientific fallacy created as a plot device, but I was wondering what relation this obviously Suvian genetic mutation has with the PPC. Have the DMSE&R scientists trying to unravel the Suvian genome uncovered this? Have Agents encountered it in HQ or on missions before?
If so, would it be classed as a Mary Sue Disease or a Mary Sue Genetic Mutation?
They were doing okay until the spirit people and the priest not being, at the very least, concerned about the family. (What with caucasian babies' eyes darkening as they head towards toddlerhood, and eyes with blue pigment and a lot of red blood vessels in the back appearing slightly violet. [Really more of a blue-violet, which is far more blue than most people seem to realize: that's the art-major in me talking, though.])Clearly the original suethor was clever, but shouldn't the spirits thing have clued people in? (Or the inclusion of women who never menstruate being normally fertile, or the "silver-like-purple..." Why am I now attempting to apply logic to this?)
I'd say a great deal of it contradicts the premise of the show, which is supposed to be satire about high school. After all, since when do Suvian race genetics have anything to do with high school?
I say it could be connected to the PPC as another part of PPC science.
I can't say I've seen any of us encounter an Alexandria's Genesis Sue. But!
I have actually looked this over, before though. Out of character/world, I mean.
Honestly, I'd place this in one of two catagories.
In the case of a character's being forced OOC (bodywise), I'd place it as possession by Author's Wraith. Just an exorcism and you're fine.
In the case of original characters, it's more, like you said, a mutation. The trick is being able to distinguish between. I'm actually working on a mission outline that explores that. A sort of... 'Mary Sue' rehabilitation. A disease can be possibly cured. But genetics... that's a bit harder. That would need continual therapy to prevent the effects from failing and the former Sue coming to light.
These are just my thoughts, though. I'm working something in along these lines for the NaNoWriMo coming up- I'm going to try and put out as many Missions as possible. If anyone else has any headcanons, maybe post to here?
I could, if I find the time, write something about mine researching Alexandria's Genesis Sues.
Yes. Perhaps there's a former-Sue Agent who suffers from it; she has to go into Medical every so often for special medication to combat the Speshul? I was thinking something along the lines of the Pill, to give her at the very least a period like other normal human beings.
Yeah. The Pill is a good idea (and, it's one of the more common treatments for PCOS, at least initially,) because really, everything else is cosmetic and could be explained away by the setting. (No body hair? Characters from a lot of fandoms are drawn that way. Purple eyes? Again, plenty of drawn and quite a few written fandoms have them just for the sake of pretty.
Some kind of hormone supplement to encourage body hair growth, and contacts or something to cover up the eyes if it's deemed necessary. While she still doesn't get a period, this has rendered her sterile. No ovulation = no kids.
Which could, assuming it's not played for angst and is handled correctly, provide some interesting pathos later on as relationships develop.
I apparently had forgotten a few things about the mutation. The agent/ex-Sue would probably also require something to balance out their metabolism. Which, if they're not careful, could result in a rapid weight gain, as someone who has lived their entire life never having to worry about what they eat or how much they exorcise is brought closer to a normal human metabolism.
And, while the information does say that the women with the mutation are still fertile, I imagine that, along with a few other things such as the "doesn't burn" bit will probably go away once the influence of Sue-logic is removed.
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They're Lori and Bill and they were created in 2008, so..........
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Since that's what she seems to be calling it.
Although, if an entire RACE had it (like, alien race...not ethnicity, because that's silly), and it was a commonplace thing with them...that might be a pretty neat little background detail. I mean, tweak a few of the sillier things about it (like the Sue-descriptions, the immune system's over-performance, and the lack of monthlies in women), and you could have a neat humanoid race going. Then you create a culture and give some characters a conflict to resolve...
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I have a character with the mutation named Eli Goodwinter.
He's part of a group of four known as "The RPG Bros."
Really, the only bit that exists in him is the purple eyes.
And I once saw a guy in real life with purple eyes.
Outside of that, I have never heard of it until now, and will work at turning this suvian trait to my advantage when writing, because there are so many ways I can make it sound really damn cool, and I want to try.
So, thanks for giving me the name of the mutation!
In my mind, I don't think miss Alexandria could sue me if I didn't.
But still.
BA DUM TISS.
in the second link.