Subject: Thanks, that's much better (nm)
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Posted on: 2011-01-09 20:33:00 UTC
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Mission: Ganondorf In My Crawlspace by
on 2010-12-17 17:22:00 UTC
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-MISSION LOG-
Title: 'Ganondorf in My Crawlspace'
Department: Department of Mary Sues Video Game Division
Agents: Agent Corbett and Agent Lore
Canon: The Legend of Zelda (Twilight Princess?)
Mary Sue Type: Self-Insert-turned-Mary-Sue.
Mission Summary:
Newbie agent Aster Corbett meets her partner Agent Lore, and immediately takes on her very first mission. A breaking of the innocent, if you will-- especially considering this Mary Sue is 'innocent' in regards of her forced, hypocritical romance to the point of social ignorance.
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Question? by
on 2011-02-06 10:20:00 UTC
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What happened to the character replacement that Lore said had been taken care of? I know that means that it's dead or something, but what exactly happened?
Sorry. It's just no matter how much I re-read the mission, I just can't find the answer to my question. -
Nice work! by
on 2010-12-20 04:16:00 UTC
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It's a good introduction to your agents. I look forward to what you do with them in the future.
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That fic was.. terrible. by
on 2010-12-19 18:19:00 UTC
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I commend you on your killing of it. The whole pig-latin thing was mind-blowingly stupid and the description of Handsome!Ganondorf made me crack up simply because of trying to imagine a cross between Christopher Eccleston and Edward Cullen.. *snickering.*
And I don't even know the Legend of Zelda canon beyond seeing my little cousin play it occasionally. Wow. -
Huh. by
on 2010-12-19 14:14:00 UTC
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For some reason I can only see page one. Is there something I'm doing wrong?
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I don't know. by
on 2010-12-19 14:57:00 UTC
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I don't know. It works for me. It's possible your computer is lagging and doesn't like googledocs. Try again, and let it sit and load for a second. Sometimes it is slow. Would you like to to host it elsewhere for you and link?
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Maybe goodledocs doesn't like me... by
on 2010-12-21 14:12:00 UTC
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But I'll try anyway. If not, maybe another link would be good...
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If that doesn't work, by
on 2010-12-21 16:39:00 UTC
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Try this. It's not googledocs, it's google sites. Which is web hosting.
https://sites.google.com/site/ppcasterloreone/ -
Thanks, that's much better (nm) by
on 2011-01-09 20:33:00 UTC
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Very enjoyable~! by
on 2010-12-19 06:42:00 UTC
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That was a bit terrifying. The 'fic, that is; the mission was thoroughly enjoyable and elicited giggles. Thank you for that.
There is one thing I have to ask: why always Aster Corbett or Agent Corbett? I don't think I once saw her referred to as simply 'Aster.' Is that a stylistic thing? I am curious. -
Dunno by
on 2010-12-19 15:17:00 UTC
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I'm still nailing down the style and tone I use in these missions, and what name I refer to the characters influences that. Using a different name sometimes changes the feel of a paragraph. COMMENCE EXTREMELY NIT PICKY PRETENTIOUS EXPLANATION.
"Aster Corbett, in all of her dignity, tripped over a misplaced comma and was sent rocketing out a second story window."
(This feels more full-bodied and 'round' to me. Aster Corbett, with all of her being, trips over something.)
"Agent Corbett, in all of her dignity, tripped over a misplaced comma and was sent rocketing out a second story window."
(This feels more 'professional' on Aster's part, and the blunder is very un-professional, changing the tone of the feel of the statement slightly.)
"Aster, in all of her dignity, tripped over a misplaced comma and was sent rocketing out a second story window."
(This is more colloquial, more like the antics of a klutzy kid rather than a professional or grown-up's screw-up.)
"Corbett, in all of her dignity, tripped over a misplaced comma and was sent rocketing out a second story window."
(This is more distant and impersonal than any of them. Using a surname only creates a distance and a coldness between the character and the reader. This doesn't fit the feel of Aster's character, so I don't use it. Usually this is only appropriate to use if the character's personal name has never been mentioned, which makes them only an acquaintance anyway, not a friend.)
In this mission, Aster Corbett herself is just being introduced, so I use her full name a lot to kind of present her. Also, it is her first PPC mission, so I refer to her a lot as a more 'professional' figure... though just to point out with her actions she's anything but professional and is still quite noobish.
Later missions, when she's more comfortable, I probably will just use her first name more. Lore is immune to this. Lore is Lore. Sometimes he is Agent Lore, at which point he is all business, but otherwise... Lore is mysterious, but very plain and doesn't need any modifier.
Also, I don't like using 'the girl' or 'the woman' to refer to Aster, because there's often more than one girl or woman around if we're chasing a Mary Sue-- and also it makes Aster feel younger, or older, when she's really age-neutral at 20 years old and doesn't act quite like a child or quite like an adult. Also , 'the agent' is right out most of the time, too-- both Aster and Lore are PPC agents and using this could mean either of them if they're in the same scene together. Word Worlds face enough pronoun and character identification errors without me helping!
I think about this stuff all the time. There's a mouth-feel to writing, I think... which is why terrible writing sometimes tastes so bad. It has an unpleasant tone and texture that doesn't go down the gullet very well, or use diction to portray any kind of attitude towards the characters or setting. -
Re: Mission: Ganondorf In My Crawlspace by
on 2010-12-17 23:49:00 UTC
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"She sparkles with the force of a thousand disco balls"
This is a masterpiece sentence. I'm still laughing! -
Very good! by
on 2010-12-17 22:16:00 UTC
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The bit about the Quantum Warlord made me laugh. A very good first mission.
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Schrödinger~ by
on 2010-12-17 23:54:00 UTC
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Yeah, liked that one too. And yes, well done for the mission.
Let me see into my shiny blue crystal ball... you will have a bright future here. That's 10 rupees then. Oh, and have some hearts. -
Bravo! Bravo! by
on 2010-12-17 21:05:00 UTC
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Very well done. Paticularily the fitting punishment at the end... Epona, you have done a service to us all.