There's really nothing you can do about number 3, I think. Just treat 'em all the same and the people that like it, stay. Sometimes life happens and suddenly spending 5 minutes a day on a posting board isn't an interest or an option. So... well, I suppose that's all. I quit the Board for a while because of Real Life, and I'm here again, insanity intact. :)

Just so I got my facts right, you can only exorcise/eliminate a Sue after they have completely screwed up the canon?


How badly screwed up would the canon have to be? (like in LOTR?) say, if they save Gandalf from falling, would that count?

So, if a character in a real-world-based fandom set in a time period that's not 21st-century Western Earth sings a song that is from 21st-century Western Earth, it's a charge, particularly if they take credit for the song. What about if it's in a fandom which is loosely based on the real world but already contains some anachronisms and/or far more surreal things than anachronistic songs? What about if the song in question doesn't contain any material that shows it couldn't possibly have been around at that time?

Asking for guidelines because I found a Who Framed Roger Rabbit fic board which is filled with utter garbage. (No, the Toon Patrol do not need a spunky girl joining, sapping their personalities and evilness entirely, and turning them into interchangeable puppets to make her look better. Is it so hard for me to find a decent weasel fix without added Sue? And incidentally none of them seem to remember that the movie is set in 1947 ...) However, was thinking of writing some better fic for it, and am entertained by the thought of the weasel in the straitjacket singing Emilie Autumn's "Miss Lucy Had Some Leeches". Which is a far better song than most of the ones these ficcers pick.

I'm putting my potential agents through the litmust test right now. Does the ability to remember everything you read count as a disibility in the PPC? She can't go anywhere without emergency Bleeprin stocks and a Bleepipen (like an epipen). Also, is a semi-formal prescription from medical for Bleeprin allowed? It's basically just a note saying "Give her Bleeprin" signed by one of the nurses.

Thanks!

1) The crash dummy has nothing to do with the description of the Sue. It has everything to do with the point of view of the story (first person, for example). However, I would count the AN in your example as part of the story because it does give information that is important to the story.

2)Sues do not have souls, per se. They have been observed to have wraiths that sometimes need to be dealt with after the Sue has been. Using the term "soul-mate" does not indicate that there is a soul. It is a way for a Suethor to try to legitimize their pairing.

3) All you can do is tell people about the PPC. Even people who have every intention of joining in the long-term sometimes disappear. Not much we can do about it. That is one reason we have the one month waiting period before you can get permission.