Subject: re: Twilight
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Posted on: 2009-05-28 01:33:00 UTC
It's a published canon. Therefore we protect it :)
Or rather, we ignore it until someone who knows the canon and cares decides to spork the badfic!
We do NOT take out a canon character, even if we think she's a Sue.
Hi everybody! None of you will remember me; I was active a few years ago, but not really for a long enough to have made any kind of lasting impression. So I suppose I will start with a brief introduction.
I primarily dabble in Lord of the Rings fanfiction, although I have been taking a several year hiatus. I actually recently returned due in part to the new Star Trek movie, figuring that the entire Star Trek Continuum is going to need some extra help with its recent revival in pop culture. I am female, and I once wrote a Mary Sue at twelve years of age; an unforgivable sin I know, but I do owe my writing ability to that early start.
I actually have a question for everybody, seeing as I haven't been around. What are we doing about the Twilight series? It's practically a canon Mary Sue... the author should be taken out and shot. Yet I'm sure there's fanfiction being written on it. Anyway, that's more idle curiosity than anything else... it is such a dreadful book.
- MB
The PPC isn't the organization for dealing with the vileness that is a canon 'Sue. Head on over to canon_sues on LJ or Google it and see what comes up. I could not agree more with you about Bella, and you'll find yourself in good company at TwilightSucks.com (http://twilightsucks.com/board/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?action=im).
It's a published canon. Therefore we protect it :)
Or rather, we ignore it until someone who knows the canon and cares decides to spork the badfic!
We do NOT take out a canon character, even if we think she's a Sue.
Agents Sarah and Alana rock!
Author of Sarah and Alana?
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You wrote the first PPC missions I ever read. I think that's where I remember your name from. I loved Sarah and Alana. Thank you. :-D
I've been on vacation, so I only was just able to check this board... but oh my goodness, I have fans, thank you!! :D :D
Completely made my day.
From the Complete List of PPC Fiction:
Sarah and Alana
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I think I remember you. Not sure. Either way, welcome. *hands over Convenient Cake*
Eh; most of us have Sue skeletons in our closet; it's why we are able to make the distinction now. Innocence isn't very helpful. :)
As for Twilight, we're not doing anything; we can't, even if we wanted to, and not everyone does. I'm no fan of it, but Canon Sue or no, it doesn't irritate me nearly as much as you, apparently, and in any case, once it's published, it's out of our hands. Thankfully, no one can make us take on missions for it.
Sorry to be so brief, but I'm in a bit of a hurry.
Cheers!
- Sedri
I actually meant to ask whether or not anybody was taking on missions for it; my bad, it was poorly worded. I had a bit of an idea, but I'll let it fester a bit in my brain and see if it goes anywhere :P Thanks though
- MB
...I do remember the name. I remember it sounded like a creature from Lord of the Rings Online. :-D
To answer your question: as far as I know, we aren't doing anything. I'm sure there are plenty of works that should never have been published and many of us would love to be destroyed (Eragon for example), but a canon is a canon, and we cannot actually PPC published canons. Sporkings like those done by Kippurbird and MST's are up to you, but as far as I know there's nothing we can do "about" Twilight. The Duty's The Duty, after all.
Hope to see you more often!
Otherwise my additions to the Meat series would never have existed (though some would claim that's a good thing).
Shameless plug: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1072964/
I have Meat the Sixth and Seventh there. I'm going to reread Brisingr soon, see if there's potential for Meat the Eighth (I think there is).