Subject: Thursday Next
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Posted on: 2009-03-23 01:03:00 UTC
Is it good? I've heard about this series and its style, and I happen to love metafictional humor (which is why I joined the PPC, of course).
Subject: Thursday Next
Author:
Posted on: 2009-03-23 01:03:00 UTC
Is it good? I've heard about this series and its style, and I happen to love metafictional humor (which is why I joined the PPC, of course).
Check out a shiny new stereotypical agent that I've created!
Seriously, folks. Feedback is loverly.
Oh yeah. Make sure you've read up on your Thursday Next, or else you will not understand the first half of her history.
http://ariellabellas.livejournal.com/13372.html#cutid1
Weeeeell? What do you think?
Is it good? I've heard about this series and its style, and I happen to love metafictional humor (which is why I joined the PPC, of course).
Thursday Next is a fantastic series--make sure you know your classics intimately, though, especially Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, Dickens, and Shakespeare.
The third book is even better than the PPC with metafictional humor; that and the first are usually the two favorites. I had a lot of fun with Well of Lost Plots in trying to spot all the different characters I knew.
Ah, it you've read and dismissed it as an Agent Sue without commenting already, I've edited it...so it's different than what you read a half hour ago?
This is a posting board, not a chatroom - most of the people on here only check it a couple times a day.
That said, B&b doesn't sound like an Agent Sue - you spent some time describing her, but that's hardly a sign of Suedom. She's certainly crazy enough to fit in with the rest of us.
There are a few things that sound a touch Sue-ish, so you may want to think about them a bit:
Schroedinger's High-Heels: Impractical footwear should be impractical all the time. If she's going to wear stiletto heels, she's going to sink into mud, trip a lot, and quite probably twist an ankle every other mission. If this doesn't happen (but she's still wearing them), that could be troublesome. I'm sure you can appreciate the humor potential in an Agent in heels.
Personality: She sounds like a borderline sociopath. Once again, you're going to have to keep that consistent - being sociopathic when killing 'Sues and perfectly normal at other times isn't good.
Finally, gag reflex. Having a completely unsquickable agent is very unrealistic. Not being reduced to retching is interesting, but she's going to need to have some way of demonstrating being extremely disturbed.
So, yeah - it's all a question of your writing skill, ultimately. If you're a good writer, you'll be fine. If you're a Suethor, you could pick the most normal agent ever and still turn her into a 'Sue. My biggest concern is with the gag reflex thing, see above.
I like the idea of her finally getting fed up with high heels at the PPC. Or being impossibly stubborn and continuing to wear them. Either way, good room for character development.
I'm fairly sure I'm not a Suethor, so I think I can scrape by with her.
Interesting. Very interesting.
A person who laughs more than smiles. For some reason I can't imagine that xD I always think that when you laugh, you have to smile. -Shrugs-
Ahahaha... no gag reflexes xD