If they're good OCs...

A Suevian paradox by Gandalf the Beige on 2008-11-22 05:20:00 UTC Reply

I Haven't been here in quite a while, but I came back for advise: If you kill a Sue, how much of the created fanon elements of the story must you destroy on the way out?

An example is this series of stories from the Disney's Gargoyles fandom

http://fanfic.gargoyles-fans.org/author.php?author=Amy%2BK.%2BCyrway%2B%2528Artemis%2BPrime%2529&sortorder=DESC

The stories open with the introduction of a horrendus Mary sue, but along the way, many other original characters make appearences, most of which I truly enjoy. These include an old fling of Petros Xanatos (defacto matriarch of a clan of young adults, one elder and an aged watchbeast), friends of Clan Winslow, and an enigmatic figure that has ties to the gargoyle Brooklyn.

In short, would it be possible to just off the Sue and leave everyone else to thir fanon devices?

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Sounds reasonable by Spud avec on 2008-11-22 13:43:00 UTC Reply

It seems a little off to go around wasting good OCs so I'd have to agree with the other posters. If they're really good or it interests you, look into recruting them. Otherwise, I think it would be safe to leave them alone without killing them.
If they're good OCs... by Oozaru Angel on 2008-11-22 12:12:00 UTC Reply

I don't see why you can't just leave them. We're perfectly happy to have goodfic so why not?

Good question... by Gandalf the Beige on 2008-11-22 19:37:00 UTC Reply

I'm not really going to really do anything about it, with chances for my agents going public becoming less and less likely by the month. The question is more academic than anything, with implications for other, future goodfic nevertheless marred by the presence of a Sue.

And in many respects ii is goodfic, quite exceptional goodfic... it's just that the introductory Sue just curled my nose-hairs. If she was just a daughter of the Immortal Macbeth, I could have reconciled: Mac had a fling during the early 70's, had to leave in a hurry due to the immortal struggle with his adversary Demona, she tracks him down, bada-bing.

But she's also the daughter of Titania (sp?) Queen of the Fae... who canonically is also the mother of Janine Renard, later Fox Xanatos. And that the two-half sisters have a history is just too much to be believable.

Is letting one Sue live worth it to preserve an otherwhise great piece of fanfic? (or vice-versa?)

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Re: A Suevian pardaox by WikiMaster on 2008-11-22 09:46:00 UTC Reply

If the OC's are good, they can be recruited(there's precedent for doing so). As for Non-OC devices, I remember someont telling me they just meld into the local canon.