Subject: Why does reading that make me think...
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Posted on: 2008-06-28 02:25:00 UTC
That the Suethor is really a BadParodyer?
Subject: Why does reading that make me think...
Author:
Posted on: 2008-06-28 02:25:00 UTC
That the Suethor is really a BadParodyer?
How far does a canon have to be OOC before it counts as a totally different character?
I'm currently killing a Silmarillion Suefic in which a very unElven Sue goes after Maglor Fëanorion. In it, Maglor says such phrases as "They’re these three jewels that contain the light of the Two Trees or something like that. I don’t really care about them— I mean, they’re okay and all, but they’re just jewels...", "...Celegorm’s dog Huan keeps drinking out of the loo and it’s really annoying. That dog drives me nuts...", and, my favorite, "Sheesh, dude, calm down."
He also has a somewhat... unMaglory description: This guy was absolutely gorgeous. He had pale skin, fine, elegant features, and brilliant amber eyes that seemed to glow in the dim forest light. Oh, and he had amazing hair. I’d thought at first that it was plain dark brown, but on closer look it had some reddish highlights and nearly reached his waist. All in all, he was WAY hot.
He doesn't talk like the Eldar, he doesn't look like a Noldo, and he doesn't act like a Fëanorian- and the rest of his family's not much better. The way the Silm's written, though, characters are very open to interpretation. It never says he doesn't have amber eyes, and it never says his father doesn't look down on him, and it never says he doesn't use phrases like "Peace out". Still, judging by what we do know of him and his family, all these things are highly unlikely. How far does it go before I call character replacement and dispose of him, or will an exorcism/killing the Sue cover it? (I'd be recruiting if it's not the real Maglor, as I'm already taking his horse.)
Wait, Dafydd retired. Whoops.
Um... Yeah, my point no longer stands. But that seems closeish to a new character; if Dafydd was a different character, then I bet this one is too.
But I might be wrong.
--C, -$0.02 +a grain of salt
He acts very differently from Canon!Maglor.
Two Maglor doubles we will have, then, though one is retired! And... Yeesh. Poor Maglor.
Good luck with it!
C
That the Suethor is really a BadParodyer?
..but she has four other fics, the longest of which is forty-some chapters, and all are along the same lines, so I doubt it.
(Tawaki already used his mother-name, and we have to go for maximum geekiness.)
One concern, though--would having two Maglor replacements in the PPC be kind of confusing? Although if they don't look anything alike...
...has suddenly become a whiny teenage brat, there should be no trouble.
Poor Maglor. Poor, poor Maglor.
Poor you, too. Good luck with the 'fic.
I probably shouldn't say this, but I'm rather looking forward to sending not-Maglor into the worst crossovers I can find.
So it shouldn't get TOO confusing. Unless hS is planning on bringing him back from retirement or something.
...I kind of doubt they act the same. This Maglor is kind of whiny.
"Maglor's" phrases would not compute for anyone in Arda. Unless this is Very Secret Diaries version 2.0, you have a CR.
The author seems serious, which is just sad.