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The idea is ingenious, yes. But if I were searching for The Dark Is Rising fic, and I stumbled across that, I would - not knowing Klingon - be exceedingly annoyed. And probably report you as a bot. Can I suggest posting it on LJ or somewhere, with Klingon-related tags rather than, or in addition to, His Dark Materials tags, and with perhaps a note of explanation?

Please, don't get me wrong; I do think it's a really cool idea. Just not the place to post it.

1) As mentioned previously, I finally finished my first mission, which is in the Kingdom Hearts fandom. Is anyone still interested in helping me beta? It's a Sue.

2) Remembering some of the discussions we had earlier about the PPC being more than just Sue-slayers, I went ahead and edited the relevant TvTropes page (and the laconic entry) to reflect the more diverse roles. I'm sure it's not perfect yet, but it's a start, right?

As I recall, she spends a lot of the series screwing up royally and watching plans go horribly wrong - wasn't she pretty impotent until the end of the last book? I'd call that non-Sueish.

I vote for deletion and linking to this thread, or just writing up what we've discussed.

I feel like I'm overwhelming the board with pointless messages, but I am going to go beyond my feelings of guilt and also my worry that this will be ill-received and share it anyway.

Background: about a month ago, I was bored, and it occurred to me to look up Klingon-language fanfic. I found some (not much, but at least two stories; no idea if they're good or not). My thought, of course, was, "There should be non-Star Trek Klingon-language fanfic". Well, I was really bored this evening, so now there is. It's only 100 words, a Dark is Rising sequence drabble. I'm inordinately proud of it, although I suspect it's pretty bad, considering I wrote it by flipping through The Klingon Dictionary (which, in my defense, includes a grammar sketch, and languages are kind of my thing). You can read it here.

On the off chance anyone knows some Klingon and is bored enough to read it, let me know if you spot any grammar errors.

If you don't know any Klingon, I hope the idea has at least amused you briefly, otherwise this post is pretty much useless.

This is one of those things where I type it all up, debate whether or not to post it, consider that I come off as kind of hyperactive, weigh that against the possibility that someone here actually does know Klingon, and decide to post it anyway.

I hope I'm not being as obnoxious/annoying as I feel like I am.

Hope and regards,
Lleu

I think we are somewhat few and far between, unfortunately. Alas, I haven't had a chance to actually play 4E, except for one session as a DM, which is never my preference but always my lot because no-one I know knows the rules.

Welcome again!

Lleu

Agh, I'm being buried alive! Wow, you guys are either really bored or really like newbies, or hate them considering I was almost buried alive in gifts. As for the D&D question I usually play a fighter, but I am very fond of the monk and the new fourth edition class the Warlord.

AS for attacking, don't worry you are neither random passerby, enemies, or allies...yet.

And she doesn't figure out the connection between Bartimaeus and Ptolemy in two interactions, she figured it out in two interactions, two year of constant tought between the two interactions, and a book entry outright stating that there was a special connection between the two.

She also had help forming the commoner's government, a lot of help. And her magical resistance only came to play what, four or five times? Two of those weren't even against serious threats (unless you call moulers serious threats). And as the one person brave enough to mount a counterattack said, she opened Ptolemy's Gate because she wasn't completely trained. Honestly, I'm so close to accusing the Troper of furthering the 'Mary-Sue as a concept is antifeminist' notion, which would be spiteful and draw a bad reaction.

Which is why I didn't edit the article to reply.

Hello! Have a seventeen foot long, multicolored, wool, knit scarf (curly wig not included), and a bag of jelly babies.

Please use them IRresponsibly!

Dang it, I shouldn't have hit Enter.

Anyway.

...the story really revolves around Nathaniel and Bartimaeus, and Kitty doesn't magically stop Nathaniel from showing his (mile-wide) selfish streak, nor does she create a plot black hole. Kitty's a highly intelligent, capable character; but she's too well-written to be a Mary Sue, and the story balances its focus between her, Nathaniel, and Bartimaeus way too well. If she were a Sue, you'd end up with her taking over the stage; but she doesn't... considering that she's balanced against a demon and a magician, she doesn't outclass the other main characters. If she were an everyday girl with no special abilities, she'd just be a sidekick.

Kitty's not a minor character by any means, but the story really revolves around

It's just that the last time I picked a direct debate with another Troper, I ended up conceding because of Capslock of Death.

People accuse characters of being Mary Sues all the time. Sometimes they're right; sometimes they're wrong; and sometimes it's hard to tell. It can be hard, but don't take it as a personal insult to a story you like.

Fair winds! And watch out for Krisprolls.

Welcome to the Board! Here, have some chocolate, and enjoy you stay!

Have a lightsaber to fight Sues with.

Have a pet cat. You may name him whatever you wish. Please do not attack me! *cowers*

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheBartimaeusTrilogy

Someone has made a claim that Kitty, the trilogy's resident Action Girl, is a Mary Sue, which I do not belive. I can probably shoot down his arguements, but I cannot organize my toughts to type my counterpoints because I'm too angry. Can anyone here help?

It's closer to a shared universe, similar to PPC. Various authors borrow and add bits as they will, sometimes it even works. I'm looking at you Lumley. Cthulhu's laser beam shooting brother indeed.

>> Lovecraft without everyone going nuts in the face of the ancient mysteries.

This is no Lovecraft story. Madness in the face of ancient horror is a core message of the Mythos.

Right, on to the story.

This man knows about Shoggoths. As does science in general I've read a lot of maddening fiction of the Mythos. But this one makes me mad in the more usual PPC way.

http://www.elizabethbear.com/shoggoths.html

It really neat, kind of like Lovecraft without everyone going nuts in the face of the ancient mysteries. I found it in a thread about how the Authors extreme xenophobia and insularity influenced his characters.

Myself, I prefer to see it this way: we (and other species still stuck in their own star system) are the plankton of the ocean of Space. There are things that eat things like us... things that push us to the side without knowing we're there or caring... and (if we're lucky), there's something that takes a strange, almost autistic interest in little mites like us. We hope that it's friendly and then we nickname it God.

It ain't canon but it helps.

*pokes*

Also, have a bumper sticker! *sticks one on you* *it reads "Honk if you love hyphens!"*

Welcome!

~Neshomeh

Just try looking at his others...They're pretty horrifying

Boy, I missed doing this. *hands Chrys an armadillo* His name is Jason. There's an incredibly fail Greek mythology pun in there, I'm afraid.

Welcome a'Board!

Sounds like you'll fit right in. I'm a newbie myself.

*gives a hat knit out of the spun down of Cute Animal Friends*

Please enjoy this bag of mixed sugary treats as a welcoming gift.