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I checked out the trailers and all the behind-the-scenes features for the Hunt for Gollum stuff, and in conclusion, this is up to the quality of the LOTR movies. I'll be waiting for it to be released... this SUNDAY!

WANT.

It probably isn't an accident, is it?

Ah, much better clarification. Thank you.

Of course, we could have a long and rambling and ultimately pointless argument about whether a canon who believes himself to have a soul actually has one, or whether he's simply mistaken, since for them to exist, even in a Word World, a lot of Science has to go right out of the window. But I'll grant that there's certainly something, be it a soul, a spirit, a mind, or just an emergent feature of a working human brain, that can be sucked out, for example, by Dementors.

As for Sues' lack of sentience, I'm not convinced on that one yet. They are able to communicate with Agents, after all, and it's not known whether the Suethor constantly has her attention on her fic. And if the Suethor's not paying attention and hasn't written her Sue interacting with Agents, then presumably that interaction is of the Sue herself's volition. And I can see this ending up drawing a lot of parallels with artificial intelligence, so I shall stop there for now.

...is precisely WHAT kind of mission this is. Is it an assassination? An exorcism? If it's an assassination, who's the Sue? Holly? Karnax? Is Hunkahunka a replacement? Is Hamsterviel? I'd definitely like to hear some input on this.

They've misspelled Erik's name (what's the PotO mini?) and I will swear to whatever you want me to that they're using lines copied directly from the libretto of Webber's musical. Wasn't it bad enough when they were just messing up L+S? Kill it. Kill it hard! Set it on fire and blow it up!

I've found a Sue, who, after being subjected to torture which involved burning her eyeballs out with a hot sword, somehow managed to regrow said eyeballs, despite being full-blood human and coming from a continuum which follows Real World laws of physics and biology. Her eyes are now solid crimson, she has heat-vision, and she can replay past events on her retinas.
Would the DoMSE like said eyeballs recovered for research purposes?

... stinging nettle poison might do for our purpose. Watch 'em twitching while they're trying to be cool :)

No fic with that title could ever be good.
I hope it's a parody. Not much chance of that, though.

I knew about "The Hunt For Gollum", but the second one is new to me. Joy!

And all the more ooooh because I recognise at least one of the locations: the ruined castle at 0:55 in the first full trailer for TH4G is Castell-y-Bere in Wales, specifically the South Tower/Round Tower and the door next to it; I've been there nearly every summer for the past twenty-odd years. So that was a Glee! moment for me.

By the way, PFC, are you still coming to the Gathering next Saturday? If so, it'd be good to exchange contact details. Same to anyone else thinking of going; my email's above, so email me.

hS

And I say this: It's bad. Very bad. Burn the valley. Also, if you're going to kill Holly, you'd better do it before the Amnesia. I also recommend recruiting Chocola, I actually like him.

http://www.thehuntforgollum.com/

Who knew about this? I've just found out from BBC. I, uh, might have fangirled. Slightly. >>

Between this and this months Empire, I might end up ODing on goodness, but, heck, the trailer for this looks amazing. :D

Aaannnnnnd there's another one too. http://www.bornofhope.com/Welcome.html

*glee*

I'm going to read the fic now.

Of course, one could make the argument that the latter already have brains, as an unintended consequence of the story. As for the former, a change in the authorial influence may have generated brains for them. However, I don't know how it happens. any theories?

And it's 'brain'.

The question is, where does the potency come from? Is it because the Glitter is the embodiment of authorial will, or just connected to it? We cannot ignore the role of the author in the formation of the sue.

There is another question, however. What happens when a reasonable OC gets transferred into the control of a Suethor, or a Sue is transferred into the control of a Goodfic author? Do brains just degrade or develop instantly? In the latter cases, where would the barain develop from?

What I mean is, several fanfics show Sues having souls that are sucked out and eaten by their designated enemies. Since many people think that Sues are non-sentient (this is my weakest point), those sould could possibly be imitations, especially since a majority of Sues belong to worlds where sentience=soul(like LOTR).

Well, at least I now know why I don't ever venture into that section of the Pit now.

Please, for the love of Glod, destroy it.

While I don't know anything about the canon, the fic still sounds pretty bad. Also, the vending machine with the HK-47-like behavioral patterns is quite an interesting character. Does its programming, by any chance, include all of HK's highly advanced assassination protocols?

We know that Sues have glittery blood. The level of glitter in a certain Sue's blood determines the type of Sue it is (like Goth!Sue or Princess!Sue).

If you want, here is the lab journal in question. And here is another lab for Sue blood.

So long as you recognise that actually makes a Sue and a half (and I dread to think which half) I'm sure she'd be happy to let you wear her hat.