Someone needs to make a list of savemeleggy1!!!/Can't-stop-using-whiles Sues and send it to whoever wrote this.
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OT: Plug, of sorts by
on 2009-03-23 17:51:00 UTC
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This is a ficlet I wrote for the sandbox roleplay, Elder Scrolls: Oblivion. It will probably make a little more sense if you know the game, and more if you know the Shivering Isles expansion pack. But it might be worth a read anyway, I don't know. It's the first thing I've actually written full start to finish in a long time, so I figured I'd come get some crit. There's some implied slash there, more than I originally intended. The characters got away from me.
Madman
What do you think?
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Re: Pinching canons... by
on 2009-03-23 16:04:00 UTC
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Isn't there an entire team of dead canons played by Sean Bean, though?
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I never make sense to myself either by
on 2009-03-23 12:43:00 UTC
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The fish.
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Have some Anti-Lustin! by
on 2009-03-23 12:00:00 UTC
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Luxury and friends are coming! You must use it!
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Re: Pinching canons... by
on 2009-03-23 08:39:00 UTC
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Fair enough.
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Pinching canons... by
on 2009-03-23 07:30:00 UTC
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... is generally frowned-upon. Granted, there are some precedents--and if someone already said you could do it, then feel free to ignore this post--but on the whole, we like people to come up with their own ideas.
~Neshomeh
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The link isn`t working for me. by
on 2009-03-23 06:13:00 UTC
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I really need to get an English opperating system.
Leto
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ANSI HTML for all of them... by
on 2009-03-23 05:29:00 UTC
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Images are <img src="www.whatever.com/images/pizza.jpg">
Links are a bit odder: <a href= "http://www.whatever.com/articles/onPizza.html">all about pizza</a>
Just don't forget the closing tags (the </a>) after everything except images - they tell the website where to stop. You may have noticed when people here use HTML in subject lines and forget to stop it, and suddenly the entire page under their post is bold, or italic, or what have you. (Until people reply with closing tags embedded into their subject lines, anyways.)
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Not necessarily you, just in general. by
on 2009-03-23 05:13:00 UTC
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Besides, it's your idea, your Division. You shouldn't take our suggestions, especially not mine or kitsune's. Do whatever you want, or something. I'm a bit tired so my own point isn't making sense to myself. Hah.
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Mary Sue= Feminist?!?!? by
on 2009-03-23 03:20:00 UTC
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*ROFL*
Yeah, and Betty Crocker was a supermodel. XD
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When will they learn... by
on 2009-03-23 03:13:00 UTC
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That Avatar and Red Dawn don't mix?
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Agent Wolf- Test by
on 2009-03-23 01:17:00 UTC
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MORE PEOPLE NEED TO READ THE CLIVE CUSSLER NOVELS.
Srsly. I would love to be able to talk about my favorite cheesy action novel series without having to explain the whole thing first. Romance, science, adventure, intrigue- and some absolutely fascinating characters.
I honestly couldn't help pinching one of my favorites for use here. He was the Big Bad of the first of the novels I ever read, and managed to turn a potentially super-corny backstory into a distinctly threatening villain. Even if he did bite it at the end, but what else is new for Cussler villains?
http://warrior-joe.livejournal.com/1655.html
Questions, comments? The little quotation is less a sample of him all the time and more him on a bad day, but overall it's a decent example of his speech.
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Yes! by
on 2009-03-23 01:14:00 UTC
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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.
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Interesting ideas, thanks. by
on 2009-03-23 01:11:00 UTC
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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.
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Thursday Next by
on 2009-03-23 01:03:00 UTC
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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).
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Patience... by
on 2009-03-23 01:02:00 UTC
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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.
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Who said I would flame you? (nm) by
on 2009-03-23 00:57:00 UTC
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Changed, slightly. by
on 2009-03-23 00:43:00 UTC
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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?
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More stylized, like the first one. (nm) by
on 2009-03-23 00:40:00 UTC
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So now I have to find molluscs? by
on 2009-03-23 00:15:00 UTC
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Hmm... I prefer a Response Center.