Morgul
Ranger
Kisser of John Noble, Stealer of His pen, and only fangirl of Celebrimbor
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Post by Morgul on Mar 12, 2004 18:50:32 GMT -5
*tries to fight homocidal urges* Must. Kill. 'Sue!!!! Sorry, Legolas, your character's a 'Sue and it's my duty as an Assassin to reprt and find her an Assassinator......or kill her myself. Apologies again, but this must be done!  |
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Morgul
Ranger
Kisser of John Noble, Stealer of His pen, and only fangirl of Celebrimbor
Posts: 43
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Post by Morgul on Mar 12, 2004 21:17:06 GMT -5
I am one of the PPC (Protectors of the Plot Continuum), and an Assassin, to be blunt. Assassins go into 'fics and repair the Plot Continuum and destroy Mary-Sues and Bits.
Technically, The Hobbit and the Silmarillion are my domain, but I have done LotR before, the chances that I will hand LotR 'Sues to another Assassin are high because it really isn't my place to deal with them.
Your character, being a 'Sue, will be forced to pay the price of existing...messy, usually painful death.
Offences against canon that I have spotted are:
-creating a mary-Sue
-causing character alterations
-giving Galadriel a 'Daughter'
-slandering races
-altering characters histories
-altering important plot events
-changing timelines
-making characters use slang
-causing events to eventuate solely for the benefit of the OC with no respect for canon
-using dei ex machina
-bad plot devices
-magical Mary-Sue powers
-mangling of elvish
-giving OCs Japanese names
-employing melodramatics
-Annoying PPC agants
-making your 'Sue the daughter of the valar
-Making Legolas King of mirkwood...before the quest
-making Thranduil leave middle-earth in the third age age
-Irritating an agents friend
-causing Elvish magic to work like conventonal witch-and-warlock magic
-mangling the english language
-causing the fellowship to know each other AND BE A FELLOWSHIP BEFORE THE QUEST!!
-Making gandalf go to Isengard 10 years before the ring War
*finally comes to grips with Badness* You don't know what you've done, do you? Agent Darkling has arisen once more....
*all readers turn to a Darkling Wood-elf, who happens to be wearing a black version of the Prince Legolas' travelling clothes and is flanked by 2 mini-balrogs. Darkling has a bow slung over one shoulder, a quiver full of poisoned arrows, her sword, Telperauko, a throwing axe lodges in her belt along with several daggers and a few more hidden on her person. Her hair is braided back in a basic 5 strand and her otherwise attractive Elven face is twisted into an expression of utter fury. Slowly, Darkling looks up...and smirks sadistically at asuka who looks utterly terrified*
'Sue...prepare to die....
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Post by Legolas on Mar 12, 2004 22:10:44 GMT -5
SORRY FOR TRYING TO WRITE A FIC BLOW OFF
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Post by Lëowen on Mar 13, 2004 15:49:56 GMT -5
Ok, that was entirely uncalled for, Legolas. If you post your story, you better be prepared to accept the criticism and opinions of people who read it. You may say this is just insulting your work, but it's just constructive criticism, and is meant to help you write better, not just insult your fic.
I suggest you read what Morgul wrote, and pay attention. It'll help you write better.
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Morgul
Ranger
Kisser of John Noble, Stealer of His pen, and only fangirl of Celebrimbor
Posts: 43
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Post by Morgul on Mar 13, 2004 23:25:52 GMT -5
Thank you, Leowen. But unfortuantely, there are those who take it the bad way, yes, we kill and torment 'Sues, yes, we are rather cruel to OC's....especially OFC's, but at least you can see where you went wrong when we charge you....I'll post the PPC-d version as soon as I can be bothered.
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Post by Eladain on Mar 14, 2004 0:00:55 GMT -5
I totally agree with you Morgul, fics/RPGs these days are full of all powerful, half elven, magic wielding, super weapon toating, "my parents were killed by orc raiders so now I have to have my revenge"characters. In the gaming world, we call them Timmies  |
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Post by Lurker on Mar 15, 2004 19:59:23 GMT -5
He didn't take the critisicm(sp) wrong, he's still trying to figure out how to make the fic better, it's only his first one, I think it's the fact that Morgul said his character/s should die or something.
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Post by Eladain on Mar 15, 2004 21:56:37 GMT -5
well, no worries now. He's deleted himself it appears  |
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Morgul
Ranger
Kisser of John Noble, Stealer of His pen, and only fangirl of Celebrimbor
Posts: 43
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Post by Morgul on Mar 15, 2004 22:34:44 GMT -5
Of course they should die, I really wanted to kill that 'Sue. I mean, Legolas had the Fellowship BE a Fellowship 10 years before the war of the Ring...
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Post by Lurker on Mar 16, 2004 17:54:23 GMT -5
There's nothing wrong with it, he's gotten good reviews from well respected Fanfic authors, or course they're on other forums though. The least you could've done is pm him to tell him your... complaints. It was kinda hurtful though.
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Post by Mippin on Mar 16, 2004 18:54:16 GMT -5
Perhaps, but I imagine it gets terribly irritating referring to oneself in third person after a while, hmm?
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Post by Lurker on Mar 16, 2004 19:39:20 GMT -5
I'm his bro, I have a gateway comp.....  first glance and you'd think it was from the stone age. |
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Post by Amarië on Mar 16, 2004 20:46:29 GMT -5
*ahem* it seems this thread is no longer needed. Legolas has read through his mistakes, and what he could do to better his fan fiction, so this thread will be closed, and used as an example of what not to do... though the original story has been deleted...
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