Mary Sues

Subject: Re: Mary Sues Sat Jun 23, 2007 7:06 pm

You know, the test could always just be a crappy test.

Just saying.
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Honor and Virtue Joined : 31 Mar 2007 Posts : 4279

Well, it is a crappy test. And I'll side with Jack's Spirit on the whole Sues in Original Work.
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Subject: Re: Mary Sues Sat Jun 23, 2007 9:33 pm

I'm afraid the first test only applies to characters in a realistic setting, despite the option to say "it's normal for people to do magic stuff at will in that book I'm writing".

Let's say my fiancé and I enjoy writing stories about a world where it's perfectly normal to sprout wings and make something explode just by looking at it, hell, even a legless hobo can do it! Only if you try to steal his cardboard box though...
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Honor and Virtue Joined : 31 Mar 2007 Posts : 4279

Exactly! The first one hates fantasies.
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Subject: Re: Mary Sues Sat Jun 23, 2007 11:16 pm

That's because the most fantasy writing is pretty damn amateurish to begin with.

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Subject: Re: Mary Sues Sun Jun 24, 2007 1:47 pm

Most writing is pretty damn amateurish to begin with.
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