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Post by pandemonium on Jan 20, 2011 12:55:48 GMT -6
Oh, heck, I haven't thought about it in that much depth, but y'know, from my observations, the nastiest comments directed toward Mary Sues seem to come from demographic b. But have I done a statistical analysis of the Mary Sue as Rival in Female Intrasexual Competition Theory, which saw the light of day minutes ago? No.  Then there's your non-fiction piece of the year, under a differnt alias to avoid the flamers, of course... ;D Oh, be assured if I wrote such a piece I'd use my known aliases (pandemonium and/or Doc Bushwell). Flaming me runs the risk of a huge conflagration.  I'm imagining the questionaire I'd have to come up with as part of the research: 1. What is your opinion of Mary Sues? Do you hate them or like them? 2. If you hate them, list five stories with Mary Sues in your fandom that you especially dislike? 3. Did you spork these stories? 4. Did you leave a thoughtfully critical review? For example, "OMG, you should never write again!" and proceed to tell the author what a cretinous twit she is? And that her mother wears Army boots? 5. Who are your favorite male canon characters? 6. Do you slash this character or characters so there will be no interference by another woman? 7. Are you ovulating? |
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Post by russandol on Jan 20, 2011 13:03:14 GMT -6
I'm imagining the questionaire I'd have to come up with as part of the research: Great questions! I can just see Dr. Thû as your assistant, with the glasses, the lab coat and clipboard poring through the answers and writing the results down to feed your report... ;D |
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Post by virtuella on Jan 22, 2011 6:40:10 GMT -6
Great questionnaire, Pande!
Priapism. Halitosis. Broccoli phobia.
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Post by aearwen on Jan 22, 2011 13:35:02 GMT -6
Great questionnaire, Pande! Priapism. Halitosis. Broccoli phobia. the best all-purpose flaw of all: testosterone poisoning... ;D ;D |
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Post by virtuella on Jan 23, 2011 17:18:32 GMT -6
Great questionnaire, Pande! Priapism. Halitosis. Broccoli phobia. the best all-purpose flaw of all: testosterone poisoning... ;D ;D *Snort* |
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Post by erulisse on Jan 23, 2011 20:23:38 GMT -6
Too f___'in funny!
- Erulisse (one L)
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Post by raksha on Feb 7, 2011 17:25:05 GMT -6
Then there's your non-fiction piece of the year, under a differnt alias to avoid the flamers, of course... ;D Oh, be assured if I wrote such a piece I'd use my known aliases (pandemonium and/or Doc Bushwell). Flaming me runs the risk of a huge conflagration. I'm imagining the questionaire I'd have to come up with as part of the research: 1. What is your opinion of Mary Sues? Do you hate them or like them? 2. If you hate them, list five stories with Mary Sues in your fandom that you especially dislike? 3. Did you spork these stories? 4. Did you leave a thoughtfully critical review? For example, "OMG, you should never write again!" and proceed to tell the author what a cretinous twit she is? And that her mother wears Army boots? 5. Who are your favorite male canon characters? 6. Do you slash this character or characters so there will be no interference by another woman? 7. Are you ovulating? Varies, depending on the Mary Sue, the plot, how much I like the overall story, whether it works for me. I do not enjoy Mary Sue (or Gary Stu) tales where the Mary-S or Gary-S ends up saving the canon hero's life, at least not generally. And then there are stories where the Original Character takes the moral high ground and lectures the canon hero/character; usually makes me cringe. And yet I can think of one story, and an OMC, where the writer did this and the whole thing worked (though when the same author did this with another of her characters, it didn't work, at least not for me). Questions 2-3: I'll pass on these, thank you. 4. Did I leave a thoughtfully critical review? I usually try to be polite when I review. If I think a story is bad; I rarely review it. There was one exception, not involving anyone on this board, a few years back; it was RPS involving Viggo Mortenson and Orlando Bloom, one of them exhibiting his dog at a dog show, the other being the judge; and I just about lost it at the sheer ignorance/lack of research of how a dog show works. It probably would have been better if I hadn't read it all  . 5. Who Are My Favorite Male Canon Characters:All-time favorite Tolkien character - probably Gandalf Favorite Tolkien human - Faramir Other favorite male canon characters - Elrond, Finrod, Maglor, Pippin 6. Do I slash this/these characters so there will be no interference by another woman? Um, no. And though I have occasionally read Faramir slash stories, if any of the summaries mention Gandalf or Pippin as being involved in the slash, I won't look at the story. Just call me a Puritan or whatever  . Some things I cannot/will not visualize. Doesn't mean other fanfic writers can't write whatever their Muses direct, but that's my personal reaction. 7. Am I Ovulating?  I wasn't supposed to take the questionnaire seriously? Whoops. I'm an idiot today. Too much snow on the brain. |
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. Some things I cannot/will not visualize. Doesn't mean other fanfic writers can't write whatever their Muses direct, but that's my personal reaction.