I'd read it, but I know my poetry-crafting skills are not what I would like.
We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.
Mal ,'Serenity'
Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
Connie Neil - Jan 30, 2003 11:22:08 am PST #3204 of 10000
brillig
Michele T. - Jan 30, 2003 3:49:23 pm PST #3205 of 10000
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
This is a really good essay, and captures my own discomfort with the overuse of the term "Mary-Sue" far better than I've been able to.
Connie Neil - Jan 30, 2003 4:01:05 pm PST #3206 of 10000
brillig
Michele, that's perfect. That's a definition of Mary Sue that I can get behind. I love it so much I"ve bookmarked your post so I can find that again.
§ ita § - Jan 30, 2003 5:12:26 pm PST #3207 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Dude, I love that.
Consuela - Jan 30, 2003 5:12:50 pm PST #3208 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yeah, that's really good. I like Alara, she's quite thoughtful.
Rebecca Lizard - Jan 30, 2003 5:35:18 pm PST #3209 of 10000
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket
Hm. I think I disagree with it in a few different ways; but then again, my personal definition of Mary Sue pretty much is "is it an unrealistic, or boring, over-sympathetic character? stamp her ass." I find MS in original intendedly-literary fiction all the time.
P.M. Marc - Jan 30, 2003 5:36:46 pm PST #3210 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Hm. I think I disagree with it in a few different ways; but then again, my personal definition of Mary Sue pretty much is "is it an unrealistic, or boring, over-sympathetic character? stamp her ass." I find MS in original intendedly-literary fiction all the time.
Rebecca Lizard Speaks For Me.
Rebecca Lizard - Jan 30, 2003 5:49:19 pm PST #3211 of 10000
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket
t beams
Atropa - Jan 30, 2003 5:51:00 pm PST #3212 of 10000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I still think Laurell K. Hamilton is getting rich writing Mary Sue characters.
Connie Neil - Jan 30, 2003 5:53:45 pm PST #3213 of 10000
brillig
Jilli is me. With a better wardrobe, cooler job, and all around niftier life.