Yay! I got onto LJ last night. so thank you, askye! (I'm on as Theodosia, which should make things simpler.) Now I have to go leave a comment for Alanna....
Overwhelming? How much more than whelming would that be exactly?
Anya ,'Touched'
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Theodosia - Jan 31, 2003 4:59:47 am PST #3228 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Nutty - Jan 31, 2003 9:50:37 am PST #3229 of 10000
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I saw that, Connie -- how funny you got cited!
I sort of suspect we all basically have the same understanding of what a Mary Sue is here, and are differing only in terminology. Mary Sue is flamingly obvious, to my eyes, and I can't imagine it being very hard to identify, but like obscenity, it's hard to classify it sight-unseen.
Le sigh. The vast amount of MarySueiana implies a gaping hole in the self-examination skills of a great number of people.
Theodosia - Jan 31, 2003 11:29:21 am PST #3230 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Well, funny-good, anyway. I still feel all validated and stuff. :-)
esse - Jan 31, 2003 12:28:20 pm PST #3231 of 10000
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Atropa - Jan 31, 2003 4:46:37 pm PST #3232 of 10000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Should I be worried that I'm reading Georgette Heyer slash?
Theodosia - Jan 31, 2003 4:56:50 pm PST #3233 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Whatever could be worrying about it?
Consuela - Jan 31, 2003 5:02:51 pm PST #3234 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, man. A friend of mine just discovered MPREG. *snort* She's boggled, and has a theory that it has to do with balancing the author's desire to see two manly men fuck with her distaste of homosexuality/desire for a normal family life. So giving one character the ability to bear children makes it not gay sex but... something else.
I dunno. It's an interesting theory, anyway.
Atropa - Jan 31, 2003 5:04:40 pm PST #3235 of 10000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Nothing worrying, and the author has done a pretty good job of writing like Heyer. I just had never thought there would be such a thing.
Lyra Jane - Jan 31, 2003 7:11:49 pm PST #3236 of 10000
Up with the sun
So the Mary Sue discussion gives me an idea for ... a Mary Sue. Or an OFC, anyhow.
Is it stretching canon too far top give Willow an older quasi-sister? I was thinking of her mother's stepdaughter from a previous marriage, specifically -- someone who might view Willow as family of a sort, but not someone she was raised with.
Connie Neil - Jan 31, 2003 7:12:55 pm PST #3237 of 10000
brillig
Make her a cousin that she used to hang around a lot with when younger or something. Cousins are useful relatives.