I was wondering to myself why I didn't put some sort of long monologue in Black Feathers about why Marlisse is the way she is. I also wonder why people worry so much about writing a Mary-Sue. I personally do create Sue0ish characters, of that I have no doubt. If someone rips me out for it, all I have to say is "Yeah ... I know, I couldn't think of anything better at the time and it sounded nice lol"
I don't like it when people get really defensive about their characters though. They're characters on paper, not living breathing children :/ Which is a shame, really, because some stories could have been much better if they just tweaked the character a little.
One in particular bugged me a lot because the author got extremely defensive and basically said "It's fanfiction, so I can do whatever I want!" All power to you, but doing whatever you want doesn't make it good or interesting. While it could draw in some people, it alienates a lot more. She was all "My character's not a Mary-Sue! she has this flaw" Yeah ... except that flaw does not come into play at all. It's not even much of a 'flaw' as it is just some usual teen angst. Plus, the character in question has no growth whatsoever. Growth is what makes them interesting, but no, despite having plenty of opportunities in the story for growth, there is none. She is exactly the same as chapter 1, and that's pretty boring.
I know I'm no expert and I know my characters could use some work too, but that's just my opinion.
ANYWAYS, it's November. That means NaNoWriMo has officially started. The novel I decided to write centers around Telvana and Demetri's life. It takes a much different direction from Dancing With Swords because the novel is more about the canon I created for these characters. For example, Dancing With Swords features a Logan/Telvana coupling. Canon is actually Demetri/Telvana. Marlisse's canon pairing though is questionable XD For Black Feathers is Reaver/Marlisse, but canon is Marlisse/???????? I'll make a husband for her eventually >.> (or not, cause I like the idea of her remaining unmarried)
Hm, I don't know what to do tomorrow morning since my first class got cancelled. Maybe finish drawing the clothes on my figures?
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