Comments | cieo: Color me Mary-Sue

cieo

Color me Mary-Sue

Mar 27, 2006 03:31

When I sit myself down to write, I first purge myself of all Mary-Sueesque tendencies that might be lurking in the shadowy corners of my questionable psyche. The last thing I want is for my character to be a ridiculously romanticized paragon of everything you could ever possibly want to do or attain. Mary-Sues cheapen your stories, making them ( Read more... )

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subsiding_leaf March 27 2006, 09:44:17 UTC

Ok, dude, I have to point out that I have NEVER desired to write a Mary-Sue, because I'm frankly not interested in me. So there. :p

And yeah, I'm still fucking up.

cieo March 27 2006, 13:58:44 UTC

No one who writes Mary-Sue in interested in themselves. They're interested in becoming PERFECT.

And yo, no trying to disprove my theory so early in the morning! ;)

akirad March 27 2006, 12:19:56 UTC

Great post! You got the several first laughs of the morning :)

I feel a little sorry for the "unsexy geniuses" of LJ creation fame though. Poor lambs... XD

cieo March 27 2006, 13:54:03 UTC

Ah, fantastic!

And you mean poor kids, don't you? As in goat? As in Frank?

popfiend March 27 2006, 13:14:32 UTC

This is fantastic.

Thanks.

:)

cieo March 27 2006, 13:54:25 UTC

I live to entertain. I really do.

brujah March 27 2006, 13:16:26 UTC

You, my dear, are brilliant.

cieo March 27 2006, 13:55:04 UTC

Glad you liked it :)

donttouchmyhat March 28 2006, 08:19:52 UTC

This is the best Rice review I've ever read. Ever. The last vampire book I glanced at was a caricature of the whole series and I just couldn't continue. There's only so much swooning a fella can take.

cieo March 28 2006, 08:44:51 UTC

Dude. Can you see my head? It's swelling. But you're right--they do end up in thrall a whole lot.

Now, have you ever read the Chronicles?

donttouchmyhat March 28 2006, 18:07:05 UTC

I've read Interview, Lestat, Queen of the Damned and The Body Thief - assuming you mean the Vampire Chronicles...aren't the witch books also chronicles? If so, I've only read the first of those. Bleagh.

cieo March 28 2006, 19:38:21 UTC

Ah. I've read through all of the V.Chronicles except for the last one. Just waiting for the paperback, you understand.

But I SO enjoyed Tale of the Body Thief. That's a whole lot of slashfic, right there.

I don't actually know what the Witch ones are called--maybe the Mayfair Chronicles. That rings a dim echo in the cavernous chamber that is my braincase.

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