Your last three have been nice regardless.Oh wow, it's been a long time since someone has made a sig for me... My last three have all been handmade.
I agree with you that some of the best characters, like Harry Potter, are like a Sue, and that an author can only write from his or her own life experience; but when the characters are blatanly matching the author's profile description of hair, eyes and clothing; poorly written, angst-riddden, over-sexed and overpowered...that's when I bring out the Mary-Sue label. Not for well written ones with a decent backstory that don't disregard the cannon and make characters fight for their love....so you're right, I guess my complaint is about the writers themselves....and to a degree their creations because they are an extension of the writer.
Got to admit, the Mary-Sue thing puts me off writing. I guess you have to start somewhere, but...I'd never want to make a Sue by mistake...
-raises eyebrow-
Your last three have been nice regardless.Now then. *cracks knuckles* It's been awhile since I made someone a sig. This feels good. ^_^
Exactly!So, really, what people are complaining about is the writer...not the characters.
Besides...aren't all characters extensions of the writer? Just because they don't look like you or act like you, doesn't mean they aren't still a part of you. *mutters*
That's usually the choice you get with that kind of thing. Or a half (insert magical/ supernatural being here) human.And I especially, really do loathe, female OC's in the DMC fandom. (With the exception of Nite, and Twig, though that goes without saying) Damsels in distress or 'I'm just an ordinary girl in a not-so-ordinary world tralala' or sleazy 'I'm awesome' devil hunter chics - no matter what kind of character they start out with, they always inevitably end up in some sick, romantic relationship with Dante.And the worst of it? DANTE FALLS FOR THEM!!!
I've learned quite a bit about writer terminology from this thread
Ehh, I'm in one of those indecisive moods. I want to do stuff, but I want to do other stuff too, then I just sit there for ages not doing anything as I think about all the stuff I could be doing.
All war is fought with deception, and you have been deceived.
~Vergil, DmC
The f-??"All the better," Sparda said with half a smirk. "Listen to your gut. And when you see her, remember," he gave Nero's shoulder a squeeze and narrowed his eyes, "truth is the first casualty of war."
~ Sparda, The Order of Sparda
Exactly!
Most characters are self-inserts of the kind of people the writer wish they could be. This could swing both ways - a person who has always been good and cautious could write about a reckless rebel, or vice versa. It's true that you should write what you know, but sometimes imagination really is all you need (I mean this for characters and character development, naught else). And RESEARCH, as Autumn said.
I dislike all my female OC's in fandoms. They're either overbearing or just on a fangirl high disguised as pheromones and haughtiness. They drive me nuts! I've been cutting back on using them as the main characters in fanfiction and putting them in the safer slot of secondary characters instead. As in, I'll use you when I need to push the plot, type of thing.
I prefer the fanfics that don't have female OC's trampling through the place.
And I especially, really do loathe, female OC's in the DMC fandom. (With the exception of Nite, and Twig, though that goes without saying) Damsels in distress or 'I'm just an ordinary girl in a not-so-ordinary world tralala' or sleazy 'I'm awesome' devil hunter chics - no matter what kind of character they start out with, they always inevitably end up in some sick, romantic relationship with Dante.And the worst of it? DANTE FALLS FOR THEM!!!
WTF? The guy who prefers his own company? Er...no. I ship Dante x Kat (big time) now because the foundation for an actual relationship (or friendship at the very least) has been laid out really well by NT. This is more acceptable and probable in my mind, than Dante x Lady. She's a total bitch to him in the anime and she didn't dig him in DMC3. She DIDN'T. Maybe Dante was trying his luck but she was obviously not interested, as the bullet in his head would attest. I could never understand where people got this 'intense chemistry' between them from.
I'm not hypocritical either. I have a total of four OC's in my DMC fics - one is an alternate universe little sister of the twins whom I am using for the sole purpose of bringing the plot together, one is a friend of AU Dante whom I have written out of the story after starring in like, 3 chapters, another is some random background character I used for the fun of adding a little angst to the mix, and the last is a typical Mary Sue who gets stuck in a love triangle of sorts. Guess which one I hate the most? Yep, the last one. My goal, however, is not to indulge in fandom fluff but to show how I think female OC's should be done in this fandom. And, of course, what should be done to all those irritating copies of copies of copies of Mary Sues.
As my muse has come to say, if you're not Kat, gtfo.
I could quote everything you said, except for the fact that I'm more of a VergilxKat fan (yeah, I'm a dreamer...)Exactly!
Most characters are self-inserts of the kind of people the writer wish they could be. This could swing both ways - a person who has always been good and cautious could write about a reckless rebel, or vice versa. It's true that you should write what you know, but sometimes imagination really is all you need (I mean this for characters and character development, naught else). And RESEARCH, as Autumn said.
I dislike all my female OC's in fandoms. They're either overbearing or just on a fangirl high disguised as pheromones and haughtiness. They drive me nuts! I've been cutting back on using them as the main characters in fanfiction and putting them in the safer slot of secondary characters instead. As in, I'll use you when I need to push the plot, type of thing.
I prefer the fanfics that don't have female OC's trampling through the place.
And I especially, really do loathe, female OC's in the DMC fandom. (With the exception of Nite, and Twig, though that goes without saying) Damsels in distress or 'I'm just an ordinary girl in a not-so-ordinary world tralala' or sleazy 'I'm awesome' devil hunter chics - no matter what kind of character they start out with, they always inevitably end up in some sick, romantic relationship with Dante.And the worst of it? DANTE FALLS FOR THEM!!!
WTF? The guy who prefers his own company? Er...no. I ship Dante x Kat (big time) now because the foundation for an actual relationship (or friendship at the very least) has been laid out really well by NT. This is more acceptable and probable in my mind, than Dante x Lady. She's a total bitch to him in the anime and she didn't dig him in DMC3. She DIDN'T. Maybe Dante was trying his luck but she was obviously not interested, as the bullet in his head would attest. I could never understand where people got this 'intense chemistry' between them from.
I'm not hypocritical either. I have a total of four OC's in my DMC fics - one is an alternate universe little sister of the twins whom I am using for the sole purpose of bringing the plot together, one is a friend of AU Dante whom I have written out of the story after starring in like, 3 chapters, another is some random background character I used for the fun of adding a little angst to the mix, and the last is a typical Mary Sue who gets stuck in a love triangle of sorts. Guess which one I hate the most? Yep, the last one. My goal, however, is not to indulge in fandom fluff but to show how I think female OC's should be done in this fandom. And, of course, what should be done to all those irritating copies of copies of copies of Mary Sues.
As my muse has come to say, if you're not Kat, gtfo.
My school HAS to do this.
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