Neil wrote:
Oh, Tavia, you really have been missing out!
Well, I'm hoping to waylay the zine library at Redemption and find out just what I've been missing.
Mary-Sue comes in strange guises sometimes. Sometimes she takes over Cally
or Vila.
Occasionally she's an ocf from the series itself (like a Vega story where
she goes by the name
of Levett).
I've seen multiple Cally, Vila and Blake Mary-Sues -- I think Blake ones are more common than people would believe. I propagate a decent Avon one myself (and have been doing since long before I wrote B7 stuff), but no-one seems to notice (or perhaps everyone's too polite to tell me off?). And I *liked* the Vega story, despite the overt M-S characteristics.
How come regurgitating the author is called 'realism' in original fiction and 'Mary-Sueing' in fanfiction?
Tavia
"tavia@btinternet.com" tavia@btinternet.com wrote:
Neil wrote:
Oh, Tavia, you really have been missing out!
Well, I'm hoping to waylay the zine library at Redemption and find out just what I've been missing.
Mary-Sue comes in strange guises sometimes. Sometimes she takes over Cally
or Vila.
Occasionally she's an ocf from the series itself (like a Vega story where
she goes by the name
of Levett).
I've seen multiple Cally, Vila and Blake Mary-Sues -- I think Blake ones are more common than people would believe. I propagate a decent Avon one myself (and have been doing since long before I wrote B7 stuff), but no-one seems to notice (or perhaps everyone's too polite to tell me off?). And I *liked* the Vega story, despite the overt M-S characteristics.
How come regurgitating the author is called 'realism' in original fiction and 'Mary-Sueing' in fanfiction?
Tavia
What is a Mary Sue? (No connection with Mills and Boon? [Publishers of 'Romantic fiction' for those who have never come across it])
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Tavia Chalcraft wrote:
How come regurgitating the author is called 'realism' in original fiction and 'Mary-Sueing' in fanfiction?
Have been thinking about this - the answer is that in a Mary Sue, it's not the author that appears, but the author's idealized self - 'unrealism'. If the author wrote a character that was _actually_ what s/he would be like in the B7 universe, it might make for a very interesting character indeed.
Mistral
Mistral said: If the author wrote a character that was _actually_ what
s/he would be like in the B7 universe, it might make for a very interesting character indeed.
MS: On the bed with Avon, Blake, etc. according to taste Actual: Under the bed with Vila.
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On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 12:55:56AM -0800, Mistral wrote:
Tavia Chalcraft wrote:
How come regurgitating the author is called 'realism' in original fiction and 'Mary-Sueing' in fanfiction?
Have been thinking about this - the answer is that in a Mary Sue, it's not the author that appears, but the author's idealized self - 'unrealism'. If the author wrote a character that was _actually_ what s/he would be like in the B7 universe, it might make for a very interesting character indeed.
"The Totally Imaginary Cheeseboard" by Jean Airey & Laurie Haldeman
Kathryn Andersen
Kathryn Andersen wrote:
On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 12:55:56AM -0800, Mistral wrote:
Tavia Chalcraft wrote:
How come regurgitating the author is called 'realism' in original fiction and 'Mary-Sueing' in fanfiction?
Have been thinking about this - the answer is that in a Mary Sue, it's not the author that appears, but the author's idealized self - 'unrealism'. If the author wrote a character that was _actually_ what s/he would be like in the B7 universe, it might make for a very interesting character indeed.
"The Totally Imaginary Cheeseboard" by Jean Airey & Laurie Haldeman
My favourite zine so far! I'd recommend it to any Avon fan who needs a good laugh. Though that's not _quite_ what I meant by 'in the B7 universe', exactly ;-)
Mistral
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